tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54451618192002746592024-03-13T23:20:09.691-07:00John Colgan-DavisJohn Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-40700097867928581772024-03-12T08:21:00.000-07:002024-03-12T08:21:42.977-07:00Sky Joy<p> </p><div class="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyahoo-style-wrap" style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069"><div class="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yahoo_quoted" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yahoo_quoted_9880236340"><div style="color: #26282a; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412"><div class="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; 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background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); max-width: 553px; padding: 5px; position: relative; width: 553px;" /></a><span style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Highway of Combes le ville-Giovanni Boldinni</span><br clear="none" /><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53057" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53058" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; padding: 2px 0px 0px;"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53059" style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 16px;"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53060"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53061" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53063"><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53064" /></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53065"><b id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53066"><u id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53067"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53068" style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;">DUKES FANS:</span></u></b></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53069"><b id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53070"><u id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53071"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53072" style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;"><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53073" /></span></u></b></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53074"><b id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53075"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53076" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">"The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” <br /></span><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53077" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">-- Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></b><b id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53078"><u id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53079"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53080" style="font-size: 22pt; line-height: 31.3867px;"></span></u></b></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53081"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53082" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53083" /></b></span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53084"><b><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53085"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53086"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53087" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;">“I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment.</span><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53088" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">” <br />-- Colin Farrell </span></span></span><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53089" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"></span></b></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53090"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53091" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;"><b><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53092" /></b></span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53093"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53094" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><b>***************************************************************</b></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53095"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53096" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"> <i>The
weather for much of last week reminded us that spring is on its way. So
too have the gardens in the neighborhood; the crocuses, snowdrops and
redbuds have all started making their appearance. The morning sounds now
included the sounds of robins, cardinals and other avian life. And
Sunday is Daylight Saving Time. Spring is on the way. </i></span><i style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">To that end I am re-running a piece I published last year about the sky and looking up.</i><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53095"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53098"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53099" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">
I love this painting. I LOVE this painting. It is perhaps the most
important painting I have ever seen in my life. I first saw it at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art when I was in junior high school, and a few
of us one afternoon, for some unremembered reason, decided to go the
Philadelphia Museum of Art. I came upon the Boldini in the first-floor
gallery of European Art on a wall on the left of the gallery, and it
literally stopped me. I was caught and amazed. I looked at it, moving
closer to take in the all the beautifully crafted colors, the subtly
changing shades of green and brown marking the highway, the scale of the
carriage and the people, and the placement of the trees along the road.
Then I noticed the sky in this painting -- the varying shades of blue
that seem to infuse the scene with magic, the way the background sky
seemed to just arise and appear to slowly dominate the scene, and the
marvelous clouds that seem to be quietly, majestically, and steadily in
motion. The scene felt alive; real, and I was hooked. Every time after
that, whenever I went to the museum, I had to see that painting. In my
high school years, in my early 20’s, for some fifteen or so years I
visited this painting as often as I could. It changed location during
those fifteen years, but I had to see it and I tracked it down. When
they took it off view for some 15 years, I was saddened. And when I saw
it back on view in the 1990’s, I was astonished and joyous, and I
literally burst out crying when I first saw it again. This is probably
the single most important painting I have seen in my life. For this is
the painting that has made me forever look up and marvel at the sky.</span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53100"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53101" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53102" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53103"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53104" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">
I was an urban kid and did not have too much experience being
outside the city. Some summers we stayed for a while with relatives in
Coatesville when I was a kid, but I really didn’t notice the sky then. I
liked the trails we walked, the dirt roads, and the sounds of the
freight train going to and from Lukens Steel. But I paid little
attention to the sky. But in my high school years I had more outside
experiences, and they happened after I had seen that painting. So, I was
much more aware of the sun, the clouds, the moon and the wondrousness
of sky. I went to the Folk Festival and to Be-Ins and was listening to
music outside in the day and in the night. And I would look up and pay
attention to the sky. I started going camping and bird watching and had
the joy of looking at the sky away from the glare of city lights.
Looking up became something of vital importance to me. </span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53103"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53103"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">
Fortunately, when I married my late wife, Penny, she was a camper
and birder, and she loved the sky as well. In fact, we had a 15-day
tent-camping honeymoon in Maine and Nova Scotia and saw a couple of
sunrises from Cadillac Mountain. And through our 40 year-long
relationship we had many incredible experiences with the wonders of the
sky. Seeing several eclipses over a lake at Montezuma State Park in
upstate New York. Watching full moons in West Virginia, Canada and
upstate Pennsylvania. Seeing dozens of meteor showers away from city
lights and marveling at the sheer number of stars and meteors. Waking
with the sun numerous mornings in our campsites and watching many
magical and colorful sunrises. And I will never forget the experience we
had one night at one of her cousins’ house in Arizona: laying on
sleeping bags for a couple of hours outside on the deck, watching a
moose walk by the house, and looking up into the clear night sky at the
Perseid meteor shower as a wolf howled. Watching the sky has become an
integral part of how I take in the world, and it still brings me
pleasure and joy.</span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53105"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53106" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53107" /></span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53108"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53109" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">
I am thinking of that now because I am again doing more early
morning walking. If I leave the house around 5:30-6:00 AM I am catching
the last of the winter night sky's darkness and watching the day coming
into being at the same time. If I look south and east, I often see the
orangish, yellowish, reddish streaks that are beautifully announcing the
day. And if I look to the north and the west, I can still see the moon
sitting shyly above the roofs. It is just hovering there, watching over
us for just a little longer. No matter the mood I am in upon awakening,
seeing day and night simultaneously improves it, if only for a while. It
is a quiet cup of amazement that I can sip from as I start my day. It
is glorious.</span></div><div id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53110"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53111" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;"><br clear="none" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53112" /></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53113"><span id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp21f1ee7fyiv1093863069ydp3c00f536yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1553765710211_53114" style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 25.68px;">
As we get ready for spring to arrive, I realize yet again that I owe my
awareness and appreciation of all of the simple beauty of the sky to
Boldini and that magical highway somewhere in France. Encountering his
work was the start of a lifetime of “skyjoy.” I think I will visit the
Art Museum again in the next week and spend some more time standing and
looking in Gallery 155 on the first floor. I have to once again say,
“Thanks,” to a painting.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069yqt4370575975" id="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069yqtfd77765" style="color: black; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><br clear="none" /></b></div><div class="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baOutlineElement yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baLtr yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baSCXW202122451 yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baBCX2" style="color: black; direction: ltr; font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><p class="yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baParagraph yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baSCXW202122451 yiv6033426199ydp314523c2yiv7565453751ydp7377acd2yiv1093863069ydp2775daf0yiv5397084412ydp2ac5a1baBCX2" style="background-color: transparent; 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color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">“Get your kicks, on Route </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW202122451 BCX2">66”...</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">Bobby Troup</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> I have always been fascinated by travel and things beyond my immediate surroundings. Growing up I read encyclopedias and focused on history, other times, and other places. Mom subscribed to Life magazine and Reader’s Digest, and they also fed my curiosity about </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">different places</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">. And there was, of course, National Geographic Magazine, which brought the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">whole world</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> to my door. I still have vivid memories of photographs from that magazine. I have yet to get to Greece, but I really want to all because of a stunning photograph of a sheer white cliff I saw in the Geographic when I was about 12. That picture has stayed with me for over 5 decades</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> In the 1960’s there were </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW202122451 BCX2">a number of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> TV shows that featured travel and being on the road: </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">The Fugitive, Run </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW202122451 BCX2">For</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> Your Life, and Route 66. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">I watched them and loved </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">Route 66</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> especially, because I loved that song. When I was starting to play in bands in the 1970’s </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2">almost every</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> band had a version of Route 66. It was not a question; you did that song!</span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"><span class="SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span><br class="SCXW202122451 BCX2" /></span><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"></span><span class="EOP SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> Last week I was doing the “post-dinner, what’s on WHYY?” thing I sometimes do, and I stumbled on a show about traveling Route 66 with TV travel reporter Samantha Brown. The wonderful thing about this show was that it focused on Route 66 from its start in Illinois. I had not thought of that: the, “It winds from St Louis to Joplin, Missouri” part and places beyond that in the song had always captured my attention. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW202122451 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> it was good to see what the route had been for many small towns and villages in Illinois and how so </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW202122451 BCX2">many</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> them are trying to hold on to some of the places and things that made the route special even as the rise of interstates lessened the importance of the road.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> Samantha meets and talks with people, and that is the joy of this episode for me. We meet John White, diner owner and author of a guidebook to Route 66; the warden of Joliet prison at the time of the filming of The Blues Brothers; the owner of a museum dedicated to Pontiac automobiles; people in a town called Normal, IL, the director of the Abraham Lincoln Museum and Library, and much more. I was a joyous and celebratory show, and I was so glad I stumbled upon it. I will check out more of her shows over the next few weeks.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> One of the things I have loved about my life is that while I have never been off the North American continent, I have had hundreds of experiences and met thousands of people in different towns, states, provinces, and cities. Samantha’s show reminded me of the joys of that process and how, if we are open to the possibility of surprise, we never stop learning and growing. I wish each of you safe and happy travels.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW202122451 BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"><span class="SCXW202122451 BCX2"> </span><br class="SCXW202122451 BCX2" /></span><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"></span><span class="TextRun SCXW202122451 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; 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and places. No week in the month goes by without several holidays and
special occasions, religious and secular alike. Yes, we are all familiar
with Valentine’s Day and Black History month, and we are </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">probably all</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
more aware of Asian observances such as the Lunar New Year. There are,
for US citizens, birthday observances of two of our most popular
Presidents, </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">Lincoln</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> and Washington. And, as all </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">roots</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> music fans know, </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSpellingErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">t’is</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> the season of Mardi Gras and New </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSpellingErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">Orelans</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> festivals, </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">music</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
and food. There are days dedicated to saints and other religious
notables in this month. And February is also home to Random Acts of
Kindness Week, Sisterhood-Brotherhood Week, Scottish Culture Month,
National Peace Corps Week, and many more. February is a busy, busy
month.</span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fEOP yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fOutlineElement yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fLtr yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fParagraph yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
Much of this celebration and ritual observance is tied to what nature
is doing when February rolls around. In the US we have Groundhog's Day
to remind us that spring is coming back, and the awareness of that has
always been a time for hope, optimism, and renewal. Ours, of course, is
not the first or only culture to do that. All cultures do this, and the
month before the arrival of spring has always been a ritual-rich time
for humans. Many of our modern February observances are linked to the
past.</span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fEOP yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fOutlineElement yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fLtr yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fParagraph yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> The Romans, who were </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">a great influence</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> on our calendar, did not have separate months during the winter; winter was just </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">a long period</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
of time. January and February were the last months added to the Roman
calendar by the legendary second king of Rome, Numa Pompilus, in about
713 B.C.E. February was the end of </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">year</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> for a long time. It was named for the full moon observance of </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSpellingErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">februum</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">,</span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> a </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">2 day</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
festival of purification. There were several ritual celebrations during
this month, in fact, honoring ancestors, purity, and fertility. They
were also related to the changes in the natural and the animal worlds;
things were happening to the fields and with the animals. Spring was on
the way, and the city and its inhabitants needed to be pure if the new
year was to be a good one. The new year had to be welcomed in the proper
fashion</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">. </span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> The Roman calendar was changed several times by the end of the Empire, but February was always the month before spring.</span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
the idea of February as a time to prepare for the new year is seen in
many of this month’s observances. Candlemass, Ash Wednesday, and Lent
are all in some ways about preparing for spring in Catholic and Catholic
influenced cultures. We see it in the Brazilian Carnival and New
Orlean’s Mardi Gras- grand parties, feasting, and music before the
cleansing time of Lent. Chinese and Southeast Asian cultures recognize
an official Lunar New Year, which is obviously about renewal and
starting over. Dress, food, and music are all preparations for having a
good year. Hindus dress in yellow for Basant Panchami, recognizing the
yellow flowers of the mustard seeds in the fields and the coming of new
growth. February is both the announcement of and the preparation for the
next part of our year.</span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fEOP yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fOutlineElement yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fLtr yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fParagraph yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">
So even as the snow is still on the ground, nature is telling us that
its cycle is continuing. Change is quietly going on all the time. Nature
does not stand still</span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2">. </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fNormalTextRun yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fEOP yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fSCXW144920262 yiv8780332384ydp6fe4f380yiv0772598197ydpc363cf94yiv1455326288ydpe4f2472fBCX2" style="color: black; 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color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">“In most cases, a good story connected to a strong symbol will last much longer and have more effect than any collection of mere facts.”</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> Mac George Bundy, advisor to Presidents Kennedy and Johnson </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; 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font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">“We are humans. That means we are symbol making beings, and that means symbols can move us much more than facts.”</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">Tr.John</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":375}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">(Alright-I admit it. I confess. I am too tired to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">come up with</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> a fresh tidbit for this week’s newsletter. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> I pulled up a favorite one from the past. This one on Valentine's Day received </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">a number of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> comments from folks when it ran last year, so I am repeating it with some minor updates. I hope you enjoy it.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">)</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">Next week we celebrate Valentine’s Day, a day dedicated to the ideas of true and romantic love. As in any culturally significant observance there are rites, behaviors, and symbols that mark the occasion. We are expected to tell people we care about that we love them, to give candy and cards called “valentines” to people we care for, and ideally to play special music, have special romantic meals, and spend “romantic times” with someone. Cartoon hearts are seen everywhere, and the day is supposed to be all about the expression of love and togetherness. People in commercials kiss, hold hands, smile at each other, and look at each other with clear undying devotion</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">Of course, there are lots of people who think of this day as overly corny and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">totally unnecessary</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. Many of us, especially those who are without partners, can tend to be saddened by it or, alternately, angry at it. But it is an undeniably important part of US culture, and we can neither deny </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">or</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> ignore it. Americans spend more money on Valentine’s Day than on any other single holiday except Christmas. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> it is something major of which we are all aware. According to the website Business Pundit, we spent over $ </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">26 billion dollars</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> on the holiday last year, much more than on Father’s or Mother’s Day last year. The cards, the dinners, the chocolate, and the flowers all add up. It clearly means a lot to a lot of people, and of course, businesses. But to have reached that economic point, Valentine’s Day had to first be accepted as an important cultural idea. It needed to be embraced by us. And like any other strong cultural occasion, that means this </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">dayneeded</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> two things: a strong story and a mighty symbol</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> We have all </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">probably heard</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> the most accepted story about Valentine’s Day and the person for whom it is named. This story traces the day’s origins to a Roman priest by the name of Valentine. In the late third century ACE the Roman emperor Claudius was engaged in a series of unpopular and costly military campaigns, and he was having </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">a hard time</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> getting men to join the Roman armies. Claudius believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the army because of their strong attachment to their wives and families, so he summarily banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. The priest Valentine defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When what Valentine was doing was discovered, Claudius had him beheaded on February 14, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">probably in</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> the year 278 A.C.E. He was later made a saint, became a martyr for the Catholic Church, and became associated with romantic love and marriage. