Aunt Eleanor is out on the balcony, taking some sun in Peoria, Arizona. Lately, I have been visiting three to five days a week, helping out with food preparation, cleaning dishes, general housekeeping, laundry, taking her to the doctor, or whatever else she might need to make her 93rd year just a little easier.

Aunt Eleanor was born in 1912. During that year, Woodrow Wilson was elected the 28th President of the United States. In contrast, George W. Bush is the 43rd. The Titanic sinks. New Mexico and Arizona become our 47th and 48th states. Robert F. Scott reaches the South Pole. The Life Savers candy and Dixie Cup are invented. The Warner Brothers begin producing films. First Japanese cherry blossom trees planted in Washington D.C. Wilbur Wright, the aviation pioneer dies. The first foreign film is shown in the U.S. – “Queen Elizabeth” in New York City. Tarzan of the Apes is published. 1st person to parachute from an airplane occurs. The newspaper Pravda starts publishing. Alaska, not yet a state, is organized as a territory.