I woke up this morning and realized that I had only dreamed that I had blogged last night. My apologies.

What  meant to blog About was that today was  “Juneteenth” June 19 was always a holiday when I grew up. And celebrates the day in 1965 when black  slaves in Texas were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation . That  started the emancipation all across   the confederate south. It was always a big day with parades and stuff. We always had picnics where we ate watermelon which I was that was a little bit strange.

We also sang songs like “we will overcome” and “swing low Sweet chariot”   Which doesn’t run as well as it should… Should be “swing low Sweet cheerio and ”

I was remember thinking about juneteenth  as like Passover for black people. I’m not sure Juneteenth   IS  still as big a deal in the south… But I hope it is

Night all ,night Sam

-me

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happy fathers day to all you dad’s out there.. I’ve had a nice day thinkign of the folks we made dads.. High cohn and Gabe Mariano

and the great kids  who made me a dad

and the wonderful lady who made me a dad

i also want to give a shout out to my good friends  http://fathers-forever.org  who know that being a dad is forever.. no matter what

nite all, nite sam

-me

Max,

Happy 29th birthday my son. I’m so happy and proud to be your Pa. . You are such a great person.. creative, loving, skilled and fun.. I love what you’re doing with your life.. and i can tell that you do to.  Thanks for being an great son and a great friend to me. You inspire me in so many ways.

I love you Mutz !.. Give our love to Becky !

I hope you have a great day.. I was goig to say “do something unusual” to celebrate.. but I realize I never need to say that 🙂

nite all, nite sam

-me

Just had a wonderful dinner with Diane and Gabe . We went to Joyces.. a chineese place we used to go many years ago.. it was still nice.. unchanged.. pretty quiet for a friday nght. Folks were nice and the food was really good

We all headed back homne.. and I got an early Fathers day surprise.. Gabe gave me a really nice bottle of cognac.. my favorite. We pured two glasses.. and had a toast.. Brought back really nice memories of doign the same thing with my dad..,

Diane brought  back some  great goodies from Douglas Sweets . Deb is now selling these really yummy tartlets..

we had key lime, apricot, a mable bar and a 7 layer bar. All were really, really , really good. You gotta go check them out.. Douglas Sweets is next to Fiddlhead brewery down on route 7 just south of Shelbourne museum on the East side of ROute 7.. Please go check them out !!!

hey.. tomorrow is Max’s birthday.. .. send him happy birthday vibes !

nite all. nite sam

-me