October 15, 2020 thought for the day: When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets. Irish Proverb

The printing went great this morning. I was finished with both documents in about forty-five minutes. I had a little time to chat with Jim before he got to work. 

I stopped by the post office for the stamps I needed for the set of newsletters I want to get done in the nest day or two. On my way home I went up and down streets looking for the two photos I need for today. 

The photo theme for October 14 was “the tallest building”. Anyone in town knows that there is one building here that for many years was the tallest. There are a couple of other now that come close. I reached into my archives for this one because I didn’t want to drive down town for a photo excursion. 

I emptied the dish washer and reloaded before I started the laundry and got to work on labeling and stamping the newsletters so I can mail them. 

We have a light situation in the kitchen that is taking a while to get to with other time consuming obligations it is slowing things down. None of us has experience with “canned lights” so it is a bit of a learning experience too. 

I did find a little time to work on the church directory yesterday. Two of my friends helped with checking for any errors. So now I am finding and fixing those. The biggest time delay for me is determining how to finish the cover. 

The word is obscure.  Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it, Blaise Pascal. Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known, Desiderius Erasmus.  Between knowledge of what really exists and ignorance of what does not exist lies the domain of opinion. It is more obscure than knowledge, but clearer than ignorance, Plato. Ministers should be stars to give light, not clouds to obscure. Charles Spurgeon. Style is only the frame to hold your thoughts. It is like the sash of a window; if heavy, it will obscure the light, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  It has always been a favorite idea of mine, that there is so much of the human in every man, that the life of any one individual, however obscure, if really and vividly perceived in all its aspirations, struggles, failures, and successes, would command the interest of all others, Harriet Beecher Stowe. When I struggle to be terse, I end by being obscure, Horace.  I want to understand you, I study your obscure language, Alexander Pushkin. To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will obscure the brightness of the finest gold; but in either case, the real value of both continues the same, although the currency may be somewhat impeded, Charles Caleb Colton.   

One of today’s challenges was “wrinkles”. Well I could have taken a selfie, there have grown a good
supply of wrinkles there. I also thought about a laundry basket full of clothes ready for the washer but settled for a pile of paper napkins that have accumulated in my car. 

This article looked like a list of some fun things from a little village we are familiar with.  I’m glad to see there are other outlets the kids to enjoy Halloween. I am strongly not in favor of a trick or treat this season due to the pandemic. I think I accept the idea of safe distancing, masks and small groups of people as much or more than most folks right now. But in our neighborhood kids are “bussed” in, so to speak. They come from other areas, not from homes around and close to ours. I usually go through four or five humongous bags of candy. I think we will not take part this year. The article was about Halloween in Mt. Sterling. A village my family is familiar with. Here’s a list of some of the things going on there for this season. A haunted house that is being decorated and out fitted in the Masonic Lodge on London Street. There will be a costume contest. It is a free event. The Eastern Star will serve free hot dogs, beverages and other goodies. Next on the festivity’s list is a Chili Cook Off. It will be held at Hammer Time Pub also on London Street. People will be dropping off their chili entries at the “pub” in corckpots. The next Halloween/Harvest Season event will be a yard decorating contest. To be in the judging someone must nominate a yard, it can be an owner, a neighbor or a friend.  Mt. Sterling will be allowing trick or treat on Octobe4r 31. The village Block Watch crew will station themselves to be watchful of safety features. The village parks and recreation department are also hosting a movie night featuring “Hocus Pocus” on an inflatable movie screen at Mason Park. 

The second photo of the day for today is titled “S-curve”. Outside of drawing a chalk S on the drive way or using a bit of yarn to form an S I thought of plants that bend and hang in shapes of objects, then there are the clouds that have interesting shapes also. 

Tuna sauce over spaghetti and spam sandwiches for dinner. 

Joy