November 29, 2019 thought for the day: What good is it to run when you are on the wrong road?  German Proverb

Our Thanksgiving turned out beautifully. It started out with making the menu list, then deciding what we wanted to get already prepared and what we (I) would cook. I haven’t cooked for more than three people in a long time and I haven’t been seventy-nine and cooked for more than three people for a long time. So this is an adventure in “memory movements”. That day was on the first food pantry of this month. On the second day, Wednesday, I went to the store before I went to pantry to get the Thanksgiving supplies I needed as well as things I was out of. I went before pantry because I didn’t want to fight the crowds that would build by the time I left the church after pantry.

Even on the busiest days I still keep up with my photo of the day. Sometimes it is even soothing to be able to take a few minutes to look for and at things moving the focus to something less stressful than the holiday rush. The theme for November 27 was “pastel”. That was a relatively easy one for me. I have a bag full of yarn I am using for my crochet projects.

On Thanksgiving morning the plan began to take place. Mopping floors, doing dishes in the dish washer twice so that it would be clear for after the meal. I also worked on the laundry. I made the deviled eggs, rest or worked on cleaning/laundry then on the corn casserole and so on. I had cooked the turkey on Monday because it was thawed and I didn’t know how long it would be safe in the frig. So on Thursday I reheated it for the meal. I didn’t go to church to print the bulletin on Thursday so I went this morning.

The meal was perfect, the gathering was warm and loving as they are supposed to be and there were plenty of left overs for some who couldn’t make it do to just getting out of the hospital and for others who wanted another meal for later. It was different for me for this year due to some changes in family interactions. But it was memory making on the warm side.

The word is clouds. Behind the cloud the sun is still shining, Abraham Lincoln. Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility, Saint Augustine.  Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Above all things reverence thyself, Pythagoras. Anger so clouds the mind that it cannot perceive the truth, Cato the Elder. Clouds symbolize the veils that shroud God, Honore de Balzac. To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by education, Thomas Jefferson.  Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Clouds cannot cover secret places, nor denials conceal truth, Demosthenes.




The theme for 28th was “bright”. That one was a little harder for me. That was the “big” day with the tidying up, cooking and laundry as well as making the small changed to the church bulletin. So the shot had to be something from close by. The sun wasn’t cooperative for it’s rays and bounced light. So I had to search. I have a set of plant lights for my “indoor garden”. That was the brightest thing I could think of and find.

I like hearing about any help our service people get to brighten their lives. The title to this article seemed unique and interesting. It concerns a group named The Ohio Christmas Tree Association sent 100 Christmas trees to military units and bases. They wanted to send more but due to lack of finances they had to keep it at 100. This program started in 1995 for troops in Bosnia. Earlier the costs were manageable due to sending the trees through the military distribution center. The Association is seeking donations to cover the cost for this year. There is a GoFundMe page to help with the funding. The Army Family and Moral, Welfare and Recreation divisions pass out the trees. Then place them in the boxes. One year school children helped pack the boxes. Some of the volunteers who help prepare the trees and the rest of the material to be placed in the boxes are teachers, engineers, medical people and ministers.

Thank goodness it’s pizza night again.

The theme for today was “golden”. I was at church to do the printing. I knew there were some golden objects there. I stopped on my path through the sanctuary to get a shot of the golden cross on the altar. I use no light except what was coming through the stained glass window and then a few with my flash turned on. As I moved on through the church completing my tasks I spotted the golden tip of the pole with the Christian flag on it in the junior room on the lower level.  

Joy