It is a brand new, never used, once in a lifetime day with the mile post 01.12.2021. We can sit back, pop some corn, and watch the drama. Find a quiet place and read a good book. Look for a new recipe to create for dinner. Maybe do all three? The point is that I get to choose how this day unfolds. That is a liberating concept. The Commission has selected the following events for our consideration: It’s International Kiss a Ginger Day (redhead), Curried Chicken Day, Feast of Fabulous Wild Men Day, National Hot Tea Day, National Marzipan Day, National Poetry At Work Day and Stick To Your New Year’s Resolution Day. I’m married to a ginger, so I’ll go with that one. Now to the way back machine: In 1773 the first public museum in north American colonies was established in Charlestown, SC. On this day in 1863, President Jefferson Davis delivered his State of Confederacy address. You can search on it and read it. Within the speech, he refers to slaves as “several millions of human beings of an inferior race”. In 1915 the US House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. In 1952 the University of Tennessee admits it’s 1st black student. This is the birthday of the Nazi Hermann Goering. He was both brilliant and evil. He said, “Education is dangerous – every educated person is a future enemy.” Very true for a totalitarian government. A good reason to home school myself every day. This is also the day that Agatha Christie (1976) drew her last breath. This is my favorite of her quotes: “I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.” Yes, it is Agatha. Being alive is a grand thing. Abide.
