MLK Day

This dovetails with my last post because I was doing my student teaching at Northwestern H.S. when Martin L. King was shot.  The students were angry and rioted.  The school was shut down and classroom doors were locked.  This had the eventual effect of many retirements in the Flint School System the following year.  I was one of the new replacement teachers.  That was a tumultuous time to be a teacher in Flint.  I'm not sure it ever got much better.

Emma and Suhitha took Gabe in to a Flint Clinic today and it was closed.  The stock market is closed and TV programming  even is affected.  Steve Jobs has gone on sick leave.  Banks are closed and there is no mail delivery.  I always liked MLK Day and Columbus Day when I was a mail man.  It was a paid day off and you didn't have to get together with family or anything.  Usually, they were all working. 

I'm thinking about making some muffins.  We had people over this last week end and Brooke made stew.  I love stew, goulash and lasagna.  In the cold months its time to make some so called hearty meals.  It's also the time to rededicate yourself to more healthy eating.  I started making oat bran muffins years ago when I was trying to get control of my cholesterol number.  The recipe I used was from a book called the Eight Week Cholesterol Cure.  My kids loved the muffins.  There was a good recipe for turkey chili in there too.  I make pasties once in a while.  They're great, but if unchecked I'll gain two pounds for every large batch of pasties I make. 

It is cold outside today but the Sun is shining and Gabe is visiting.  Happy MLK Day.