Back home again after our first outing since the social distancing of the pandemic started. A change of scenery was a needed distraction. I would like to find somewhere within an hour that I can buy fresh grouper. Any help in that department would be appreciated. So good. Today we have some good choices to celebrate. It’s National Blueberry Cheesecake Day, National Cherry Dessert Day, Paper Airplane Day. World Lindy Hop Day, World Redhead Day and World Dracula Day. I will have some blueberries to celebrate May 26, 2020. Now lets climb on board the way back machine and see what happened on this day. In 1647 Alse Young became the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut. Not much information of her trial has been retained but it is thought she was blamed for the Influenza. Think about that one for a minute or two. On this day in 1868 US President Andrew Johnson avoids impeachment by 1 vote. This is a big footnote. President Johnson was determined to put Lincoln’s plan of reconstruction that would be lenient toward the defeated South as it rejoined the Union. Congress wanted military governments set up and the punishment of the South. Had President Johnson been impeached, we would have a different America. Finally, on this day in 1896 the Dow Jones index begins with an average of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94). This is John Wayne’s birthday (1907). He said, “Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.” This is the day that Charles Mayo stopped living. He was one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic. He said, “Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system. I have never known a man who died from over work, but many who died from doubt.” I’m sure he agrees with Bobby McFerrin that we should Don’t Worry, Be Happy. and with that, I’ll end this post and start my day. Abide
