Skipped exercise this morning, going for a long walk later today. (maybe off a short pier). Supposed to be beautiful today, get out and enjoy it!
2 Corinthians chapter 4 - Shared with Mom, twice. It bears repeating, a little difficult to understand. Which makes me wonder why it is hard to understand, if in fact we are all welcome to God's love and forgiveness. Keep reading. He wants you to understand.
On this day: 1978
I rewrote some of my journals for my friend Pete. He asked if he could have a copy of those days that pertained to him. I did and now, realizing that Pete is gone, I wonder what happened to that journal. There was noting incriminating in it, I never write that stuff down, I'm not stupid.
1978 U.S.A. David Berkowitz ( Son of Sam ) 8th May 1978 : David Berkowitz ( Son of Sam ) admitted guilty to 6 son of Sam killings in court , he has also claimed responsibility for 2000 fires in a 4 year period under the alias of "The Phantom of the Bronx", it was revealed a diary found detailed 1,411 of the fires during this time period.
Guess he wrote his down.
Parenting - My daughter is spoiled. I don't mind, She was not a spoiled "brat", whining and crying for stuff, just kept pretty happy with stuff, but mostly attention. Do you spoil your kids? When you love them and see how cute they are, how can you not spoil them? I think being spoiled and having bad behavior are two different things, what do you think?
Book Club - Mornings on Horseback by David McCullough, at the part where Thee's family moves into a huge mansion in New York, while the depression is horrible for most. They really didn't see the huge disparity between the classes. The father did donate and help out a lot of organizations, but it did not have anything to do with their situation that I can tell. Oh, they took some of their friends kids with them to the shore, because they were experiencing difficulties. Good social impact book.
Venezuela -
Colonization[edit]
In 1498, during his third voyage to the Americas,
Christopher Columbus sailed near the
Orinoco Delta and then landed in the
Gulf of Paria. Amazed by the great offshore current of freshwater which deflected his course eastward, Columbus expressed in his moving letter to Isabella and Ferdinand that he must have reached heaven on Earth (terrestrial paradise):
Great signs are these of the Terrestrial Paradise, for the site conforms to the opinion of the holy and wise theologians whom I have mentioned. And likewise, the [other] signs conform very well, for I have never read or heard of such a large quantity of fresh water being inside and in such close proximity to salt water; the very mild temperateness also corroborates this; and if the water of which I speak does not proceed from Paradise then it is an even greater marvel, because I do not believe such a large and deep river has ever been known to exist in this world.[25]
His certainty of having attained Paradise made him name this region
Land of Grace, a phrase that has become the country's nickname.
The
Welser Armada exploring Venezuela
Spain's colonization of mainland Venezuela started in 1522, establishing its first permanent South American settlement in the present-day
[update] city of
Cumaná. In the 16th century Venezuela was contracted as a concession by the King of Spain to the German
Welser banking family (
Klein-Venedig, 1528–1546). Native
caciques (leaders) such as
Guaicaipuro (c. 1530–1568) and
Tamanaco (died 1573) attempted to resist Spanish incursions, but the newcomers ultimately subdued them; Tamanaco was put to death by order of Caracas' founder
Diego de Losada.
[26]
In the 16th century, during the
Spanish colonization,
indigenous peoples, such as many of the
Mariches, themselves descendants of the
Caribs, converted to
Roman Catholicism. Some of the resisting tribes or leaders are commemorated in place names, including
Caracas,
Chacao, and
Los Teques. The early colonial settlements focused on the northern coast,
[24] but in the mid-18th century the Spanish pushed farther inland along the
Orinoco River. Here the
Ye'kuana (then known as the Makiritare) organized serious resistance in 1775 and 1776.
[27]
Spain's eastern Venezuelan settlements were incorporated into
New Andalusia Province. Administered by the
Royal Audiencia of Santo Domingo from the early 16th century, most of Venezuela became part of the
Viceroyalty of New Granada in the early 18th century, and was then reorganized as an autonomous
Captaincy General starting in 1776. The town of Caracas, founded in the central coastal region in 1567, was well-placed to become a key location, being near the coastal port of
La Guaira whilst itself being located in a valley in a mountain range, providing defensive strength against
pirates and a more fertile and healthy climate.
[28]
Enjoy the day! Make it Memorable!
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