5 April ‘23
Does anyone still designate snow falling like rain as “snain”. I don’t recall where I learned it but it seems accurate.
Today is the 31st of March meaning tomorrow is April Fool’s Day. However, no fooling, today started with snain at 0638.
Today is Saturday the 2th and there is no rain or snow but the water in the drain on the end of the drive is frozen.
Tuesday was clear and cold. Wild wind last night but calm, sun, and cold today.
Hammerstein says it all …
“March went out like a lion
A whippin’ up the water in the bay
Then April cried and stepped aside
And along come pretty little May!
May was full of promises
But she didn’t keep ’em quick enough for some
And a crowd of doubtin’ Thomases
Was predictin’ that the summer’d never come
But it’s comin, by gum
We can feel it come …
June is bustin’ all over …”
We can only hope by gum.
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Just a couple of days ago I came across tv news by and for children from 6 to teens on another. So if you have kids or grandkids and wonder what they are thinking, watch these shows. They are by kids and for kids but they help us older folks learn what and how they are thinking. There are such shows on both NBC and CBS (I don’t know about ABC) just know they are on the air early.
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NASA and the Canadian Space Agency have jointly announced the names of the four astronauts who will take a journey around the moon next year aboard the Artemis II rocket to learn what will be needed for the first trip to Mars. The three Americans and one Canadian will fly farther than the humans who traveled to and landed on the Moon during the Apollo missions that ended more than 50 years ago. (CNN 2 April ‘23)
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A recent news report was about the double in syphilis cases. Over the years I have been involved with syphilis.
The first was when George and I were required to prove we did not have the disease before we could be given a marriage license. That was more than 70 years ago.
The other was when we were members of a Society of Friends’ group assigned to do service work one summer in the New Mexico “Insane Asylum”. During that assignment we and others worked with patients in third stage syphilis and saw the symptoms.
I thought, since treatment is now so simple, the disease is no longer present or was at least treated so the report of its continued presence was a surprise.
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Interesting Q&A on the Old Farmers Almanac one day last week …
Question was “Where does dust come from and what is it?
Answer was “Dust is particles of less than one millimeter in diameter, regardless of its content. A significant portion of dust is dead skin fragments from human bodies, tobacco smoke, airborne particles of pollen and plants, industrial smoke, clay, and other mineral (soil) matter. Major volcanic eruptions also produce thousands of tons of dust, and dust from outer space can be yet another source.”
Stardust … ???
In 1927, Hoagy Carmichael wrote a melody that would become one of the greatest hits of all time, “Stardust.”
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I’ve been having trouble interacting with my phone so my sons will be getting me a simpler elder’s phone. I hope it will talk to me in techno language I can read and make use of easier with my tremor.
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There has been a lot of news about a crisis line (977) available 24/7 mainly aimed at suicide thoughts by offering emotional support and information about professional help.
More than 60 years ago, I worked on such a line for the Los Angeles area. We were not available 24/7 but only from 6 pm to 4 am. That seemed to be the “critical” time frame we were able to cover.
We worked in pairs in the office of a church in the San Fernando Valley in 5 hour shifts.
That which is available now is meeting a growing need.
I wish there was no need, especially among the young, PTSD among veterans and LEOs (LawEnforcement Officers), and the elderly.
However, I am glad it is no longer merely a finger-in-the-dike effort at making help available.
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At my age death, or near death, reports are a given. Last week the list was three … one to dementia, one to kidney failure, and one to “old age”.
I suppose all three were actually due to having lived to an “old age”.
There are only four of us left from our high school graduation class (1947) of which we are aware. One in Arkansas, one in the Seattle area, one in the town from which we graduated, and me.
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To close out the week …
There are things you have to do. There is a way to compromise what you would not like to do with what needs to be done. Grieving is one.
‘Til next week …