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">Supposedly he</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> wrote notes to people while in prison, signing them, “From your Valentine.” Thus was a story and a tradition born</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> Historians know that there really was a St. Valentine. But historians also know that there were at least </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">three</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> saints named Valentine. The Catholic Encyclopedia lists three martyrs with that name, and all are connected to a date in February. While that may seem strange to us, it is </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">really not</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> that surprising. Valentine, meaning, “having valor, righteousness, and strength,” was not that uncommon a name for Roman boys at the time. Just as happens now, parents then often gave children names that meant something: an ideal or hope. That is why we have so many people in our culture named after Christian apostles and saints, or after political or sports heroes. Every culture does this as a way of passing on ideals, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">beliefs,and</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> legacies to the next generation</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> Historians also know that at this time there was also a big February Roman pastoral festival dedicated to health, cleansing, renewal, and fertility. It was called the Feast of Lupercalia, and in one part of the festival the names of single Roman women were put into a box. Single men randomly picked a name out of the box, and they were then allowed to romance the woman whose name they had drawn. When Christianity became the state religion of Rome, many of the ancient Roman festivals were outlawed and/or converted into Christian fetes. In 496 ACE Pope Gelasius decided to put an end to the Feast of Lupercalia. He declared that February 14 would thereafter be celebrated as St Valentine’s Day, giving the day of his martyrdom a new meaning. People were to exchange simple gifts with loved ones such as grain, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">messages</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> and flowers. The story of Saint Valentine sacrificing his life for love became a widespread and popular one, and he and the date of February 14 became associated with gift giving in the name of love</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> Eventually the story of Valentine’s devotion to true love became joined to the one thing all </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">great stories</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> need: </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">a symbol</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. The heart had been important as a symbol since the time of the ancient Egyptians. They saw it as the most important organ of the body. They believed this was the place in the body where wisdom, emotions, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">personality</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> and more were all joined. They also believed that it was an important vehicle through which gods spoke to humans. Yes, they knew about the chambers of the heart and that blood circulated through the heart-they even did some forms of heart surgery. But that circulation of blood was not the most important job of the heart to them; </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">it's</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> supposed link to all things emotional, spiritual, and intellectual was why it mattered</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> Greek and Roman cultures drew heavily from Egypt, so the heart was important to them as well, and by the 5</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-fontsize="11" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> century BCE symbols on coins and in writings depicted the heart looking </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">somewhat as</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> it does on our Valentine’s Day cards: a fat </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">rounded ”V</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">” with two joined curves at the top. Some historians say that </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">particular shape</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> was chosen because it looked like the seed pod of a plant called “silphium</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">’,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> a plant used as a medicine and as a contraceptive in the ancient world. Others say it came about as an attempt by early graphic designers to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">represent</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> what the heart looked like in early medical texts. Regardless, by the time of the Renaissance that shape had become a symbol of love throughout Europe. And as Europeans went to other continents, they naturally took their symbols with them. That heart shape became associated with love in most parts of the world and now abounds on all those Valentine's cards, in the design of boxes of chocolate, in TV commercials, and all over </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">just about anything</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> connected with love. The story had found its symbol, and the two would be forever linked</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> The use of that heart as a symbol for love shows us just how powerful and persistent a given symbol can be, even when it clearly contradicts fact and truth. In the 1640’s William Harvey put forth the notion that the heart was a muscle, and that its primary role was to keep blood circulating in our bodies. By the middle of the 18</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-fontsize="11" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> century that had become commonly accepted medical knowledge, and by the mid-20</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-fontsize="11" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> century it was being widely taught, even in junior high school biology classes. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> we all know this fact. We also now know that emotions are generated in the brain-we even know that certain specific things can trigger a specific emotion in a particular region of the brain. But our cultural knowledge and common ways of talking regularly ignores our factual knowledge. We still associate the heart with love. We do not say, “My </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">brain</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> is lifted when I am happy,” or, “It is with a heavy </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">brain</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> that I bring you this sad news.” And we </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">definitely do</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> not know “a place on Lonely Street called “</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">Brain</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">break</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> Hotel.” It is the “heart” we relentlessly talk about in such situations, and more knowledge or more education will not change that. We have our story, and we have our symbol, </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">Dammit</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">, and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">we’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> sticking to them! </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> We humans need to make these stories and these symbols. That is the way we humans behave and make our way through much of the world. Yes, we are also quite “rational.’ Our rationality allows us to do many incredible things, ranging from cooking to simple toolmaking and up to nuclear physics and more. But in our day to day, most ordinary lives, we function with links between stories and symbols. We need this to help us navigate the world and to feel we have a place in it. For better or worse, as Valentine’s Day shows, this is part of what makes us human. And it will </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">probbly</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2">always</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2"> be just so. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">(An article on what Ancient Egyptians knew about the heart: </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW137241513 BCX2" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0741521414008659" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0741521414008659</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW137241513 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> <br /></span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW137241513 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW137241513 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW137241513 BCX2">.</span></span></p></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-30141730261518620562024-01-31T06:32:00.000-08:002024-02-20T15:15:19.706-08:00The Meaning and Power of History<p> <span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">“The most effective way to destroy people is to lie and obliterate their own understanding of their history” </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> George Orwell </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">When I taught history in high school and middle school, </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSpellingErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">i</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
would tell my students two things. One was that much of what I was
teaching them was not taught to me or in the schoolbooks I had when </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSpellingErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">i</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
was in school. The second thing I told them was that by the time their
kids were middle schoolers or high schoolers, a lot of what I was
teaching them would either be expanded upon, thought of differently, or
shown to be wrong in some way. That is one of the joys of history for
me. There are often new ways to look at and interpret things, </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">new information</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
that is uncovered, new voices to hear from, and new discoveries that
can change some of the historical narrative. “History” is rarely
indelibly fixed; I can continue to find out new things, find different
connections between ideas, and be surprised by what I find. That is
simply the nature of history. </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">I am thinking </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">out loud</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
about this now for two reasons. One is that we are approaching
February-Black History Month. I am very aware of how so much of the
history and experiences of Black people in what </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">is now the United States</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
has been ignored, untaught, lied about, and/or hidden. And I am
super-appreciative of the work that has been and is being done to
uncover and re-examine much of that story and thereby tell a fuller,
more </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">inclusive</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> and more </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">accurate</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> story of </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">all of</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> the peoples that make up this nation’s history. Our “truth” can be fuller. </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">The
second reason is that we are in an ongoing cultural war in which
history is being overtly politicized and many politicians and
organizations are </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">attempting</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
to limit what people read, see, and think. They are banning books,
removing books from libraries, and limiting what can and cannot be
taught in schools and colleges. To me this is profoundly </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">ahistorical</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">- it is the exact opposite of what history is </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">really about</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">To that end I have attached a few paragraphs from </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">previous</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> newsletters I wrote about US history and what has and has not been </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">generally taught</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">. There are some links to sites that are full of information that might be new and/or interesting to many of you. Enjoy: </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">“ </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Black</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
History Month can be seen as an opportunity to expand our knowledge and
better understand where we as an entire culture have been. The month
can give us ways to deepen our understandings about this place and ways
the past influences the present. We know some things about slavery, for
example, but for most of us slavery was something that happened on
plantations and in the South-it was about picking things and working in
the fields and the “Big House.” The reality is far more complicated than
that; there was slavery in </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">each and every</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> colony before the American Revolution and in </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">each and every</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
state after the Revolution. And all the activities and structures
needed and developed to support slavery were at the very heart of US
economic growth throughout the 18</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSuperscript ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-fontsize="11" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> and 19</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSuperscript ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-fontsize="11" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
century-shipping, banking, the stock market, trade, and more. The New
York Historical Society had a monumental exhibit in 2005 and 2006 on </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Slavery in New York City,</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> and the history it revealed totally changed many people’s ideas about what the 19</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSuperscript ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-fontsize="11" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
century was about and the role of the Big Apple during that time. Most
people had not realized that New York had been a slave state and that
its role in banking, shipping, and trade made it the actual center of
the entire United States slave system</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">. </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Likewise, there was a website developed in 2003 by historian Douglas Harper called, </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Slavery in the North</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
that examines how each colony and state north of the Mason-Dixon line
carried out their involvement with the “peculiar institution.” Looking
at these sites and other books, films, </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSpellingErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">etc</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
deepened my knowledge and unearthed moving and amazing stories about
which I had known little. That is one of the wonderful things about
history-there is usually so much more beneath the surface of any one
thing than we see at first glance. There is always much to be uncovered
and brought forth, and I love that digging. </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":518}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">(</span></span><a class="ydpf177532aHyperlink ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" href="http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org/" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">http://www.slaveryinnewyork.org</span></span></a><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">) </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">(</span></span><a class="ydpf177532aHyperlink ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" href="http://slavenorth.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">http://slavenorth.com/index.html</span></span></a><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">) </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> and </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">“As
Black History Month proceeds, I invite you to become a kid again for a
little while and read some children's literature that can take you to
some different people and places in the world and </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">possibly give</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> you some </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">new information</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
and new realizations. Go to your local public library and explore.
Re-discover how much fun reading and learning can be just for its own
sake. Enjoy the pictures, the stories in these children’s books and
welcome some new people into your life. It will be a wonderful and
thrilling experience. </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aLineBreakBlob ydpf177532aBlobObject ydpf177532aDragDrop ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span><br class="ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" /></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aEmptyTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">No Small Potatoes: Junius Groves and His Kingdom in </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Kansas</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> by</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> Tonya Bolden; illustrated by Don Tate </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Molly, by Golly: The Legend of Molly Williams, America's First Female Firefighter by </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Dianne Ochiltree; illustrated by Kathleen </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSpellingErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Kemly</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> <br /></span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19.425px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Black Cowboy; Wild Horses; A True Story</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span></span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.425px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">by </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">Julius Lester; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aLineBreakBlob ydpf177532aBlobObject ydpf177532aDragDrop ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px;"><span class="ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span><br class="ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" /></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aEmptyTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px;"></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px;"></span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> Dear, Benjamin Banneker</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSpellingErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">byAndrea</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> Pinkney; illustrated by Brian Pinkney </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">A good website</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> for searching out </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">African-American</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> children's books: </span></span><a class="ydpf177532aHyperlink ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" href="https://aalbc.com/books/children-list.php" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aUnderlined ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://aalbc.com/books/children-list.php</span></span></a><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> “ </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpf177532aOutlineElement ydpf177532aLtr ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpf177532aParagraph ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> I hope this Black History Month finds you looking in </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">new places</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> for new things and discovering and uncovering new facts and new people. There is a universe of </span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">largely</span><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">
unknown, people whose lives have amazing stories to tell and whose
accomplishments are astonishing. If I may jump start that for you, let
me toss out some names with whom you may not be familiar: Benjamin
Banneker, Bass Reaves, Miriam Benjamin, Daniel Hale Williams, and
Valerie Thomas. If you are curious, look them up and see who they were
and what they did, and how they are connected to so many things we take
for granted. Dig, uncover, and enjoy.</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpf177532aTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px;"><span class="ydpf177532aNormalTextRun ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2">--------------------------------------------------------------</span></span><span class="ydpf177532aEOP ydpf177532aSCXW75577747 ydpf177532aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 32px;"> </span></p></div><br />John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-62959506634858311662024-01-25T15:21:00.000-08:002024-01-31T06:30:05.938-08:00Memphis In The Meantime, Baby<p> </p><div class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeOutlineElement yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeLtr yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="direction: ltr;">
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go to Memphis in the meantime, Baby;</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></span></p>
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</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Let’s</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> go to Memphis, in the meantime, Girl” </span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></span></p>
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John Hiatt</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></span></p>
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<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
Johnny Never and I are back from an incredibly adventurous trip to Memphis, </span>
<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Tennessee</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> and the experience of the International Blues Challenge. It was my first time to Memphis,
and </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSpellingErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">i</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> had been looking so forward to the trip. We
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">didn’t</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> make it beyond the quarter finals of the competition, but we
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">heard</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> some great musicians from
around the world, ate some </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">good food</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">, and saw and hung out at some of the iconic bars
and clubs on Beale Street. The weather made it a </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">somewhat difficult</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
week, however: it
was warmer here in Philly last week than it was in Memphis. That made
for a memorable trip that put the “challenge” in the "Blues Challenge</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">”.</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
It </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">provided</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> great opportunities to practice tolerance, roll with the punches, improvise,
and persevere. And all of that started before we reached Memphis.</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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We were supposed to catch a 7:56 AM flight last Tuesday, but the
weather conditions meant there were flights held over that had been
cancelled and delayed due to last Monday’s snowstorm.
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
our flight was delayed as some
of those flights took off on Tuesday morning. Finally, we boarded and
appeared to be ready to head down to Memphis. But we sat on the tarmac
for quite a while-over 2 hours. Then we had to go to a de-icing station
as ice was
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">apparently building</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> up on the plane. We waited to get there, and then ran low on fuel.
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> after several hours on the plane,
the flight was eventually cancelled. We were </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">very disappointed</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">, but we were told we
would be on the same </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">flight</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> Wednesday.
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> we felt a little better and were
prepared to do that. </span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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<p class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeParagraph yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Only
when we got to the airport the next day, </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">that flight was</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
cancelled as well. We had registration for the IBC due at 4PM, and we
were scheduled to play on Wednesday evening at 8:30. And there was no
other scheduled flight from Philly to Memphis until the evening.
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Needless to say, we</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> were worried.</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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Johnny used to work on putting films and videos together for
corporations, so he knew how to jump into “fix-it” action. He found a
flight from Philly to La Guardia airport in New York, and then a flight
from LaGuardia to Memphis. And he arranged through phone
calls to the airline that there were no extra fees and that it would be
a smooth transfer.
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> we were going to make Memphis
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">after all,</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
if a little late. (Other travelers to the Challenge also made that same
trip,
and we got to meet some of them as Johnny and I played in the airport
as we waited for planes. Johnny talks about one such encounter in
greater detail in the blog on his website)
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Unfortunately, that was not the end of our challenges. We made it to
Memphis on Wednesday late afternoon, but our luggage wound up in
Charlotte. We had to play that night in the clothes we had worn all day.
We played at The Pig on Beale, and we played well.
There were some folks from DE and Philly that had come down to see us,
and it was great to see them.
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Wednesday</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> eventually turned out
to be OK. </span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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But we had to spend part of the next day calling and hustling out to
the airport trying to find our luggage. Fortunately, we hooked up with a
wonderful husband and wife shuttle service that made things much nicer
and smoother than they could have been otherwise.
And the airport folks said our luggage would be delivered that evening.
We ate </span>
<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">some</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">good food</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">, visited a couple of clubs, heard some great
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">music</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> and prepared for our Thursday evening show.
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<p class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeParagraph yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Thursday
turned out to be another difficult day. It started with our luggage not
being delivered. Icy roads meant the delivery service cancelled
deliveries!
