May 30, 2020

Only one more day and May 2020 will be history.  And speaking of history – I spent an hour this afternoon pouring over an intense and lengthy article in the Westmoreland Country Historical Society magazine.  It was about the border dispute in the 1770’s between Pennsylvania and Virginia for Western PA.  We very nearly were part of Virginia!  They were a strong force, and Lord Dunmore (governor of Virginia and a strong loyalist) was a force to be reckoned with.  After a lot of arrests and incarcerations, it didn’t look good for PA’s cause.  Only the heating up of the war against Britain, which wholly united the colonists against the King, and toward that cause.  PA & VA elected delegates, who resolved the border dispute and created the boundaries that we know today.  So here we are – residents of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania!   Hazzah!   

But I’m getting ahead of myself.  I know if I would have searched hard enough I could have found a sermon to listen to, but I chose to immerse myself in history instead.  After breakfast I spread the last of the stones,   but then did have to go to work for an hour; then I picked up Autmn and we went bathing suit shopping (for her).  She ran the blower on the driveway and walks after I weed whacked, and also hosed off the white fence after I sprayed cleaner and brushed it clean.  Somehow that darned hose just had a mind of its own, and by the time we were done, I was soaked.  Go figure.  Next time I’LL do the hose and she can do the scrubbing!  I was feeling nostalgic today so I watched A Godwink Christmas – my go to movie when I need to ground myself.  Ahhhh.  I also made 2 more masks (just because), changed my sheets (and washed them) and took a 2 miles walk.  So it was a full day!  I enjoyed having Autmn here.  It can really get quiet being here all day. 

On this day in 1431 19 year old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.  The first car accident happened in 1896 in NYC – driver hit a cyclist.  Hersheypark opened in 1906, and Evel Knievel on his Motorcycle jumped 16 cars.  Today is National ‘water a flower’ day (Autmn did that for me!) and ‘Mint Julep’ day. 

If you have time this week, look online at that dispute from 1775.  Get the full story of how the land was claimed by Virginia.  I’m glad to be a Pennsylvanian!   God bless.