They say that there is no such thing as a free lunch.  But they are wrong, dead wrong.  I eat free lunches all the time.  Today’s free lunch was from Cheeseburger in Paradise.  I had those tiny little burgers with sweet potato chips.

I ask you dear reader, “Isn’t getting a free lunch just part of being a beach bum?”  My answer, “Of course it is!”  Your opinion may vary, although I have no idea why it would.

You maybe wondering how this beach bum gets a free lunch.  It is all a matter of being in the right place at exactly the right time.  My current example is wandering into the break room as the delivery of food was being made.  A co-worker in the sales force, of which I am not part of, won a lunch for her work group.  I happened to mention that the food looked tasty much better than the dry sandwich which I was about to eat.  I didn’t mention that I was going to lunch early because I had got wind of the quasi-celebration.  They of course asked me to join in the festivities.  Voila!!! Free lunch!!! Hardly any work at all. 

Today was beautiful and it made it easy to be outside working in the yard.  Of course there was the leaves to rake and the lawn to mow.  With the warm weather and the sunny sky it was a pleasure to be outside enjoying the day.

The days grow shorter, the air becomes cooler, beach shops begin closing and I closed my pool.  Alas poor Summer, I knew you well.  And I will miss you.  Until next year my old friend.

So I bet that the devoted readers of this humble little blog are now wondering, “What is this guy going to blog about until next summer?”

Great question.  The answer will be revealed right after this brief commercial.  Ok no commercial, but if I had a TV show you know that would have been the case.

I think that over the course of the impending winter I will be discussing, among other things, the sand quality at various beaches in Michigan.

I know!!! Those posts will be sooooo exciting!!! I can hardly wait to write them. <wink>