Ode to the Month of June

God made the beautiful month of June

To be used for weddings and Ray and Dorothy chose the 9^th.

A perfect day for a perfect wedding until death do we part.

We had a family of eight, and Dorothy loved children

After our children were raised, she turned her love to other children

First with children in summer school in the inner city

Then religious ed for mentally retarded children in various churches

This required gentleness and calmness with candle light.

As the years went by and we had 50 and 60 Junes

Age was showing and Dorothy’s mind began to fail

Her body was broken, and she lost the desire live.

So on another June 2008, on the 9^th to be specific,

God called her name, and Jesus took her hand to a special place.

We put her body to rest on the 13^th, her 85^th birthday.

I thought that was the end, but that was the beginning.

A few weeks later, while I was raking outside in the sun,

She spoke to me twice.

In disbelief at the first, I continued to rake.

On the second time she said the same thing.

“  That is enough already “

Then a few weeks later, an eagle flew directly over me

This eagle fly over occurred two more times.

My Dorothy is in Heaven

She is my unofficial saint.

Voting as a Catholic Doctor

To be able to decide on voting  your desires, you need to be informed about the morals of the Catholic church. From a medical view point, the most important item is ABORTION. In medicine we treat and save people's lives. We do not kill people especially babies. Abortion is killing unborn babies.

In the ten commandments, God says you should not kill anyone. Babies are human beings in a developing stage. They have a body and a soul given by God. Now any one killing a baby is a murderer. Also any one who votes for a person that promotes abortions is a sinful act. That is the catholic moral teaching.

That alone should be enough to not vote for that person in my book. There is no choice in this matter. In addition  when the opponent is a spiritual minister who believes in God.

The Lord be willing, I hope  he wins. Amen!!

    Raymond Broz  MD   

Old Business and New Business

I have to apologize for last blog, because I had computer problems and only a third was printed. The part that was not  printed was when the two presidential candidates had a debate at a university, and a group of students asked the questions. They were more interested in their own future then what is the future of our country, As expected, president Obama would make it fine by giving them everything they would need by supplying all the money. Ignoring the enormous debt our country has.

Now the new business.
Yesterday the Pope elevated Kateri Tekawitha to sainthood. Thanks be to God. But what is not really known about our gift from then Blessed Kateri. I asked a priest about it the time, but he felt it was not a miracle from her. I felt then, as I feel more so now, that it was a miracle from Kateri.

Our Wisconsin lake home is on the Lac du Flambeau Indian reservation ceded to us. We had a guest, Jan, from Minnesota who was packing her pick up to leave for home, when she locked her truck with the keys in the ignition. She was so distraught and upset that she could do such a thing. She so anxios






































































































































































I want to apologize for the last blog, because I had a computer problem. Only a third of my blog was printed, and now my repeat copy was suddenly reduced to a blank page. Now I am frustrated, and I will skip  the old business,

Yesterday the Pope made the decision to elevate to sainthood our St. Kateri Tekawitha. How wonderful that is after all those years of prayers and petitions and watchful waiting. It gives the native Americans something to be proud of and our country as a whole as well.

The third and final debate was performed in a pleasant and professional manner, and both candidates did well. I'm a little biased because Mr, Romney is my favorite, and he was able to gain a little stature that he deserves. As an older person, he has a lot of experience on a broad base which will give him a lot of respect all over the world. I hope he can get the catholic vote this time around. I was told that it was the catholic vote that put Obama in office before.      























   

Two Debates

The debate with vice president Biden and candidate Paul Ryan was poorly monitored and appeared openly biased. V, P. Biden was acting like an idiotic buffoon and repeatedly interrupted Ryan all evening. He made all sorts of facial gestures including laughing and with body movements. Later even his son said he was having fun.

The next debate was more under control, but the questions were made by a select group of college students. They were self centered, and the economy was hardly mentioned. They were more interested with what the government would do for them. The fact that our credit rating was lowered because of our massive debt, and it is still growing. They still want more without any concern about reducing it.

In my opinion we are in dire need of a radical change. We cannot continue to spend money that we don't have.

