The celestial clock has moved over one notch into the space of June 25 2021. Soon the hand of the clock will move again and this day will fade into history. Metaphorically, am I stationary on the bank of the river Time, watching it move by or am I floating in it on an inner tube, always moving? Probably too early in the morning for such deep thinking. Today is Bourdain Day as in Anthony Bourdain who left us too soon. It’s also Color TV Day because on this day in 1951 CBS made the first color broadcast. It’s National Seafarer’s Day, Global Beatles Day, National Catfish Day, National Food Truck Day and National Strawberry Parfait Day. Strawberries sound good to me. In 1835 on this day the 1st building was constructed at Yerba Buena which is now named San Francisco. This is the day in 1876 of the Battle of the Little Bighorn when General George Armstrong Custer was wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne warriors led by Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. Custer ordered his 600 soldiers to attack a camp of 10,000 Indians with predictable results. On this day in 1910, the Mann Act was passed making it a crime to transport a woman across a state line for immoral purposes. On this day in 1913 American Civil War veterans began arriving at the Great Gettysburg Reunion of 1913. Over 50,000 veterans from both sides showed up. This is George Orwell’s birthday (1903). His quotes are powerful reminders of the dark side of politics. Here are a few worth thinking about: “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” “The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.” And “Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence.” I have several motives for writing this daily post. One of them is self examination. Abide.
