07 October 2020 - Plague Journal Day 209

Micah 6:8
Colossians 3:16
Yes, your life matters.

We all are still sheltering in place, but I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Today is my sister Jacki's birthday. It's also Wednesday, so she'll be hosting her weekly live stream hymn sing from College Grove UMC in Tennessee. The hour-long hymn sing starts at 6PM Central time (7PM Eastern, 8:30PM in Newfoundland). Why not tune in and Stump the Rumpp with a Hymn request (or any John Denver song you'd like to request). Today is also cellist Yo Yo Ma's birthday. Who knows? Might he drop in for a quick birthday duet with Jacki? There's only one way to know for sure.

   

In unrelated news, today is Random Acts Of Poetry Day. Clearly we all need to jot down a quatrain or two today. Perhaps you'll find this inspiring; it's a haiku I composed for the recent "Poem In Your Pocket" day:

Write a poem for
Poem in your pocket day
You can sit on it

Today is also National Pumpkin Seed Day. It seems a bit early for that to me. If we were to carve our pumpkins to harvest and roast the seeds, the squirrels would almost certainly destroy the design of said squash on the porch long before Hallowe'en. Still, that's what the calendar says.
Speaking of pumpkin seeds, I always wanted to build this boat, and even thought it would make a nice car body. Wooden cars sound like a bad idea now, but it sounded cool in 1972.

Keep Calm and Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.

(note - I just discovered that I've been misnumbering the Plague Journal Days for a long time now (since some time in August) so I've skipped number 208 and jumped ahead to 209 which is the correct number for today. Sorry about that.)