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">So</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
we had to take the shuttle service
to get back out to the airport to recover our luggage. We got the
luggage, and then prepared for our Evening show. Unfortunately, there
were
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">three time</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
changes as to when we
were to perform, two of them after we were in the club. That, to say
the least, was also frustrating. We did play, and we played well. But it
had been a tiring, unsettling, and tough two days. I got back to the
hotel,
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">collapsed</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> and went to sleep, vowing to myself to make the rest of the trip as wonderful
as possible</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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Friday and Saturday found me visiting a couple of places I had long wanted to see. Stax Records, home of Otis Redding, Booker
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">T</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
and the MG’s, and more, has been rebuilt as a museum on the original
site, and it is
amazing. I spent 3 hours there Friday, reading about the founding and
history of the label, touring the studios, reading about the history of
soul and gospel music in Memphis, viewing some classic photos, and
seeing several interviews with musicians about
how certain songs were written and recorded. It was a pilgrimage for
me, and I cried and had some great conversations with other tourists. I
also spent a little time Saturday at the National Civil Rights Museum.
The museum was closed from Monday until Saturday
due to the icy roads in Memphis, and it closed early on Saturday as
another ice storm was forecast. But I got to see a history of Black
protest dating back to slavery times, see some rare photos of the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, and read and see a lot of behind
and beneath the headlines things that added much more depth to what is </span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">generally presented</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
in the media and history books. It was incredibly moving, and yes, I cried again several times. The museum is
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">located</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
on the site of The Divine Loraine Motel, the place where Dr. Martin
Luther King
was assassinated, and it is a masterful job of re-purposing. I need to
and will come back to see the entire museum. It is another place of
thoughtful pilgrimage for me.</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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Leaving and getting back to Philly on Sunday was easy by comparison to
our trip down. It was good to be back in the warmth of the North-most
days Memphis was in the teens. It was a, crazy, wonderful, frustrating,
maddening, exciting, and memorable five days.
I had some experiences I could not have had anywhere else. I look
forward to going back to Memphis again sometime soon. It is indeed
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">a
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">very special</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> place!</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeUnderlined yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">John
Hiatt: Memphis in the Meantime</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">:</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">website</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> blog:</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeLineBreakBlob yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBlobObject yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeDragDrop yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> </span><br class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" clear="none" />
</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEmptyTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"></span><a class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeHyperlink yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" href="https://johnnynever.com/ibc-blog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeUnderlined yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">https://johnnynever.com/ibc-blog</span></span></a><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEmptyTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">Records</span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2"> Musuem:</span></span><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEOP yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p>
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<span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeEmptyTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"></span><a class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeHyperlink yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" href="https://staxmuseum.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeUnderlined yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">https://staxmuseum.com</span></span></a><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeNormalTextRun yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeSCXW78376227 yiv2169936084ydpa2d792eeBCX2">
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<div class="em_N ek_BB gl_C j_ZUs0f0 o_h p_R D_F s_e5X x_Z14vXdP" data-test-id="mail-app-component" data-yaft-module="norrin_main" id="mail-app-component"><div class="F_N gl_C o_h D_F p_R U_0 I_ZkbNhI" data-test-id="mail-app-main-content"><div class="D_F ek_BB p_a Z_0 L_0 R_0 T_0 B_0 cZ1RN91d_GG I_ZnwrMC" data-test-id="message-group-view"><div aria-label="Message View" class="iz_A I_ZkbNhI em_0 Z_0" data-test-id="message-group-view-scroller" role="main"><div aria-label="Keyboard navigation group. Use arrow keys to navigate, or tab to the next group." data-test-id="focus-group"><ul class="hd_n M_0 X_0" data-test-id="cards"><li class="m_Z12nDQf D_F ek_BB ir_0"><div class="p_R b_2w4lU5 I_ZkbNhI em_N it_689y X_fq7 N_6LEV iu_FJ is_Z2bg7IA iv_0 iv3_dRA cZdTOHS_28Otf4 j_ZUs0f0 message-view" data-iskeynav="true" data-test-expanded="true" data-test-id="message-view" tabindex="40"><div data-test-id="message-body-container"><div class="H_7jIs D_F ab_C Q_69H5 E_36RhU" data-test-id="toolbar-hover-area"><div class="D_F W_6D6F r_BN gl_C" data-test-id="card-toolbar"><div class="D_F ab_C en_0 b_Z14vXdP e_3mS2U I_ZkbNhI P_Z1otBpf"><span class="em_N en_N"></span><hr class="M_0 P_0 cn_0" /></div><span class="em_N en_N"></span></div></div></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-31476365425596202872024-01-11T10:07:00.000-08:002024-01-25T15:20:20.496-08:00Give Me Memphis Tennesee <p> </p><div class="WACEditing EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover" contenteditable="false" id="WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; visibility: visible;" tabindex="0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">"Long Distance Operator, Give me Memphis, Tennessee..."</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">.... Chuck Berry</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">A couple of times over</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> the last two years I have written posts reflecting on my career as a Philadelphia area bluesman. I talked about my early days and my introduction to the blues, I reviewed the history of the Dukes of Destiny, and I talked about the slew of amazing folks and the </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">Philadelphia blues</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> scene of the 1970’s, </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">80”s</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> and 90’s which nurtured me. I simply love playing in and around this area, and I have made some good friends, musicians and otherwise, and been to some great places. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> All of this came together beautifully over the past few months as Johnny Never and I have been preparing for our trip to Memphis next week to take part in the Internatinal Blues Challenge. The fundraiser concerts were both amazing events with </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">a number of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> great musicians being willing to donate their time and energy, friends </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">helping out</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> with </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">all of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> the background and infrastructure stuff, and tons of people coming to support us and/or making online deposits or writing checks. I am </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">overwhelmed</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> by the support and good wishes and want to send sincere gratitude to all of you who are helping to make this trip possible</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">Johnny will keep people updated on the trip. In Johnny’s words:</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">“John and I will be posting daily on my website - writing about our experiences from barbeque to the Amazing Other Blues Acts and all the sights and sounds with photos and video to help tell our story</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">John and I both love to write so it will be fun! The blog, for lack of a better word, will be under the "schedule" menu of johnnynever.com. This will be the place to go for </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">personal</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> and </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW24976447 BCX2">in depth</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> view of the week's events</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">! </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">Other info can be gleamed here: </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW24976447 BCX2" href="https://blues.org/international-blues-challenge/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://blues.org/international-blues-challenge/</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 32px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2"> “</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":469}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 32px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW24976447 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW24976447 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px -2px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">Thank you all so much for your support and your energy. It is great to be a Philly area blues musician</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW24976447 BCX2">! </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW24976447 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><br /></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-2163582830670588582024-01-04T06:26:00.000-08:002024-01-04T06:26:25.858-08:00The Quiet Magic of Winter Skies<p> </p><div class="WACEditing EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover" contenteditable="false" id="WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; visibility: visible;" tabindex="0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; 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text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">The sky grew darker, painted blue on blue, one stroke at a time, into deeper and deeper shades of night.”</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> Haruki Murakami,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">He who marvels at the beauty of the world in summer will find equal cause for wonder and admiration in winter.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> John Burroughs </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span><br class="SCXW192830048 BCX2" /></span><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> Around 5:30 PM a wonderful curtain of darkness comes down and settles in, and for some 13 or 14 hours we are in the grip of one of the most dramatic and beautiful scenes on the planet-the winter night sky in the Northern Hemisphere. That seasonal combination of the absence of leaves on the trees, the sheer number of hours of darkness, the presence of so many dramatic constellations, and the visibility of the planets makes the winter sky among my favorite celestial happenings. Yes, there are nights when it is cloudy and not much seems visible, but even </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW192830048 BCX2">then</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> the greys have their subtle shades and shapes that seem mysterious. And when the sky is cloudless, then things are amazingly stark and dramatic. Even in the city, with our overwhelmingly electric presence, nature's lights in the sky still stand out. Some of the constellations are clear and almost shouting in their brightness. They are wonders to behold. The moon is also clear and bright. The crescent and quarter moons give way to a new moon by the end of the first full week of January. The Full Moon will occur on January 25th, and this too will be easily and proudly visible. Plainly visible for the month is Jupiter, high overhead and in the northwest sky. And then there is the comet, Catalina appearing in the middle of January and visible with binoculars as it passes by the Big Dipper</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":372}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":372}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> These are all treats and wonders for us to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">observe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">, and they all remind me of the wonderfully paradoxical position of humans in this universe. When you think of it, we are </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW192830048 BCX2">really quite</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> insignificant when you </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">observe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> all that is going on around and above us. I mean, there is Jupiter or a comet, and then there is us. There is so much that is beyond our power and scope. But we are also powerful because we can </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">observe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">, think about, and make some type of order out of all of this. We can even name these things. That too is amazing-we are simultaneously powerless and powerful. And we also get to stand back and enjoy it all.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":372}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":372}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24.8px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> So even if what is happening on the earth seems strange and out of place, the sky provides us with some certainty and plenty of beauty and enjoyment. We can get outside, look up and have an immediate immersion in the wonder of winter. Look up, watch, and enjoy it. It is quietly miraculous</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":372}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; 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text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 35.6px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">JOHN’S JANUARY GIGS</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 35.6px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":534}" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 35.6px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 54px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">Johnny Never & John Colgan-Davis winners of the DE Regional IBC </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW192830048 BCX2" href="http://www.johnnynever.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 54px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.johnnynever.com</span></span></a><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 54px; text-decoration: underline; text-transform: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 54px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":810}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 54px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">Sunday, January 7 the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW192830048 BCX2">Delawre</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> Veterans Post; 129 Pear </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW192830048 BCX2">st</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">; Dover, DE The second and final fundraiser for our trip to the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW192830048 BCX2">Mephis</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> IBC is January 7th at “Delaware Veterans Post #2”; 129 Pear Street, Dover, DE. It runs from noon until 5PM.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> There will be great live music provided by some of the best blues artists around including Roger </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW192830048 BCX2">Girke</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">, Jimmy Pritchard, Harmonica Slim, Diamond Jim Greene, and The Johns. For more info go to</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":469}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW192830048 BCX2" href="https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-memphis-tn" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":469}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW192830048 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">And if you </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2">can’t</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW192830048 BCX2"> make the concert but still want to donate, there is a “Donate” button at that link. Thank you all so much. It is a joy to </span></span></p></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-80163532789276011172023-12-26T13:48:00.000-08:002023-12-26T13:48:30.581-08:00Repeat: History of New Year's Eve<p> </p><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93Underlined ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 49.2667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":739}" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 49.2667px;"> </span></p><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93Underlined ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Something Old, Something New; Something Borrowed: New Year’s Eve Then and Now</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> (This is one of my favorite posts. I received </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">a number of</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
comments when I wrote it in 2018, so I changed it a bit and decided to
run it again. Apologies for the length; I hope you enjoy it)</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">New Year's is not "new". Some form of it has been celebrated for thousands of years on every continent and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">probably for</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
as long as there have been human communities. The first
recorded celebrations come from some 2,5000 years ago in
Mesopotamia-Iraq. This is the place most historians agree civilization
started. Around spring and fall equinoxes, when days and nights were of
equal length, they celebrated both the planting season and the harvest
season as days of renewal for the cities, the surrounding areas, and of
the earth itself. “Akitu” was the name of the festival, and historians
look to those week-long celebrations as the first recorded instances of
celebrating what might be called a “new year.” Of course, such
celebrations are </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">really much</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> older than that; people did things long before humans invented writing and keeping records</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">But once farming and agriculture became mainstays of human activity people simply had to know </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">when</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> the ideal times were to plant and to harvest. Knowing the cycle of the seasons became essential to city survival</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">We
also realized that what happened in the sky influenced and heralded
what would happen on earth, so we kept track of what we now call
equinoxes, solstices, moon phases and more</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">And to </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">attempt</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> to have these occurrences </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">benefit</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
us, we developed rituals, celebrations, and practices to try to
influence the force or forces that controlled those things. We were </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">literally hoping</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> and praying for outcomes that would </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">benefit</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> us in the future. </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
New year celebrations were originally a part of this process. And
like most human celebrations, the observances involved ritual foods,
ritual actions, ritual music, ritual dancing, and ritual prayer and
introspection. Humans tend to meet the same realities of life in </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">pretty much the</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
same ways, and ritual, religion, symbol, and music are all among the
ways we signify that something important and special is taking place. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">It is simply what we humans do.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
However, when we think of New Year’s Eve celebrations today most folks
are not thinking about global cultural history and/or how what we do
today links to what humans have done for thousands of years. Many folks
are instead thinking about a party, a religious ceremony, special foods,
and resolutions. And most of us are also </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">well aware</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
of a place called Times Square in New York City, a countdown, and that
big shiny ball dropping down. Even if we are not planning to watch it,
we are all aware of this event happening. I used to love to watch it on
TV when I was much younger, begging my mother to let me stay up so I
could watch it. The crowd, the colors, the </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">noise</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> and the outlandishness all amazed me. There </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">was</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> the confetti, the movie and music stars, the noise, the big </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">ball</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
and the drama of thousands of people counting down all together, me
along with them in my living room. It was a secular ritual, I realized
as I grew older and understood it more. And I was and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">am still</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> fascinated by how so many aspects of it connect to some of our most ancient ways. </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> In normal, pre-COVID times, some </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">1 million people</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
would crowd into Times Square for this celebration-1 MILLION people.
The thought that 1 million people would willingly want to stand together
in freezing </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">cold weather</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> in New York City for hours is </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">mind-boggling</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. And many of those people are </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">quite possibly</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> drunk, high, and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">almost out</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
of control. What sense does that make?? No one in their right mind
would suggest doing that as a fun way to spend time in New York City</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">But of course, we are often “out of our minds” </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">in the midst of</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> a ritual. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Ritual</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> can transform us and take us to a </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">totally different</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> state of being in which the irrational makes perfect sense.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
It is estimated that over 1 billion—1 BILLION- people watch the show on
TV around the world, even in places where the time differences mean
that it is already past midnight and a new year where they actually are</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Who knows how many people will stream </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">it</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> or watch it on the </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">web or YouTube</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
or Facebook Live. It is truly a worldwide phenomenon-one of the very
few things that universally and temporarily unite us as a species.
