Happy 4th of July.  Today is America’s Independence Day, and I am celebrating at home . . . again.  Is freedom coming soon?

I finally got my appointment for my corona vaccine, and yesterday I contacted my three kids in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Kyoto.  All three of them will get their vaccination shot in July or August!  All of them before me.  I was really surprised.  I can’t wait until we are all free from Covid 19!

Here are 10 convenient phrases using “free”.

1.   Free spirit:  He is really a free spirit.  There is no controlling him!

2. Free loader:  My cousin has been freeloading with us for years.  I’m getting sick of it.

3. Freeway;  Take Freeway 107 to Los Angeles.  It’s the shortest route.

4. Feel free to:   Feel free to jump in any time.

5. Free speech:  Free speech was stopped short in Hong Kong last week.

6. Are you free?  I’m having a dance party Friday night, are you free?

7. Free lunch:  There’s no such thing as a free lunch.

8. Free range:  We use only free range chickens at our restaurant.  I think you’ll notice the difference.

9. Fat free:  Are these Lindor chocolates really fat free?  I can’t believe it!

10. Home free:  After you graduate, you will be home free!

Today’s BGM;

We shall be Free

Garth Brooks

This ain’t comin’ from no prophet,
Just an ordinary man.
When I close my eyes,
I see the way this world shall be
When we all walk hand in hand.
When the last child cries for a crust of bread,
When the last man dies for just words that he said,
When there’s shelter over the poorest head,
We shall be free.
When the last thing we notice is the color of the skin,
And the first thing we look for is the beauty within;
When the skies and the oceans are clean again,
Then we shall be free.
We shall be free, we shall be free.
Stand straight, walk proud,
‘Cause we shall be free.
When we’re free to love anyone we choose,
When this world’s big enough for all different views,
When we all can worship from our own kind of pew,
Then we shall be free.
We shall be free, we shall be free
Have a little faith, hold out,
‘Cause we shall be free.
And when money talks for the very last time,
And nobody walks a step behind;
When there’s only one race,
And that’s mankind, then we shall be free.
We shall be free ,we shall be free
Stand straight, (walk proud,)
Have a little faith, (hold out;)
We shall be free.
We shall be free, we shall be free,
(Stand straight,) stand straight,
(Have a little faith,) walk proud,
‘Cause we shall be free.