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Biiiiiiiig Weekend . . .
. . . in Detroit and Windsor as the cities celebrate Canada Day (July 1) and Independence Day (July 4) with the International Freedom Festival.
Capper is gigantic Ford Motor Co.-sponsored fireworks display from barges in the Detroit River that draws more than a million spectators to the riverfront in both countries.
Landmark Day . . .
. . . moved first boxes into new quarters and unpacked them into proper cupboards and shelves, had good chat with DJ about moving-in logistics and and got back to Sunrise by 9:15. Then packed a couple more and got downstairs with bottle of Prosecco to celebrate Al Paolino’s 87th birthday.
Had My First Visitor . . .
. . . after I got my key to #1404 at Verena of Gilbert along with mailbox key, parking-lot-gate opener and coded all-door opener shortly before noon and paid first-month’s rent before heading to my apartment to check some measurements for putting in furniture.
Doorbell rang and Mary Weaver and Dale, Sunrise driver who quit after nose-to-nose with Alberto, were laughing out there and came in for a visit and checked out my quarters. Mary agreed that we should put out a newsletter and liked my suggestion of “Verena Viewpoint” as the name.
There’s Been a Lot of Noise . . .
. . . on both sides of the recent Supreme Court gun-control decision.
If we’re going to cut back on things that kill people, we’re going to have to ban motor vehicles
— cars, pickups, trucks, semis, anything that uses our streets and highways —
because just over 110 people die in roadway mishaps every day
compared to 100 killed by accidental or on-purpose gunshot wounds.
Just Asking . . .
. . . but in all this abortion kerfuffle,
has anybody considered birth control?
FYI: WSJ Letter to the Editor
Whatever His Faults, Biden
Is Still Preferable to Trump
Regarding William David Stone’s letter to the editor (“In Life There Are Trade-Offs,” June 14). President Biden doesn’t control gas prices, though he is considering a federal gas-tax holiday. He doesn’t control the crime rate. Nor does he control Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping or baby-formula manufacturers.
Republicans never miss and opportunity to denigrate Mr. Biden. But at least this president can speak in clear, coherent sentences, isn’t flaunting loose morals and isn’t in a position to be blamed for inciting a rebellion against our government.
Give me a president worthy of respect for trying to unite our fractured country instead of urging people to storm the capitol, where they wanted to hang Vice President Mike Pence.
(Name withheld because letter was in June 17/22 WSJ)
Columbia, S.C.
Going On a Diet . . .
. . .will help you combat inflation on two fronts.
You’ll cut back on the escalating cost of food
as well as the need to buy record-priced gasoline
to go shopping.
Another Sign of a Diminishing Sunrise . . .
. . .I’ve been quarantined half a week now and regulations demand lunch and dinner be delivered to such sequestered residents.
I call daily to ask what’s on the menu but to really remind staff I’m here.
Today, lunch was not delivered. No one knows why.
And the dinner server remained in the hallway this evening to wave when I opened to door to retrieve my food.
COVID Quarantine . . .
. . .has certain advantages.
I haven’t done a damned thing
for the past three days.
The Lunar Eclipse . . .
. . . was a popular topic of conversation and one person was so enthused about not seeing the moon the previous night that I didn’t have the heart to tell them they were looking up at the sky from the wrong side of the building.
Mature Life Features 