Today is my brother's 56th birthday.

It's also the anniversary of our mother's murder.

It's also the 75th anniversary of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima.

( The good, the bad and the so-so. )

( Not really a surprise, but still... )

( The 239th anniversary of a momentous event! )

( And I could not care less about the Super Bowl! )

It's the Fourth of July, one of my favorite holidays in the whole year. The weather here looks beautiful, which bodes well for the fireworks display scheduled for this evening ( Read more... )

( How I observe the holiday. )

( This scared the whey out of me when I was a kid... )

( And I still find myself missing Bill. )

( Just my maunderings...feel free to skip... )