Emily is sick

She's abnormally tired. I hope that she feels better by Monday, but if she doesn't, it probably doesn't matter. Monday and Tuesday are the last days of school.

ETA: Temperature at 5:30 pm Saturday is 101.3.

Shot Heard 'Round the World

The "Shot heard 'round the world" is a phrase that has come to represent several historical incidents throughout world history. The line is originally from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn" (1837), and referred to the beginning of the American Revolutionary War. Later, in Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, the phrase became synonymous with the shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand and plunged Europe into World War I.

From Wikipedia.

There is a also a reference to the shot from the cruiser Aurora that started the October revolution in Russia in 1917.

My take: all the other references occurred after the poem was written. So Concord and the American Revolution have the rights to the name.
 
The October Revolution already gets a catchphrase anyway: "Ten Days that Shook the World" from a book by John Reed.

Compost

My compost is breaking down to very little volume. It looks like earth with sticks stuck into it, for the most part. I try to add stuff every day, but the volume I add every day is very small. I added (6) eggshells, kale stalks, vines, and pepper seeds today. And I added shredded paper. When I turn it, I usually see a fair number of worms. So it's decomposing nicely.

My plan is to spread it out over my garden once I have harvested my last stuff and let it sit for the winter. I will probably need to pull sticks out of it then.