We’re one mile marker farther than we were yesterday. This one reads 09.09.2020. Not planning to take this exit. I’ve got places yet to visit, people to meet, beers to drink and music to play. Not done traveling this road. Someday, maybe but not this day. This day is International Buy A Priest A Beer Day. I wonder who came up with this? It’s also International Sudoku Day, National Wiener Schnitzel Day, National Steak au Poivre Day, National Teddy Bear Day and Wonderful Weirdos Day. Since I happen to be an ordained Priest of the Latter Day Church of the Dude (I’ve got the email to prove it), I’ll go with the beer day if you’re buying. On this day in 1675 the New England colonies declare war on the Wampanoag Indians. If you search on Wampanoag it’s worth the 10 minutes or so it will take to read about them. This is the day in 1776 that Congress officially renames the country as the United States of America (from the United Colonies). On this day in 1942 the 1st bombing on continental US soil at Mount Emily, Oregon during WWII by Japanese planes. On this day in 1963 Governor George Wallace is served with a federal injunction to stop his orders to Alabama state police to bar black students from enrolling in white schools. Today is Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy’s birthday (1828). A couple of quotes are in order: “If you want to be happy, be.” “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” This is also the day that John Howard Griffin, author of the book “Black Like Me” died at the age of 60 in 1980. He darkened his skin and then traveled through the South and wrote about his experience. He said, ““We shall remain prisoners of culture unless we become aware of the process and force ourselves to confront it and to deprogram it.” It’s a good book and I should read it again. Maybe I will. Hope I’ve given you stuff to think about. Now it’s up to you. Abide.
