Back from the longest hiatus in speaktherights.com history…
Wow, to quote Justin Hayward, we are living in “Strange Times”.
A couple October’s ago my dear wife, Carrie, and I went to a concert at The Brown Theatre in Louisville. It was one of those. When I heard Roger McGuinn’s Rickenbacker play the opening strains of “Turn, Turn, Turn” I sat a little deeper in my chair. Is this real, I asked myself? It was. In front of me and Carrie from our balcony seats in the quaint Brown Theatre were original Byrds members McGuinn and Chris Hillman joined with Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives. They played the 1968 album Sweethearts of the Rodeo in its entirety, as well as other notable Byrds hits. The Bob Dylan tune “My Back Pages” is a favorite. “Mr. Tambourine Man”, Hey Mr. Spaceman”, and “So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star” were highlights also. Personally, I like the Sweethearts of the Rodeo album. Not a critical success, I can listen to it any day. Critics don’t make music. Some of us do.
I practiced a little social distancing the last two days.
Yesterday I went for a 5.08 mile walk. The coast was clear. The legs were sore! So later I went downstairs for 2 miles on the elliptical. Woke up this morning feeling better than I expected.
Today that walk was 5.64 miles. I did not have the will to go downstairs to further my exercising endeavors. I will probably feel it in the morning.
In this time of hiatus I am looking forward to getting back to work. On Thursday, March 12, it was announced at the North Harrison Community School Board Meeting that I had resigned my position as Guidance Counselor effective March 30th. At the time I thought Carrie and I might be in North Carolina for Spring Break this week. So much for that.
I appreciate the opportunity to work nearly five full school years at NH. The folks there were good to me. I am thankful. I will certainly miss the students. They make the building come to life!
A new opportunity found me, as I was not actively looking to leave North.
I used to kick a football over this goalpost and aim for the scoreboard. When the ball hit it there was a “PANG” sound that echoed for a while.
And so it goes. I am back once again where I used to swing my leg for fun.
And just like that I am a Paoli Ram. I will be a guidance counselor at the Paoli Jr-Sr High School. It feels good I can tell you. Even in these uncertain, if not downright weird, times we are in the midst of, I am looking forward to the challenge and the opportunity to help the students of Paoli Jr-Sr High School. I appreciate the kind words and gestures I have already received from a place I have visited in an official capacity a total of two times in the physical sense. I will be delighted when the day comes that we are back in full swing like a school full of eager students needs to be. I don’t like schools feeling like museums. We’ll get there eventually and we will celebrate when we do.
Speaking the rights…
Danny Johnson