Friday 8th April - Anniversaries of: The day Clint Eastwood became mayor of Carmel; The Clash released their first album; Pablo Picasso died; Kurt Cobain shot himself; Pope John Paul II was buried; And Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain.

[ecchi]

Just received a book I ordered on eBay. It is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling that was printed while he was still alive (1910). I know the meaning has changed since then, but still a bit of a shock to find that the flyleaf is printed with Kipling's signature and a swastika! And the cover is embossed with a gold leaf picture of an elephant and another swastika.

[HowlingWulf]

I know I was a bit surprised the day I learned the swastika was an ancient symbol that generally meant 'lucky' for thousands of years until the stigma changed for the worst in the last century.

[Cleo]

Yeah, the Nazis gave it a whole new meaning.

Trying to wake up after a late night.
Doing Foxy's updates and then I got an Air BnB guest coming in this evening.

Here's a goat from last night.