The Independence Day Edition of William Shakespeare's Thought For The Day.

[Aristus]

"...'tis ours, and we will keep it still."

Henry VI, Part II, Act I, Scene 1, Line 106.

[femmocrat]

1. Happy Fourth of July, Aristus!

[Aristus]

2. And to you, femmocrat!

[Denninmi]

3. Happy 4th to you as well.

I hope you have the day off.

[Aristus]

4. I do.

Have to work tomorrow, though. I expect it will either be slammed, or a narcolepsy telethon. Holiday weeks are usually slow, right up until the Friday that spells 'no more clinical care until Monday.'

[In_The_Wind]

5. By day, by night, waking and in my dreams

By any means necessary ...

[Aristus]

6. Love our statue.

And Lower Manhattan looks beautiful. And the 1776 tower is magnificent...

[In_The_Wind]

9. The water in our harbor is always that color.

You should see it for yourself someday.

[Aristus]

10. I'd love to.

I don't think my life would be complete without a visit to New York.

I've been within sight of the city 5 times, but haven't actually visited it yet.

I've been through JFK twice, but I never count the airport as a visit.

[In_The_Wind]

11. From the air everything is lovely. NYC is challenging but can be fun.

Personally, I fly in and out of Stewart Airport or Albany. They are smaller. Less stress.

[sarge43]

7. Keep 'em flying.

Happy 4th, Aristus. And thank you, Will.

The Band of HM's Grenadier Guards in front of Blenheim Palace where a boy was born who go on to say to the US Congress, "Had my father been an American and my mother English instead of the other way, I might have gotten here on my own."

The ties that bind.

[Aristus]

8. Well done. I must have played that march several hundred times

when I was in the high school marching band. Love Sousa marches.

I once saw the Empire Brass Quintet in concert. They played TS&SF, and the tuba played the famous piccolo part. It was amazing. Every jaw in the audience dropped...

[sarge43]

12. On a tuba?! That would be a show stopper. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

13. Greatest Page for you, my dear Aristus!

My thanks to you and Will for this splendid post!

[Aristus]

14. CalPeg! Happy 4th to you!

Will says: "Pegeen, lass! Oceans of love! Thy fair countenance graces the fertile fields of Italy, does it not? Adieu then, love, until you come homeward once again!"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Ah, thank you, my dear Aristus, for passing along Will's thoughts to me...

We will be wending our way home next Tuesday...After stops in London and New York.

[Aristus]

16. Kick.