This day has been a bit of a drag so far. I have no agenda although I have visited the Hoge Hearld pages to fine-tune a couple of spots as I wait for more information from congregants to help fill the space before a mailing at the end of the coming week. I think that is going to be the most meaningful project I will have for today. If it were a bit warmer, I might be moved to work in the yard for a while. I am still trying to mark plants that I want Bob to be careful of as he uses the weed whacker. One of the problems is I would like to see some new growth on them so I can remember exactly where they are. I have a basic “blueprint” of where I have put them but not precise enough to mark accurately.
On the 17th the challenge to meet the theme, “month of gratitude”, was my tiny little American flag. Many of my neighbors are displaying their flag to show solidarity in the time of the pandemic attack on our world. My well-used flags have been in storage. This little one is the only one I could find so I “mounted” it in the chain of the porch swing. It flies in the breezes proudly along with its bigger counterparts. It signifies the gratitude of the people of our country with one another as well as our worldwide family. This is the kind of day that I “teach” myself or otherwise stated “build my knowledge base”. Something that I may have wondered about comes to mind as I go through the day then I google it. It is a learning base. I put what I find in a space in memory so that I can call on it when needed.
A couple of paragraphs ago I said I would go outside but the weather wasn’t to my liking....well, I changed my mind, worked in the back yard for a little bit. It felt good and a little warmer than I first thought.
The word is finest. Conceit spoils the finest genius, Louisa May Alcott. The finest fruit earth holds up to its Maker is a finished man, Wilhelm von Humboldt. Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us, James Russell Lowell. Life is the finest secret. So long as that remains, we must all whisper, Emily Dickinson. The finest and noblest ground on which people can live is truth; the real with the real; a ground on which nothing is assumed, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Nature has given to each conscious being every power she possesses, and one of these abilities is this: just as Nature converts and alters every obstacle and opposition, and fits them into their predestined place, making them a part of herself, so too the rational person is able to finesse every obstacle into an opportunity, and to use it for whatever purpose it may suit, Marcus Aurelius.
To meet the monthly photo theme today I am offering a photo of some books on my shelf. Most of my recreational reading is in ebooks and information/knowledge-bound reading is Google. But I have some, more than those in the photo, that serve a purpose to have on hand. I have mentioned articles about Franklinton before in some of my blogs. It is an interesting place for me. I have a few connections there that are stored in my memory bank. I would like to see it come back to a clean and exciting place to visit. There is interesting architecture and interesting history, a large part of the beginning of Columbus and is adjacent to our downtown activity. I worked in the area with the Columbus Public Schools for a period of time. Another time I worked at the Federal Court House on the other side of the river but parked on the Franklinton side at the Veterans Memorial. Years before that I was a student nurse at Mt. Carmel located at the edge of Franklinton. The project that the article today is covering is titled “Developers add low-income projects to mix in Franklinton redevelopment”. It states that parts of the projects will be paid with “low-income housing tax credits”. Three low income housing areas will be intertwined with higher-end projects. I hope this works. One group will experience and begin to understand better the other. One of the planned buildings is close to what use to be the Mt. Carmel West hospital. There is a plan to demolish the West Side Spiritualist Church. Columbus Landmarks believes the church, built in 1911, offers historical value. So the plans go on.
We are having baked spaghetti for dinner.
Joy
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