Bowling Across America by Mike Walsh

I have not been here in awhile, it seems! I've been busy and exhausted, which doesn't lend itself well to reading or posting. But, that's okay! Here I am. I haven't read this book, Bowling Across America by Mike Walsh, but a coworker/friend of mine has, and she LOVED it. It's about an advertising exec who goes on a mission to bowl in all fifty states, meeting and talking to all of the many characters who frequent bowling alleys along the way. She (my coworker) says it's a real slice of America. Anyway, just thought I'd throw it out there.

I finally finished The Last Campaign by Thurston Clarke last night and it made me super sad. For those of you who are interested in RFK, this is a must-read. For those who don't have an interest, I feel I have to warn that the book can be quite tedious at times. It's an entire book that is literally about 82 days...so it gets very specific. Very, "then he went here, and then they said this, and then that guy did this, and the response was this", BUT you will get a great glimpse into who Robert Kennedy truly was as a person and what he stood for.

It's not just Kennedy the Politician, but Kennedy the Man - he was so passionate and so concerned for the poor...so affected by the suffereing of others. He was a truly GREAT man. He was pne of a kind and one that will never be replaced. I don't think I ever really understood what we as a nation lost when we lost him. It's a tragedy that we never recovered from. I believe he would have done amazing things for this nation and that we seriously missed out on something special. Beyond special.

Anyway, this book really broke my heart. Robert Kennedy was absolutely a once-in-a-lifetime candidate...a rare human being among politicians and a truly passionate man about others' suffering. Okay, I will stop now. What's done is done...I guess I just never realized the magnitude of what was done.