Watching a 90th anniversary celebration of the NBC network and thinking how much of our culture has been shaped by broadcast television and before it radio. I am a product of it and I am very proud to have worked in it. Without this medium our lives would be very different because we would have been given a glimpse of how life can be for everyone. Modern storytelling has come from the writers and performers that came into our lives through a box in our living rooms nightly. Entertainment, enlightenment and education have come over the airwaves for decades. Along with CBS and ABC over the air TV has made our country what it is today and has made the lives of us all a little more cheerful and fun.
Washington’s Birthday, also known as Presidents’ Day, is a federal holiday held on the third Monday of February. The day honors presidents of the United States, including George Washington, the USA’s first president.
Today I am honoring the first president George Washington and the forty fourth president Barack Obama who was the first African-American president.
It’s good to be ready for new things and opportunities. In this new year taking stock and looking at where you are going can help you figure out where you are. Today has been a day of setting the table for new things.
My priest at church this morning delivered a sermon about civility and how its needed these days. It can be found by connecting with one another and learning to be a neighbor. Maybe that is the key to calming the times in which we live.
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