Today's Tids Issue 6.072
Feeling your truth:
I think most Americans have tuned out news about Iran deals waiting for something actual to happen. Well, maybe fidgety Wall Street hasn’t.
Well, this is the last Tids of May. That must mean all the flowers have bloomed, and we’re just hours away from the June swoon. It was pretty good May overall. Not necessarily for Kyle Busch, the Preakness, Memorial Day revelers and now Jeff Bezos. It was great for Cherie Devaux, Felix Rosenqvist, Aaron Rai and all of the Pulitzer winners. Yet with sll of the personal achievements we still had to look at beautiful May through the gloom of war.
In case you forgot, Nancy Guthrie was last seen on January 31, just under four months ago. The family hasn't forgotten and neither has the FBI and local police. Nancy coudl be anybody's mom or grandmother and there she wasonnight enjoying family and the next night gone. Jus5t like that. The tears never stop after the news cycle ends.
The Question:
The Headlines:
--Market Still Hitched to Ups and Downs of Peace Talks; Dell Soars on AI Demand; Markets Look Strong in Early PM.
--Blue Origin Rocket Explodes Violently on Launch Pad During Test.
--Juden Halts Trump Ally Giveaway Program of $1.776 Billion.
--To date, World has Lost One Billion Barrels of Oil; Continuing Disruptions still Cause loss of 14 Million per day.
--Nato Condemns Russia Reckless Drone Attack on Romanian Apartment Building.
--Bus on I95 in Virginia Crashes into Traffic Killing Five in Cars; 34 Injured.
You have probably noticed there is many a list on the internet t\called “Best of all Time”. But I notice many of them only go back to 1980
Wemby and his young teammates looked like seasoned veterans as they took down Oklahoma City in last night's crucial game 6. I don’t see OC Going down again on Saturday, but I’ll be rooting against them.
“The nice thing about egotists is that they don’t talk about other people.” —Lucille S. Harper
I notice that a lot of old couples go supermarket shopping together. That ls good for husbands. They won’t bring home the wrong thing as they might shopping by themselves. Though they might try to get away with sneaking something unhealthy into the cart.
The seniors at a local High School were upset when they got their yearbooks and saw that School was spelled “Scool”. I was not the proofreader.
I have always enjoyed eating seafood by the ocean on a cloudy day. Just you and the salt air breezes, and the seagulls. Yeah, those seagulls who are not shy about snagging your fish sandwhich off your plate. It's lunch on the edge.
As you get older you find yourself missing a lot of people you knew so well who you will never see again.
Do you get the feeling that all of these so-called “influencers” are just what we used to call snake oil salesmen (Women) and their traveling “Medicine Shows”. Would the Wizard of Oz today be an influencer?
I have never held as one of my goals in life to be influenced.
The big rumor out this morning is that Trump didn't go to his son's wedding because Melania doesn't like Trump children that aren’t hers. Apparently, Barron doesn’t play with Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka and Tyffany. I think he needs a cabinet position for Ann Landers.
Jill Biden is just another politician trying to sell a book.
“An optimist is someone who falls off the Empire State Building, and after 50 floors says, ‘So far so good!'”
After you get past the headlines you have to sit back and understand how many truly great people in the country are out their running very good businesses. Institutions and organizations.
Yet, the news has us focusing on the contradictions of all those in power. and I'm talking from a school board president to the President of the USA and all in-between .
If you are Patriot fan you are waiting til June to see if they really do sign receiver AJ Brown. Though I have to ask, is that a good thing? I mean Philly wants to be a contender too and they are lettng him go.
The Answer:
Picini’s Nessun Dorma is considered number One. Others are O Mio babbino cara (Pucini), The Queen of the night (Mozart), Pour mon ami (Donizetti), Che glida manina (Pucini) and Largo al factotum (Rossini).
I thought I’d step up a level for my closing musical note. When first married, we rented a nice little place in the hills outside of Pittsburgh. My landlord lived next door. He was a nice hard-working guy with a good family He was a machinist in one of the big Westinghouse Turbine plants. One day he called me over to show me what he had bought. It was a 33rpm album of the opera Madam Butterfly. Then he played the aria Un Bel Di, And I saw a happiness glistening in his eyes I have rarely seen in a humans. The magic of music. The truth of a person loving what they love.
