There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?
Greetings, faithful disciples!
Well, again this is going to be a short post. I am about to leave for a fireworks display in a neighboring town. The town, you see, didn't really have huge Independence Day festivities, so, many years ago, some smart town leaders decided to create a holiday. It's a week-long celebration called Pioneer Days. It's full of class reunions, softball tournaments, pie socials, a parade, and, at the end of it all, fireworks.
I went to the parade this morning. Now, it's time to blow up the heavens a little bit.
Of course, life is always full of problems, as the passage above states. Big questions, with not a whole lot of answers. Humanity spends a lot of time and energy on solving problems or creating a whole crop of new ones. At the moment, the world (or at least the country in which I live) seems hell-bent on the creation of problems (or messing up the solutions that have already been put in place).
So, it seems pretty appropriate this evening to be celebrating a made-up holiday. Frankly, I don't even know what pioneers we are supposed to be honoring. Perhaps the founders of the town, although I don't think so. Maybe the person who discovered iron ore in the area. I think that was a thing many years ago.
For me, I am going to celebrate being with my family members. Buying a bratwurst. Listening to the marching band. Eating way too much kettle corn. And then, as dusk is thick in the air, leaning back on the grass and enjoying a little fire in the sky.
If you want to join Saint Marty, he'll be down by the school, in front of the lake. Look for the guy in the Bigfoot hat.
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