The Little House

       There was a surprise 75th birthday party for Carolyn T today, and she was surprised. Showing up for the open house at the beginning worked as I hope. A good chance to talk to Carolyn without standing in line After that stop we headed for home. Just as I was settling in my neighbor brought me supper. 👍

 "It's the birthday of the second president of the United States, John Adams, born in Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1735. He represented Massachusetts at the Continental Congress. He served on the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, and even though Thomas Jefferson wrote most of it, John Adams edited it and he defended it to the rest of the Congress and helped get it passed. Adams was vice president for George Washington, but he didn't like it much. In 1796 he was elected the second president of the United States. But his party, the Federalist Party, ended up divided and the next time around he lost to Jefferson." John Adams said, "Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide."     John Adams wasn't very hopeful and this is the time when American democracy is in peril. Takk for alt, Al