Well, August is pretty much in the books. There are a couple of events that occurred the last day of August that I still remember…. in 1982 an 11-day standoff in Ruby Ridge, Idaho, between government officials and an armed family headed by self-proclaimed white separatist Randy Weaver ended with his surrender. Weaver’s wife, Vicki, his 14-year old son, Sammy, and U.S. Marshal William Degan had been killed during the siege.
And in 1997, Diana The Princess of Wales and her companion Dodi Fayed were killed in a car crash in Paris. The driver of the car, Henri Paul, who was drunk at the time, was also killed.
Today is the 243rd day of the year — only 122 days left in 2021. It’s also the 35th Tuesday of the year. Today is the 72nd day of Summer — 22 days until it’s officially fall.
All the corn around here is certainly higher than an elephant’s eye… a sure sign of summer’s end and we had to go out last evening and all of a sudden, it’s pitch-black — it’s still summer but….
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