June 1, 2020 thought for the day: Praise youth and it will prosper. Irish Proverb

I expected Sue home last night but she got some extended time with the twins. She decided to spend three days at Missie’s. It has been different around here. She is my rudder so it has been a task to keep focused and headed in a productive direction.

I had asked Natalie to bring Gideon and Serenity for a visit. So they came about ten o’clock. I got to hug them and spend a most welcome boost of encouraging time with them.

My photography obsession seems to “sooth a savage beast” in me especially in these time. Yesterday’s challenge was “selfie”. I don’t like photos of myself. So I try to get as little of that, myself, in the image. Here is my pick for that assignment.

The rioting going on downtown along with so many cities across the country are getting to me. I am to old to deal with all of the depressing happenings. I am having to learn new ways of thinking and facing disappointments. I think it is all contributing to my “pre” diabetes, which is now full blown diabetes.

The word is harm. Let us read, and let us dance — these two amusements will never do any harm to the world, Voltaire.  Nothing can work damage to me except myself; the harm that I sustain I carry about with me and never am a real sufferer except by my own fault, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  ...seeing the small is called clarity. keeping flexible is called strength. Using the shining radiance, you enter the light, where no harm can come to you. This is called enlightenment, Laozi. A man's enemies have no power to harm him, if he is true to himself and loyal to God, John Bartholomew Gough. Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm, Charles Caleb Colton. Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge, Benjamin Franklin. A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast, Aristotle. It is a fearful mistake to believe that because our wishes are not accomplished they can do no harm, Gertrude the Great. To harm another is to harm oneself, Socrates.

Today’s photo theme is “a”. This month the overall “theme” is the alphabet. It leaves the subject matter for each day pretty much up to the photographer. It allows for searching for an item that fits. My choice today is double and triple A batteries.

It’s to bad there has to be so much destruction. For me personally it shows an enormous lack of respect and useful education. Either the masses lacked being educated for whatever reason (not having it available is no longer an excuse for anyone in Columbus) or for not using that education or even common sense that we are all born with. That is only one part of it. There is a world wide pandemic going on. Most of those I saw on the television seemed not to care about it. All of that made me angry, we may all have to endure stay at home even longer due to an increased number of people coming down with the virus. Thanks....to all of those who were so careless and thoughtless. The article today is about some of the many buildings that have been devastated in this “protest?” Isn’t that the proof of why people are arrested even in daily happenings? The people that are doing the damage seem to be the kind that do the damage  whenever they get the chance? The article describes the plywood coverings that are the view of our city today. The cost of the damages haven’t even been tallied yet. There are photos of the signs of the looting...looting, is that legitimate part of a protest? Broken windows, graffiti, landscaping, even chairs and interior furnishings thrown out in the streets not to mention fires and garbage. It's not the protester's who are doing the damage, it is the rioters, many imported into this city. They seem to follow the peaceful protesters every time there is a protest and ruin the reason and the efforts of the legal protectors.

Since yesterday was the end of the month I have a composite of photos that I took during the month of May.

I am making something simple for dinner tonight, just hamburgers and mac and cheese.

Joy