Good Morning & Happy Wednesday!
We continue to enjoy sunny blue skies and an Indian Summer in Spokane!
A great big CONGRATULATIONS to our friends Evan & Samantha (Sam) on news of the birth of their second child! Here’s to you two! It couldn’t have happened to a lovelier couple!
Happy Birthday wishes go to our friend Lessie, who turns 35 tomorrow (November 7th); to T.V. news anchor, journalist and tireless champion in the fight against Alzheimer’s Disease & related dementias, Maria Shriver, who is 64 today; to actor Ethan Hawke who turns 49 today; and actress Sally Field who is 73 today! Here’s to all of you!
Another banner/poster that hangs in one of the examination rooms of my mom’s primary physician is “Advice from an Elk.” It reads as follows:
“Don’t get stuck in a rut
Cherish wide open spaces
Appreciate life’s high points
Be at home in the woods
Make your voice heard
Know when to make tracks
Be magnificent!”
Some great advice, don’t you think?
Here’s the fact for the day:
A dragon fly has a life span of four to seven weeks.
Here’s the word for the day:
Puerile (pure-ill): Showing immaturity; silly or juvenile…relating to a characteristic of a child.
It seems our current political leaders, no matter what party affiliation, seem to be acting rather puerile these days, don’t you think?
Another person featured in “Notes of the Notables” from the October 26-27, 2019 edition of The Wall Street Journal was the legendary author Charles Dickens. He maintained a list of fake book titles that he crafted to liven up a stuffy new study in his home. When Charles Dickens moved to Tavistock House in London where he wrote “A Tale Of Two Cities,” he decided to fill shelves in his study with fake books with ludicrous titles he created to amuse himself. In an October 22nd letter to bookbinder Thomas Robert Eelese, Dickens submitted his list of 37 “imitation book-backs.” A few titles, like “Five Minutes in China,” poked fun at travelogues. Some were sendups of religion, like “King Henry the Eighth’s Evidences of Christianity,” while others were skillful puns like “History of the Middling Ages,” For Hansard’s Guide to Refreshing Sleep,” Dickens requested that Mr. Eelese produce as many volumes as he was willing.
Here are some thoughts for the day:
“The problem with the Moodies is not what to play, it’s what to leave out! That’s always difficult. We stopped having support acts many years ago just because of that. We needed getting on to two hours. There’s such a big catalog to call on.”
—Justin Hayward, British musician and member of “The Moody Blues”
“My symbol was always a polo player because I liked sports, and polo has a stylishness to it.”
—Ralph Lauren, fashion designer
“Tonight you’re mine completely…You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes, but will you love me tomorrow?
Is this a lasting treasure…Or just a moment’s pleasure?
Can I believe the magic in your sighs?…Will you still love me tomorrow?
Tonight with words unspoken…You said that I’m the only one
But will my heart be broken, when the night meets the morning sun?
I’d like to know that your love is love I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won’t ask again…
Will you still love me tomorrow?…Will you still love me tomorrow.?
—Carole King, “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”
Here’s to a great Wednesday and lots of love always!
Press on,
Papa ‘a (Dad, Uncle Mark, etc.)