Posting will be light today as I have a book event to attend. Fortunately, although the weather will be cold (high of 29°F, -2°C), no snow is predicted. And I will eat tacos. It’s also the beginning of a three-day weekend in the U.S., as Monday is Martin Luther King Day. On this day in 1959, Fidel Castro (who is still alive, hanging in there like Franco did) became Premier of Cuba. It’s hard to believe I was already 9 years old then. There were two events in Chicago on this day: in 1961 the DuSable Museum of African American History, just a few blocks from where I live, was created, as was the first computer bulletin board in 1978, at CBBS in Chicago. On this day in 1822, biologist Francis Galton (Darwin’s cousin) was born, as was Kim Jong-Il in 1941 (yes, the second Dear Leader), who died in 2011, when all the birds sang in Korean. And, last year on this date, singer Lesley Gore (“You Don’t Own Me”, “It’s My Party”) passed away. Meanwhile in Dobrzyn, the beasts are cuddled up against the cold weather, and Hili is pensive.
Hili: I’m thinking about all of it.
Cyrus: Yes, it takes some chewing over.
Hili: Myślę sobie o tym wszystkim.
Cyrus: Tak, nie bardzo wiadomo, z której strony to ugryźć.
That picture is too cute to be real. It must be Photoshopped! Isn’t there a biblical passage something like: the felid will lie down with the canid?
It looks like the felid is just tolerating the canid…..
Hili is a cat loaf!
For an ominous cover of “You Don’t Own Me,” check out Rasputina’s version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0oxLybgEic
So, you are saying Franco finally died? Never thought it would end.
Not only that, he’s still dead.