August 31, 2021 a thought for today, A good vineyard provides bread, wine, and firewood. Sicilian Proverb
There is a week in the month for me that is cram packed with things to get done and are somewhat timed (have a dead line). Then there are days that are so blank of things on the agenda that it gets boring....this is one of those days. Of course there is always a list of house hold chores that need to be attended to, those don’t count (just kidding). I have a long list of those. I will attend to them in the by and by. They aren’t as time ordinated as they were when there were kids and numerous pets in the house to deposit dirt and clutter but they are still alive and kickin’ nonetheless.
I got the bulletin template up to date yesterday so that didn’t need to be added to the agenda for today unless and until I got the information from the pastor that will complete it for printing. That didn’t happen.....yet.
I got the dishes out of the sink and straightened the kitchen to make it presentable and neat.
I will add the weekly shut-in envelopes and coloring pages to today’s list or push them, gently, to tomorrow’s blossoming agenda.
theme is my newest great grand child. He is a doll baby. I am beyond grateful for all of my great grandchildren, grandchildren and my three children.
The word for today is dust. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Berthold Auerbach. Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with. Thomas Carlyle. Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world; whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. Lord Byron. Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble. Benjamin Franklin. Life is constantly weighing us in very sensitive scales, and telling every one of us precisely what his real weight is to the last grain of dust, James Russell Lowell. If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind, Gautama Buddha. When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. Rumi. The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. Saint Augustine. What is excellent, As God lives, is permanent; Hearts are dust, hearts' loves remain, Heart's love will meet thee again, Ralph Waldo Emerson. All the windy ways of men Are but dust that rises up, And is lightly laid again, Alfred Lord Tennyson. If any dust of imperfection cling to your heart, be not troubled, but consume it immediately in the fire of divine love, and, sorrowfully asking forgiveness, continue to live in peace, Paul of the Cross. Know thy birth! For dost thou art, and shalt to dust return, John Milton. For hundreds of thousands of years I have been dust-grains floating and flying in the will of the air, often forgetting ever being in that state, but in sleep I migrate back, Rumi. God scorns and mocks the devil, in setting under his very nose a poor, weak, human creature, mere dust and ashes, yet endowed with the first fruits of the Spirit, against whom the devil can do nothing, Martin Luther.
I have visited the state house to take pictures in the past. It is gorgeous and has an interesting history. This article describes it in wonderful detail along with “secrets of the Ohio Statehouse”. The structure is in a Greek Revival design, according to the article “representing the ancient origins of democracy in Athens”. The building process was begun on July 4, 1839. Five architects “haggled over the design”. Work on the construction was stopped during the cholera epidemic as it affected the prisoners from the Ohio Penitentiary who were completing the “hard-labor”. Work on the building was suspended from 1840 to 1848 due to the epidemic and funding problems. Finally in 1861 it was opened as the second largest public building in the country, the US Capitol was the largest. The building housed the governor’s office and offices of the state treasurer and auditor as well as public rooms. There are objects showing Ohio’s history for the more than 60,000 tourists a year. The author of the article said that the Statehouse is a ‘time capsule’ dating from the mid-1800's moving forward. There are 4,957 hand-cut marble tiles that form a circular center including the rotunda floor which is a focal point. It is mentioned in the article that the tiled spaces were designed without calculators or computers. Abraham Lincoln was one of the visitors in 1861 and four years later laid in state here. There is a stained glass seal from 1924 designed to represent the entry into statehood. A restored skylight in the center of the rotunda show the sear used for many years, part of it is canal boat as a symbol of Ohio’s commercial success. In 1857 a painting of “Perry’s Victory” against the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812 was commissioned. It took seven yeas to complete the 18 by 14 feet painting. Another thing to see at the Statehouse is the statue of William McKinley in the West Plaza. This statesman lived across the street during his term as the 39th governor. It is stated that he use to wave to his wife as he left the Neil House hotel where they lived as he walked to work.
I am thinking along the lines of chili for dinner tonight.
Joy
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