In the middle of the night, April 16, 2021 arrived. Earth has been waiting over 4.8 billion years for it and now it’s here and in a few hours it will pass over the threshold and become history. That’s the way it works. Today is Day Of The Mushroom, National Bean Counters Day, Eggs Benedict Day, National Orchard Day, Save The Elephant Day and Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day. Since this is about as close to work as I get these days, the PJ thing works fine. This is the day in 1457 BC that the Battle of Megiddo took place. Egyptian forces defeated a large Canaanite coalition. This is the 1st battle recorded with a reliable account which means we’ve been killing each other in wars for over 3,000 years. Jumping ahead, on this day in 1861, President Lincoln outlawed doing any business with the Confederate States. In 1862 on this day, slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia. In 1900 on this day the US Postal Service issued its first book of stamps. This is the day in 1945 that the Russian Army began its attack on the capital of Nazi Germany. Finally, this is the day in 1993 that the Jury in the Federal trial of the officers who beat Rodney King reached a guilty verdict. This is also the day in 1889 that Charlie Chaplin was born. Charlie said, “We think too much and feel too little” and “More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.” This is the day the world lost Edna Ferber. She was a writer of short stories, novels and movie scripts who died in 1968. Edna said, “To be alive is a fine thing. It is the finest thing in the world, though hazardous. It is a unique thing. It happens only once in a lifetime. To be alive, to know consciously that you are alive, and to relish that knowledge — this is a kind of magic. ” We’re on the same page Edna. Enough for this day. Abide.
