It has become February 10, 2024. “Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized.” Leo Buscaglia. Reminds me of the Jimmy Buffett song about the man who has a watch that “just says Now”. Live in the moment. It’s all there is. Today’s holidays are All the News That’s Fit to Print Day, Chinese New Year, Cream Cheese Brownie Day, Lunar New Year, National Flannel Day, Teddy Day, and Umbrella Day. Now some historical footnotes. On this day in 1355 the St. Scholastica riot took place in Oxford England when students complained about the quality of the wine at the Swindlestock tavern. A fight broke out between the townspeople and the Oxford students and when the fight was over, 62 students and teachers were dead. On this day in 1915 President Woodrow Wilson protested Britain’s use of US flags on British merchant ships to deceive the Germans. On the same day Wilson warned Germany that the US would hold them accountable for property endangered or lives lost. This is the day in 1945 that the Andrews Sisters “Rum and Coca-Cola” hit #1. On this day in 1954 President Eisenhower warned against US intervention in Vietnam. Subsequent Presidents should have listened to him. Today we will hear from the American author Laura Ingalls Wilder. She said, “The real things haven’t changed. It is still best to be honest and truthful; to make the most of what we have; to be happy with simple pleasures; and have courage when things go wrong.” “the true way to live is to enjoy every moment as it passes, and surely it is in the everyday things around us that the beauty of life lies.” “It is not the things you have that make you happy. It is love and kindness and helping each other and just plain being good.” “Home is the nicest word there is.” “It doesn’t not so much matter what happens. It is what one does when it happens that really counts.” Abide.