Whether we watch it or deliberately avoid it, we are all aware of it. It
</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">is that</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> universal. But how did this come to be? How did this place and this </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">particular ceremony</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
come to symbolize the coming of a New Year to so many people of so many
different nationalities, colors, religions, and cultures</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">? </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Well, it all started with one </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">businessman</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> and some unique things about the early part of the 20</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93Superscript ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-fontsize="12.5" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> century.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
Adolph Ochs was publisher of the New York Times, for which Times Square
was named. Ochs and the Times were spearheading the northern and
western growth of New York City beyond its Lower Manhattan starting
point by the rivers and the ports. He wanted to call attention to and
spur this uptown growth; he saw it as essential to the economic growth
of the city. And he wanted a way to make that happen. This was in the
late 19</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93Superscript ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-fontsize="12.5" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> and early 20</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93Superscript ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-fontsize="12.5" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> centuries, </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">a time period</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> which saw the advent of </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">new technologies</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> that could </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">seemingly conquer</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
heights, hold up the new “skyscraper” buildings, light up the whole
night sky, create vehicles that did not need animals to move, and much,
much more. It seemed as if something new was being developed every
day. Ochs liked to throw lavish parties, and he was one of the early
promoters of “grand spectacles” that the 20</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93Superscript ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-fontsize="12.5" style="vertical-align: super;">th</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
century would so regularly produce. To that end he started staging New
Year’s Eve parties that filled the air above the Times building with
fireworks and bright lights. These events became immensely popular, and
they drew thousands of spectators uptown to view them and to think about
the area. But fireworks above meant hot ashes falling to the ground
below. This was clearly dangerous, so the city banned </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">the fireworks</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">for</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> 1907 going into 1908.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
Ochs’s flashy fireworks display had started drawing Manhattanites
uptown and away from the traditional New Year’s celebration at Trinity
Church in Lower Manhattan</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">There
worshipers and celebrants listened to the tolling of the church’s bells
to signal a new year. The bells were amplified on sound </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">trucks</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
and they were still a popular draw. If Ochs was going to continue to
draw people uptown and away from Trinity, he needed a new big draw: a
new spectacle. He found one a few blocks away from his office by doing
what we now call “re-positioning" or "re-purposing.”</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> “Time balls’ were an answer to the problem of keeping </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">accurate</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
time at sea for ships. Developed in the early 1800’s, most port cities
had them by the turn of the century. They were huge colorful balls that
would rest atop </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">high buildings</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">.
They would descend exactly at noon every day so that Maritimers could
know the exact time. They could then use that information to set their
chronometers, measure longitude, and navigate more accurately</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">As the telegraph developed, coastal cities with time balls in place began to telegraph the exact time to other cities</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Humans had managed to </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">figure</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
a way to precisely measure and standardize time in a huge way, just in
time for the new factory age of mass production that was to come.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
Most cities had time balls by the early 1900’s, and most people knew
what they were. Philadelphia had one atop the Bourse Building for
several years. Western Union, the major telegraph company, had one at
its New York office near the Times. It would descend every weekday at
noon to let people know exactly what time it was. Ochs had found what he
needed; he had </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">a large time</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> ball built, and on December 31</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93Superscript ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-fontsize="12.5" style="vertical-align: super;">st</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">, </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">1907</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> thousands</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> of people gazed up at the New York Times building and spied a big, shiny, </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">700 pound</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
ball atop a flagpole on the Times building that was awash in huge
multi-colored electric lights. A large crowd gathered around the
building, looking up. They had been told that something special was
about to happen</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> As midnight approached, workers began lowering the giant ball </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">by</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
ropes and pulleys. On top of the Times building a giant electric sign
counted down the seconds until the ball reached the bottom. At the
precise moment it landed, the number “1908” lit up the night sky. People
went nuts; there were shots fired, people kissing each other, trumpets
and noisemakers going off, and these new things called “automobiles”
honking their horns. The “event was a smash hit, and both a tradition
and a new ritual were born</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
The ball drop was immensely popular. Promoting and covering it quickly
became a staple of magazine and newspaper articles, and when radio came
along it went national. It and Times Square eventually became one of the
signature things about New York City, and the city developed the area
further away from the ports. Midtown and uptown became important parts
of the city. When TV came on the scene, it became a big draw for network
TV, pulling in millions of viewers and eventually billions of
advertising dollars. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">It rapidly</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> became an international phenomenon, and I cannot see </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">that</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> stopping anytime soon. </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
The ball has been re-designed, of course, several times, it has been
made of different substances, and it is now run by a computer timed to
the atomic clock. It is not the same 700 pond ball that started the
tradition. But in many important ways it </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">really is</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> the same ball. Beneath </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">all of</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> this technological change and modernization and improvement we can see the age-old human practice of meeting </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">important events</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
the world regularly brings to us with ritual, symbol, and as a group.
Yes, it started out as a publicity stunt, a smart business move, and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">perhaps just</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> as a way of showing off. But it has since become something all its own. It is a worldwide, collective ritual </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">now; it</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
belongs to the world. And every year, for just a little while, the
world becomes one big village when the ball drop happens. That is the
magic and power of ritual taking place, and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">I think that</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> is a good thing</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":421}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28.0667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.0583px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
Of course, not everyone watches the ball drop. There is the recent
emergence and broadcasting of the country music themed "Nashville Big
Bash,” for example, and there are people who </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">don’t</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> acknowledge popular or commercial rituals. But </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">the vast majority of</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> us </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">have to</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> recognize and notice the passing of the old year and the arrival of a new one</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">And
we need to do it in groups; that is important to us humans. When we
celebrate New Year’s Eve and the New Year, we are standing with the
countless generations of humans who have gone before us. We are joining
with people who have for thousands of years collectively looked at what
was going on around them and had to figure out ways to respond to it.
Yes, we are digital and modern and “</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">algorhythmed</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> “and “civilized,” whatever that means. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Essentially, though</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">, we are all just humans navigating our way through the world and trying to cope, adjust, survive, and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">maybe do</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> just a little better in the future than we did in the past.</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> We make resolutions and celebrate re-birth. We meet the world with renewed hope. And we do it with community and with ritual. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Thus</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> it is now, and thus it has always been. </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">However</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> you celebrate and </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">observe</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> it, do have a Happy New Year</span></span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; 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font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 54px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.johnnynever.com</span></span></a><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93Underlined ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 54px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 54px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":810}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 54px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93Underlined ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Sunday, January 7 the </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Delawre</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> Veterans Post; 129 Pear </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">st</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">; Dover, DE The second and final fundraiser for our trip to the </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Mephis</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> IBC is January 7th at “Delaware Veterans Post #2”; 129 Pear Street, Dover, DE. It runs from noon until 5PM.</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> There will be great live music provided by some of the best blues artists around including Roger </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">Girke</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">, Jimmy Pritchard, Harmonica Slim, Diamond Jim Greene, and The Johns. For more info go to</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":469}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-setdir="false" dir="ltr" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93EmptyTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"></span><a class="ydp7731bd93Hyperlink ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2 enhancr_card_4028396950" href="https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-memphis-tn" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93Underlined ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-</span></span></a><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":469}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="ydp7731bd93OutlineElement ydp7731bd93Ltr ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp7731bd93Paragraph ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 10.6667px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">And if you </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">can’t</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">
make the concert but still want to donate, there is a “Donate” button
at that link. Thank you all so much. It is a joy to play for and to </span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2">represent</span><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> you folks!</span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2958px;"><span class="ydp7731bd93NormalTextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp7731bd93EOP ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559685":-20,"335559737":-20,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2958px;"> </span></p></div><span class="ydp7731bd93TextRun ydp7731bd93SCXW132817469 ydp7731bd93BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; 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line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bOutlineElement yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bLtr yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bParagraph yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> I have been </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">on</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> the Philadelphia </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">are</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> music scene for over half a century...lol...a long time. And I </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">truly love</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> it. In fact, I wrote a piece back in September of 2021 about the pleasure and joys of being a local musician. It is, to me, </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">a very special</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> gift to have a home base from which to play and to work.</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bEOP yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bOutlineElement yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bLtr yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bParagraph yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">
I am thinking about this because I felt all that joy and specialness
this past Sunday at the Memphis Stomp fundraiser for Johnny Never and I
for our January trip to the IBC in Memphis. Jamey's House of Music was
filled, and </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">It</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">was great to see so many folks from so many places. There were </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">people there</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> from </span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">just about my</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">
entire music and teaching career. The Dukes of Destiny used to play
monthly at The North Star Bar in Fairmount, and there were two folks at
the fundraiser who used to see us</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">there</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">way back</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">
then. There were folks from the Mermaid Inn, The Flash, some of The
Dukes’ outdoor concerts, Jamey’s, of course, and more. There were folks
who have seen Johnny and I together over the past four years in various
breweries and clubs in DE and PA, including St George’s Country Store,
Letty’s restaurant, Jamey’s, of course, and other places. There were a
couple of ex-students and neighbors as well. It was a good cross section
of important parts of my life. </span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bEOP yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bOutlineElement yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bLtr yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bParagraph yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> And the musicians...I had not heard Gary Cogdell play acoustically
in years, and it was great to hear his versions of Robert Johnson songs and
his own material. Roger </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSpellingErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">Girke</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> and Jimmy Pritchard are two of my favorite players, and I am lucky to have known and played with them for a while. I </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">can’t</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">
remember the last time I saw Fred Miller, and it was great to hear and
see him again. And Harmonica Slim is one of my favorites on the </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">local</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> scene. I so loved </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">all of</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> the music.</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bEOP yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bOutlineElement yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bLtr yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bParagraph yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> Most impressive to me, though, were </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">all of</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">
the helpers and workers. When I taught history, I always focused
heavily on the workers-the infrastructure. Any society, and especially
any civilization, is all dependent on its infrastructure-the workers and
what they make and do. Dave, </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">Marla</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> and Allie at the door; Ellen and Carol at the raffle table, Greg, Meghan, and </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">all of</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> the other Jamey’s workers, </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">including SuYun</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> in the kitchen, all contributed to the smoothness and joy of the event. Thanks to all of them we had </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">a great time</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">.</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bEOP yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bOutlineElement yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bLtr yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bParagraph yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bUnderlined yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bUnderlined yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">S</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bUnderlined yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">unday’s fundraiser will be </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">get</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> us to Memphis, but we do want to and </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">have to</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> get ba</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">ck. The second and final fundraiser is January 7th at “Delaware Veterans Post #2</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">”;</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> 129 Pear Street, Dover, DE. It runs from noon until 5PM.</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> There will be great live music provided </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">by best</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> blues artists including Roger </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSpellingErrorV2Themed yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">Girke</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">, Jimmy Pritchard, Harmonica Slim, Diamond Jim Greene, and The Johns. 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make the concert but still want to donate, there is a “Donate” button
at that link. Thank you all so much. It is a joy to play for and to </span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2">represent</span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bNormalTextRun yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2"> you folks!</span></span><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bEOP yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> <br /></span></p><span class="yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bEOP yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bSCXW25664306 yiv7557509997ydp451a544ayiv7453105793ydp9be8f83bBCX2" face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"><b>(if you want to read the newsletter about being a local musician it is on John's Blog on the Dukes website, September 2021)</b></span><p></p>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-10673104214844581452023-11-29T13:30:00.000-08:002023-11-29T13:30:18.125-08:00The Importance and Magic of December Light<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Underlined ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; 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color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Underlined ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">A REMINDER ABOUT THE FUNDRAISERS FOR THE TWO JOHNS’ JANUARY TRIP TO THE IBC IN MEMPHIS</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671LineBreakBlob ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BlobObject ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671DragDrop ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span><br class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" /></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
Acoustic guitarist-singer Johnny Never and harmonica player John
Colgan-Davis won the Central Delaware Blues Challenge for a spot at the
International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN in January 2024. There will
be two fundraisers to help send Johnny and John to Memphis. The first
one is at </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Underlined ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Jamey's House of Music, 32 S. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Landsdowne</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Ave;</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> Lansdowne, PA on Sunday, December 10th, from noon until 3PM. </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">The second fundraiser, put on by the Central Delaware Blues Society, is </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Underlined ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">January 7th at “Delaware Veterans Post #2” 129 Pear Street, Dover, DE from noon until 5PM.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> Each will feature live music provided by some of the region's best blues artists including Roger </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Girke</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">, Jimmy Pritchard, Harmonica Slim, and more. Info, dates, times, </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">raffles</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> and details about the fundraisers is here:</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EmptyTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 31.2667px;"></span><a class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Hyperlink ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp8f7c9608enhancr_card_1712589493" href="https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-memphis-tn" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank">Johnny Never - International Blues Challenge Memphis TN </a><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EmptyTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 31.2667px;"></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></span></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; 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font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 32px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; 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you have seen the night sky these last few nights, you have enjoyed
wonderful bright moons standing among the clouds. Those sightings were
clear reminders about how important light is to us, especially as we
approach winter. We have mostly gotten used to the end of Daylight
Savings Time, and we are getting up later without complaint. We are
adjusting to the longer hours of darkness as we head into the final
month of </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">year</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
and are getting ready to celebrate. For we are headed into December,
and despite its longer hours of darkness, December is a time of constant
and </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">joyous celebration</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
Almost no week in December is free of holy ritual and observance
somewhere in the world. There is, of course, Christmas and the minor
celebrations leading up to and associated with it: Advent, the 12 Days
of Christmas, Yule, and others depending on your ethnicity and specific
religious tradition. There is also Hanukkah, with its 8 days of
oil-based food and dreidel playing. There is Kwanzaa, with its
celebration of Pan-African culture and values. And if you are Buddhist,
Hopi, Hindu, West African Dogon, traditional Persian, or Wiccan, there
are celebrations for you this month as well. In fact, what many of us
think of as parts of traditional Christmas celebrations- the Christmas
tree and the story of the 3 Wise Men- </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">actually have</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
their roots in the pre- Christian Wiccan and Persian traditions. It is
December, winter is coming, and we are on the threshold of a very
“ritual-rich” </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">time period</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 26px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> What so many of </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">all these</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
winter observances have in common is the prominence of light. Candles,
bonfires, logs, electric lights, tree lights-light is the common
element, metaphor and symbol seen world-wide at this time of the year.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">And</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> i</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">t makes perfect </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">sense; this</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> time of the year means noticeable changes </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">in the amount of</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> daylight and darkness surrounding us, and as humans, we </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">have to</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> account for that. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Humans
look to nature to try to figure out what is coming and what God or the
gods have in store for us, and for most of our history that has meant
looking to the sky.</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
The sun, the moon and the stars have literally and figuratively been
our guideposts. And we see that manifest in most of our December
observances. </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
Humans have known for centuries that the length of the days was
changing at this time of the year and what we call “the winter solstice”
would be here again. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">So</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> the days leading up to or after the solstice became a time of deep spiritual meaning for early humans. Ritual, </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">symbol</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> and myth are the ways humans respond to nature, and this became celebrated in </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">many different ways</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> around the planet depending upon geography and culture.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Many of the stories, myths and traditions from </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">different times</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
and places associate this time of the year with miraculous births,
enlightenment, miracles, and/or new beginnings. The Druid bonfires and
the Germanic and Norse Yule logs, for example, were metaphoric symbols
of cleansing, sacrifice, and the simultaneous death and rebirth of the
earth-from the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, to days of
</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">more and more</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
hours of sunlight. To the ancient Persians winter was the time of the
Yalda festival, and Mithras, the symbol of truth, strength, </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">goodness</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> and light, </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">emerged</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> from a rock at this time of the year. His birth was celebrated with </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">flame</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> and holy fires. Sol Invictus, the all-powerful Roman sun god, was also celebrated in December with torches and bonfires</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">It is a timeless and universal process; we humans </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">knew</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> that we </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">had</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> to celebrate and meet this winter darkness with light</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">We
had to link our doings and our fates with the universe’s. We had to
acknowledge this darkness, so in our rituals fire-light-abounded</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
New beginnings are also important in most religious traditions, and
light is a strong metaphor for that as well. Our language reflects this.
