Houses and Stinkfish, Number 2
Welcome back to my informal but informative tour of my neighborhood. If you are just tuning in you can get the backstory, specifically, the explanation of a stinkfish here.
Here is today's house:
Take a look at those awnings! I believe this style is called "Funeral Home Chic." The balcony doesn't have the Shakespearian vibe that yesterday's house had. It is more, "Let's go out on the porch and have a glass of wine."
Back in the 1980s, we lived next door to a very nice family who's side yard was right next to our driveway. In the summer when we'd get home, Jim would sometimes be sitting in a lawn chair and, if it was really hot, his feet would be in the kiddie pool. "C'mon over! Have some wine!" The rest of the family would come out. The elder child was a middle-schooler who would sometimes braid my ponytail in a French braid. Yes, dear reader, I had a ponytail. My point is, that balcony definitely gives off a "Have some wine!" vibe. Jim would like it.
Here is today's stinkfish: 
1954 was the year of Brown v. Board of Education which declared Jim Crow unconstitutional. Around the house we refer to this landmark Supreme Court ruling as "Daddy's career." Yes, I've written two books about this case, both available for purchase: here and here. If you buy them you would join the literal dozens of readers who've enjoyed them! Over the past quarter century I've made a lot of money from sales. I'm not at liberty to divulge the exact sum but suffice tgo say it is in the low three figures.
What else happened in 1954? Lots of stuff:
- Northice Station, Greenland recorded the lowest temperatures ever for he world's largest island: -66 Censius or -87 Freedom Units.
- WEAR TV channel 3 in Pensacola-Mobile, FL (ABC) began broadcasting,
- Taz, the Tasmanian Devil, a Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Robert McKimson and Warren Foster, debuts in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series in "Devil May Hare."
- First flight of the C-130 Hercules transport aircraft.
- Humane Society (US) forms in Washington, D.C.
You absolutely should be taking notes on all this because there will be a test later.