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Once you wind Ms. G up to tell a story, she has the wind to go a long time.
Yesterday we were dusting, which requires a team effort at her place for reasons it would be hard to explain, and she spent the hours telling me a long story.
All her stories tend to be long, as she has relatives and friends all over creation and knows more people than i've ever hoped to meet.
This one was about someone she knew who died back in 1992, all circumstances surrounding how she knew him, his family, how she'd been one of his babysitters, what he was like as a person, some of his medical history, and etc.
His death was caused by multiple factors, some of which should have led to people spending time behind bars, but justice was never quite served in this case and his siblings do not want to put their mother through the trauma and drama of reopening the case.
Ms. G has other ideas, however, and holds out hope it may happen someday, meanwhile telling me his story may have helped her in some way, as i think she is still grieving.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Wind.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
The gate was open, most unusual. Behind it, the golf course.
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
Yes, we bring our pet with us
even to the store,
and she's so well behaved
they let her in the door.
She really is no trouble,
she likes to come to town,
and she's been so good of late
she'd getting a new dressing gown!
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Angel Brian's Family of Brian's Home - Forever hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful for our space heaters as the temps have gotten cold again. (Please note, it's cold for us when it gets below freezing at all, which it is.)
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It's Love Your Pet Day!
Thanks to Barb Kowalik and The Cat Blogosphere for the event badge.
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Today is:
Blessed Wulfric's Day
Cherry Pie Day
Clean Out Your Bookcase Day -- supposedly begun in 1985, but i can't find information on who started it; donate books you don't need any more to a local friends of the library group
Flying Car Day -- the Arrowmobile, the first flying car, patented this day in 1937 (and can you imagine, as bad as driving is, how many accidents we would have if these people were flying around instead?)
Hoodie Hoo Day (Northern Hemisphere) -- at noon local time, citizens are requested to go outside and yell "Hoodie-Hoo" to chase away winter and call in spring; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day -- some student programs at universities are set for this weekend, as encouraged during National Engineers Week
National Handcuff Day -- at least, it was last year
St Leo of Catania's Day (a/k/a Leo the Wonderworker, Patron of Rometta, Longi, and Sinagra, Sicily)
Toothpick Day -- first machine used to make them patented this day in 1872
World Day for Social Justice -- UN
Anniversary Today:
John Cleese marries Connie Booth, 1968
US Post Office, 1792 (George Washington signed the act which created it)
Birthdays Today:
Rihanna, 1988
Andrew Shue, 1967
Lili Taylor, 1967
Cindy Crawford, 1966
French Stewart, 1964
Charles Barkley, 1963
Ron Eldard, 1963
James Wilby, 1958
Patty Hearst, 1954
Gordon Brown, 1951
Ivana Trump, 1949
Jennifer O'Neill, 1948
Peter Strauss, 1947
Brenda Blethyn, 1946
Sandy Duncan, 1946
Phil Esposito, 1942
Buffy Sainte-Marie, 1941
Nancy Wilson, 1937
Bobby Unser, 1934
Sidney Poitier, 1927
Robert Altman, 1925
Gloria Vanderbilt, 1924
Carl E. Stotz, 1920
Gale Gordon, 1906
Ansel Adams, 1902
Joseph Jefferson, 1829
William Prescott, 1726
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel"(Play), 1963
"Barber of Seville"(Rossini Opera), 1816
"Giulio Cesare in Egitto"(Opera, HWV 17), 1724
Today in History:
King Christian I, ruler of Denmark and Norway, pawns the islands of Orkney and Shetland to Scotland so he can pay his daughter's dowry, 1472
An unnamed comet approaches withing 860,000 miles of Earth, the closest a comet has ever come to our planet, 1491
The first recorded wine auction is held, in London, 1673
The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by President George Washington, 1792
Austria declares bankruptcy, 1811
Concepcion, Chile, is destroyed by an earthquake, 1835
The US Congress prohibits dueling in the District of Columbia, 1839
Luther Crowell patents a machine to manufacture paper bags, 1872
In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens, 1872
The first minor league baseball association is organised, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1887
