Welcome back to week 6! It’s simple. A good time was had by all. Now – if I could just remember what the good time was! Maybe Brady knows. He’s my four-year-old Malti Poo dog. I named him after Tom Brady! He’s too young to play football. But he likes to tell everybody what to do – with his little brown nose.
SPRING? Think again. Weathercasters are calling this week’s weather
“Fake Spring.” Just as trusted is the “Old Farmer’s Almanac” which reads that the current weather will be warm and wet. The weather prognosticators say from Feb. 8-16, there will be isolated showers, cold then turning warm. Snow is not in any forecast to return in DeKalb County, Tennessee. And, the low temperatures weren’t made available.
SPECIAL PRAYER REQUEST: Tommy Alexander, who suffered a stroke last Tuesday night and now is a patient at St. Thomas, West in Nashville. Tommy is the son of the late Robert and Jane Alexander and the husband of my cousin, Joyce Robinson Alexander.
MARK IT! The first day of spring is on March 20, 2025.
FEEL BETTER SOON: Wyatt Beale, Patsy Cherry Braswell, Frankie Watkins, Loyce Holcomb, Royce Odom, Bertha McBride Trump, and to anybody and everybody with this terrible Influenza virus.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
Thursday, February 13: In 1687, William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England. The last Peanuts comic strip appeared in the newspaper, just hours after the death of its creator, Charles Schulz.
Friday, February 14: Valentine’s Day in the United States. Quarterback for the Tennessee Titans, Steve McNair, was born in 1973. Alexander Graham Bell applied for a patent for the telephone.
Saturday, February 15: The USS Maine battleship was destroyed in 1898, leading to the Spanish-American War. Galileo, Italian philosopher, astronomer and mathematician was born in 1564.
Sunday, February 16: Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba. And, American tennis player, John McEnroe was born in West Germany on this date in 1959.
Monday, February 17: Vietnam was invaded by China in 1979. NBA legend, Michael Jordan, was born in 1973 in New York.
Tuesday, February 18: The planet, Pluto, was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1930. Stock-car legend, Dale Earnhart, Sr. died from injuries suffered during a crash in the final lap of the Dayton 400 in 2001. He was Jim’s hero.
Wednesday, February 19: Iwo Jima was invaded by the U. S. Marines
and Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird, died in 2016 at age 89. Her book won a Pulitzer Prize in Literature. Tennessee school’s have removed it from their shelves. It is a “banned book.”
LONG TIME, NO SEE: Talk about shock and awe. Out of the clear blue sky, there was a firm knock on my door last weekend. The young (age 77) man entered and said, “Hi, LeAnn. I’m Larry Caldwell.” I don’t know how long it had been since I had seen my local friend. He remembered when I was a Girl Scout and mailing him a care package to Vietnam – probably around 1965. Still happily married to Teresa, Larry hasn’t changed one bit – except funnier and nicer. Reminiscing, we laughed so loud, he was afraid we would get thrown out of the Webb House! If your ears were burning that day, we probably were talking about you! No joke!
HAPPY BIRTHDAYS:
Thursday, February 13: Edgar Evins
Friday, February 14: Karen Coker
Monday, February 17: Abi Hendrix
Tuesday, February 18: Becca Campbell
Wednesday, February 19: Donna Hendrix
HAPPY HOMECOMING: To James, Stephanie, and Jas Baggett as they continue their quest for a permanent home following a devastating and destructive fire at their South Mountain Street house. Rumor is that they are putting a temporary house on their lot. Blessings to this sweet family!
WEEKLY LUCY UPDATE: It took a lot to embarrass my mom. But, guess what? Lucy did it. She and I were very active in the 4-H Club during our elementary and junior high years. At the yearly public speaking contest, Lucy was introduced to give her speech. There was a major problem. She couldn’t remember it. Calling Lucy. While Mom was sitting on the front row, Lucy improvised and began speaking about watching the Heifers and Fernando, the bull play on the farm! I don’t think she got too graphic. All I know is that Mom walked out of the room in tears while Lucy thought it was hilarious. You can read between the lines!
Until next week, be nice!
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