WRITEON FOR JULY 22, 2020 sister alies. What went on last week? Well there’s the new MS flag contest. Anyone taking a chance? I’ve designed a very simple one, then went looking on internet and looks like someone did just about the same thing in 2000. Oh well. Maybe I’ll keep doodling. Then there was the horrid spike in ‘19’…and over 141,000 dead just here in the USA. MS is spiking as we all know so my clarion call to WEAR A MASK continues. Virus kills and makes lots of others very sick. Three Federal prisoners were executed in Indiana one at a time for three days. Ugh. I got an invitation from niece #1 to a virtual baby-shower for niece #2 in August. That should be very interesting. Folks in that generation know all the techno stuff to do this! I tried for two or three nights to find the NEOWISE COMET (the brightest comet in 25 years)(July 3 it almost burned up in the Sun but got by.) It was N/NW but I found the skies at 9-9:30pm a bit too overcast and even last night though it was clear with lots of stars…still no luck. It’s near the Big Dipper. If you miss it…well no worries, it’ll be back in 6,000 years! Look TOMORROW (23RD).It will be closest to earth… GIVE IT A TRY. My astronomer friend down in Louisville, D. Teske, said it was difficult to see with naked eye but binoculars worked a treat. Hope U had some luck. Last but not least the deaths of two great Civil/Human rights leaders: Rev. CT Vivian, 95, and Cong. John Lewis, 80, on the same day. Both of them were recipients of the Medal of Freedom. That Medal given by a President is for helping others to help themselves and move forward…not so much about what they did. I like that. CT reminded us that: “we can solve social problems without violence and be hopeful. I look for a day when we will all be treated equally.” And Lewis, of course, was from his youth a man of his beliefs. He believed that if we followed the Gospel we could in fact bring about the Beloved Community. In partnership with MLK and others they tried through their own sacrifices to do just that. Lewis was initially working for voting rights (and we are still doing that today). He gave us a blueprint of what it looks like to serve when he marched on the Pettus bridge in Selma and was beaten unconscious or was incarcerated some 44 times for civil rights. He continued to serve reminding folks to do whatever they might to make their community better in a non-violent way. He wore a mask. He was never too busy. He listened. And in the end reminded us: “You must be able and prepared to give until you cannot give anymore.” Thus, he sends us out to get into GOOD TROUBLE. Are you willing? BLESSINGS.
