We are getting closer to the place in space where October lies waiting for us. This day is the 25th of September 2020. If we were on a ship at sea the land would still be over the horizon but we would start seeing the birds by now. October will be a very interesting month. We might be better off to find a cave and hibernate for 5 weeks. I, on the other hand, will pop some corn and watch the fireworks. That is the future and today we have a long list of potential celebratory events. Some of them are: Binge Day, German Butterbrot Day, Hug A Vegetarian Day, National Bakery Day, Love Note Day, National Cooking Day, National Comic Day, National Lobster Day, National Crab Meat Newburg Day, Native American Day, National Quesadilla Day and National One Hit Wonder Day. There’s more but this is enough. How about a quesadilla while listening to Bobby Bloom sing Montego Bay? On this day in 1639, America got it’s first printing press. This is the day in 1789 that the US Congress proposes the Bill of Rights. On this day in 1904, Charles Follis is 1st black to play professional American football. This is the day in 1915 that the Battle of Loos commenced, lasted until 14th October. Chlorine gas deployed by the British was blown back into their own trenches: 59,000 British & 26,000 German casualties. Lastly, in 1926 on this day, Henry Ford announces an 8 hour, 5-day work week. Today is Barbra Walters birthday. She said, “Don’t let the bastards get you down”. I like her attitude. This is also the day in 1973 that Nikolai Poliakoff who was known as Coco the Clown stopped living. No quotes from Coco were found but I found one about clowns by William Shakespeare: “I had rather have a fool to make me merry than experience to make me sad. “ I’ll end this post with that. Abide.
