While Douglas is recovering from surgery, he's asked me to re-post some articles to do with the history of the period May 8th through May 10th. No doubt we'll also remember May 1st, the day bin Laden was killed - The GateKeeper
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As the years go by, or rather swish by for long lived people, it seems as if almost every day of the year becomes an anniversary of something or other. Saturday May 10th is no exception for people of my nationality and generation.

Many things have happened on May 10th over the centuries. Coming close to our time for example a feminist who had spirit guidance, Victoria Woodhull, ran for President of the United States on that day in 1872. Coming closer, Fred Astaire was born on May 10th 1899, and what actually may be significant because of the German talent for detail, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain on May 10th 1940. On the anniversary of that day in 1941, Londoners received an experience that none of the survivors have ever forgotten.

The material at the end of this article will show where I stand in relation to Church and State. I am naïve enough to believe that some few people may be able to assimilate facts that directly contradict their learned dogma, not many, but some. That’s why I carry on writing against the rising tide of ignorant fundamentalist dogma and continuous Catholic dictatorship.

My step daughter has three very strong, very handsome young men as sons. The youngest has been signed up by the Angels and is currently playing at top A level in California.

That sentence contains most of my knowledge of baseball. I have seen one game in real life and none on the screen. But the continuous trickle of data about the game due to discussions at Richton Perk between Shirley and the baseball fans there aroused my interest enough to check out how it all began.

Like you no doubt I have friends who send me videos, photographs and articles. I tend to ignore most of the videos because I come from the look and read generation and prefer to read the transcript in a couple of minutes rather than watch a video for much longer.

But now and again I receive a video with a recommendation from someone who knows my preference for words over pictures, and then I look at it.