September 20, 2021 a thought for today, Worth makes the man and want of it the fellow. Mexican Proverb

“That” week has come around again. The one with the bulletin and the newsletter and two days of food pantry. To add to that I have two doctors’ appointments, one for Sue and one for me. As well as a meeting tonight and HM3 on Saturday.  No time for worry or procrastination. I have called my newsletter helper to see if she would mind moving the day we do the bundling to next Monday instead of this Friday. It was fine with her, so that is a bit of a welcome respite. 

The photo challenge for yesterday was “chair”. This “challenge” is on the easy side. There are chairs all over the place. If I had a more ‘artistic mind’ I would have created a more exciting image. This one showed pretty much a homey feel. It was in my church conference rooms which is kind of home like. 

I got the template set up for the minister’s information when it gets here. I got bits and pieces done on the newsletter. There are at least two items I’m sure I won’t get until the last minute, it’s become an established habit by now. I have three people noted.

The weather today seems to be a sort of “crossover”. It’s not hot and it’s not cold yet, it “progressing” in a lazy like manner. It’s in between today. Pleasantly. It also looks like rain will be visiting soon. 

All of my “indoor garden” is back inside now. I have down sized in the number of plants I have kept and on the size. I have kept some cuttings that were taken at different intervals. I have given away the larger plants that have outgrown my ability to care for them. Now everything is more manageable at least for a while. 

One of today’s photo themes is “I believe....”. This one also seemed easy for me. This book sits on a
table by my computer all the time so I chose it for today. 

I got the sink cleared and the spaghetti sauce started. In a while I want to make some homemade dinner rolls. 

The word for today is fear.  We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. Plato. Always do what you are afraid to do. Ralph Waldo Emerson. I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship. Louisa May Alcott.  To him who is in fear everything rustles. Sophocles.  I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Montesquieu. We consume our tomorrows fretting about our yesterdays. Persius. Fear makes us feel our humanity. Benjamin Disraeli. There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls, Aeschylus. Fear not for the future, weep not for the past, Percy Bysshe Shelley.  Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey. Lord Byron.  Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance, Francis of Assisi. Half of the failures in life come from pulling one's horse when he is leaping, Thomas Hood. Cruelty and fear shake hands together, Honore de Balzac.   

I had a second photo of the day for today. The theme for this one was titled “in the style of Mark Rothko”. I had never heard of this artist so I had to google it. Mark Rothko is an American abstract painter of Latvian Jewish descent. He is best known for his color field paintings that depicted irregular and painterly rectangular regions of color. My sister just pained one of the walls in the bathroom. She pained it orange against the gray of the other three walls. That seemed perfect for a Mark Rothko style.  

The article today is about the Southern Theatre and it’s 125 year. The architecture of this theater has always fascinated me. It’s gorgeous. I think I have been in there only twice and both time walked through with my mouth open in awe. A hundred and twenty five years ago F. Scott Fitzgerald was born, Harriet Beecher Stowe died and women didn’t have the right to vote and there was the Southern Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. It is said that” you can whisper on the stage and hear that whisper can be heard in the furthest row away”. I had not paid much attention that it is actually attached to a hotel, now called the Westin Great Southern Hotel. According to the article there were several theaters on Broad Street over the years. I also learned from the article that when electricity was starting to come to Columbus the Southern was the first to be “electrified”. Until then the theaters were lit by gas jets, the main reason why builders used steel and brick for construction. “Notable names” made appearances to the Southern. W.C. Fields, John Philip Sousa, John, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore to name some. Major plays like Ben-Hur, with “two chariots with horses galloping across the stage on a treadmill”. In the 1920s theater was not so well attended due to automobiles and good roads allowing people could visit other places of entertainment. Another problem that changed things for theaters was radio and movies. In 1914 a movie screen and projector were installed in the Southern. In the 1990s there was a renovating of the theater and the projector and screen were removed. The building was used for graduation ceremonies and other community events. It was purchased by the North American Broadcasting Company and WMNI radio broad cast from there. Live performances ended in 1979. In 1982 the theater and hotel was sold. Four years later the theater was in disrepair, the stage damaged and seats torn out. It was then donated to CAPA. Currently there are 933 seats as compared to the 2,791 seats in its heyday. Today there are touring acts hosted there and is a home base for several arts groups.  

I am making my dad’s recipe for spaghetti for dinner.

Joy

left overs, anyone?