musings..

 Well, I guess I missed my big chance. There was a billion dollar winner and five million-dollar winners in the lottery.  The big winning ticket was sold in California and I have two cousins who live there.  What are the chances one of them was the winner?  And wants to share?  

I've been watching the election returns, not only on the US stations but also on BBC America and DW News (from Germany).  It's interesting to get international points of view, but everyone seems to agree on the ultimate outcome, especially in the House of Representatives.  I noticed that all of the British reporters were wearing red poppies in their lapels. It's evidently in honor of Remembrance Day, or Armistice Day on November 11th, (aka Veterans Day in the US) and the poppies can be worn from the beginning of November through the 11th.  When I was a child I remember wearing a paper poppy on November 11th, but I haven't seen it in this area for a long time.  Does any local group still hand out poppies?

One last memory (If it seems to you that I'm trying to ignore the election results and my lost billions, you could be right.)  My daughter's birthday is on November 10th which was great when she was in elementary and middle school.  Since school was always closed for Veterans Day, it didn't matter on which day of the week her birthday fell, she could always invite her friends for a 'sleep over' (and I do use the term lightly).  It was a lot of fun.