Happy day after the 4th of July! Whatever that means to you personally may depend on your location in the world. For most of the world, Thailand included, it was just any other business day.
Of course on the US side it was Independance Day, which is debated hotly by Americans in these days of declining empire. Was it always a farce or can the project still be salvaged with a return to our Founding Fathers ideals? I’d say the answer lies less in looking up and more in looking inward.
It was always my favorite holiday growing up, a day of fireworks and summer block parties and later, yes, probably too much booze and a lot of funny stories about how we lived through it. But every year like clockwork my father had to be there for the event and most of the hardcore partygoers, still shooting off the remnant fireworks at midnight, would approach him and say “Happy Birthday Craig.”
10 years ago today we celebrated my Dad’s 65th birthday. We had just arrived in the USA three days prior. Although it is blurry this is a picture from that day. It is the only one in existence of my first husband Oh and my father in the same frame.
Seven days later on a full moon night my dad died in his sleep. I’ve been in deep spiritual quandary regarding that. I suppose it was meant to happen exactly the way it did.
Hopefully people are seeing through these kinds of crossroads…
Was it Einstein who said regardless of what weapons WWIII is fought with, World War 4 will will be fought with sticks and stones? On the Russian front:
No exclusions here! Waiting for the spambots to come out in force on that but, I guess I’m just not popular enough…
Do you think the American ideal can be salvaged? I’d say it is a journey that can only be taken by each of us as individuals…
Happy Birthday, Dad…
The Superman one is just too funny! Saved it for future use.
Not too shabby.
I did check thrice but, alas, didn't find the BarBQ sauce one.
Hey, dirty old men aren't just born you know, we gotta work at it day after day after day! ;-)