Goodbye, Dear Friend

I remember following Walter Cronkite and The CBS Evening News for several decades until he retired.  There was no one who could replace him.  He was called "The most Trusted Man in the world" by most.  Yea, he was like an honest and good Grandfather. 

One of the continuing stories the CBS Evening News would feature was "On the Road with Charles Kuralt".  God how I loved that man.  Such a down to earth guy and so lovable. So smart. His stories would make you laugh, cry, think.  He once said about America, "A country so rich that it can send people to the moon still has hundreds of thousands of its citizens who can't read. That's terribly troubling to me".  He was the original host of "Sunday Morning" which Charlene and I love.  We always watch the ending "Nature Scene" of the week.  He retired and soon after passed away.  What a great loss.  

And now, my favorite Curmudgeon, Andy Rooney.  He was the reason I always watched "60 Minutes" on Sunday night.  I had heard it was coming and then, several weeks ago, Charlene and I watched his final show.  I will miss his whiny voice starting his complaint of the week with "Did you ever notice how.......".  One of my favorites was him complaining about all the Subscription Cards that are in magazines nowadays.  He took a new magazine, held it upside down, shook it and it was snowing cards all over his desk.  From that point on, whenever I get a new magazine, I flip through the entire thing, pulling out the cards and anything else that is some thick-card stock ad that forces the magazine to stop flipping.  I throw that stuff out without looking at it in honor of Mr. Rooney.

Now, he's 92 and retired, gone from my Sunday Evenings.  It's like CBS removing the closing "Nature Scenes" on Sunday Morning.  Good bye, Dear Friend, I'll miss you.