February 14 was the day Oregon joined the Union in 1859 (as well as Arizona in 1912.) However, YIR dealt with Oregon on March 8, 2019, for some reason associated with Oregonians and their unusual ways. Glad We cleared that up.

Yesterday was the finale of the US State Tributes, having attended to them, one and all. We blush at the inability to cover every aspect of each state, but feel good about what We got done.

We’ll recover soon.