World War I continued in 1939, as Nazi Germany attacked Poland on September 1, while France, Australia and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. “Gone with the Wind” premiered in Atlanta. “Frankly My Dear I Don’t Give A Damn.” “The Luckiest Man in the World,” Lou Gehrig, retired from Major League Baseball after being diagnosed with ALS. The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland premieres. “Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!”

A bobcat, sand cranes, alligators, and two eagles were some of our latest guest’s nature sightings over this past weekend. No lions, tigers, or bears were spotted except at the Ringling Museum. Our next group arrives next weekend, if anyone gives a damn. Dinner tonight is with my wife’s sorority sister and her husband in Sarasota. We were going to take my grandson to Dave & Buster’s for his birthday, but his other grandmother is instead flying him to Fort Wayne, Indiana to see snow for the first time in his fifteen years. We now have a semi-free weekend that includes a Sunday night concert by the Alter Eagles, a cover band playing at our resort center. 

I’m watching Curse of Oak Island, as is my Wednesday morning tradition. Maybe they will find another scrap of wood on this week’s episode that has so far been a disappointment this season. Big plans are of course in the works to find the 200-year old Money Pit treasure, but so far after nine seasons of costly digging there have been only bits and pieces to show for their extensive efforts, including a single British copper coin that was just discovered. I love a good treasure hunt!