We have arrived at January 28, 2023. It’s taken us 4.54 billion years but we made it. Is it worth the wait? It’s up to you. For me, absolutely. A day to enjoy. When you’ve lived 28,365 of them, each one becomes more precious. Funny how that works. The more you have, the more you appreciate each new one. It happens to be Daisy Day, Data Privacy Day, Global Community Engagement Day, International LEGO Day, National Blueberry Pancake Day, National Gift of the Ladybug Day, National Kazoo Day, National Seed Swap Day, Pop Art Day, and Rattlesnake Roundup Day. Onto history: On this day in 1547 9-year-old Edward VI succeeds Henry Vlll as King of England. On this day in 1561 the Articles of Warsaw Confederation were signed making legal freedom of religion in Poland. On this day in 1851 Northwestern University in Chicago was chartered. In 1855 on this day the 1st locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway. On this day in 1887 in a snowstorm at Fort Keogh, Montana, the world’s largest snowflakes were reported. They were 15 inches wide and 8 inches thick. Wow. On this day in 1915 President Woodrow Wilson refused to prohibit immigration of illiterates. On this day in 1935 Iceland became the 1st western country to legalize abortion. On this day in 1948 a plane carrying 28 farm workers being sent back to Mexico crashed in the Diablo mountains inspiring Woodie Guthrie to write the song “Deportee”. Search on it and you can listen to it. It’s worth the few minutes it will take. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, King of the Lombards and Emperor of the Romans died on this day in 814. He said, “If the populace knew with what idiocy they were ruled, they would revolt.” I’ll also give you quotes from the poet and author William Butler Yeats. He said, “There are no stranger here; only friends you haven’t yet met.” “What man does not understand, he fears; and what he fears, he tends to destroy.” “The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.” I’ll wrap up this post with “From our birthday, until we die, is but the winking of an eye.” Sounds like a new song to me. Abide.
