September 6th, 2023. I’ll start today with a quote from Douglas Adams who said, “I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I ended up where I intended to be.” I’m grateful to be who and where I am. I always try to start my day by being grateful for something. Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” Today is Barbie Doll Day, Fight Procrastination Day, Global Talent Acquisition Day, Great Egg Toss Day, National Coffee Ice Cream Day, and Read a Book Day. September also has monthly holidays such as National Bourbon Heritage Month. Works for me! On this day in 1622 a Spanish silver fleet disappeared off the Florida Keys. The treasure ships located on July 20, 1985. On this day in 1651 King Charles II of England spent a day hiding in an oak tree during his escape after losing the Battle of Worcester. On this day in 1901 President William McKinley was shot by while vising the Pan-American Exposition in New York. He died on September 14th. His killer (Leon Czolgosz) was put on trial for murder 9 days later, found guilty and executed on October 29th. On this day in 1916 the first true supermarket opened. It was the “Piggly Wiggly” in Memphis Tennessee. On this day in 1968 Eric Clapton recorded the guitar tracks for George Harrison’s Beatles song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.” On this day in 1975 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova asked for political asylum during the US Open in NYC. Today’s dead person is Madeleine L’Engle who was a American writer. She said, “If you don’t recount your family history, it will be lost. They are what binds families and makes each of us who we are.” “Nothing, no one, is too small to matter. What you do is going to make a difference.” “We can do noting that does not affect other people, no matter how loudly we say ‘It’s my own business.” Last one: “Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.” Abide.
