Sunday has rolled around again. June 7, 2020 feels like Saturday but so does everyday. Cristobal will make landfall today. Direct hit on New Orleans. The good news is that there are no storms between us and Africa so no hurricanes for at least 2 or 3 weeks. All we have to contend with is the pandemic, protests and the economy. Could be worse. Today is Daniel Boone Day. He said, “All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.” I don’t know why put them in that order. It’s also June Bug Day, National Frozen Yogurt Day and National Chocolate Ice Cream Day. Happy to celebrate anything with chocolate in it. On this day in 1665 the Great Plague of London was happening and Samuel Pepys writes in his diary that houses marked with a red cross in London’s Drury Lane, means somebody inside is infected with the plague and must be locked in for 40 days or until death. Yikes. On this day in 1788 French peasants stone the army in Grenbole, an event known as the Day of the Tiles. The army was trying to put down a protest and disperse the crowd and the protesters climbed onto roofs and started throwing roofing times down on the army. Finally, in 1953 on this date, Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants. Today is the birthday (1848) of the artist Paul Gauguin, French post-impressionist painter. He said, “Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!” This is the day in 1988 when the author Henry Miller stopped living. Henry said, “The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” I can do that. Another post completed. A new day awaits. Abide