I have read that there is a proposal that the IRS would be abolished, and it would be replaced with a federal sales tax which everyone would be paying. The workers would all get a pay raise, because there would not be a pay roll deduction for income tax. To get rid of the IRS would a blessing as well as a saving.

  

Time to Harvest

We are having fall weather, and, believe it or not, I have been able to harvest some of my produce. The cucumber plants were producing for about 2 to 3 weeks at 1 cucumber every day, and now an occasional one still shows up. The tomatoes are turning red, and now it is their turn. Next it will be time to pick the green peppers. The only disaster was the sweet corn which failed completely. It appears that corn will not grow in that spot.

So a new plan for next year. One plant nursery had a picture of a postage stamp orchard on a 10 by 20 plot. That is the exact size I was using for the corn. They show how you can have 6 dwarf fruit trees in that space. Well that is my next challenge. I have ordered 2 peach trees and 1 each of apricot, pear, red and yellow apple. I'm real excited about the prospect of having my own little orchard. I turned over the soil with a garden fork that belonged to my father which must be over 100 years old. Then I plan to plant each tree in top soil as well. It will be interesting to see if it will work. I also have an animal sound repellent to keep the animals away, I hope.

With the national election getting closer, I would like to add a few points of my own. During the democratic convention our national debt went up to 16 trillion dollars. To me, I think we need to stop spending money that we don't have and increasing our debt. In the presidential election we have a choice between an financial expert or a novice who has to rely completely on others for advice. For me, you can't beat experience. We already had a reduction in our credit rating under the present administration.    

Ann Romney Speech

I was able to hear Ann's speech at the convention, and she did a marvelous job. It was very emotional, and there was not a dry eye tn the place. Even I teared up a little at home. The camera showed the audience wiping their cheeks from their tears. She mentioned that when they got married, they were still in college, and they lived in a basement apartment. Mitt worked for his church, and later he became a pastor. When he was governor, if there was a need, he would give them help. Then she added, " He is a genius."

All the reports in the paper that I saw afterward, did not carried these comments. She did such wonderful job of telling the story of their life, because they older people with grand children. To me that is a big plus.

Last night I was able to hear Michelle Obama give her speech at the convention. What a difference. She is much younger with school children but her presentation was not the best. She made an explanation of their family background, but she spoke very rapidly. I have heard a term, " Motor Mouth " well to me, that was her. If the people would applaud, they would miss a whole sentence. I'm old, 93, and for me that is deadly.

In my opinion, this election turns out to be between older and more experience, and younger using trial and error system.

Up date on gardening. I am having good success with cucumbers, almost one 8 inch per day, for almost 2 weeks, If things stay the same this should continue. Also green peppers are small, but each plant has one with blossoms for more. Cabbages have small heads, and the tomatoes are still green about ten per plant. The corn was a complete disaster, I'm planning an orchard of dwarf fruit trees instead for next year.        

Congratulations to the USA for our teams in the Olympic games. They won the most medals, and that was no easy task. Several records were broken especially one in swimming by a 17 year girl in her first event. Remarkable, and she was all smiles.

How pleasant it was to see all the smiles and hugs for the winners everywhere. Winners would hug the losers, and it was pleasant all around. There were some tears for the losers, but it didn't last long because it was an honor to be there. All the entrants had to qualify to be there. Now for me, I never won any thing in athletics. It was more like some one has to be last.

It is so refreshing to see all these beautiful people from all different countries smiling and hugging each other in peace. I say that every time I watch the Olympics, because it is true. There were tens of millions of people that were able to watch these games which is also remarkable.

To change the subject, most of you know that I like to garden, and I can report some success. My cucumbers are doing fairly well, and they are delicious, That is the good news. My tomatoes are very tall, and so far I had one tomato. However there are many green ones coming along. This new watering system is working fine, and I do not need to water them. The cabbages are starting to head, and they look pretty good, The peppers are starting to bloom, so we will get some later. The really bad crop is the corn. There is too much shade for the corn to grow. I might have to change to something else next year.

I do have some beautiful phlox, white and purple, and I'm waiting for my order of irises to come for fall planting. I like flowers too.