Banking on Tomorrow

 Today is the 5th day of the 13th week,  the 26th day of the 3rd month, the 85th day of 2026, and: Epilepsy Awareness Day - you are supposed to wear purple so you can start conversations and dispel common myths about the condition.  I was surprised to learn that dogs suffer from this too as my daughter's poodle has to take preventative medication  Independence Day - Bangladesh from Pakistan in 1971 Legal Assistants Day Live Long and Prosper Day -  celebrating Leonard Nimoy's birthday National Equal Pay Day National Make Up Your Own Holiday Day National Science Appreciation Day National Nougat Day National Spinach Day Prince Kūhiō Day - celebrates the birth of the prince and the passage of the Hawaiian Homelands Act    Purple Day - I'm wearing green so I blew that one Solitude Day Spinach Festival Day and Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 20s of light travel time from Earth Quote of the day : " The key to immortality is first living a life worth remember...

 Today as I walked from my car to the office, I heard the sound of the train, clacking tracks and sounding its whistle. And I cried - it always makes me cry now And I once again prayed that my choice on the night of June 25th last year was the right one.   Tommy had his final seizure around 3PM.  Bryan, who was staying in the hospice room with him notified Gem and I that it was bad, really bad.   At that point, I could've dropped everything and rushed to Nashville.... And I didn't.   I was afraid that if Tommy knew I was coming, he would hold on until I got there, and I didn't want him to do that, even knowing it was one of those irrevocable choices that would haunt me.  I feared if Tommy thought I [ and maybe Gem too ] was on the way, he would've kept struggling and I knew he was so tired and was afraid of missing his door to the Boardwalk [ which was coming on a train in his vision ], and I didn't want that. By 8PM Tommy was in a light coma...

Today is the 3rd day of the 13th week, the 24th day of the 3rd month, the 83rd day of 2026 [ with only 275 shopping days until Christmas ], and: American Diabetes Association Alert Day International Day for Achievers International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims  National Agricultural Day National Cheesecake Day National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day National Cocktail Day World Tuberculosis Day the moon is waxing crescent at 37% of full and Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 24s of light travel time from Earth - @NSFVoyager2@techhub.social is back to posting again!   Quote of the day: ~ Sister Dang Nghiem, “ How to Be Your Own Soulmat e” " What we choose every moment will affect our habits, our personality, and our destiny. Therefore, we must choose with awareness, with understanding and love, so we can care for ourselves better ." Now according to the excellent prompt given for this first day, I don't ...

  March 8, 2026 Bug Light Park, South Portland, Maine www.moonlitmaineiac.com

  Mt Airy, MD 03.12.2026 picture by  Scott Jacobson posted on Twitter

  Hainich National Park, Thuringia Germany