January 8, 2020 thought for the day: Hear twice before you speak once. English Proverb

I spoke to Sue on the phone yesterday. She sounded about back to her normal self with one major problem, she can’t walk with normal strength yet. That is what the rehabilitation is fixing, I hope. There is another symptom that she developed earlier that may or may not be “fixed” yet. We still need some time to determine that result.

On January 7 the theme of the photo challenge was “I enjoy . . . ”. There are several things I enjoy, some are outdoors, some in the spring time, and it goes on. The one that came to mind that I had easily on had was one of my several crocheting projects. So that’s the one I chose.

I needed some things from the store and couldn’t make up my mind whether to go today or after printing at church tomorrow. Finally I decided to go today. I had two encounters with strangers that made a pleasantly thoughtful day. One gentleman wanted to help me reach for something and then followed by a conversation about a situation of diversity that he encountered outside the store. The other was with a lady who helped with another item I couldn’t quite reach and then, a couple of isles later, me finding an item she was looking for. Oh, there was a third.  A little boy, about 5 years old, said good morning to me. Then later saw me in another isle and told his mother “I saw that lady a little while ago.” We said “have a good day ‘ to each other as we went on our way. It was one time that a child didn’t compare my petite height to his/her own.

After I got all the groceries put away, I got small adjustments made to the bulletins. Then cleared out another storage box; next, put chicken on to cook for the dogs sensitive stomachs. Now there is a sink full of dishes and a little cooking to do.

The word today is depth.  It is not length of life, but depth of life, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too, Vincent Van Gogh. The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach, Pliny the Elder. Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love, George Eliot. It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of this world, all things are weighed by the false scale of custom, Lord Byron. Every action is measured by the depth of the sentiment from which it proceeds, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart, Saint Augustine. Form your life humanly, and you have done enough: but you will never reach the height of art and the depth of science without something divine, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel. Grant that I may not pray alone with the mouth; help me that I may pray from the depths of my heart, Martin Luther.    

The photo theme today is “cheese”. Again, there are several ways I could capture that subject. It just so happened that as I watched the Today show this morning Dr. Oz showed a cheese crisp.  It looked so good that I decided to make some for dinner for Bob and me. That served as my photo of the day too. A note, I have to be careful with this oven. It has a convection feature on it that I use a lot. I forget to cut down on the time the recipe call for in the oven so I tend to get things a little “crusty”. I had to be particular careful with this one because it only takes about six minutes.

Again more historic structures in Columbus are being considered for their farewell or some new purpose. This article covers five vacant Columbus schools are being sold. One that seems to be the most“ valuable” is Beck Elementary School with an estimated value of $1.67 million. It is 136 years old and located near German Village. Some of the five have been used for training centers and for storage purposes. In 2018 the Beck Elementary school was listed as “most endangered sites” and marked as a “historical landmark” by Columbus Landmarks. A spokes person stated that there are hopes that the Beck structure and the Starling Middle School will be re-purposed in a meaningful way. I learned from the article that any unused public school must be offered to charter schools first before a sale can be made.

I am having spaghetti with bottled spaghetti sauce this time for dinner. I will make baked cheddar Parmesan crisps, I found the recipe on line through Google, to go with it and Kroger corn nibblers.

Love you
Grandma