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My son Kevin is an Emmy award winning television sports director. He broadcasts games the Rangers, Mavericks and Stars play. He occasionally runs the jumbotron for Dallas Cowboys home games. He is also in demand for college games in various sports all over the country. He even directs wrestling matches. He has had a fabulous career and loves what he does. He had a big part in producing the highlight video for the Atlanta Olympics. He misses broadcasting the games and working with his broadcast crew. I’ve had the privilege of watching him work. The television crew is in a huge trailer loaded with equipment. Watching the professionals get a game on the air is more fun to watch than the game itself. It is split-second timing, working with as many as 16 cameras all over the playing field.

I was prepared to dismiss the troubles in the world last night and write about the water battle the grandkids and I had with super soakers earlier that afternoon. But, when my eyes met a picture hanging in my living room this morning, my original idea was history. A paraphrased quote by Mahatma Gandhi reads, “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” So, here it goes.

By this time of year I’ve usually done several speeches at various events around the country. All of my scheduled winter appearances took place, but because of the Corona Virus, most of the ones scheduled for this spring have been canceled or postponed. With this extra time at home I’ve had the opportunity to create a new one-man show. It’s all about women characters I’ve interviewed during the past 50 years. Although the show will have a couple of trial performances between now and the end of the year to get some possible kinks worked out, the official debut will be February 9th of next year when I speak to the Second Tuesday Club in Midland.