Monthly Archives: June 2024
As you may or may not know, June 21 is the longest daylight day of the year. Although I rarely advocate Wikipedia as a source of all knowledge, you might want to read its information about summer solstice and its meaning to cultures from earliest times. It was especially sad to see desecration of Stonehenge yesterday by climate protestors. It is thought this remarkable circle of stones in England was used to…..
Today is the celebration of Flag Day, and, incidentally, my grandpa’s birthday. The American Flag was dedicated in 1777, 246 years ago today. My Grandpa always celebrated it with strawberry shortcake. In 1946 , President Woodrow Wilson marked the anniversary of that decree by officially establishing June 14 as Flag Day. Here’s a poem I memorized in school when schools taught history. Here’s a poem I memorized in grade school when teachers taught us to respect the flag. Yes, we pledged…..
Today we celebrate and remember the sacrifices made on D Day eighty years ago today. I ask today, what is the price of freedom? Are the battles we still face, of open warfare, of addiction, or poverty, of prejudice, of crime, of deprivation, of famine, of domestic violence, of oppression, of Communism, of Marxism, of evil in all its forms–worth fighting against and conquering?
Sin in all its form is evil. Whenever…..
Events the last few days for me have circled around the word Adversity. I am currently writing a short story for the Space Coast Writers’ Guild anthology with that title, have in the last month read two books involving World War 2 struggles, prejudice, and survival, have spent three days semi-sick, have interviewed a dear woman I’ve met here at Glenbrooke, and grieved at the manipulation of the justice system in this country. One of the last sentences in my…..