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REALLY its the last Friday in May*
*on Wednesday I titled the blog post “The Last Wednesday of May” – it wasn’t!
Today is the 6th day of the 21st week, the 26th day of the 5th month, the 146th day of 2017 [with only 212 shopping days until Christmas], and:
- Don't Fry Day
- National Blueberry Cheesecake Day
- National Chardonnay Day
- National Cherry Dessert Day
- National Death Busters Day
- National Grey Day
- National Heat Awareness Day
- National Paper Airplane Day
- National Polka Day
- National Title Track Day
- National Wig Out Day
- Sally Ride Day
- World Dracula Day
- World Lindy Hop Day
- World Redhead Day
ON THIS DAY: stuff happened, that’s for sure!
Star Wars celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday: We were pretty upset when we learned that Tommy would have to have open heart surgery to close the ventricular septal defect [AKA a hole in his heart]. He was only 3 years old although he would be 4 in just a little over a month. He was scared, we were upset and it was the day before having to report to Hopkin’s for a preliminary cardiac catheterization to determine the extent of the repairs that were needed. My ex had taken off from work that Tuesday and was casting about for something, anything to do to provide a distraction. Knowing I was a Trekkie, and that Tommy was fascinated by space, he suggested we go to the Westview movie theater and catch the first show of a new space flick. So at noon on May 25th 1976, we entered a mostly empty theater and traveled for the first time to a galaxy far away and long ago. (( for the curious, the test showed Tom needed full open-heart surgery; he did just fine and turned 4 while in the hospital. And he has been a life-long Star Wars fan.))
Facebook reminded up about this picture today: For years there was an exit on 495, just before the Pikesville and Randallstown exits that just said “Future”. There was an actual exit there, which ended in a barrier beyond which was nothing – no construction, no buildings, just land. I used to drive past it and wonder what would happen if I drove my car off onto that exit, imagining that the barrier would fade away, the mists would gather, and I would emerge into an entirely different world, the World of Tomorrow. Whenever I read Tolkien’s lyrics, that exit would be what I would picture in my mind….
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
The exit is gone now, replaced with a huge highway going to Owings Mills, but those whimsical fancies still float in my mind – how I wish I had tried it!
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