We speak of, “seeing the light,” or “coming into the light.” We look to
the “inner light and we “let our light shine.” Light as transformation
and rebirth is readily spoken of and alluded to in many of our
religious rituals and ceremonies at this time of the year. Hanukkah is
about rebirth and new beginnings as it celebrates the re-dedication of
the Temple in Jerusalem from its desecration when Antiochus made it into
a Greek temple. The candles symbolize, in part, the rebirth of the
religion. The candles in Kwanzaa symbolize a reawakened connection and
awareness of African values and traditions for people of African
descent. It is the rebirth of a lost connection. To Buddhists, Bodhi Day
in December celebrates the Buddha becoming a Buddha-an </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">enl</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Underlined ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">ightened</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">one
who suddenly could see beyond illusion. To Christians, the Star of
Bethlehem led to a new beginning for humans, as it led the Wise Men to
the birthplace of Jesus. Light was symbolically leading us forward.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
And light is as powerful today to us humans as it was when we first
figured out the solstice and what it could mean. Tradition has it that
Martin Luther saw stars one night as he was composing a sermon and tried
to capture their beauty by adding lighted candles to the Christmas tree
inside his house. Whether that is true or not, by the time the Germanic
tradition of the Christmas tree reached the US the idea of lights on
the trees were a fixture</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">We
decorated the tree, and it took off from there. Now there are lighted
houses, yards, shops, malls and more. We are awash in lights; there are
even whole streets and neighborhoods that collaborate to plan what their
light scheme is going to be each holiday season. Many families now have
a tradition of driving to visit different neighborhoods just to </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">see the light</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> displays. We need that light.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671LineBreakBlob ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BlobObject ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671DragDrop ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span><br class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" /></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EmptyTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px;"></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671EOP ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671OutlineElement ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Ltr ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671Paragraph ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">So</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
our ancient connection to the rhythms and structures of the natural
world are still with us, even if we do not recognize them as such. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">As
up to date and modern as we are in this digital age, we are still
human, and that means we are still connected to our ancestors’ sense of
the universe in some important and primal ways.</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> As we celebrate our various religious rituals, </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">traditions</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">
and personal rituals this season, I hope you can spend some time
outside looking up at the night sky and taking some time to note, think
about, and marvel at what is going on up there. It is quite miraculous,
and it still influences so much of what we do down here. And its mystery
and beauty link our present very directly to our past.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">That is a wonderful and beautiful thing.</span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; 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color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 25px;"><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">Do have a safe, warm, happy, and joyous holiday season</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">I hope you find it a time full of good spirits, good </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">company</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">and good food</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">And of course, light</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2">.</span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671NormalTextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671TextRun ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671SCXW235106101 ydp10781506yiv6242775146ydp5a909a08yiv3397823423ydp32258671BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; 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Early human groups traveled across </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">different places</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> at </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">different times</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
in the year and found different things available for both consuming and
trading. In the ancient world, spring meant hunting and trading for
more plants and seeds, and going to where the herds of animals and
schools of fish were plentiful </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">in order to</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> get more. Autumn meant increased hunting, trading, </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">gathering</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
and traveling to harvest plants and to get supplies and shelter for
winter. Most hunting-gathering people already saw religious and
mythological links between changes in seasons and their lives, so the
special importance of </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">different products</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> at </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">different times</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> became natural. The original autumnal “thanksgivings” were </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">literally the</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> “giving of “Thanks” to the gods for a good harvest and/or hunt, </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">and also</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> a hope for surviving the winter. </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":342}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
As cities and the lifestyle known as civilization developed, more
extensive trading and conquering happened, and many more things became
available. New products came from </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">different parts</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> of the world, and the </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">having</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
of lots of products became associated with everything from class level
to social wealth to religious worth to personal worth, to political
power and </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">more. .</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
Civilizations keep producing and developing more products at an
ever-increasing rate. And when civilizations developed into empires, the
importance of having, trading, giving, and owning products exploded
exponentially. Commerce became </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">more and more</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> of a driving force in </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">cultures</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">.</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":342}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> Over time we have developed systems for </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">coming up with</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> new products to keep the commerce flowing: Research and Development, planned obsolescence, and upgrades. We have </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">come up with</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
more ways of putting products in front of people-signs, advertising
campaigns, product placement, pop-up ads embedded in websites, celebrity
endorsements, and more. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">The</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
bazaars and marketplaces of the old days have been replaced by shopping
malls, warehouse outlets and now online giants such as Amazon and
E-Bay. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">And</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> there is no end in sight.</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":342}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
After the 1924 debut of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade, this
post-Thanksgiving weekend quickly became the start of our “winter
shopping season.” The gift-giving associated with the Christmas story
became</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">more and mor</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">e</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
the focus of Christmas, and the Friday after Thanksgiving was the time
to get it started. Stores and shops ran special sales and campaigns to
get people into the stores and</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">opening u</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">p</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> the wallets and pocketbooks.</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":342}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26.9792px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> The term for that time is, of course, “Black Friday</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">”,</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
and the origin of that term has a dark side to it. In the 1950s, police
in Philadelphia used the term to describe the chaos that ensued on the
day after Thanksgiving. Hordes of shoppers and tourists flooded into the
city to take advantage of the sales and in advance of the big Army-Navy
football game that used to be held here every year on the Saturday
following Thanksgiving. Suburbs were </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">relatively new</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
and expanding, and the new highways and freeways made it easier for
suburbanites to get into the city to shop as well as go to sporting
events. Philly </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">cops</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
had to work extra-long shifts dealing with the increasing mess of huge
crowds and miles of traffic problems. Shoplifters also took advantage of
the bedlam in stores to make off with merchandise, and pickpockets
endlessly worked the crowds. To </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">police</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">, then, the Friday after Thanksgiving was not joyous at all. Instead, it was “black.”</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="color: #222222; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 26.9792px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
By 1961, “Black Friday” had become the local term for that day in
Philadelphia. Retailers tried unsuccessfully to change it to “Big
Friday” </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">in order to</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> remove the negative connotations of the term, but that term </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">didn’t</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> take off. “Black Friday” was what it was called, and Black Friday it remained. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">So</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
retailers did the next best thing: they changed the meaning and
explanation for the term. They turned it into a story about businesses
on that day suddenly making a profit-going into the black. This new
story of what Black Friday meant caught on, and the term’s true origin
was forgotten</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Not
only did the phrase catch on across the nation. And what was originally
a one-day event slowly morphed into a four-day event that spawned other
“retail holidays” such as Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Cyber
Monday” came into being in 2005 as an idea to encourage people to shop
online and build this new thing known as online businesses.</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
With the amount of online shopping increasing over time and really
jumping due to COVID, it is estimated that Cyber Monday this year will
bring in some </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">13 billion dollars</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":300}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Clearly this seasonal urge to spend is quite powerful in our culture.</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
It even applies to charities and non-profits. A 2012 survey found the
some 50% of charities and non-profits reported that most of their
individual contributions came in between October and December. The ideas
of holiday gifting, seasonal calls for thinking of others, and tax
deductions combined to drive more charitable fundraising these last two
months of the year and has resulted in “Giving Tuesday.</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">”.</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> Giving Tuesday is a day for making donations to fund </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">good causes</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
following Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The founders wanted people to
focus on giving after their weekend shopping spree, and to see a
seamless link between spending for </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">family and self</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> and giving to help others. The idea quickly took off, and it is now an international movement</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">It even has its own website- </span></span><a class="ydp2e737f6aHyperlink ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" href="https://www.givingtuesday.org/about" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.givingtuesday.org/about</span></span></a><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 25px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> which serves as a conduit connecting groups, causes, </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">organizations</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
and individuals. The website has history, tools to get organized, and
connections to local movements from around the world. Given the
widespread challenges presented by the COVID pandemic, support for
charitable institutions is even more critical. Giving Tuesday is one way
of making that support possible.</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":300}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 25px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">So</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> the “Black Friday” phenomenon can, and in many ways, has </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">definitely overwhelmed</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> the intended sense of the original autumnal thanksgivings. It can be about things and about consumption </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">above all else</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">.
But it can lead to the simple joys of family get-togethers, especially
in the wake of COVID these last few years. And it can also lead to a
“Giving Tuesday” if we allow ourselves to get beyond the products and
onto to something more meaningful. We can find another way to extend the
notion of gratitude by giving back and giving to. I hope more of us can
move to that this year. If you are so moved, please go to:</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">\</span></span><a class="ydp2e737f6aHyperlink ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" href="https://www.givingtuesday.org/about" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.givingtuesday.org/about</span></span></a><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aEmptyTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-transform: none;"></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: black; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">ADDRESS CORRECTION: Fundraisers for Johnny Never & John Colgan-Davis Trip to the IBC in January</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 32px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26.9792px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">We
will have two fundraisers to help send Johnny and John to Memphis for
the 2024 IBC One is at Jamey's House of Music in Lansdowne on Sunday,
December 10, and the other one, put on by our sponsor, the Central
Delaware Blues Society, is on January 7 at </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.8208px;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">“</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aHighlight ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: yellow; color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Delaware Veterans Post #2</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">”</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2958px;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">129 Pear Street in Dover, DE. Each will feature live music provided by some of the region's best blues artists including Roger </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Girke</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">, Jimmy Pritchard, Harmonica Slim, and more. Info, dates, times, </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">raffles</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> and details about the fundraisers is here: </span></span><a class="ydp2e737f6aHyperlink ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" href="https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-memphis-tn" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://johnnynever.com/international-blues-challenge-memphis-tn</span></span></a><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aEmptyTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2958px;"></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2958px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 45.325px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">DUKES GIGS; </span></span><a class="ydp2e737f6aHyperlink ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" href="http://www.dukesofdestiny.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 45.325px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.dukesofdestiny.com</span></span></a><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 45.325px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 45.325px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2958px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">(The </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Dukes</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
are starting to book 2024 gigs, so we will of course have more dates
coming up., SO stay tuned. And if you know of a place, party, event, or
affair that could use a bit of Dukes Magic, please let them know about
us and us about them. Thanks)</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2958px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 38.85px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Friday, December 29; The Mermaid Inn; Germantown Ave and Mermaid Lane; $20; 8-11 PM; 215-247-9797 </span></span><a class="ydp2e737f6aHyperlink ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" href="http://www.themermaidinn.net" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 38.85px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.themermaidinn.net</span></span></a><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 38.85px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; line-height: 38.85px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> Thanks to all of you folks who came out to my birthday party last Saturday. We </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">had a ball</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> and are happy to end the year at our home away from home once more. Great bartenders, wonderful </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">crowd</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">, and dancing, </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">dancing</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">, dancing. Come on out and get ready for the end of the year with a blues bash</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">!</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 32px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"></span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: #cc6611; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 28px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 22pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">Friday,
June 28; World Café Live with Johnny Never and John Colgan-Davis
Opening Act; 8:30 PM; 3025 Walnut St; Phila. PA; 22 adv. $25 door; </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">215-222-1400; </span></span><a class="ydp2e737f6aHyperlink ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" href="http://www.worldcafelive.com" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.worldcafelive.com</span></span></a><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aUnderlined ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 32px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp2e737f6aOutlineElement ydp2e737f6aLtr ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp2e737f6aParagraph ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10.6667px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 28px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">The Johns and The Dukes </span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 32px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid; text-transform: none;"><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">did this double bill last year at WCL, and it was a wonderful show with a great turnout and a great overview of </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">different types</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2"> of blues music. </span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">So</span><span class="ydp2e737f6aNormalTextRun ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2">
we are doing it again. This place has a great sound system, room to
dance, wonderful food and beverages, and a great staff. We are happy to
be back, so come on out; early reservations strongly suggested</span></span><span class="ydp2e737f6aEOP ydp2e737f6aSCXW94843208 ydp2e737f6aBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":420}" style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Abadi", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 32px;"> </span></p></div><br /></div></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-76625170918977071002023-11-14T08:06:00.000-08:002023-11-14T08:06:00.940-08:00Bumper Stickers Continued<div class="WACEditing EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover" contenteditable="false" id="WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; visibility: visible;" tabindex="0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">"</span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">This car climbed Mt. Airy</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">”</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2"> ;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">Bumper</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">sticker</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> seen on many cars in Mt Airy.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">More on Bumper </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">Stickers</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">:</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> My last newsletter looked at several bumper stickers that have caught my eye over the years. Mt. Airy is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">a great place</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> to live if you like reading stickers because it is full of politically involved people of different ages and musicians, artists, and thinkers who have always been known to speak and show their minds and/or their humor. I quoted from some of them and asked you to send me your favorite stickers that you have seen or used over the years. </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">A number of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> you did just that, and I thank you.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> Some of the ones sent in came </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">from</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> males who remembered their younger days as drivers. One of the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">respondents</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">talked</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> about their first car-an old Rambler (remember them?) It was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">somewhat multi-colored</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> and had a stick shift. And it bore a sticker which read; “Don’t laugh-your daughter could be in this car.” In a similar vein, another male sent in a sticker he had used in his 20’s that said, “This is the car I use until I know if I like my date enough to use my good car.” </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> There were also items sent in that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">contained</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> some philosophical thoughts. “Love is the hardest lesson, is a quote attributed to William Penn, I find that to be a true statement in my own life; I </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">have to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> regularly re-learn that lesson. Another one reads, “Our duty and job is to act as if we believe that what we do can radically change the world.” That resonates with me as well. A friend, who is both a chaplain and a student of Jewish tradition, relates that she heard that bumper stickers with opposing ideas were like a Talmudic discussion in which rabbis compared and debated different interpretations of scripture and ideals." Both sides,” she said, "need to be heard and seen.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> Of course, there were also humorous ones: “I have nothing worth saying on this sticker.” </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">And,“Did</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> you ever stop to think and forget to start again?” Also," My thoughts are </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">far too</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> important to be reduced to some silly bumper sticker.” Great thoughts, indeed. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> Thanks to all of you who sent things in. If you want to follow this from last week’s newsletter, you can find the start of this discussion in the “John's Blog” tab on the </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">Dukes’</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> website. Know that I am still looking at bumper stickers, and I will let you know of any interesting ones I continue to come across.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">DUKES GIGS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW223649061 BCX2" href="https://word-edit.officeapps.live.com/we/www.dukesofdestiny.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.dukesofdestiny.com</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">Saturday November 18; John’s 73</span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-fontsize="18" style="vertical-align: super;">rd</span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">B’day</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> at The Mermaid Inn; everyone gets a slice of Night Kitchen cake; Germantown Ave and Mermaid Ln; 8-11PM $20 </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW223649061 BCX2" href="http://www.themermaidinn.net/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.themermaidinn.net</span></span></a><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">This has been a tradition for several decades now; John celebrates the week of his birthday with a Saturday gig at The Maid. This is our home away from home; great vibes, dancing folks, good brews, and fun, fun, fun. Covid vaccination is strongly suggested but not mandated If you feel more comfortable wearing a mask, </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">by all means do</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">. Come on out and wish the old man a Happy Birthday, enjoy great cake, and dance the night away.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">(</span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">It would be super-great if we could get a couple of people to help slice the cakes and give them out. If you are interested, please get back to me)</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":435}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 29px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":435}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 29px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">Johnny Never-John Colgan-Davis:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">acoustic blues duo</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">: </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">Winners of the IBC Central DE Competition: </span></span><a class="Hyperlink SCXW223649061 BCX2" href="https://johnnynever.com/schedule" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://johnnynever.com/schedule</span></span></a><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.4px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 32.4px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":486}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, "Georgia_EmbeddedFont", "Georgia_MSFontService", serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 32.4px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">Friday, November 17; Spirits 1675 Distillery:2685 Bristol Pike, Eddington, PA:6-9</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">PM </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">(</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">215) 645-1445</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":435}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 29px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">We are back at 1675 for another night of great blues in a friendly spot with oak barrels for some tables and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">a great variety</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> of whiskey, wine and ales, Food trucks regularly appear </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">providing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> some delicious fare</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; 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line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">The Sunday Blues Jam; Jamey’s House of </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">Music;</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2"> 32</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> S. Lansdowne Ave; Lansdowne, PA:215-477-9895; House band from 12-1PM-open jam from 1-3:00 pm. No cover-$5 minimum food and/or drink</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":435}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 29px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW223649061 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> Blues lovers and players have made Jamey's Sunday Blues Jam the place for great blues jamming, </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">really good</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> and inexpensive </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">eats</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">, ales on tap, fresh ground coffee and espresso, and friendly people who love the blues</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">Each Sunday features an hour long set by a house band, and then an open jam until 3PM. Most Sundays the Philly Blues Kings, featuring guitar and keyboard ace Dave Reiter, do the 1-hour set, followed by a </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">2 hour</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> jam. Once a month The Roger </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW223649061 BCX2">Girke</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">-John Colgan-Davis does the house band set.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> Got an instrument? Sing? Just want to listen to some exciting blues while enjoying some </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2">good food</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223649061 BCX2"> and good brews? Come on out and experience this great blues jam with Asian-inspired food and wonderful brews.<br /></span></span></p></div></div><p> </p>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-84394210236841940142023-11-14T07:21:00.000-08:002023-11-14T07:21:27.561-08:00Bumper Sticker WIsdom <p> </p><div style="direction: ltr;"><p lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>"</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>I hate cars with a lot of bumper stickers” </span></span> <span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span> Bumper sticker seen in West Mt Airy.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><p lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>I
