Greetings Pulse readers. A happy September to you!
It has been another great month for the Mayos. We had some fun but managed to compile yet another edition of the Murfreesboro Pulse for the community.
Local organizations have packed this month’s events calendar with all sorts of activities.
Coming up this month the people of Middle Tennessee can check out the Greenway Art Fest, Smyrna Depot Days, an MTSU football game, Boro Fondo, Friday Night Live, Under 1 Roof at Notes, the Wings of Freedom Fish Fry, the Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra Guild fundraiser concert, 9/11 Heroes Run, Bands at the Rock—a marching band competition at Rockvale—the Light Up the Night fundraiser, Jeep Days at Big Creek Winery Tasting Room in Christiana and at Bert Driver’s Burlap Room in Smithville, Soul Asylum at Hop Springs, Oktoberfest at Oaklands Mansion, Business After Hours, The Connection at 219 Broad St., Hammer Down for Habitat, the Old Timers Festival and many other live shows and art displays.
I have long ago ceased trying to make sense of virus-related matters.
Publisher/Editor in Chief Bracken Mayo hiking with 11-month old son Beckett at Long Hunter State Park
May your lives be filled with joy, peace, fulfillment, health and confidence in these “uncertain times” or “new normal” or whatever some want to call it. My life is great. I hope yours is too. Don’t wait for someone else to tell you your life is okay. We can have a wonderful day now!
In this dire state of emergency, someone show me the number of COVID-related deaths in Rutherford County over the past six months and then try and justify everyone wearing a napkin on their face during everyday activities like it’s normal behavior. Other than the highly educated and power-loving individuals who control the local school system, most have given up trying to make that argument.
My condolences for all who have lost loved ones. These deaths are people, not just statistics, who leave grieving family and friends behind. All lives matter, but many choose to risk catching a virus so they can continue gathering and socializing with their family and friends, attending church and events and concerts and markets and ball games and movies and making their lives what they want them to be rather than to live in fear and isolation. I would very much like to have a long life, but, in general, I would opt for dying doing something enjoyable over living in forced confinement.
One positive thing I have observed over the past year and a half is that this whole situation has caused more people to question the government, the healthcare machine, the educational system, the mainstream media, big tech and other such national monoliths. For those unsure before: NO, many of the individuals behind these organizations do not have your best interests in mind.
Stand up for yourself and think for yourself. Raising skepticism about big healthcare and big government and big tech and big media and big compulsory schooling has gone from fringe conspiracy theory to mainstream conversation.
I remain very aware of the drama and debates and even deaths in the world, but very consciously choose to spend my limited time and page space on empanadas and football and 5Ks and the music of the Allman Brothers Band and the Grateful Dead and our local symphony and others, hummingbirds, hiking, art and encouragement—the finer things in life.
Choose joy!
2 blessed 2 B stressed!
Do some cartwheels, eat your vegetables, play some music and read the Pulse.
