2025 Life Logs, Day 125: Cinco de Mayo
Date: Monday, May 5, 2025
Weather: Overcast with Dibble Dops; High Temp 62, Low 55 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Today was Cinco de Mayo. I realized that I really don’t know why that is thought of as a day of celebration. So, I asked Wikipedia and was told that on May 5, 1862, Mexico won a battle against the Second French Empire. I also learned that in Mexico, it is not a federal holiday, and that life goes on as usual. In this country, however, it has been a day to celebrate our Mexican-American culture and heritage. But due to the current political climate, some celebrations were cancelled this year. Reading about that made me think of the speech Mike Pence gave yesterday when he received the JFK Profile in Courage award for certifying the 2020 election on January 6. I read that during his speech he repeatedly invoked the Constitution saying that it is what “binds us together.” Tonight, I saw a clip of his speech where he said, “ … whatever differences we may have as Americans, the Constitution is the common ground on which we stand.” Compare that to Donald Trump’s interview on Meet the Press yesterday. When asked directly if he as President feels he needs to abide by the Constitution, he replied by saying, “I don’t know.” That comment got my Profile in Ignorance award. The problem is that he does know, but it is not in his interest, so he feigns ignorance and says the very brilliant people around him know what he needs to do. That way when someone needs be held accountable, he can just say he didn’t know. Poor Donald. It is amazing how much he doesn’t know these days.
What did I do today? I followed the progress Jed made in the boom search. I got a return email this morning from the rigger in Maine that repairs the type of in-mast furling that Ardenna has. He said he was willing to work with us on this, so Jed responded to his email with a lot of the technical information he has on the boom we are considering. Now we wait for the response. I also dealt with some Encore communications and then turned my attention to the photo project I have been working on. I picked Ollie up after school, canned chicken broth, and switched my bedding from winter mode to spring. The comforter I have been sleeping under has become too much, but I’ll probably freeze without it tonight. We shall see.
