What a Time, What a Time

I gotta tell you things are looking up, up, up around here. First not a visitor in sight, then: BOOM

May -- Jean
June -- Julia
July -- No visitor in sight, hottest month of the year and me with no air conditioning
Aug -- Mark and Amber (possibly) another hot month
Sept -- Kenny and Cathy, traveling to and fro the ship
           Jan's sojourn to Flathead Lake
Oct -- Jan's sojourn to Greenleaf Lake

Jerry and Jane still might find an excuse for an excursion.
Kathy still might slide in for a wee visit.

Do you ever think about the ubiquitous M&M's? Does anyone even like them? They are bought for every holiday, every flavor, every color. You can get them for a wedding, a business, an event. It is the last candy eaten from the candy bowl, the last candy taken from the kid's Easter baskets. The idea was stolen, oops, I meant borrowed, from Nestle Smarties in about 1941. And that idea came from Rowntrees of York England about 1882. They were called Chocolate Beans then, originally only for soldiers. Smarties went to the Spanish Civil War, M&M's went to World War II, and they are with us still. The candy coating kept them from melting in the soldiers pockets. Remember "Melts in the mouth not in the hand"?

All I really wanted to know was what the M & M stood for; Forrest Mars Sr, son of the founder of the Mars Company and Bruce Murrie. Murrie was the son of the Hershey Chocolate Co. president who put up 20% of the moola for the new candy company. An important partnership since Hershey controlled the rationed chocolate, ALL the rationed chocolate.

Paper airplanes, in case you are wondering, are ancient. Some say ancient China, some say ancient Japan, but definitely been around since 500 BC. Now that is some history. They have at least a 1,000 year old origami history. Fast forward to Leonardo daVinci, to the Wright Brothers, to Connor mastering the art.

Then I wondered about sorting. How as humans we sort classes of people, stars, potatoes, diamonds, or M&M's. What is the compulsion to sort? Actually, I'm sure you have more important things to worry about than sorting, so don't worry about it.

Other things you don't need to worry about today are conspiracy theories, viscosity, marketing services, Bigfoot, or getting a reservation at Nobu's restaurant. Worry instead about batteries, ebooks, the weather, the price of potatoes, diamonds, or your favorite color of M&M's. Do you eat the red ones last? Do you sort your M&M's? Connor worried about a piece of trash at the local restaurant. "Dad is this recycle or trash?" he wanted to know before he sorted it into the right container.

No good movies to report, but a few good quotes.

"Don't pray for things, pray for knowledge and wisdom so no matter what things you gain or lose you have the wisdom to handle it." Erica Campbell

"Life; it ain't easy, but it's fair." Clark Terry

"Where are the ogres?"
"The end lingers on and I must live through it."
"A dog is the only species that loves you more than itself."
"Showing a picture of a forest is easy, showing a picture of a room with a forest nearby is hard"
Jean-Luc Godard

Things to worry about, things not to worry about.
Things to think about, things not to think about.
Things to sort, things not to sort.
Things in my mind I understand, things in my mind I don't understand.

Other things I thought about:
Ivan Doig
Toyota recall
Saint Georges Day
Mexican/White trash recipe
Long phone visit with Janice
Hearing Doctor appointment
Tulip Fever
The Imitation Game
eBooks

I got family coming and ain't I glad. I'll sort out beds, recipes, restaurants, excursions what ever it takes to keep the guests at The Inn at Mukilteo coming back. Love you all more than chocolate.