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the post Thanksgiving blues....
Today is the 2nd day of the 48th week, the 27th day of the 11th month, the 331st day of 2017, and:
- Cyber Monday
- National Bavarian Cream Pie Day
- National Craft Jerky Day
- National Electric Guitar Day
- National Pins and Needles Day
- Pie in the Face Day
- Turtle Adoption Day
On this day:
AD 25 – Luoyang is declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. What got my attention about this entry was the archaic "AD" that was used -- these days you don’t see it very often. "AD" has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. In this protocol, "BC" denotes years before the start of the era and there is no year zero in this scheme, so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC, which is why most experts agree that a new century begins in a year which has "01" as the final digits (e.g., 1801, 1901, 2001).
1810 – The Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London – it was quite the practical joke but you have to feel sympathy for the poor lady who bore the brunt of it.
1830 – Saint Catherine Labouré experiences a Marian apparition. I have worn a Miraculous Medal since my mother bought it for me when I graduated from CCD in high school.
1896 – Also sprach Zarathustra by Richard Strauss is first performed. ((And there is an entire generation that immediately things "2001: A Space Odyssey" whenever we hear it.))
1924 – In New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is held, establishing a tradition that has held throughout the years, although it is not the country's oldest parade -- the whole idea started with The Santa Claus Parade in Peoria, IL, founded in 1887 under the sponsorship of Frederick Block and the Schipper & Block (later Block & Kuhl) Department Store. That is held on the day after Thanksgiving and is the oldest, continuously-held holiday parade in the country.
1945 – CARE (then the Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) was founded to a send CARE Packages of food relief to Europe after World War II. ((I wonder if kids at came or college dorm students still call their packages from home CARE packages?))
1971 – The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
And today-- NASA Voyager is 19 hrs 34 mins 16 secs of light-travel time from Earth
Quote of the day:
“The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.”
~ Samuel Johnson, an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer
As I returned to work this morning, if felt like a very Monday-ish Monday. It occurred to me there are 28 days to the next federal holiday, which will be Monday, December 25th. Counting Tuesday 12.26 – and I do count that day since getting up and in the day after Christmas is really tough – there are four more Mondays in the year. 2017 is 91% history now. Did you have a nice Thanksgiving? Was there family and food, both to eat and for thought? Was it a happy time for you? Or was it over-shadowed in some way – unmet expectations, conflict and/or contention, worry about the future, grief for things that happened in the past? And notice that swirling thoughts seldom are about anything really good happening – they usually involve obligations, duty, responsibility, finances, health issues, people you miss, problems you have to resolve. With all those thoughts swirling about, I’m pretty sure whatever happy feelings I had were pretty much being overwhelmed and smothered and I’m betting that I’m not the only one who catches themselves sabotaging their own well-being and equanimity in this manner.
Everything that I can think of to say about how to counter our expectations, griefs and fears comes off like a tired platitude [Take a deep breath... Smile... Be grateful... Live in the moment... Yaddyyaddyyada.] But you really do have a choice….
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