Saturday June 12,2021

Good Morning everyone , today is Saturday June 12, 2021. The weather again today is predicted to be cloudy, I guess Mother Nature is feeling the affects of Covid and is not sure what to do with herself. Maybe she should get vaccinated if she is not and take off her mask and enjoy the outdoors a little, so we can also enjoy outside in the fresh air and clear our lungs.

Last night I flip flopped things and went out to dinner insread of tonight. Historically I did not like going out on Friday night because we had to open the store early on Saturday morning, but that was some many years ago and it has no bearing on today, but the way I am a real creature of habit these things take long to die. We had an enjoyable time,I ordered Dorado, a white fish I have always wanted to try but Marylou asked the waitress is it fileted and she said yes, she knows me best of all, many times I have been known to order foolishly. But it came and it looked like the whole fish head and all , now we looked at it and I said what am I going to do with this but then realized it was fileted and the head was decoration, it was very delicious. Once in little Italy when we were first married I tried to show off and ordered octopus, now I like octopus when it is grilled or made into a salad but it came to the table, the whole octopus sitting spread open on a bed of spaghetti covered in gravy, alright for some of you sauce, I took one look at it and my stomach started to move, now my father in law was there and I guess he saw my face and immediately called the waiter to remove it, that was the end of the meal and that restaurant, which by the way was quite famous and there 100 years, for me I never have gone back. See what I mean about ordering foolishly. I learned a lesson not to try and show off.

Months ago I think for Valentine’s Day I wrote about great love stories throuout history, and one of the couples I mentioned were The Lovings, what made their love story so everlasting was the fact that they were an inter racial couple married in 1958. We forget today that many states had laws against interracial marriage back then, which really is not that long ago. But the Lovings were married in Washington DC where the marriage was legal, when they returned to their home in Virginia it was not recognized because it was illegal in Virginia. In the middle of the night the sheriff came and arrested them out of their bed. What is it about the middle of the night that these animals get a charge out of persecuting people, like the Nazis always came in the middle of the night to arrest the Jewish citizens, Why, I guess in the light of day they didn’t want others to see the wrong they were doing. Their case finally went to the Supreme Court and all laws in every state against interracial marriages were found unconstitutional and dropped. Justice had prevailed Thank God. I brought this up today because June 12 is called The Loving Day. I’m certain that the Loving Case was the forerunner to end prejudices of all marriages. When two people are in love and want to spend their lives together is it really anyone’s business to prevent it. So I applaud the Supreme Court of 1967 and the justices for their wise decision.

Well I see a brightening at my window beckoning me to wrap it up for the day so I will but not before I remind you it is the weekend Saturday a day for fun, so enjoy it, remember the small things they make us just as happy a the large things. Talk Soon, Til Tomorrow !