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Today (April 1) is Lupus Alert Day, though Lupus Awareness
Month is May.
My Catholic mother died (of a stroke or heart attack that
was probably influenced by her Lupus) in front of me when
I was about 1.5 years old.
An early death of the mother is said to be a common
factor for all buddhas, so it is a necessary but I
guess not sufficient condition.
Also today is April Fool's Day, and I have been
fooled on every other day so perhaps today this
fool will have his day. :-)
Also Newfoundland joined Canada just before midnight
on March 31, 1949, so woke up to find itself part
of Canada on April Fool's Day.
--
David Dalton
dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)
https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) "But once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light" (Sarah McLachlan)
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