If you have never been to the Lunchbucket in Hamilton, MO you should go. It is not a five star dinner, or even close to being listed in Zagat, but it is worth the trip nonetheless. It is worth it because of what it represents - Life. At the Lunchbucket you can hear all sorts of conversations, stories, opinions, and disclosures. I wish I could have sat in the Lunchbucket during the most recent US Presidential Primaries. What a joy it would have been to hear the locals opine on McCain, Obama, Romney or Clinton. It would have been an education, I am sure.
The Lunchbucket and therefore this blog is dedicated to the stuff we sometimes forget to enjoy. The experiences that accent our "oh so important lives", which really if we dare to get over ourselves are not so important. The experiences that make each day colorful, delightful, and rich. So much of life is about becoming, achieving, pursuing, climbing, or promoting. So much of our focus is about being the youngest, smartest, wealthiest, or most famous. We are a nation of Joneses, and yet we are the Jones' neighbors as well.
What we need is more time at "The Lunchbucket". More time to discuss the basics, to expound, to philosophize, to pontificate without overhead, oversite, or overemphasis on being right or wrong. What we need is more intimate discussions over a nice bowl of ice cream, a BLT, or the daily special. If we are not careful we will spend all of our days in hot pursuit of the end of the rainbow - having never really taken the time to STOP and enjoy the view and spender the rainbow provides.
So, welcome to "The Lunchbucket".
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