August 3, 2021 a thought for today, We are all made of the same clay, but not from the same mold. Mexican Proverb

We had a bit of a mix up on which visiting minister we were having this week so I had to get that figured out before I could do the bulletin. I had the information I needed within an hour or so after finding out who it would be. So I got the bulletin done this morning. 

This months over all theme for the photo of the day is “month of gratitude”. So my choice for Day two of the month was the view I have of the near by park that I visit almost daily. It offers greenspace with trees, art, play ground equipment, tennis and racket ball courts along with a pond with fish available for those kinds of sportsmen and children. It is a place to relax and enjoy....

I may use one of the shots I got yesterday for my gratitude photo for today. 

I don’t have much on the agenda again today since I have an appointment this afternoon. I will get as much out of the way as I can so I won’t have any outstanding chores when I get home. 

The word today is companion. Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine. The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility. Charles Caleb Colton. Suspicion is the companion of mean souls, and the bane of all good society. Thomas Paine.  Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. Charles Caleb Colton. Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms, George Eliot.  Never have a companion that casts you in the shade, Baltasar Gracian. The rotten apple spoils his companion, Benjamin Franklin.  We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide, Samuel Johnson.  One of those poor fellows that had become a Christian was badgered by his companions; and one of them said, "How do you know that Jesus Christ has forgiven your sins? " The man turned at once and said, "How do you know when you have got sugar in your tea? John Bartholomew Gough.   Rashness is the companion of youth, prudence of old age, Marcus Tullius Cicero.  And the bright faces of my young companions Are wrinkled like my own, or are no more. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. A pleasant companion is as good as a coach, Jonathan Swift. If you knew the secret of life, you too would choose no other companion but love, Rumi.  I am an ark in the swift flood of time, and my companions, a fellowship. Who throws in with us sails into light, Rumi.

Today’s gratitude photo of the day is a photo of an essential aspect of human daily life and health, pick up and disposal of waste in a safe and sanitary way. 

Some of the “As It Were” articles I have come across share a good bit of interesting history about Columbus. This one talks about “major transportation” in Columbus in the 1830s. We were, at that time, “a modest village on the edge of a moving frontier...... located in the midst of an old-growth forest.” In 1797 and in the War of 1812 Franklinton, across the river, was a growing village. Its growth was reduced after the war because of flooding. In 1824 the county seat was moved from Franklinton to Columbus. The only growth at that time was because it was a “political and social center”.  In 1832 the population was about 2,000 people. By 1834 it had grown to about 5,000. At that time many of the “new” people were immigrants from Germany and Ireland with more from the East and South. According to the article in 1831 the National Road finally reached Columbus. At that time most roads were little more than dirt trails. Henry Clay and John Calhoun “lobbied” for a “federally funded” road. In 1811 it began to be built. It began in Frederick, Maryland and was a 60-foot wide, gravel based road with bridges where needed along its length. It arrived in Columbus in 1831 on Main Street. The Ohio Penitentiary was at the end of that road, on the land that is now the Cultural Arts Center, so it was moved to Spring Street and Neil Avenue.  Local business men objected to its route of the new road so it was redirected. It entered Columbus on Main Street, turned north on High Street, turned again west on Broad Street and later continued on from there. Added to this mode of travel  “Ohioans approved the construction of not one but two complete canal systems linking the Ohio River to Lake Erie.....with a 9-mile feeder canal .....west from Lockbourne” to the center of town and went into the Scioto River. The events of the arrival of the National Road and the Ohio Canal made  Columbus a major transportation and trade center. 

I’m not sure about dinner yet, we may order in.....I have an afternoon doctor’s appointment that runs into dinner prep time. 

Joy

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