The celestial clock on the wall reads May 21, 2022. It’s a good day to be alive. Our ancestors certainly didn’t have it this well. Since I’m old, I can remember living in a house without electricity or running water. I even went to grade school in a one room schoolhouse. In the words of Joe Welsh, “Life’s been good to me so far.” May 21st is National Waiters and Waitresses Day, National Strawberries and Cream Day, International Tea Day, Plant a Lemon Tree Day, Rapture Party Day, World Fiddle Day, and World Whisky Day. Here’s a factoid for you. In 2020, we consumed 768 million bottles of Whisky in the USA. Now to our daily search of historical footnotes. On this day in 1819, the 1st bicycles (swift walkers) were introduced in NYC. They didn’t have pedals. In 1881 American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton. This is the day in 1927 that Charles Lindbergh, in the Spirit of St Louis, landed in Paris after the first solo air crossing of the Atlantic. In 1932 After flying for 17 hours from Newfoundland, Amelia Earhart landed in Northern Ireland, becoming the 1st transatlantic solo flight by a woman. Today I’m going to post quotes by Eric Hoffer who was a social philosopher form the Bronx who died in 1983. Eric said, “Far more critical than what we know or what we don’t know is what we don’t want to know.” “The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enable3s us to count our blessings.” “Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.” “Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.” The last one is “You can never get enough of what you don’t need to make you happy.” Smart guy. Abide.
