June 6th this year was the Fiftieth Anniversary of D-Day. We taped the ceremonies to watch later when we could see them together. There were a lot of old stories of the war by the men who fought it……on both sides. They were now old themselves and it was interesting to listen to their tales. Many of whom had not talked about it before, even to their families. It’s the way it was back then. The guys came home, dug in and helped straighten the country out here on the home front. Many courageous men were lost and their buddies never forgot them………

A few days later we went back to Springfield for Becky and me to have our yearly physical checkups. We had a nice lunch, a little shopping and came home. Later that evening when we had the news on we were surprised by the murder of O.J. Simpson’s wife and male friend. There seemed to be some indication that he may have had something to do with it. It was the hot topic of news. A short time later he was discovered and being followed by the LAPD after they caught up with his whereabouts. It was bizarre to watch as waving people were on the overpasses of the freeway, cheering him on. A parade of six police cars were following him and talking back and forth on their cell phones. He had threatened to take his own life with a weopen he had with him. The trail ended at his home where he was talked into putting his gun down and exiting the vehicle. He was taken into custody at that point.

Father’s Day came on our wedding anniversary this year and I fixed a nice dinner after church. The kids all called to wish Bear a happy Father’s Day and we had a nice visit with them. We had some severe weather and lots of rain early in the month but now it was beginning to dry up. Our temps pushed us into the fourth hottest June on record with the 90* temperatures. The O.J.Simpson trial is everywhere on TV and the topic of conversation. It looked like it was going to be a long trial……..it turned out I was right…….

Until tomorrow,
Essentially Esther