Last couple of days

I had a hard time Thursday morning getting my head round the fact that I didn't have to turn out early for the donuts.  There are five Thursdays in July, then last week I was at the Ageing Conference. 

 

Our Kiwani speakers were a lovely couple of Native Americans, who live in California but are visiting the area.   She is from the Tsimshian tribe whose ancestral home is in British Columbia in Canada, but was born and raised in Alaska where the Tsimshians have a settlement on Annette Island.  He was from Texas but relocated to Alaska where they met and married.  I don't think he was originally Native American.  We were given slips of paper and asked to guess their combined ages because they look younger than they are.   I thought as their friend was making such a big deal of it they must be in their 90s (I was extremely jealous of her thick black hair without a thread of grey in it) but they were in their 70s.  I was way out.

 

They are members of the B'hai Faith, a 19th century religion which is all about peace and love and the spiritual union of  humankind, and were introduced by one of our members who is also a Ba'hai (I thought Native Americans had their own religion).   Anyway, they were very interesting and I saw them again in the evening at the Library where they gave a fuller, more detailed presentation.

 

Had to go on to Walmart where I saw this rubbish.

Yes, the morons have definitely had a shift in editorial staff who don't know we have already been to this rodeo. How do they think Charles can give up the throne when he hasn't yet succeeded to it.  Their stupidity stretches credulity. And what is wrong with the Queen's lower tooth? Has she been falling on her porch?

This is the Queen looking 'frail and sad' in Crathie Church, where 'prayers for said for her'. Someone tell these morons that in EVERY church, on EVERY Sunday, prayers are said for the monarch.

I got to looking inside while I was standing in the checkout line, but I didn't get to read where the wicked stepmother is being banished to.

 

Anyway, back to Shawnee and reality.

This is the Native American couple in the Library.  She put on her regalia and did a Peace Dance while he beat the drum.

Round the edge of the drum is the symbol of every major religion.

 

And the rest.................

Ours isn't the only government which wastes its taxpayers money.

 

There was an altercation on this airline because a jumped-up economy class passenger had the temerity to think she could use the first class loo.  The flight attendant - who I think should have handled this a lot better and defused the situation - banged the door on the passenger's shoulder.  So the airline is being sued for the shoulder, and the 'humiliation' she suffered.  I hope the flight attendant is sacked.   Apparently since 9/11 the scum in economy class are no longer allowed to venture into the first class section, because it brings them near to the pilot and the cockpit, and they could be a terrorist threat.   But what's stopping the terrorists  buying first class seats, near the cockpit??

 

Got to get on with my day, get to the hospital for my chaplaincy round.