You know how I love to sneak back in history…. well tonight is one of those nights…..

So on this date… THIS January 24… these things have happened as the years have gone round.
In 1634 …. in a little burb called Austria….. the Emperor Ferdinand II declares Albrecht von Wallenstein a traitor. I assure you…. everyone went bananas.

Then, in 1839, our Sock-Monkey-Loving-Man, Charles Darwin was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. Everyone went Ape.

And of course. In 1935, the very first canned beer, called”Krueger Cream Ale,” is sold by Krueger Brewing Company. On that day… everyone hopped around like a barrel of jumping monkeys.
History is full of surprise. And we as humans…..react to surprise. Yes. You and I naturally respond to all the things we hear in the news. And that happens in the “right now.” I suppose that makes it a current event. For a moment.

At any rate, I have segued. Again. As always.

Here is the deal. I’m feeling a little out of sorts tonight, you see. Segues galore. I have been off kilter all week. It is called the flu. But before I go any further, you don’t have to write back to me and say…. “Polly, I hope you feel better.”

Of course you hope that. You are my friends. Well, everyone except for you Jim. Oh, and Beth. You two are out. But everyone else probably wishes me well. So no need. I am not one of those people who write on Facebook every time I stub my toe, or fall off my scooter.

Otherwise, those would be the only things I posted.

There is nothing wrong with it….. It is just that I am clumsier than a monkey on roller skates in an oil slick.  That’s why I don’t recount all my mishaps here.

So at any rate…. all this week I have been sick with the dumb flu. It seems to be getting worse. Let’s all blame it on Jim and Beth.  They won’t wish me well.

But I’ll just keep hanging in there. A bunch. It truly IS making me a little bananas. But tomorrow is another day. Maybe then I can monkey around…. and write more about history….. in the future.  Sock it to ya’!

(P.S. If it sounds like my Tylenol levels may be toxic at this point, I can assure you…. they certainly are.)

“The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart.” – Vladimir Lenin