Thar she blows: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we batten down the hatches, tie up the deck furniture and otherwise deal with the remnants of Hurricane/Tropical Storm/multistate soaker Elsa.
For those keeping score, she’s the first tropical system to reach Long Island since the remains of Hurricane Eta brought a rainy night on Nov. 13 of last year – and an early contender in what looks like another unusually active hurricane season.
The Báb and weave: It’s July 9 out there, the 190th day of the year, at least on our Gregorian calendar – on the Baháʼí calendar, it’s the 112th day of the year and the Martyrdom of the Báb, a celebration of 19th century Iranian merchant/messenger of God Siyyid ‘Ali-Muhammad.
Stick to it: Unrelated to the Báb, today is also World Kebab Day, when humanity reveres skewered meats and veggies.
Here in the States, we top it off with…
