Today is the Wimbledon men's finals.  It is going on right now, in fact.  The finalists are our two favorite players, Djokovic and Federer.  Who to root for?  

The first actual Independence Day took place on July 8th so we celebrate on the fourth. Go figure.   Congress declared July 4th a national holiday 175 years later in 1941. Guess one of the politicians had a flag business and wanted to increase sales. Now we import over $3.6 million flags...most of them from China.  

What do you write when you blog on the 4th of July?  Do you go with trivia, trivial, practical, sentimental, clever? Before I go there, I must remark that I suppose it's good that the holiday falls on a Friday this year giving us a 3 day weekend and all. Personally, however, I like when it come on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, allowing you to create a mini vacation. Trivia: the vote on the Declaration of Independence was on July 2nd and the Union was saved on that same day at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg. 

I may be a News Junkie and, if so, I'd like to consider going on a twelve-step program.

Did you allow yourself the full experience?  Away on vacation with family, I convinced a bunch of people who weren't normally sports fans to go out to watch the U.S. World Cup soccer match versus Belgium in the knockout round.  It was met with lukewarm interest, but they all came out with us.    

Last Wednesday, my daughter graduated from high school. It was a memorable night in our family but even more memorable for another local family.