2nd day of Spring

I missed the first day of Spring yesterday, but never mind, let us pretend it is today.

 

The vernal equinox, which is when the sun lays directly over the Earth’s equator, kicks off the first day of Spring 2015 and it occurred yesterday, March 20, 2015.

 

It  brings some unique events along with it. One such event is that the sun will rise due east and set due west with the horizon. Another feature of the event is that there will be exactly 12 hours of day and night for every latitude.

 

There, wasn't that interesting.

 

Yesterday, Friday, I just went to the hospital then had lunch with Bill.  We got into an interesting discussion because he graduated in music at OBU, and was primarily a musician before studying theology and becoming a chaplain.   We were talking about the Welsh and their ability to sing, and he said that almost everybody can sing, some are just better than others.   I told him that my mother once told me that I couldn't sing and I should never try, and from that day on I never have, and now I just can't, I don't even join in congregational singing in church.  

 

The weather, which has been very wet, dried up a bit today, and it looks quite nice doesn't it. 

 Oklahoma is never mentioned but I expect by now you recognise it there, between Albuquerque in NM, and Memphis just over in TN.

 

This morning I went to the monthly AARP meeting, mainly because it is a chance to catch up with Phyllis.  She is no longer President so we were able to sit together.   The speaker was the mayor of Shawnee, and he was very interesting, but then I am fascinated by statistics, and we got a lot of statistics, I wish I had taken note of them.   One that I remember is that it is costing $2million to improve the run down, downtown area, and that will be very nice when it is all finished.

 

He also said that Shawnee is the only city in the nation - not just in Oklahoma - which does not receive any funding to run it.   It is funded entirely by the sales tax in the shops, and he urged us to shop here, not go to Oklahoma City.   Which I don't anyway, because I have always been conscious of this issue of supporting the local shops.

 

 

Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battles of WWII, and it all took place on an island 2 miles by 4

 

The veterans there are all in their 90s.   Is it my imagination, or are people living longer these days?  And these 90+ year olds all had to travel there, it is not like they are just sitting in their retirement homes.

 

Things are not getting better for Hilary Clinton.    I think she hopes that it will all just go away.   But it won't, if she runs for President it is all - along with Benghazi - going to come back and bite her.   If she had just handed over the e-mails when asked, it would all be over, so one has to wonder why she didn't.

 

While I was watching television this afternoon the picture suddenly went off, and I had a Direct TV logo, just dancing around on the screen instead.  I have never had a television service that has given me so much trouble as this one, and my patience is wearing thin. 

 

So I rang them up, testily told them what happened, and was informed that it was a "safety measure".

"SAFETY MEASURE" I screech.   "I wasn't in any danger".    "I was just sitting looking at it, like one does".    But apparently if I look at it for four hours without doing anything, not adjusting the volume, or looking to see what might be on another channel, or generally fidgeting, it assumes I am not watching and goes into this safety mode.  Golly me.  I think I am just too old and impatient for  all this technology.   

 

I know Bubbles has a little fan club, one or two, who like to see pictures of her from time to time.