Monday Musings - Labor Day 2022

 

1. This is the first Monday of September 2022. There are 16 Mondays remaining in the year. 

2. Happy Labor Day 2022. My how the world has changed during the past few years and we are beginning to get back to normal.

New Mattress Installed
Tequesta, FL
September 4, 2022

3. Get your booster!

4. Chris and I took delivery of a new mattress yesterday, our first new one in over 25 years. It was about time. It was one of the first things we wanted to do upon arriving back at our home in Florida, and we did! It was interesting that the installers took pictures of the various stages of the installation for proof of delivery. 

5. Enjoy Labor Day and remember our military and the first responders who are on watch to protect all of us! 

6. Why does it seem that we, as a nation, have lost the concept of tolerance? Everyone seems to be trying to mold everyone else into their vision of life and liberty. 

6. Today in History. On September 5, 1836, Sam Houston is elected as president of the Republic of Texas, which earned its independence from Mexico in a successful military rebellion.

Born in Virginia in 1793, Houston moved with his family to rural Tennesseeafter his father’s death; as a teenager, he ran away and lived for several years with the Cherokee tribe. Houston served in the War of 1812 and was later appointed by the U.S. government to manage the removal of the Cherokee from Tennessee to a reservation in Arkansas Territory. He practiced law in Nashville and from 1823 to 1827 served as a U.S. congressman before being elected governor of Tennessee in 1827.

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Ukraine’s Zelensky Hails Small Advances in South, East - The Wall Street Journal

Markets Struggle to Walk Tightrope With Focus on Fed - The Wall Street Journal

Manhunt underway after at least 10 killed in Canada stabbings - CNN

Las Vegas isn't betting on Mother Nature to solve its water problems. Here's how it intends to win - CNN

Labor Day 2022: Almost everything will be closed except these retailers - CNN

Britain's Truss expected to be named Conservative leader, new PM - Reuters

Afghanistan earthquake kills eight, more casualties feared - Reuters

South Korea braces for 'very strong' typhoon, businesses curb operations - Reuters

Two Russian embassy staff dead, 11 hurt in suicide bomb blast in Kabul - Reuters

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL