5/31/21 RMB Memorial Day Fact
Dear Rita Mae Brown,
Exactly two months have disappeared
by since my last letter. Forgive me if I ramble in catching up.
April’s adventure was moving, box by
box, three friends, all on the slower side of 55 spurred one another on, joked,
laughed, shed a few tears for the beloved desert home that will be missed, then
shared meals to celebrate each day’s work. Finally, sore and satisfied, within
our allotted week, the mission was complete. Now Teddy works daily at unboxing,
rediscovering treasures and recreating “home” in her new Bear’s Den.
In May I got my first pair of
reading glasses ever. Hence, reading is more fun. I got new regular glasses for
the first time in 10 years. Hence, driving is more fun. I look from street signs
to store signs, finding some readable that were not before.
I finished the enlightening Animal
Magnetism and now Cakewalk is next up, along with a few
other books on tarot, healthy recipes, and Pimsleur’s Spanish II.
For Cinco de Mayo I received my
first covid vaccine and on June 4th the second awaits me. Too many
lives have been lost to this virus and it brings to light the many that have
been lost for other reasons, diseases, wars, crimes, etc. I can’t help but
feeling that we are the cure, our minds, our motivations, our efforts, we can
make this world, all our lives, better.
Today is Memorial Day. Wikipedia
says:
On May 1, 1865 in
Charleston, SC, formerly enslaved African Americans honored hundreds of Black
soldiers who were killed in the Civil War and buried in a mass grave. They
unearthed the bodies and gave each a proper burial and held a parade in the
soldiers’ honor. This memorial honoring of Black fallen soldiers is
believed to have been the first Memorial Day before it later became a
recognized holiday.
Kind of adds to the echo of black lives
matter, not necessarily the movement, but the fact.
June is calling, may it ring in
joyfully,
Loraine
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