The silence was deafening yesterday, The Fourth of July and oh so quiet.

Holidays are crowded walks and streets. Regardless of weather. Yesterday you could hear a pin drop.

Why, I know not. Cory and Robert drove me around town prior and subsequent to my breakfast birthday brunch. We all commented on the silence.

Fewer people? Appeared so. Are people heeding the voices and failing to travel to South Florida and the Keys because of Trump’s actions? The next long weekend will tell.

Still walking around with a major headache, though better.

With the number of Texas flooding deaths now exceeding 80, you would think floods a stranger to Texas. Not so. Common. Problem is Texas failed to get ready. Government officials were too busy playing national and Trumpism politics to be concerned. They knew floods were a concern. Failed to pay attention, to warn.

The State that considers itself to be the smartest failed its people! Proof in the flooding. Note the more than 80 dead contain 28 children.

U.S. measles cases reach 33. A one year record  high already. Thank you RFK Jr. and Donald. You play ball well together.

A rare copy of the 13th Amendment signed by Abraham Lincoln sold for a record $13 million recently.

The Corona beer owner raises struggles in recent months re attracting customers. Beer sales are down 2 percent int the first quarter. Wine and spirits down a whopping 28 percent.

Total sales down overall for the year thus far.

Why?

Owner says one reason are Hispanic and non-Hispanic consumers. Economics a concern. Especially inflation. Hispanics cutting back.

Words of wisdom by Walt Whitman: “Keep your face always toward the sunlight and shadows will fall behind you.”

On this day in 1912, Jim Thorpe began the Olympic penthalon.

Isis sex on the rise. Every 24 seconds a child is trafficked globally. An example of how horrible sex trafficking is in the Iraq region.

I still hurt. Big head. Left butt now also. A tumble it was!

Enjoy your day!