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This was a week for weird storms in Tucson. I managed to capture a few shots of the back yard (the scrub leading to the mountains) out beyond the swimming pool.
Here is one of them:
Early Morning Before The Storm
. . . With Eva
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HISTORICAL CLIP
On March 10, 1993 Dr. David Gunn was shot and killed during an anti-abortion protest at the Pensacola Women's Medical Services clinic. Dr. Gunn performed abortions at several clinics in Florida and Alabama and was getting out of his car in the clinic's parking lot when Michael Griffin shouted, "Don't kill any more babies!" and shot the doctor three times in the back. Griffin immediately surrendered to a nearby police officer.
Griffin had attended a prayer service and protest organization meeting three days earlier and was apparently waiting for Dr. Gunn, the father of two, to appear on the morning of the shooting. Rescue America, the group holding the protest, did not exactly strongly condemn the murder of Dr. Gunn. "While Gunn's death is unfortunate, it's also true that quite a number of babies' lives will be saved," said national director Don Treshman after the slaying.
Also . . .
On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray plead guilty to the assassination of African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was sentenced to 99 years in prison.
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WORD FOR TODAY
religiosity
noun
1. The quality of being religious.
2. Excessive or affected piety.
What most measures of religiosity find is that there is at least some distinction between religious doctrine, religious practice, and spirituality.
One can accept the truthfulness of the Bible, but never attend a church or even belong to an organized religion.
An individual who does not hold orthodox Christian doctrines might attend a charismatic worship service in order to develop his/her sense of oneness with the divine.
An individual can disavow all doctrines associated with organized religions, not affiliate with an organized religion or attend religious services, and at the same time be strongly committed to a higher power and feel that the connection with that higher power is ultimately relevant.
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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Born Mar 10, 1984
Age: 28 years old
Age: 28 years old
Olivia Jane Wilde is an American actress and fashion model. She has appeared in a number of television and film productions such as The O.C., The Black Donnellys, House, Tron: Legacy, Cowboys & Aliens, and In Time.
Born Mar 10, 1958
Age: 54 years old
Age: 54 years old
Sharon Vonne Stone is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She achieved international recognition for her role in the erotic thriller Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama for her performance in Casino.
Born Mar 10, 1983
Age: 29 years old
Age: 29 years old
Carrie Marie Underwood is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actress. She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005. Underwood has since become a multi-platinum selling recording artist, a winner of six Grammy Awards, sixteen Billboard Music Awards, seven American Music Awards and eleven Academy of Country Music Awards, among several others. As a songwriter, she has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. Underwood is also a two-time winner of the Academy of Country Music Entertainer of the Year award and the first female artist to win such an award consecutively (2009/10).
Underwood was inducted into and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 2008. She was also inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2009.
Born March 10, 1820
Died March 10, 1913
Died March 10, 1913
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Harriet Ross) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and Union spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made more than thirteen missions to rescue more than 70 slaves using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era struggled for women's suffrage.
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I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
--Mahatma Gandhi
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