The Broadway show, 1776, movingly portrays those dramatic struggles that led to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of a nation. On the 2nd of July, it looked as if all was lost. There seemed no way all the thirteen colonies would vote for independence. John Adams has fought for the cause with everything he has, and now he’s frustrated and heartbroken. And he walks outside the hall and shouts into the night sky, “Is anyone there? Does anyone care? Does anyone see what I see?”
It was the Fourth of July, and as newcomers to the area, we ventured into Manhattan to check it out. As we drove along the Hudson River on our way home, the traffic just came to a stop…for an hour. People were getting out of their cars, they’re walking around, they’re sitting on the hood, on the roof. Well, it turns out it was time for the big fireworks display on the other side of the river. So too bad if you needed to get somewhere—it’s time for the fireworks!
A friend of ours just got sick and tired of the armadillo that was tearing up his yard. So he borrowed a trap that lured that critter into a cage and it worked. So, our friend took his unwanted armadillo for a long ride and dropped him off in the woods. Then he left the trap in the yard overnight. Well, it turns out that armadillo must have been a mama, because the next morning, there were three baby armadillos there. I think they’re called “armadettes”, and they were there right in the cage.
Some guys will be very happy if you give them a gift certificate to one of those huge home improvement stores—especially in a tight economy. Men go looking for the tools and the materials they need to build or repair or remodel their home. Women are into home improvement projects, too. It’s called “my husband.”
My wife was just a little girl when she learned what security really means. On winter nights, her parents would go out to the barn to milk the cows, and they left her by the back door, looking after her little baby sister. Her eyes were focused on one thing—that was the lantern that her folks carried out to the barn with them and they hung it on a nail while they milked. She knew there were some nasty critters like panthers that lived in the area. So she watched that one patch of light in the darkness, and she knew that as long as it was steady, she was safe.
