Sorry that I didn’t blog yesterday. Travalon and I went to
the East Side Club’s Thanksgiving dinner for members, which was catered by
Bunky’s. (They have closed their restaurant and only do catering now.) We sat
at a table with three kindergarten teachers who were very friendly, and one
tried to talk me into joining the Social Committee. Not that I have an
abundance of free time, but maybe that way I would at least know when social
events have been canceled… After dinner, a member talked about how as a child during
World War II she collected milkweed pods so the fuzz inside could be used to
make life preservers, and several other people in the audience had done the
same thing. I had no idea this huge war effort existed! The speaker had even
made a DVD of two survivors of the USS Indianapolis disaster (if you didn’t
know anything about this, join the club) who had survived in the ocean for five
days before being rescued, thanks to their milkweed down-filled life
preservers! It is kind of cool to think that back then kids were expected to
contribute to the war effort with such an age-appropriate yet obviously
important task. Not that I desire in any way to be in a war, but I wish there
were something that united us all the way the war effort seemed to unite people
seventy years ago. We could sure use it after this contentious election!
Famous Hat
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