This 24-hour period has been designated as November 11, 2020. This hurricane season wants to hang around a little longer. It looks like Eta is going to make landfall in Central Florida and come right over the top of us, probably as a tropical storm. Should not be a big deal. It will make the birds, squirrels, the snake and mice who live in hedge behind my house nervous, but they are designed to handle a little wind and rain. Today is National Sundae Day, Veterans Day, Death/Duty Day, Origami Day and Singles Day. The Death/Duty Day is the interesting one here. This day commemorates those people who died fighting on the last day of World War 1. Although it was known that the war would end in hours, fighting continued until 11:00 AM, and 2,738 men lost their lives. Some artillery units continued firing at the Germans, because they didn’t want to have to haul away spare ammunition. This proves that war is hell, and stupid. Lets now browse through the history of today: In 1865 Mary Edward Walker, the first US Army female surgeon, is awarded Medal of Honor. In 1921 US President Harding dedicates Tomb of Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. In 1926 U.S. Route 66 is established. In 1933 “Great Black Blizzard” 1st great dust storm in Great Plains. At the mention of the days of the Dust Bowl, I think about Woody Guthrie who is one of my favorite song writers. Here’s a quote: “It’s a folk singer’s job to comfort disturbed people and to disturb comfortable people”. Today is the birthday of the Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky (crime and punishment). He said, “Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.” Since this is Veteran’s Day, it’s also the birthday of George Patton who said, “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.  Today, you don’t need to thank me for my service. I enlisted to avoid the draft because the jungles of the Mekong Delta didn’t sound like a good place to visit. I suggest that you have a sundae. It will make you feel good. For all of you ukulele players, just remember what Woody said: “Anyone who used more than three chords is just showing off.”

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