Shadow of a Doubt

In January of 2005, amid violence and threats to boycott the results, Iraq held an election for its National Assembly, the country's first free election since 1953. In February, North Korea suspended its participation in multi-nation talks to discuss its arms program and officially admits to developing nuclear weapons. In March, Terri Schiavos feeding tube was removed at the request of her husband, fueling a nationwide debate about her. In September, Apple Computer announced iTunes 5 and The State of Israel officially declared an end to military rule in the Gaza Strip after 38 years of occupation. In November, Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming console was due to debut in North America. At least 1,836 are killed, and severe damage was caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast by Hurricane Katrina. The 2005 Kashmir earthquake killed about 80,000 people and The Trials of Saddam Hussein began. In December, The United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in Montreal, Quebec. While, in November, surgeons in France carried out the first human face transplant. In 2005, London was hit by Islamic terrorist bombings, killing 52 and wounding about 700. It was Britain's worst attack since World War II. Jeff Gordon won his third Daytona 500 and Apple Computer announced iTunes 5. Sadly, Richard Pryor, Johnny Carson, Eddie Albert, and Anne Bancroft died in 2005. I was working on my fifth book as I drank beer on the patio and listened to the blues. I jotted down rhymes and tunes that flew out of my head and on to pieces of beer boxes and Post Its. I stuffed them in a folder until I could sit down and type them out. Would anyone like them? I wasnt sure but they kept flowing out on to the paper. To tell you the truth, I had a Shadow Of A Doubt.