It was as close to a perfect day as it gets, except for the allergens that were quite literally blowin' in the wind. I sniffed all the way home from my visit to Kaiser. Felt better when I got home and inside. You can see the faint beginnings of fall but they still are faint. I am reminded of mortality; I will be 75 in January and finally realized why some things that used to be pro forma are so newly old. It's because I'm not just getting old any more; I am old. More than that, I have chronic pain from the arthritis that has taken over my back and is coming on in my hands. I will go to an anti-ICE demonstration in Tacoma if I can get a ride to and from. Now more than ever, it's important to hang in there. -- nordy
You have my utmost sympathies and commiseration, nordy. Take care. I want so much to age gracefully, but I think I'm halfway between that and "Do not go gentle into that good night!"
Thank you! I was dreading turning 70, but the day was very nice. Wil and I went to the Calvin Coolidge Homestead down in Plymouth, Vermont. As you may know, Coolidge was a Republican of the Vermont sort, that is to say the Jim Jeffords sort. Even back in 1923, He spoke out against the KKK. He became President upon the sudden death by cardiac arrest of President Harding out west. At the time, Coolidge was vacationing at the family home in Plymouth...back when the best road into Plymouth was dirt and often mud. News of Harding's death traveled across the nation via telephone and telegraph and didn't make it to Plymouth until midnight. There was no telephone at the Coolidge home and the only nearby phone, at the General Store, was not answered. So the telegraph worker drove the 6 miles to deliver the vital news. The telephone company came out at 2:00am to put a phone in the new President's house. We saw the room where he took the oath of office at 2:47am. All but one junior journalist had left to send word of Harding's death, and no photograph was taken, The oath was administered by his father, who was a Notary Public. So the lowest office in the nation administered the oath to the highest office in the nation.
After that we met Eldest, Vermont*DIL and VT*Grand for ice cream. All in all a satisfying day!
I'm seeing a lot of speculation online that Charlie Kirk's murder was a put up job to distract from the Trump/Epstein scandal, since he hasn't been able to provoke largescale riots. Candidly, it wouldn't surprise me.
Wouldn't surprise me either. Of course Trump is blaming it all on left-wing radicals, as if right-wing rads didn't exist or have their own kind of violence. -- nordy
However it happened, it's despicable violence. The guy was a right wing MAGA who debated people. Killing him was no different than taking out a boatload of people you find abhorrent. We need a country with morals, rules and laws again.
Happy Birthday! Susan
ReplyDeleteWho made that cake? It's spectacular! -- nordy
ReplyDeleteI snagged the photo off the internet. It sooo caught my eye!!
DeleteHappy Birthday, Listener!
ReplyDeleteAnd happy birthday to everyone involved!
ReplyDeleteIt was as close to a perfect day as it gets, except for the allergens that were quite literally blowin' in the wind. I sniffed all the way home from my visit to Kaiser. Felt better when I got home and inside. You can see the faint beginnings of fall but they still are faint. I am reminded of mortality; I will be 75 in January and finally realized why some things that used to be pro forma are so newly old. It's because I'm not just getting old any more; I am old. More than that, I have chronic pain from the arthritis that has taken over my back and is coming on in my hands. I will go to an anti-ICE demonstration in Tacoma if I can get a ride to and from. Now more than ever, it's important to hang in there. -- nordy
ReplyDeleteYou have my utmost sympathies and commiseration, nordy. Take care.
DeleteI want so much to age gracefully, but I think I'm halfway between that and "Do not go gentle into that good night!"
♥ Nordy
DeleteThank you! I was dreading turning 70, but the day was very nice. Wil and I went to the Calvin Coolidge Homestead down in Plymouth, Vermont. As you may know, Coolidge was a Republican of the Vermont sort, that is to say the Jim Jeffords sort. Even back in 1923, He spoke out against the KKK. He became President upon the sudden death by cardiac arrest of President Harding out west. At the time, Coolidge was vacationing at the family home in Plymouth...back when the best road into Plymouth was dirt and often mud. News of Harding's death traveled across the nation via telephone and telegraph and didn't make it to Plymouth until midnight. There was no telephone at the Coolidge home and the only nearby phone, at the General Store, was not answered. So the telegraph worker drove the 6 miles to deliver the vital news. The telephone company came out at 2:00am to put a phone in the new President's house. We saw the room where he took the oath of office at 2:47am. All but one junior journalist had left to send word of Harding's death, and no photograph was taken, The oath was administered by his father, who was a Notary Public. So the lowest office in the nation administered the oath to the highest office in the nation.
ReplyDeleteAfter that we met Eldest, Vermont*DIL and VT*Grand for ice cream. All in all a satisfying day!
Sounds very good.
DeleteGripping story of Coolidge's accession to office. I hadn't known.
DeleteI'm seeing a lot of speculation online that Charlie Kirk's murder was a put up job to distract from the Trump/Epstein scandal, since he hasn't been able to provoke largescale riots. Candidly, it wouldn't surprise me.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't surprise me either. Of course Trump is blaming it all on left-wing radicals, as if right-wing rads didn't exist or have their own kind of violence. -- nordy
ReplyDeleteHowever it happened, it's despicable violence. The guy was a right wing MAGA who debated people. Killing him was no different than taking out a boatload of people you find abhorrent. We need a country with morals, rules and laws again.
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