King O'Malley drives in the first survey peg to mark commencement of work on the construction of Canberra, 1913
A new volcano, Paricutin, erupts in a farmer's cornfield in Mexico, 1943
The Avro Arrow program to design and manufacture supersonic jet fighters in Canada is cancelled by the Diefenbaker government amid much political debate, 1959
While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes, 1962
Ranger 8 crashes into the moon after a successful mission of photographing possible landing sites for the Apollo program astronauts, 1965
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands, 1976
Texas industrialist Ross Perot's U.S. presidential campaign begins, 1992
Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout, 2005
Estonia becomes the first country in the world to establish a national electric car charging network, with cars charging in less than 30 minutes, 2013
A 4-inch lock of John Lennon's hair sells at auction for $35,000 to a memorabilia collector, 2016
Famine is declared in Unity State, South Sudan, affecting 4.9 million, 2017
Venezuela becomes the first country to launch a virtual currency, the petro, to counteract their financial crisis, 2018
Englishwoman Jasmine Harrison (21) becomes the youngest woman to row across an ocean arriving in Antigua as part of the Atlantic Challenge after 70 days, 3 hours, 48 minutes, 2021
Earthquakes and aftershocks near the city of Antakya, Turkey, on the Syrian border, cause mayhem just two weeks after earthquakes devastated the region, 2023
That was a good story!
ReplyDeleteThat gate reminds me of something you'd see at a castle.
Space heaters are great. Where abouts are you located? It's been sooooo cold here in Denver - it was 2F this morning!!
Interesting picture and poem. I can't imagine taking a goat to the shops. I don't have to wait until freezing temperature to feel cold. I start rugging up and turning on heaters at about 60F (15C)
ReplyDeleteLots of interesting items here today!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your poem as well as your sorry.
I think each and every one of us at some point in our life has lost someone that they're death just impacts Us in such a way that we have to keep talking about it to get it out in the open. Funny picture and cute poem. And of course your outdoor photos always make me smile.
ReplyDeleteTelling stories is a good thing and it probably reminds her of the time in her life when things were better or easier for her. It is nice for you to listen so she has someone to talk to about it all.
ReplyDeleteSuch a lovely Six. It's like a slow river that finds its own way, always knowing its destination.
ReplyDeleteIs a hedge a fence? Is a wall a fence? If you can have a wooden fence, and a metal fence, why not a brick one?
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
Glad your space heaters are working ~ be warm ~ Spring is coming soon ~ hugs,
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days ~
clm ~ A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
A great six, Mimi, and as for the poem and picture - brilliant!
ReplyDeleteI love that open gate ... somehow it reminds me of Narnia.
ReplyDeleteWell written story, I think long winded tales are good for cleaning.
You are so very good to listen to Ms. G. We know some people like to get in every single detail of their story even if it really isn't that important.
ReplyDeleteYour poem was well done. We love how you turned that backpack bag into a dressing gown:)
Woos - Misty and Timber
You did well with the poem. I'm pretty sure everyday is Love Your Pet Day. At least that's what my girls tell me. LOL
ReplyDeleteThat was a very interesting story and a fun poem too. That's a nice thankful, those space heaters can be real heroes too. Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sad story. Cute poem. XO
ReplyDeleteIf I'd ever taken my two beloved cats to the supermarket they would have parked themselves in front of the meat section...drooling all the while! :)
ReplyDeleteThank heaven for the invention of the sewing machine and we, too, would love to visit Narnia and almost said that in our fill-ins! Great minds, non? As for the UN day today, it's not going to be happening in Trump's USA.
ReplyDeleteGood Six, super poem with a lovely photo, and some great things on 20 Feb (mmm, Cherry Pie).
ReplyDeleteI am sure the woman in your story appreciates you listening more than you can even imagine. And, that goat in the baby backpack is so frickin adorable!!!!
ReplyDeleteAs always your poem was PERFECTION. We had a feeling this goat was special to this couple - they didn't want to leave him or her behind at home and it also made for FUN poems right? Right!!!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam and Teddy