have always loved bumper stickers. I have seen a lot of clever ones, a
lot of silly ones, a lot of ones that have me shaking my head, and some
that have me pausing to think about the message. But I rarely can go by
one without looking at it. There are a number that are humorous: “My
other car is a Rolls Royce.” “I love my </span><span>Granddogs</span><span>”
“Why are you wasting your time reading this?” Some are just advertising, of
course, but some of them can go beyond that. There is a one on a
car belonging to someone who works at WXPN that simply says, "Music
Helps.” I can think of no truer statement.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><p lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span> There are others in my neighborhood that express social political feelings that I </span><span>truly believe</span><span>
in. My favorite one simply says, “Humankind. Be Both.” That is one of
my constant goals in my daily life, and sometimes, when I am upset or
angry, seeing that sticker can remind me of that. Another of my
favorites says, “Love thy neighbor. Even if they </span><span>don’t</span><span>
vote, think, or love like you.” Another one that appeals to both John
the politico and John the history teacher says, “If you didn’t vote,
then don’t complain.” I concur heartily.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><p lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>
People who know me know that I am a Quaker and that I tend to differ
from the mainstream in a lot of ways. In my high school days in the
1960’s, a lot of us wore pins and buttons that proclaimed our belief in
equality, our opposition to the Vietnam war, and our love of </span><span>particular philosophers</span><span>, political </span><span>figures</span><span> and ideas. At one point our school tried to ban the wearing of pins, but students kept wearing them. </span><span>So</span><span>
the school gave up. This was a time when what you wore said a lot about
what you believed and thought, and a lot of us obviously wanted to
challenge the norms. This is </span><span>not quite as</span><span>
widespread now as it was then, but denim, long hair, dungaree jackets,
Afros and long hair went a long way to proclaiming yourself aligned with
the radical and/or hippie lifestyle. It marked a dramatic change in US
values, and it has had lasting effects on the culture.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><p lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span> Buttons, </span><span>pins</span><span>
and bumper stickers are still ways we can proclaim what we believe in,
and I am glad that folks are still doing that. There are other folks who
disagree with much of what I believe in, of course, and they have their
stickers also. A peaceful war of stickers is, to me, much better than
the too-often violent disagreements that can break out at marches and
protests or simply driving down the street. Someone reading or being read rather than engaged in a shouting match may have a
better chance of getting through</span><span>. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div style="direction: ltr;"><p lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>
I would be interested in knowing what bumper stickers you see that
appeal to your interests and/or beliefs. If you would, please send some
of them to me. I am curious to see what strikes your eyes, and if I get a
bunch, I will re-print </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>t</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span>hem in a future newsletter. Looking forward to it. Thanks! </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"><br /></span></p></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-71851175728975588252023-11-02T12:22:00.001-07:002023-11-02T12:22:41.659-07:00Spring Forward; Fall Back<p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Underlined yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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This is a controversial and long-lasting practice in the </span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Underlined yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">U</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">nited States; </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SpellingErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">it has</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> been around for </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">all of</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> my </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">nearly three-quarters-of-a-century</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> on the planet. In grade school we memorized the saying that opens this newsletter to make sure we knew what to do so we </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">wouldn’t</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">
be caught short. I remember making fun of and laughing at people who
forgot to change their clocks. They either arrived early at church in
the fall or late in the spring. Now, of course, we do not have to worry
about that: most watches, computers, and digital clocks Daylight Savings
Time built </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">in, </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">and
it happens automatically. That brings up the question, of course, of
why does Daylight Saving Time exist anyway? Where did it come from?</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> <br /></span></p><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">The history of Daylight-Saving </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SpellingErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">TIme</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">
(DST) is complicated story, and I will only hit some of the highlights
here. (Wikipedia has a good and more thorough summary should you want
more detail.) Ben Franklin wrote a (probable) satirical letter to a
paper in France in 1784 suggesting adding an hour forward in the summer
to save money on candles; they would be used less and would last longer.
While that idea did not catch on, New Zealand etymologist George Hudson
proposed some form of DST in the 1890’s, wanting an extra hour of
daylight to collect and study insects. Englishman William Willet
proposed it in 1907 as he saw many Londoners sleeping longer hours
during the summer months. He thought DST would fit the pattern of how
people were </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">actually living</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">
and would make the workday more efficient. Parliament considered but
rejected it. But DST really took off during World War I (1914-1918).
Germany and Austria-Hungary adopted it as a way of using less coal and
saving money for the war effort. Most of Europe followed suit, and it
seemed to work. Most of them dropped DST after the war ended. Feeling no
need for it. But certain places did adopt it. The US had started
tinkering with the idea when the Interstate Commerce Commission-the
agency in charge of regulating trade policy for the US–decided that
there needed to be standardization of time across the country to make
train travel and shipment of goods easier. To that end, they
standardized time zones across the country in 1883. </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">So</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> when WW I happened, the US also went to </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">a national</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">
DST in order save coal and other resources. It was abandoned soon after
that war, but it was reintroduced in WW II (1944-1945 for the US).
After that war, different states either employed it or </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">didn’t</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">.</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">
There was a Uniform Time Act in 1966 which standardized DST nationwide.
That act was amended and changed several times, though. The oil embargo
of the 1970’s re-standardized it for a while. Again, the rationale was
to save energy, resources, and money. And it is </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">pretty much standardized</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">
now throughout the country. Arizona is the only state in the mainland
US that does not recognize DST, Hawaii and several US territories also
do not recognize it. Everyplace else in the US does.</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4OutlineElement yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Ltr yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> DST is quite controversial. There have been several</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4OutlineElement yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Ltr yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> movements to have it dropped. I, like many people,</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">was raised to think that DST was instituted because it</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">benefited</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> farmers, but it turns out they </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">generally do</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> </span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">not like it. Their workdays depend upon what the sun</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4OutlineElement yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Ltr yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> and nature </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">do</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">, not on clocks and hours. We were told</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">that it helped during the oil embargo, but there are</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">some contradictory findings on how much energy and</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">money was </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">actually saved</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">. And some research</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> <br /></span></p><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">suggests that DST is unhealthy for many people-</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">interrupting sleep cycles and affecting digestion and </span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">heart health. But it is here for now, and it may be for a</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">while. </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">Maybe it</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> will still be </span>here<span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> when I </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">finally leave the planet</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">.</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4OutlineElement yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Ltr yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">So</span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> turn those clocks back on Saturday night</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><p class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> before you go to sleep and/or let your digital </span></span></p><div class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">devices do it. Happy November and Happy</span></span></div><div class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4Paragraph yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2"> DST. And ejoy that</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">added hour of sleep. </span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time_in_the_United_States</a><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4TextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px;"><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4NormalTextRun yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2">)</span></span><span class="yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4EOP yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4SCXW159842048 yiv6831598211ydp5e96111dyiv8321941571ydp14f7e2c4BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.8208px;"> <br /></span></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW19749890 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW19749890 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW19749890 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW19749890 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW19749890 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":518}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> <br /></span></p></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-89610292366018378122023-10-03T06:10:00.003-07:002023-10-03T06:10:44.662-07:00Take Me Out To The Ball Game....<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">“Take me out to the ball game...” </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">Jack </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">Norworth</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> I have written about a lot of things in these newsletters over the years. I have talked about </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">biridng</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">, the weather, the moon, and the seasons. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">I’ve</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> discussed going camping, taking trips to different museums, and wonderful visits to several different cities. I have written </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">a number of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> pieces about teaching and retiring from teaching. I have discussed and paid tribute to books and poems, holiday origins and word origins, and many other things. One of the things I have rarely written about, however, is sports, and particularly, my ongoing love affair with The Philadelphia Phillies baseball </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">team.f</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> Looking back on it, it is odd that I have not written much about that because it has been an important part of my entire life. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> I need to give it some attention now.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">I grew up in Philadelphia during the 1950’s, and like many boys of that time, I both played and loved sports. Growing up we listened to games on the radio and occasionally watched them on TV. On our own we played running bases, half ball, and eventually graduated into a neighborhood baseball league composed of different Philly neighborhoods from around the city. I tried out for both baseball and football in junior high and high school, but that was going from being a mid-sized fish in a small pond to being a tiny fish in a gigantic lake. There were </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">way too</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> many boys who were much more skilled than I was</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">So that ended my playing career. But I continued to be and am still </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">a big fan</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> Many of my years as a Philadelphia sports fan were mired in great sadness and epic disappointment. The </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">Phillies</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">particular brought</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> years of sadness. They were perennially in last or near last place from 1952 well into the mid-1970’s. In fact, when they had a great chance to win the National League championship in 1964, they experienced one of the most epic collapses in sports history</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">They held a 6 1/2 lead with only 12 games </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">remaining</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> in the regular season. They then </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">proceeded</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> to lose 10 games in a row, had to go into a playoff against the Cardinals, and ended up not winning the championship. Whew! That was an exceptional occurrence, and it hurt a great deal. Looking back though, it </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">maybe should</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> not have been so surprising. The Phillies have lost more games than any other sports franchise in world history. Being a Phillies fan meant long dry spells.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW220814392 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW220814392 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">Things </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">starting turning</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> around in the late 1970’s, however. The Phillies have been near the top of the league most seasons since then. They have won 8 National League championships, been to the World Series 6 times since 1980, including last year, and have won The World Series in 1980 and 2008. For a lifelong fan who went through </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">all of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> the years of disappointment and shame, the recent history of the team has been good to witness and to cheer.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">I am writing this because over the weekend the Phillies made it to the first round of the 2023 playoff series to decide who goes to the World Series again this year. They went to the World Series last year but lost to Houston, and I have hopes that they can </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW220814392 BCX2">make</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> into the Series yet again. It has been fun following them these last few years, and I am excited. I still Listen to most games on the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">radio, by the way</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">. The TV advertising blitz and split screens of modern TV sports broadcasting are driving this old man crazy. But I still enjoy rooting for the home team, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">come what may</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2">. Call me crazy, but I love being a Phillies fan. Go Phils!!</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220814392 BCX2"> </span></span><p> </p>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-21875595790411176282023-09-19T10:37:00.001-07:002023-09-19T10:37:31.357-07:00Philly Weather This Week<p> </p><div><br /><div class="ydpd8baf8c7WACEditing ydpd8baf8c7EditMode ydpd8baf8c7EditingSurfaceBody ydpd8baf8c7FireFox ydpd8baf8c7WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode ydpd8baf8c7usehover" id="ydpd8baf8c7WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" style="direction: ltr; visibility: visible;"><div class="ydpd8baf8c7OutlineElement ydpd8baf8c7Ltr ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpd8baf8c7Paragraph ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7Underlined ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7EOP ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpd8baf8c7OutlineElement ydpd8baf8c7Ltr ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpd8baf8c7Paragraph ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">
I have really enjoyed the weather in Philadelphia over the last
several days. It has been fall-like in the best sense of the word. The
rain when it was there was just rain, not a thunderstorm. The wind was
breezy, not knock-you-off-your feet or blow-your-hat-off-your head
breezy. And the sun, the sky and the clouds have just been
spectacular-dramatic, bright clear, and beautiful. We have had several
of those days that make me think of Mr. Rogers’ “Beautiful day in the
neighborhood” and have me realize that I would have to work </span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">real</span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">
hard to be in a bad mood on these types of days. I will just enjoy
today-no “profound thoughts’ or “big realizations,” except to say that
in a world with regularly occurring natural disasters, I am grateful to
have the day that I have today. </span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7EOP ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpd8baf8c7OutlineElement ydpd8baf8c7Ltr ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpd8baf8c7Paragraph ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">(to help people facing natural disasters please consider donating to one of the organizations listed here: </span></span><a class="ydpd8baf8c7Hyperlink ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" href="http://www.globalcorps.com/jobs/ngolist.pdf" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7Underlined ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">www.globalcorps.com/jobs/ngolist.pdf</span></span></a><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2"> )</span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7EOP ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":885}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpd8baf8c7OutlineElement ydpd8baf8c7Ltr ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpd8baf8c7Paragraph ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7Underlined ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">A reminder about Jamey’s House of Music:</span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7EOP ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":518}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpd8baf8c7OutlineElement ydpd8baf8c7Ltr ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpd8baf8c7Paragraph ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2"> There is a </span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7Underlined ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">Go Fund Me</span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">
set up to help raise the more than $25,000 needed to pay for repairs to
the ceiling and floor in the club that were damaged by Jamey’s upstairs
tenants. Please give what you can; you know how valuable this place is
with its incredible roster of blues jazz, and folk concerts, its Sunday
jams, and its great food. Please </span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">help out</span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2">:</span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 29px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7EOP ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":435}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 29px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpd8baf8c7OutlineElement ydpd8baf8c7Ltr ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpd8baf8c7Paragraph ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7EmptyTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"></span><a class="ydpd8baf8c7Hyperlink ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-repairs-for-jameys-house-of-music?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet" rel="nofollow" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7Underlined ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-repairs-for-jameys-house-of-music?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet</span></span></a><span class="ydpd8baf8c7TextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31.2667px;"><span class="ydpd8baf8c7NormalTextRun ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpd8baf8c7EOP ydpd8baf8c7SCXW189942161 ydpd8baf8c7BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":469}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 31.2667px;"> </span></p></div><br /></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-27142845403980195842023-09-06T10:46:00.001-07:002023-09-06T10:46:26.573-07:00"Up In The Morning and Off to School"<p> </p><div class="ydp40034c3bWACEditing ydp40034c3bEditMode ydp40034c3bEditingSurfaceBody ydp40034c3bFireFox ydp40034c3bWACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode ydp40034c3busehover" id="ydp40034c3bWACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" style="direction: ltr; visibility: visible;"><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bUnderlined ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 49.6417px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 49.6417px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">“Up in the morning and off to school...” </span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2"> Chuck Berry</span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">
This week saw the return of folks to school-public, private, charter
and more. For the past two weeks I have seen and heard kids and parents
flooding Staples stores trying to decide just what binders, folders,
backpacks would work best. In department stores I have </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">witnessed</span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2"> the inevitable battles over what is and/or is not </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">appropriate to</span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">
wear this year. I live three blocks from a wonderful public elementary
school, and many of my neighbors stood outside the school yesterday
morning cheering the kids and teachers as they arrived for Day 1. I took
the train home from Center City around 3:15 yesterday, and there
were kids from Masterman, Friends Select, and other Center City schools
filling the seats and talking excitedly about the first day back. It is
the start of the school year, and that is a special time.</span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.5333px;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2"> I retired from teaching way back in 2015, but I still love </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">witnessing</span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2"> </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">all of</span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">
these scenes. Beneath the craziness and politicalization of education
in recent months, these regular rituals surrounding the return of the
school year remind me that education should be about kids and teachers
trying to learn to communicate with each other, trying to help each
other be excited about learning and working together, trying to ignite
imagination, and trying hard to build supportive and </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">nurturing communities</span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">. So much of our culture these days seems to have forgotten that or is willingly ignoring that. As someone who had wonderful </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">public school</span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2"> experiences and taught and loved teaching for some 40 years, that saddens me... </span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.5333px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bUnderlined ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 32.375px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">A reminder about Jamey’s House of Music:</span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 32.375px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26.9792px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">Upstairs tenants at Jamey’s flooded the bathroom leading to a collapsed ceiling in the club itself. There is a </span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bUnderlined ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26.9792px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">Go Fund Me</span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26.9792px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">
set up to help raise the estimated $16,000 needed to pay for repairs.
