We are now in the time space of October 30, 2020. It’s taken us 13.8 billion years to get to this place. A long journey for the universe but a short one for us. We only exist for a tiny fraction of that journey. Life is too short. But, looking on the bright side, I get to live today. It’s Buy A Doughnut Day, Frankenstein Friday, Haunted Refrigerator Night, Mischief Night, Create a Great Funeral Day, Pumpkin Bread Day, Sugar Addiction Awareness Day and Candy Corn Day. Why would you put sugar addiction in the same day as candy corn? I was lucky to grow up in a time and place that allowed us to be the stupid kids we were and didn’t throw us in jail for the stuff we did on Mischief Night in McPherson Kansas. Egging police cars today would get you a night in the city jail, or worse. Onto the history of today: In 1868, John Menard of Louisiana is 1st African American elected to US Congress. In 1873 P. T. Barnum’s circus, “Greatest Show on Earth”, debuts in New York City. Barnum said: “To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.” In 1905, George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs Warren’s Profession” premieres in NYC. This play is about a prostitute turned Madam. The reason I bring it up is the treasure trove of George’s quotes. Wow. “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” I’m sure George was talking about the ukulele in the last one. Finally, in 1945 on this day, the US stopped rationing shoes. Think about that for a second. This is the birthday of the poet Ezra Pound who said, “Genius… is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.” There is some truth in that one. Enough to think about for one morning. Ya’ll stay safe and Abide.
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