HARRISON, MICHIGAN, JULY 4, 2016

NO REGULAR POST TODAY

Like almost everyone, I am sickened by yesterday's events. I will never  forgive my senator, Josh Hawley. This  is an old picture of the dome of the United States Capitol. The painting in the cnter is called The Apotheosis of George Washington, profaned on Wednesday. https://www.visitthecapitol.gov/exhibitions/capitol-story/apotheosis-washington         

BIKE RACK AT THE ARCH, MORNING

I can't ride a bicycle these days, at least more than briefly. Too much orthopedic corrosion. If I could, though, I'd park it here.                  

DUCKS ON A POND

The central pond or lake at the St. Louis Zoo near sunset, partly frozen over, partly not.The ducks  don't seem to care.               

COULD BE OUR CITY MOTTO

Some countries have official mottoes:  Dieu et Mon Droit: Liberté, égalité, fraternité; E Pluribus Unum. Some cities do, too. I've always been amused by Chicago's, Urbs In Horto, City In A Garden. Right. The beloved late columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, Mike Royko, maintained it should be Ubi Eat Mea? or, Where's Mine?

I don't think St. Louis has one but this would do. We went to one last holiday lights drive-through on Saturday, this time at the big Anheuser-Busch brewery. This town has it's single malt Scotch fanciers and some who can tell one vintage of Bordeaux from another. However, if we all collectively raise a glass this could be our cry.