On this day in 1925, Babe Ruth made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher beating the Cleveland Indians … Why is success usually measured in dollars? … Is baling wire still a thing? … Some day you will be one of those who lived long ago … Forgive your enemies; it annoys them … Waiting for the Ken Burns PBS program “The American Revolution” … It took fourteen days for news of the battle that inspired the poem ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ to reach England; now - instantaneous … It’s a good thing people can’t hear what I’m thinking … Is there another dimension out there where we run and cavort? … I like the first line in Conrad Richter’s The Sea of Grass: “That lusty pioneer blood is tamed now, broken and gelded like the wild horse…” … The picture shows two Sea of Grass books. I’ve read one and can’t wait to get into the other one …
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