Please give what you can; you know how valuable this place is with its
incredible roster of blues jazz, and folk concerts, its Sunday jams, and
its great food. Please </span><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bAdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">help out</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="ydp40034c3bTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 26.9792px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp40034c3bNormalTextRun ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2">:</span></span><span class="ydp40034c3bEOP ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":259}" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 26.9792px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="ydp40034c3bOutlineElement ydp40034c3bLtr ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp40034c3bParagraph ydp40034c3bSCXW248694140 ydp40034c3bBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="" href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-repairs-for-jameys-house-of-music?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/f/emergency-repairs-for-jameys-house-of-music?utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet</a> <br /></p></div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-56684100183861573922023-08-30T18:51:00.004-07:002023-08-30T18:51:34.246-07:00Blue Moon and Jamey' Emergency<p> </p><div><div><div><div><div class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beOutlineElement ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beLtr ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beParagraph ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="background-color: transparent; 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font-size: 24pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 39px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">IT IS SUPER MOON NIGHT!</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beEOP ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 39px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beOutlineElement ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beLtr ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beParagraph ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; 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and tomorrow night is the Super Moon ending to August that has so many
folks all over the world so excited. The sky in the Philadelphia area
will be a little cloudy, but we should still be able to see much of the
moon’s beauty. The moon is closer to the earth tonight and bright, so
some of it should be visible. It is a wonderful way to say, “Goodbye” to
</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">the month of August</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> and to make our way towards the transition to the next season. Socially and culturally </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSpellingErrorV2Themed ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">thie</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">
upcoming Labor Day weekend is thought of as the end of summer, but we
know that the real arrival of Autumn will be Saturday, Sept. 23</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSuperscript ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="vertical-align: super;">rd</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 29px;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">.
But we can ease into our Labor Day weekend having had the beauty of
something special happening, “Once in a Blue Moon.” Look up and enjoy!</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beEOP ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 29px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beOutlineElement ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beLtr ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beParagraph ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="background-color: transparent; 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I have played the premises with The Dukes numerous times, I play once a month with the </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSpellingErrorV2Themed ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">Girke</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">-Colgan-Davis
Project at Sunday jams, and Johnny Never and I have been there several
times, including our upcoming appearance on Saturday, September 23</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSuperscript ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="vertical-align: super;">rd</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">. Recently the upstairs tenants at Jamey’s flooded the bathroom leading to a collapsed ceiling in the club itself. There is a </span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beUnderlined ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">Go Fund Me</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> set
up to help raise the estimated $16,000 needed to pay for repairs.
Please give what you can; every little bit helps. Even if you have never
been to Jamey’s, you know how valuable this place is with its
incredible roster of blues jazz, and folk concerts, its Sunday jams, and
its </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">great</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> food. 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Lansdowne, PA:215-477-9895; House band set from 12-1PM-open jam from 1-3:00 pm. 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Sunday features an hour long set by a house band, and then an open jam
until 3PM. Most Sundays the great Philly Blues Kings, featuring guitar
and keyboard ace Dave Reiter, do the </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">1 hour</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> set followed by the jam. </span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beUnderlined ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">Most months, the second </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSpellingErrorV2Themed ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">Sunday</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> finds The Roger </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSpellingErrorV2Themed ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">Girke</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">-John Colgan-Davis Project laying down the opening set.</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">
Got an instrument? Sing? Just want to listen to some exciting blues?
Come on out and take part in this great blues jam with great food and
wonderful liquid </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">refreshment</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">. And </span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2">don't</span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> forget to contribute to the Go Fund Me</span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beLineBreakBlob ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBlobObject ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beDragDrop ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beNormalTextRun ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beEOP ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beSCXW58602628 ydp1238a90yiv5940197140ydp30570348yiv8266021889ydp5ff291b8yiv9669014379ydpe13d44beBCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27px;"> <br /></span></p></div><br /></div></div></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-8760808185549777272023-08-24T11:24:00.001-07:002023-08-24T11:24:12.722-07:00We Name, Therefore We Are<p> </p><div class="WACEditing EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover" contenteditable="false" id="WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; visibility: visible;" tabindex="0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">DUKES FANS:</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 59px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":270}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 36pt; line-height: 59px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> “It’s a full moon on Main Street...”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":270}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> The </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">Kinsey</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> Report</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":270}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> August has been a great </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">sky</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> month. There was a new moon at the start of the month, the Perseids, and a “Blue and Super Moon” coming next week</span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">. .</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> Because the earth is not a perfect sphere, the moon at certain times can appear to be larger and more brilliant as the earth revolves. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">Thus,</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> it appears to be “super.” August gives us the opportunity to look up and </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">observe</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> two of these this month. While not rare, it is an uncommon event. So, we name and note it.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> The Full Moon from August 30-31</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-fontsize="20" style="vertical-align: super;">st</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> is also called a "Blue Moon.” This is because it is the second full moon of the month. That happens “once in a blue moon</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">”;</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">ie</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">, it is unusual. We get to enjoy the full moon twice this month, and we name that </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">occurrence</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> This, of course, brings up a question: why do moons have names, anyway? The August 1</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-fontsize="20" style="vertical-align: super;">st</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> full moon, for example, is also called the “Sturgeon Moon.” Why?? Does it need a name??</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> One of the things that makes humans “human” is that we name things; we </span></span><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">have</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2"> to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> name things. If something is seen or happens and it seems important, humans, no matter where on the planet we are or what </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">time period</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> we are in, simply </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">have to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> name it. We do that for several reasons; to </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">attempt</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> to understand it; to recognize it so we can prepare for it if it happens again; </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">so</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> we can connect it to or apply it to other things that occur around it, and more. The sturgeon moon, for example, is called this because for Northern </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">midwest</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> Native Americans it happened when sturgeon fish returned to the Great Lakes to spawn. This was a huge event. Much like the role the buffalo played for many other native American cultures, the sturgeon was an important food source and trade item. As with the buffalo, some Great Lakes Native peoples even moved to follow the flow and path of the fish. </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> they needed to know just what could herald its arrival. The early August full moon did just that.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> I mentioned in an earlier newsletter the origin of the term, “Dog Days "and its celestial connections. It had to be named because it signaled something that was essential to Egyptian culture. It is the same thing with the moon. So much of what happens on earth is connected to what is happening in the sky, so we </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">have to</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> track it and name it. It is one of the things that links all humans and all human cultures-we all do it. We may do it in </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">different ways</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">, and we may come to some different conclusions as to what the names we give things mean and imply. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2">But ultimately, we</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> are reacting to and interpreting our surroundings and our important experiences through the power of naming. We are all </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW188437730 BCX2">simply being</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> human. Enjoy next week’s Super Blue Moon.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2"> (For a discussion of how the sturgeon affected the history of parts of the United States, go to:</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":257}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW188437730 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW188437730 BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun EmptyTextRun SCXW188437730 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; 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line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><br /></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-66304769016097729072023-08-15T15:15:00.001-07:002023-08-15T15:15:24.835-07:00Goin' To Memphis<p> </p><div class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fWACEditing ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEditMode ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEditingSurfaceBody ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fFireFox ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fWACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fusehover" id="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fWACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" style="direction: ltr; visibility: visible;"><div class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fOutlineElement ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fLtr ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fParagraph ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="background-color: transparent; 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color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">“Long distance operator, give me Memphis, Tennessee...’</span></span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEOP ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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Saturday and Sunday nights were the peak times for the Perseid meteor
showers. The viewing conditions were not ideal in our area, </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">but I</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> hope you </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">could</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> get away from city lights and find some darkness so you </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">could</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> catch
some of the showers. If you did, I hope it was a joyous experience for
you. And if not, remember that there is always next year: they are an
annual event. And you can count on me to remind you about them next </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">year.</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> (smile)</span></span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEOP ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fOutlineElement ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fLtr ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fParagraph ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> I had the </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">Dukes</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> gig at The Mermaid on Friday and two gigs with Johnny </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">Never</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">
Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. I was exhausted Saturday night and
just went to sleep, but I got home after our Sunday afternoon gig and
did get to see some meteors around 9:30 PM before I had to crash. I
wanted to see more, but I had to get some sleep after three gigs in
three days; I am not as young as I used to be, and I need more rest
(smile)</span></span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEOP ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fOutlineElement ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fLtr ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fParagraph ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> The Sunday afternoon gig at The Central Delaware Blues Society IBC challenge was wonderful. The society is </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">a great group</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> of people, and I met and re-met several people from my earlier playing career when the </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">Dukes</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">
played in Delaware on a more regular basis. Johnny and I were in
competition with a great acoustic guitarist and singer named Diamond Jim
Greene. He played a wonderful set, and he did one of my favorite Skip
James songs and a Tampa Red Song. I loved listening to him. It was tough
for the judges, but Johnny and I were declared the winners of the 2023
Central Delaware Blues Society IBC contest! That means we will be going
down to Memphis to compete in the IBC Finals in January of 2024. We are
obviously overjoyed, and we are beginning to make plans for getting to
and staying</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"> in Memphis</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">. </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">There
will be news soon of some fundraising events to help make that trip
possible. Thanks to both Diamond Jim and the Central Blues Society folks
for a spirited and exciting time in the wilds of Dover, DE</span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">. </span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2">Here
is a link to Diamond Jim Greene’s website; he is a fine performer and a
hell of a nice guy. We were happy to meet him and hopefully we will run
across each other again.</span></span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEOP ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fOutlineElement ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fLtr ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fParagraph ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; 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font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fNormalTextRun ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2"></span></span><span class="ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fEOP ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fSCXW212008198 ydpb6d9d1d6yiv2373534563ydpbb54c235yiv9332696699ydp26da81fBCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 34.2667px;"> </span></p></div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-6728522216233142952023-08-11T10:59:00.001-07:002023-08-11T10:59:27.667-07:00The Dog Days Revisited<p> </p><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Underlined ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 34.2667px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">THE DOG DAYS REVISITED</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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reader wrote to me after my last newsletter and reminded me that I had
mentioned the Perseids meteor showers a few years ago in a newsletter
that focused on the so-called “Dog Days” of July and August. I went
back, found that, and thought it might be good to look again at the
origin and meaning of the phrase, “Dog Days.” So, here it is, heavily
edited).</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9LineBreakBlob ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BlobObject ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9DragDrop ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 24.6292px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> </span><br class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" /></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EmptyTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19.275px;"></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 19.275px;"></span></p></div><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Underlined ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">THE DOG DAYS FROM HOME</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27.8417px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> The weather has been a big part of our lives for the past month or so. There </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">were</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> most notably the downpours, thunderstorms, and </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">possible tornadoes</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
in some of July and earlier this week. Power was knocked out, roads and
basements were flooded, and trees were felled throughout the region.
