Keeping My Garbage An Extra Day

YESTERDAY'S BIG HOLIDAY didn't really affect me at all, from a practical standpoint, except that my trash did not get picked up. And that's fine. I'm good with it, as we say. It gets picked up twice a week here, so, I won't have to wait long, and can add to it, which I most assuredly shall. IN The United States of Acquisition, we add trash to trash. Actially I am heartened by teh mere fact that my local sewer and sanitation department, and thus presumably the entire tiny town government, actually shut down on this new national holiday of the threee day weekend kind. Particularly, considering the precise nature of the new holiday, now in its second year, by Biden decree. They served lunch at the senior center: I am just guessing that they will not serve lunch, and will in fact be closed on next year's Juneteenth, or if not next year's, the year after that, or the next year, or...Over the years, we Americans have invented a fair number of holidays, from Independence Day to Thanksgiving to Juneteenth, with no sign of stopping in sight. One can even speculate a dystopian American future, one in which every day of the calendar is a special holiday of some sort, and everythig is closed, all day, every day. Theh only unpleasant event that occurred in my holiday yesterday is also the most humorous event, so, I figure I came out on top. A lady I recongnized bu don't know well agreed with me that it was a prety day, and then said, roughtly: "I think today may be some kinda special holiday for black people. I sure wish I was black, so I could get special treatment." doubtless thinking herself immeasurably funny, she walked away, I didn't laugh, just kinda looked at her as she walked away. But lady; trust me - You do not, I repeat do not want to be a black person in this country, you do not want to be an African-American in the United States of America. NOtwithstanding my several degrees in history, until fairly recenty I had never veen heard of "Juneteenth". European history was my field, actually, so cut me some slack. Also, I was born and raised within the very bosom of lily white middle class American culture, which in itself explains a lot. The first time I ever heard of it was on Juneteenth itself several years ago, when very old very right wing racist man from the confederacy said: "Today is nigger day". Presumably, the Trump cult either totally ignored Juneteenth, or held their collective noses and paid it faint and damning praise.