It’s become the 24th day of October 2020. The Villages was paid a visit by trump yesterday and now we wait for a couple of weeks to see if there are pandemic consequences. This is a not a good time for old people to be taking risks. I wouldn’t normally care. If someone wants to risk their life, it’s their business. In this case I do care because more infected people increases my chance of being infected. Since I can’t do anything about it beyond what I’m now doing, I’ll just move on and see what I can find: It’s Black Thursday, Food Day, Make A Difference Day, National Good And Plenty Day, National Bologna Day, United Nations Day and World Tripe Day. I’m going with bologna I think. The expensive kind at the deli department. Now to history. In 1593, the teleportation of Spanish soldier Gil Perez took place. He was guarding a fort in Manila Philippines, leaned up against the wall, closed his eyes and when he opened them he was in Mexico City. Google it. Interesting story. On this day in 1818, Felix Mendelssohn, at the age of 9 performs his first public concert in Berlin. On this day in 1871 a mob in Los Angeles, California hangs 18 Chinese. This is the day in 1929 called Black Thursday when a selling panic hit Wall Street. The following week the stock market collapsed. This is the day in 1972 that baseball player Jackie Robinson dies at the age of 53. He said, “Life is not a spectator sport. If you’re going to spend your whole life in the grandstand just watching what goes on, in my opinion you’re wasting your life.” This is also the day in 2005 that Rosa Parks died at the age of 92. Rosa said, “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.” That’s enough for today. Each one is different. I’m hopeful that I can find happiness in this one. Abide.
