FRIDAY, June 11, 2021, 5:21 P.M.

THUNDERSTORMS, CLOUDY, BREEZY,

PUDDLES, 75 DEGREES,

THE AMAZING THINS IS THAT

THE BIRDS DON’T MIND THE DOWNPOURS.

THEY ARE EATING OUT OF THE BIRD

FEEDERS AS IF IT WERE A SUNNY, DRY DAY,

TOTALLY IGNORING THE DOWNPOURS!

THE CARDINALS, THE BLUE JAYS,

THE BROWN HEADED COWBIRDS, THE

WRENS, THE BLACK BIRDS, THE DOVES

AND THE ROBINS ALL ENJOYING THE

BIRDFEEDERS.  I HAVEN’T SEEN THE

CHIPMUNK OR THE SQUIRRELS SO I GUESS

THEY ARE HOLED UP IN THEIR RESPECTIVE HOMES.

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE PEOPLE ON THE

WEST COAST WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE HEAT

AND FIRE THREATS.  IT IS A SHAME WE CAN’T SHARE THE RAIN EVENLY WITH THEM.

HAVE A PERFECTLY WONDERFUL DAY AND A

PROSPEROUS, SAFE, HEALTHY, FUN, RELAXING

AND BLESSED WEEKEND

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 5:54 P.M.

CLOUDY, DRIZZLY, 80 DEGREES

A BUSY TWO DAY, SO HAVE MISSED

A DAY OF TELLING YOU MY THOUGHTS

AND Oak RIDGE HISTORY. YESTERDAY

WE HAD TO MAKE A TRIP TO HOME DEPOT

FOR A NEW FILTER FOR THE FRIDGE.

THEN KROGERS AND HOME. DOTTIE ARRIVED

SHORTLY AFTER WE GOT HOME SO SPENT

THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY VISITING

AND PLAYING WITH MAX. THAT MAKES

FOR A GREAT DAY.  TODAY WAS LAUNDRY

AND WORKING ON THE FILTER TO GET IT IN RIGHT.

OUR NEW NEIGHBOR, DAWN, CAME OVER AND

BETWEEN HER, TINA AND I WE GOT IT IN.

NOW LOOKING FOR THE “SET” BUTTON. I

JUST LOVE ALL THE NEW, EASY AND UPDATED

APPLIANCES.

WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY AS I REMEMBER

THE GOOD OLD ICE BOX!

AND NOW BACK TO THE BOOK: THE JAPANESE

SOON LEARNED THAT TENNESSEE WAS AT

WAR WITH THEM AS ON AUGUST 6, AND 9, 1945,

THE JAPANESE REALIZED UN A MOST DRAMATIC

MANNER THAT THEY DID INDEED HAVE

A WAR WITH TENNESSEE, AS WELL

AS THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.

WITH ALL THE LOST LIVES AND DESTRUCTION

THE A-BOMB CAUSED IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE

THAT IT SAVED MANY, MANY, MORE TIMES

THAT AMOUNT OF LIVES. IN THE BUILDING

OF THE BOMB, STARTING WITH THE IDEA

AND ENDING WITH THE END OF THE WAR,

THE PROJECT PUT MANY PEOPLE TO WORK

DURING THE DEPRESSION. AND NO ONE KNEW

WHAT THEY WERE WORKING ON OR WHEN

THEIR PART WAS COMPLETED.

HAVE A SUPER POWERFUL, KIND, FUN,

INTERESTING, AND BLESSED DAY

TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021, 5;32 P.M.

PARTLY CLOUDY, SHOWERS,  84 DEGREES

SUMMER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

HAVE STARTED THE BOOK,

“THE STORY OF OAK RIDGE” AND SO FAR

IT IS GOOD.  IN THE VERY FIRST CHAPTER

MR. ROBINSON TELLS OF THE JAPANESES, WHO

WERE IN CONTROL OF SOUTHERN LUZON,

 ROUNDING UP OF PERSONS  SUSPECTED

TO HAVE UNFRIENDLY  ATTITUDES.

AN ELDERLY AMERICAN, WHO HAD RESIDED

IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

A JAPANESE OFFICER QUESTIONED HIM AS

TO HIS NATIONALITY.  THE AMERICAN TOLD HIM

THAT HE WAS FROM TENNESSEE. A  

PERPLEXED LOOKED CROSSED THE OFFICERS FACE.

THEN HE DECREED, “YOU MAY DEPART. 

YOU ARE OF A NON-BELLIGERENT NATION. 

JAPAN HAS NO WAR WITH TENNESSEE.”

THERE IS SO MUCH HISTORY AND FACTS IN

THIS BOOK, AND THAT WAS JUST IN THE FIRST

PARAGRAPH! 

HAVE A SUPER FUN, THOUGHT PROVOKING,

KIND, POSITIVE AND BLESSED EVENING

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2021, 5:37 P.M.

CLOUDY, RAINY, 75 DEGREES

THE ABOVE BUILDING IS THE

OAK RIDGE SENIOR CENTER.  IT IS

RECENTLY OPENED AND VERY NICE. 

BOTH TINA AND I SIGNED UP AND I

THINK THERE WILL BE SOME GOOD

EVENTS AND INTERESTING PEOPLE.

THE LIBRARY WAS ANOTHER VERY

INTERESTING PLACE.  IT HAS BEEN

REMODELED AND IS BIGGER , WITH

MORE ROOM AND TABLES AND

AREAS FOR RESEARCH, STUDYING,

AND JUST QUIETLY READING.

THEY HAVE PROGRAMS DURING

THE YEAR, AND ALSO A READING CLUB.

ALL IN ALL, A FUN AFTERNOON.

THIS ALL WAS AFTER LUNCH AT

A GERMAN RESTAURANT NAMED

RAZZLEBERRY.  IT WAS GOOD AND FUN.

HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR DAY.  FILL

IT WITH LAUGHTER, CHEERFULNESS,

PRODUCTIVITY, POSITIVENESS, AND

BLESSINGS.