Chipped teapot…don’t landfill it…donate to a bird …

It even has its own drainage system…

Enjoy your day!

September 11, 2001…

So very much more than the obvious happened that day…

That day…a people, separated by politics, religion, color and creed, became one…

That day…voices, once silent, rose above the din of jet engines, crumbling buildings and screams, and said, ‘We shall not stand for this!’…

That day…Faith, Hope, Honor, Love, Courage and Unity rose from the ashes…

That day…grace took grief by the hand…

A tribute to those who lost their lives, and to those who gave their lives trying to save them…

Just Another Ordinary Day

It was just an ordinary day

In the greatest city in the world

There were those who were at work

Or dropping kids off at their schools

The sun was shining brightly

The sky, a brilliant blue

And they were doing all the normal things

That people normally do

Amid the hustle and the bustle

New Yorkers carried on

For little they did know

3000 lives would soon be gone

I won’t rehash the madness

Of that horrifying day

For it’s etched within our memories

Where it will forever stay

I will say, though, that it changed us

And we never more shall be

Unguarded and unwary

No more complacency

Together we will conquer

United we will stand

bin Laden could not break us

In solidarity we will band

And, always, we will remember

The evil that touched this land

On that day filled with such sadness

The day that grace took grief by the hand…

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Please, pray for peace.

I was going to post ‘Where Were You [when the world stopped turning]’, but some scoundrel, who shall remain nameless, beat me to it.  So I’ll post the next best thing…

Today we remember those lives lost due to the 9/11 Terrorist attacks. We continue to remember and thank those who so selflessly put their lives on the line for America and it’s people. We continue to pray for this great nation.

These are chilling last messages that innocent people left for their families at home.

“I don’t know what to say. There’s three guys, they’ve hijacked the plane, we’re turned around and I heard that there’s planes that have been flown into the World Trade Centre.”

“There’s lot of smoke and I just wanted you to know that I love you always.”

“I just want to let you know I love you and I’m stuck in this building in New York.”

Betty Ong was a flight attendant on the first plane to be flown into the Twin Towers. In her final moments, she managed to call the authorities, providing vital information about what had happened – potentially saving countless lives by helping officials identify the attackers, and ground dozens more flights.

https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/9-11-attacks

Proud to be an American!

Let’s take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is September 5th, 1969, and it’s a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Virgo. Most people have “that Friday feeling” and are looking forward to the weekend.

Schools and colleges are starting again, and fall has officially arrived. As a result, temperatures are beginning to cool, and trees are starting to shed their leaves. In the United States, Labor Day of 1969 has recently come and passed. To many, this means that the summer is officially over. In America, the song Honky Tonk Women by The Rolling Stones is at the top of the singles charts.

Over in the UK, In The Year 2525 by Zager & Evans is the number-one hit song. Richard Nixon is the President of the United States, and the movie Goodbye, Columbus is at the top of the box office. Harold Wilson is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

On television, people are watching popular shows such as “What’s My Line?”, “Gunsmoke”, “Steptoe and Son”, and “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In”. In fashion, a new “hippie subculture” has emerged, bringing with it laid-back Bohemian styles. Frayed bell-bottom jeans, Jesus sandals, crushed velvet suits, and bright tie-dye t-shirts are all popular items of clothing at the moment. It’s 1969, so radio stations are playing hit songs from artists such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Zager & Evans, The Archies, The 5th Dimension and Elvis Presley.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Tammi Terrell, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Charles de Gaulle would all still be alive. Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as “JOT the Dot”, “The King Kong Show”, “Spider-Man”, and “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood”. Children are playing with toys such as Tonka trucks, G.I. Joe: America’s Movable Fighting Man, Scalextric, and Clackers.

Labor Day is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is rooted in the late nineteenth century, when labor activists pushed for a federal holiday to recognize the many contributions workers have made to America’s strength, prosperity, and well-being.

Enjoy…and stay safe!