The oneth of June

 From my local, online newspaper: A "should read" and perhaps, a "must read" is the recent Harvard commencement oration. You can google the article as, The Washington Post's Nancy Gibbs on Tom Hanks' delivery at Harvard.  I was quite impressed.  Is the name Nancy rare?  Off hand, the only other Nancy I know is also neat, as she once ended all her online emails with, "No matter how many times you slice it, there are always 2 sides."  We should all have that kind of common sense!

Workers at a bakery in Avon, Connecticut, were loading cakes into a van for delivery one day last week when a hungry black bear showed up. The bear helped itself to 60 cupcakes before it was scared off with a car horn. There are 1,000 to 1,200 black bears living in Connecticut, the state environmental agency says, with sightings last year in 158 of the state’s 169 towns and cities.

In case you forgot:

JUNE 1 1925 — Lou Gehrig bats for Pee Wee Wanninger in the eighth inning and replaces Wally Pipp at first base to start his streak of 2,130 consecutive games. 1975 — Nolan Ryan of the California Angels pitches his fourth of 7 no hitters, beating the Baltimore Orioles 1-0.  Ryan has 3 more than any other pitcher.

Being the start of outdoor activities, I consider lawn tractor mowing as individual therapy, akin to fishing, gardening, knitting and perhaps even sharpening a large quantity of Number 2 pencils, or whatever you do,  where your mind is rinsed of all that menial thunder.  It's the "magic" of conscious meditation, a time where there IS no time...in short spurts.  Other moments bring up old memories or thoughts that cause the old response of, "Huh!"  I had that today, when all of a sudden, I was doing karaoke to an oldie, goodie song, "Dungaree Doll."  Will you try resurrecting it?

In closure---smile at a stranger, hug someone.  I'm sure Martha would say, "It's a good thing!"

Finally:  I'm amazed how quickly a group can assemble to express approval or opposition to a product, a manufacturer, a belief, etc.  Cases in point: Lite Beer, Abortion, LBGTQ+, to name only a few.  I'm not here to defend or oppose.  Rather, I'm wondering why the same isn't bring applied to our political system, meaning all the campaign promises quickly forgotten, lobbyist dollars being distributed, etc., etc.  They get rich while you struggle.  Don your Sherlock Holmes cap and uncover honest people to represent you and yours.