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getting a bit dobbly [as Grandmom Riley would say]....
Today is the 4th day of the 2nd week, the 10th day of the 1st month, the 10th day of 2017, and:
- Houseplant Appreciation Day
- League of Nations Day
- National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
- National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
- National Oysters Rockefeller Day
- Peculiar People Day
- Save the Eagles Day
On this day in ...
49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. The phrase "crossing the Rubicon" is today often used as an idiom to mean passing a point of no return.
1776 – Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense. As of 2006, it remained the all-time best selling American title, and is still in print today
1812 – The first steamboat on the Ohio River or the Mississippi River arrives in New Orleans, 82 days after departing from Pittsburgh.
1863 – The Metropolitan Railway, the world's oldest underground railway, opens between Paddington and Farringdon, marking the beginning of the London Underground.
1870 – John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.
1901 – The first great Texas oil gusher is discovered at Spindletop in Beaumont, Texas. Prior to Spindletop, oil was primarily used for lighting and as a lubricant. Because of the quantity of oil discovered, it suddenly became economically feasible to burn petroleum as a fuel for mass consumption. Spindletop continued as a productive source of oil until about 1936. It was then mined for sulfur from the 1950s to about 1975
1920 - The League of Nations was established as the Treaty of Versailles went into effect.
1927 – Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany.
1946 - the first General Assembly of the United Nations convened in London.
1964 - The Beatles' first album in the United States, "Introducing the Beatles," was released
1984 – The United States and Holy See (Vatican City) re-establish full diplomatic relations after almost 117 years. The United States maintained consular relations with the Papal States from 1797 to 1867, when Congress passed legislation that prohibited any future funding to United States diplomatic missions to the Holy See.
2018 - NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 36 mins 47 secs of light-travel time from Earth
Quote of the day:
“Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.”
~ Samuel Ullman, American businessman, poet, humanitarian
For those of us who have family members who have descended into dementia and Alzheimer’s, there is a sinking feeling you get every single time something slips. Forget where your keys are? Can’t remember what you walked into the room to do? Lost that word you wanted to use to articulate precisely what you meant? Forgot the name of the person in front of you or the latest figure in the news? Keep calling the kids by the wrong name? Forgot your password? Can’t remember just how that gadget works? Find yourself slowing down, not enjoying contemporary music but gravitating to the oldies, Anyone of these things can happen to anyone at any time – but as the years pass and you are over 65, you start to noticed every single occurrence. And you ask yourself if this is the beginning, or how long has this been going on, or if others have noticed that you are “slipping”
Both my mother and my maternal grandmother suffered from dementia and Alzheimer’s in the last years of their lives, so I’m worried that it runs in the family. Haven’t done gene testing, but worries about what that means for me meant that I could not be the guardian of my granddaughters should something happen to my daughter and her husband. And every single time I do something incredibly forgetful, I worry. When I find myself puttering about instead of getting going as I am trying to get out the door, I worry. Oh not like stewing over it, nothing that overt – but as soon as an incident occurs, the thought immediately pops into my mind so I know it is never far from the front of my mind. Mom and Grandmom didn’t know when they were going around the bend, so how can I be sure that I will realize when I need help? Will my kids recognize the signs? Certainly if my work performance suffers, I’ll bet bossman and my co-workers will take heed! So maybe instead of losing my marbles, my brain is just getting too full?
Oh yeah, that’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
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