I took my 9-year old son to the Phillies game in Pittsburgh Friday night. He’s a huge fan, and was disappointed to see that so many of his favorites were not playing. You know you’re having a bad day when you lose to the Pirates. He was disappointed but still thrilled to see them in person.

I know someone who works at Christ Church, though. I haven’t seen her in a few months, so I don’t know if she is still there, or whether she was there this morning. She’s also worked as a colonial re-enactor, in costume and making crafts.

Sadly, she’s a flaming lefty.

We proceed to Carpenter’s Hall, Independence Hall, the Old Pine Church, St. Mary’s Church and the Betsey Ross house. We make it a point to stop at all of the cemeteries to visit the graves of our country’s first naval commanders, chief justices, financiers and all around patriots who had the vision and courage to create this wonderful country. Most of all the courage is what we think about.

This year, we sat in Washington’s pew and looked at each other and said, “what would he say if he came back today?” When we saw the grave of Robert Morris. the “Financier of the Revolution” and the first man to oversee the economy of newly born country, we fully expected to see the ground around the tombstone overturned as we anticipated some spinning in that grave.

But no, everything was quiet on this hot, sunny morning. And we have a renewed sense of well-being for our country as we do every year when we finish our walk. If the Founders could succeed in what appeared to be a hopeless situation, surely we can turn around whatever adversity awaits us in the next year.

Yesterday I trimmed the bushes around the house and did some weeding, then went out to a barbecue restaurant for dinner. Today’s temperature is in the mid-90s, so nothing short of a house fire will make me go outdoors. I did go out to put the flag up this morning, though.

Pasta salad, baked beans, home grown tomatoes & cucumbers and whatever other folks bring.

Family & friends will be coming over later this afternoon.

Home made ice cream before the fireworks.

Happy 4th to all of you and be safe.

“Cloward-Piven, anyone?”

While Glenn Reynold’s maxim “I’ll believe it’s a crisis when they start acting like it’s a crisis” is usually applied to Global Warming, it’s apropo here as well. Obama can’t be threat so many claim, or they’d be arming themselves. Sleep long and well; awaken enslaved.