Those events were preceded by intense heat and humidity for much of
July. It was in fact, the hottest July, and indeed, the hottest of any
month ever recorded. That meant that we</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> spent</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
a lot of time over the last month under umbrellas, inside, in front of
fans, in air-conditioned environments, and/or trying to grab a little
shade and a stray breeze on our porches or in our backyards</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">This can often be a time of two-three showers a day. The “Dog Days” of summer are </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">here</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">, and they have announced their presence in </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">very dramatic</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> fashion.</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27.8417px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">The Dog</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> Days are traditionally cited as falling between July 3 and August 17</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Superscript ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="vertical-align: super;">th. </span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">The
Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the US often experience this as a
time of intense heat, high humidity, torrential downpours, </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">thunderstorms</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> and windstorms. When I was </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">young,</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
I thought this time was called the “Dog Days’ because so often dogs
would be seen on the streets with their tongues hanging out and panting,
as if struggling to breathe. I shared this with friends, and they said,
“No; it is because dogs are driven mad by the heat in this weather, and
they go around biting and attacking you.” I did not grow up in a house
that had a dog, so this made me a little wary and afraid of dogs for a
good long while. I did not want to be seen as a potential meal for a
canine.</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27.8417px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> Of course, neither of those stories are true. “The Dog Days” </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">refer</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> to the </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">period of time</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
when there is the visible appearance of a certain super-bright star in
the morning sky. That star is called, Sirius”-the “dog star,” and the
time of its sunrise appearance was first noted and recorded by the
Egyptians thousands of years ago. They noted that when that star
appeared, the Nile River would begin its period of flooding, and that
was vital information. The Egyptians needed to know that, for their
agricultural output and entire economy depended on the regular flooding
of the Nile. The height and length of time of the flood season was the
key to knowing when to plant crops and when to trade items up and down
the Nile. Knowing that was key</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
to Egypt’s success as a civilization. If they got the timing wrong or
if the Nile did not flood as expected, it meant times if struggle and
famine for Egypt. Sirius was </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">literally a</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> watchdog for that event, </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">and it</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> loomed large in Egyptian science and religion. </span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27.8417px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
Greece and Rome got a lot of their celestial knowledge from the
Egyptians, and they eventually put Sirius into a constellation-</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">Canus Majoris</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> or Great Dog. The name of the constellation shows how important the star’s arrival was to them. And like so much of Egyptian, </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">Greek</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> and Roman cultures, that knowledge made its way to us. And we recognize the </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">importance</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> of this </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">time period</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> by calling it </span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">The Dog Days</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">.</span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27.8417px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9OutlineElement ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Ltr ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9Paragraph ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> I am thinking about this now because once again</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> I am spending </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">all of</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
the Dog Days at home in Philadelphia. August 8th is my wedding
anniversary, and right after our wedding, 40 years ago, my bride Penny
and I headed north on a wonderful 2 ½ week camping honeymoon to Maine
and Nova Scotia. And </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">just about every</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> year since then we </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">spent</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> the Dog Days of August in the Northlands, usually camping. We spend time in upstate New York</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">, New England, and/or Canada, and we got to see wondrous places and wondrous sites. We saw </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">numerous</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">heron</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> and </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">egret</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
roosting in the evenings as the birds returned from eating to spend the
night. We experienced lovely lakes and waterfalls, The Thousand Islands
of New York S</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">tate</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">,
the beautiful campgrounds at Ivy Lea Provincial Park in Ontario, and
the exciting Limestone City Blues Festival in the great city of </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">Kingston</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">, Ontario.</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> Watching sunrises and/or sunsets from a camp site or small mountain or a lakeside can be </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">literally breathtaking</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">. And we also regularly got to see the Perseid meteor showers, which are </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">absolutely phenomenal</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> when seen away from city lights. </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">Those
times were magical; they were times when we were able to truly have a
“vacation”: to “vacate” and leave our regular lives behind. </span></span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9EOP ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27.8417px;"> </span></p></div><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9TextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27.8417px;"><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
And it will be magical again to watch the Perseid showers this Saturday
and Sunday night, whether from my backyard or standing on Bryan Street.
And it will be calming and soothing and wondrous as I go walking early
the next</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> morning and see the sunrise over Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill. These are all special and quietly awesome things to </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">witness</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">. They are all part of the gifts that can come from looking up. A part of me always misses</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> being up North at this time of the year. That had become so special to me, and I </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">get</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> a little sad about not doing it. But I am also </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">very grateful</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> to have had years of venturing</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> northward and experiencing the wonders of looking up into a brighter and clearer sky with my all-time favorite</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> traveling companion. Finding out about that little Egyptian dog star when I was in high school was </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">a game-changer</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">
for me; it was one of the things that started me looking up. That
little action now plays an important part in how I live my life, and it
regularly brings me joy and wonder. I hope you all can find and feel
such joy by simply </span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2">looking</span><span class="ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9NormalTextRun ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9SCXW126404942 ydp755c3666yiv2644752391ydpd38ba485yiv2275138114ydp7d37d0c9BCX2"> up, especially this weekend at the Perseids.</span></span>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-26083891442996212012023-08-07T11:25:00.002-07:002023-08-07T11:25:40.921-07:00The Magic of August Skies<p> </p><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Underlined ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">DUKES FANS</span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">“You
can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on
sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad.” – Sandra Cisneros</span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">“The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson</span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Underlined ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">THE AUGUST NIGHT SKY</span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">One
of the many joys of the mid-late August camping trips my wife and I
used to take was tent camping under the stars and the moon. We were able
to view the night sky away from city lights and really see and feel
them. There is an amazing </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">deepness</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
about being surrounded by and immersed in immensity of the sky. August
night skies especially can be particularly wondrous, and we were always
glad that we made August our time for our two weeklong camping trips. It
was </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">a </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">totally</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> refreshing</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> and renewing way to end the summer vacations, and being aware of and close to the sky was an important part of that</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">This August</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
has some wonderful opportunities for sky viewing. Last week we had a
super moon, and I had the pleasure of coming back from gigs for two of
the nights it was fully visible</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">. It was stunning-orangish and majestic looking down on the world. I </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SpellingErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">knew</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> what Sandra </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">Cisneros</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> meant; I was drunk on that moon</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">I love the names we humans devise for things that happen in the sky.</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> We see something spectacular, and we as a species just </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">have to</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> name it</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">. </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">“New moons,” for example, are so called because they are closer to the earth than </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">normal,</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
and they look especially big and bright. It is as if the moon has been
reborn. Humans from pre-historic times until now have always noticed and
made a big deal about them, and they are often linked to occurrences on
the earth. Last </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">week’s</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> was called by some,</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> “the sturgeon moon” because </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">its</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> appearance coincides with the return of sturgeon to the Great Lakes. August 30 will be another new moon, and it will be called </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SpellingErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">a"blue</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
moon.” Having two new moons in the same month is rare, so it happens
“once in a blue moon.” The last time this happened was in 2018, and the
next time it will happen will be 2025. </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">So</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> it is uncommon, and we humans notice it and we must name it.</span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">August also means the return of the </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SpellingErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">The</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
Perseid meteor shower. Meteor showers fascinate me, and the Perseid
were the first ones I ever intentionally watched. Camping meant we were
able to watch them </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">almost totally</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> away from </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">lights</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">, and being able to do that </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">was a stunning experience</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">The shower </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">should be at its peak late night on August 12 and 13, and the sky is forecast to be </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SpellingErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">moonlessly</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> dark on those days. In early </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">evening</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
the meteors will be few, but those that do appear will be long, lovely
Earth-grazers skimming far across the top of the atmosphere. As the
nights progress, the meteors will become shorter and more </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">numerous</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">, and they will be most visible from midnight to dawn. If you wish to see them, I suggest you b</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">ring a reclining lawn chair to a dark, open spot where no local lights get in your eyes. You will </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">probably see</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">
a meteor every minute or so and then more as night gets later. The best
direction to look is wherever your sky is darkest. Here is a link to a
site that </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">as</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> some suggested places from which to view the showers in each state: </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EmptyTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27px;"></span><a class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Hyperlink ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2023/08/03/exactly-when-to-see-the-perseid-meteor-shower-peak-from-every-us-state/" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" style="color: inherit; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;" target="_blank"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Underlined ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: #0563c1; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">Exactly When </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">To</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> See </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">The</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> Perseid Meteor Shower Peak </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">From</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> Every U.S. State</span></span></a><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">.</span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 27px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 27px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91OutlineElement ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Ltr ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91Paragraph ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> I hope you find plenty of opportunities to look up over the rest of the month. In the morning, </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">mid-day</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">, dusk, evenings, nights; just take a few minutes and </span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">look</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> up. There is magic up there, and we are fortunate to be able to experience it by simply looking up</span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2">. </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91TextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91NormalTextRun ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91EOP ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91SCXW20031538 ydpbeb29ecdyiv1920732519ydp1de97b1cyiv2993537074ydp2c4dcb91BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 46px;"> <br /></span></p></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-89032647027110248562023-07-25T18:53:00.003-07:002023-07-25T18:53:41.697-07:00Neighbors<p> <b><span style="font-size: x-large;">DUKES FANS:</span></b><br /></p><div><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">"The secret </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">of</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> a good life? Notice, appreciate, and be grateful for the </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">small things</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">; most of life is ‘small things.”</span></span></div><div><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">Cab Driver during ride from Art Museum</span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 46px;"> </span></span></div><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542WACEditing ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EditMode ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EditingSurfaceBody ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542FireFox ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542usehover" id="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" style="direction: ltr; visibility: visible;"><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">“With nature it is always the bottom of the ninth; nature always has the last at </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">bat” </span>Kevin M.</span>.</p></div><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> “It’s a </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">beautiful</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> day in the neighborhood.” Fred Rogers</span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
The last two days have found me spending part of my time outside and
alongside my house, trimming back some rose bushes, fennel, and other
plants and vines that I cannot begin to name. I have a bad back and
using </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">the cutters</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">, pulling things out of the mess, and piling things into garden bags hurts. </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">So</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
I worked a bit and then took stretching breaks every 15 minutes or so.
And it was wonderful. I am not a gardener; my contribution to gardening
when my wife was alive was to mulch something, cut something back, dig a
hole, here, mow there, etc. And all of this was under her direction.
But this time I had to do it myself, and it was very pleasant doing this
over the last couple of days. I realized that this was because
the break</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> in
the weather we had for the last two days meant that I could do
something that I had not done much of for the last few weeks: I could be
outside seeing and conversing</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> with a lot of my neighbors</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">. </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> </span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> One of the things I love about my neighborhood</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> is
that neighbors see and interact with each other very regularly. In the
30 plus years I have lived in West Mt Airy I have had countless
conversations and great times with many of my neighbors. We </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">join together</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
for great fun at block parties. We work together in community groups to
solve problems. We meet at the coffeehouse in the train station,
celebrate each other’s accomplishments, help one another in </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">difficult times</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">,
share recommendations about repair people, and much, much more. I
cannot walk from one block to another most days or early evenings
without having several conversations with friends and neighbors along
the way. Asking about kids, talking about music, commenting on the
yards, discussing politics and issues in the area, and more. It is one
reason I love this area so much. But with the last few weeks of heavy
humidity and suffocating heat, I have not interacted with many folks at
all beyond a quick,” Hi” and some inane comment about the weather. None
of </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">ous</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> wanted to </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">psend</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> time in that </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">hat</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> and that humidity. But being outside Sunday and Monday </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">afforded me the opportunity to</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> spend time </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">actually talking</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> with folks-having real, extended conversations. I learned about </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SpellingErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">strangleweed</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
and what it was doing to the fennel beside the house; how to properly
trim the rose bushes; what kids that I had watched grow up were doing
now that they were high school students and, (GASP!) high school
graduates. What travel plans people had, what illnesses and recoveries
had happened</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">.....</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">we</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
just enjoyed being outside together and talking. And I realized how
much I had taken those easy neighborly connections for granted. T</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">he heat and humidity had deprived me of them, and I had not really noticed </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">unt</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">il the actions of the last two days.</span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
The heat and humidity will be back; it is a world-wide climate
crisis, and it will take coordinated, bold, and short and long-term
efforts to address it. And that will not happen soon. But </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">in the midst of</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> all this it is important that I not let those simple things that matter to me slip away. Neighbors, conversation, </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">walking and</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"> looking around. I need to remember that these are the </span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">small things</span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2">
that make so much of my life worth living. I need to be aware of them,
not take them for granted, and remember to hold on to them.</span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><br /><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="color: #757575; 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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 31px;"></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="color: #757575; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 31px;"> </span></p></div><div class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542OutlineElement ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Ltr ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Paragraph ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542TextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542Underlined ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 35.6125px; text-decoration-color: currentcolor; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-style: solid;"><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542NormalTextRun ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2"></span></span><span class="ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542EOP ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542SCXW178097386 ydp55eed5bdyiv2257145028ydp559b1542BCX2" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 20pt; line-height: 35.6125px;"> <br /></span></p></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445161819200274659.post-905711844539054292023-07-17T06:05:00.004-07:002023-07-17T06:48:01.434-07:00Through The Years With The Dukes<p> </p><div class="WACEditing EditMode EditingSurfaceBody FireFox WACViewPanel_DisableLegacyKeyCodeAndCharCode usehover" contenteditable="false" id="WACViewPanel_ClipboardElement" spellcheck="false" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; visibility: visible;" tabindex="0"><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":270}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":2,"335551620":2,"335559739":160,"335559740":270}" style="font-family: Calibri, "Calibri_EmbeddedFont", "Calibri_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 18px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun Underlined SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 28pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">DUKES FANS</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 26pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">“Life is a series of transitions.”</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> Anonymous</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> The Dukes of Destiny got together a long time ago; many of you know the story of a bunch of players getting together in a house in Mt Airy jamming, choosing their name from a takeoff of an ad on a matchbook cover, getting a regular monthly gig at Taker’s Café in Germantown, and taking off from there. There have, of course, been </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">numerous</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> changes in the past 38 years. We have been </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">8 piece</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> band, a 7-piece band, a 6-piece band, and we are currently a five-piece band. We have had sax players, lead singers who did not play an instrument, a lead singer who plays an instrument, always a keyboard player and always a kick-</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">ass rhythm</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> section able to lock in together and keep the whole thing moving. And we have always featured strong, unique, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">interactive</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> and dynamic guitar playing.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> I mention that because guitarist AC Steel has decided to leave the </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">Dukes</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> He was an original Duke-in fact, his composition, </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">Window Shopping in The House of Forbidden Love</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">, was the title song of our second recording. His singing and guitar playing can both be heard on three of our four recordings.AC has had several stints with The Dukes, most recently when he came back over a year ago to play in the wake of the post-COVID re-shuffling of the band. I have always loved his strong and inventive rhythm work, his stinging leads, his slide guitar </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">work</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> and his ability to play </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">off of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> and with the other members of the band. You can see </span><span class="NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">all of</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">demonstrated</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> in some of our YouTube videos. Thanks, AC. It has been a </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">pleasure knowing</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> you and working with you. And you know you are free to come sit in anytime you want.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 46px;"> </span></p></div><div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="direction: ltr;"><p class="Paragraph SCXW88291991 BCX2" style="background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> But do not worry, Dukes fans. Joining us on guitar for the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">remainder</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> of the years’ gigs is another old original Duke, Richard Ray Adler. Ray is an exciting and original guitarist who loves arranging and ”</span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">Dukifying</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">” tunes-he is </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">largely responsible</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> for our arrangements of </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">Nadine</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> and </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">I’ll</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> Go Crazy.</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 46px;"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW88291991 BCX2">So</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2"> the Dukes will continue to be a hard driving, danceable band with original and exciting guitar work. Come on </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">out a</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW88291991 BCX2">nd see.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW88291991 BCX2" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":1,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559739":160,"335559740":690}" style="font-family: Verdana, "Verdana_EmbeddedFont", "Verdana_MSFontService", sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 46px;"> <br /></span></p></div></div>John Colgan-Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10891927355427522782noreply@blogger.com0