It is now September 10th, 2022. I live in The Villages which is a little like living on Seahaven Island where Truman lived in the Jim Carey movie “The Truman Show”. Always mowed, flowers always in bloom filled with happy people, usually with a drink and/or a golf club in their hand. I’m not complaining. It’s a nice way to live. Who needs reality? Our purpose in life is to enjoy it and I’m doing by best. Today is Aunt’s Day, Farmers’ Consumer Awareness Day, International Drive Your Studebaker Day, National Iguana Awareness Day, National Swap Ideas Day, Sew Be It Day, TV Dinner Day and National Hot Dog Day which I may celebrate around 7 PM. Now to history. On this day in 1349 the Jews that survived the massacre in Constance Germany were burned to death. I know, another gruesome footnote about the killing of Jews in the Middle Ages. The “justification” was the Black Death which was blamed on them but the real motivation was probably the confiscation of their lands and property and, since they were the only money lenders, their deaths cancelled of debt. On this day in 1957 Edward VI, 10 years old, married Mary Queen of Scots who was 5 years old. On this day in 1869 a Baptist minister invented the rickshaw in Yokohama Japan. On this day in 1987 the Lattimer Massacre happened when a sheriff’s posse killed 20 unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania. The Sheriff was there to put down a strike at a coal mine. On this day in 1919 the Lincoln Highway opened. It was the first paved “coast to coast” highway. Today the quotes come from Virginia Satir who was a family psychotherapist who passed in 1988. Virginia said, “Life is not what it’s supposed to be. It’s what it is. They way you cope with it is what makes the difference.” “We can learn something new anytime we believe we can.” “Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don’t know.” Last one: “I am me and I am okay.” Me too Virginia. Abide.
