January 25, 2021 thought for today: Life is like a boat you move on when you paddle and stay in the same place if not. African Proverb

I didn’t get started on the bulletin the first thing this morning as I usually do on Monday morning. With this being newsletter week it means I will be doubling up in the next couple of day. 

Yesterday’s photo theme was “this is fun”. My own “fun” doesn’t lent itself to an exciting image so I chose one of the dogs favorite “fun” things to do, beg for a McDonals. 

Instead of getting onto today’s agenda list I had a visit from Natalie and Gideon. It’s much more warm and fuzzy to have a visit with this granddaughter and great grandson than to be buried in the computer for a while. I love to see Gideon play and explore and his cute explanations for things. That visit will hold me for a while. I can call up the memories in the next few days when I take breaks from other obligations. We should make the visits more often. 

Bob was concerned about the icy streets this morning so he called in to tell them he wouldn’t be at work today. I have been watching the weather and it looks like tomorrow is going to be as bad or worse. I’m glad I don’t have anything planned outside of the house for the next few days. I need to go into the church on Thursday and Friday and to the store soon. In the mean time I will be getting the printed material(s) ready to take to the copier at church. 

The word today is rumor.  Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth, George Washington.  Enemies carry a report in form different from the original, Plautus. Thus each person by his fears gives wings to rumor, and, without any real source of apprehension, men fear what they themselves have imagined, Lucan. Nothing is swifter than rumor, Horace. Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man, Tacitus. Rumor is a pipe Blown by surmises, jealousies, conjectures, William Shakespeare. Gossip is a sort of smoke that comes from the dirty tobacco-pipes of those who diffuse it: it proves nothing but the bad taste of the smoker, George Eliot. Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again, Hesiod. The mind that's conscious of its rectitude (rightnness), Laughs at the lies of rumor, Ovid. Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up, Josh Billings. For your popular rumour, unlike the rolling stone of the proverb, is one which gathers a deal of moss in its wanderings up and down, Charles Dickens. No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish, Hesiod.  Rumour has a hundred mouths, Paul Verlaine.  Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead, Benjamin Franklin. It (rumor) has a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice of iron, Virgil.

Today’s photo challenge is “sweet treat”. I had just baked some toll house cookies and that seemed like
the perfect choice at the moment although I like lots of sweets.

This article is not exactly a news item but it could be interesting and maybe a bit educational, useful later or maybe just enlightening to know. According to the article favorite chairs and other furniture can be a “reflection” of your personality. The author said “Few things are more sacred than your designated seat in the living room.” She says her “special” chair is a swivel with full-room “surveillance” and firm cushion for support. Her husband prefers a “well-broken-in” sofa. Her son heads for the ottoman (pretending it is a trampoline). She got to studying the subject of furniture function and did a break down. Her first study point was that of a modified spool chair. She says it offers luxury and comfort. The fabric can add character for either delicate or masculine personalities. It is regal and firm. Further expanding on the description is that it is matched to some one who “knows not to judge a book by its cover”, it charms at first glance as a formal piece and relaxes at the next, “truly is the best of both worlds”.  Her study moves on to sectionals. It makes the most of family time. It is “easygoing”. A place to spend time with family for relaxing together. Her last part of the “study” was the “show stopping wingback chair”. It is a there is drama attached to it and can be used in any room, bedroom, living room and even dining room. 

We are having meat loaf mashed potatoes for dinner. 

Joy