Dear Reader:

I am sure most of us have been introduced to hypothetical thinking… in psychology classes or as simple entertainment at a variety of outings. Example: If you could ask any three people, living or dead, to have dinner with you… who would you ask?

Let me tell you one of my selectees… a person … who was one of the greatest storytellers ever…and one of the wittiest people to ever inhabit our world… Mark Twain.

I cannot imagine enjoying a dinner more than getting the story behind the story of the creation of the immortal Tom Sawyer or Huckleberry Finn characters. And then add conversational wit to that … what a dinner for the ages. Wit that holds wisdom in its truth.

” Travel is fatal to prejudice.”

“ If books are not good company, where will I find it?”

” A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”

Mark Twain ( Samuel Clemens) had an interesting entry and departure to this old world. He best explained it in 1909 when he hypothesized… ” I came in with Hailey’s Comet… it is coming again next year. The Almighty has said, no doubt…” Now there are these two unaccountable freaks; they came in together, they must go out together.” Twain died on April 21 1910 … the day after the famous comet had reappeared in the skies.” ( Haileys Comet reappears about every 75 years–Twain’s age when he passed.)

Now this year scientific statistical consultants have revealed an interesting finding for just this month… February 2023!

Look at the calendar and see if you can see an interesting pattern before it is revealed…

Hint: Examine each day of the week and the number of appearances it makes before the month ends.

So until tomorrow… Doesn’t that make our February feel REALLY SPECIAL? February 2023… an once in a lifetime occurrence! So let’s get out there and spread the love for life and being alive in this heartfelt historical month.

Today is my favorite day… Winnie the Pooh