November 9, 2021 a thought for today, He who speaks too much works too little. Filipino Proverb
My car has taken another turn. The “tear” in the connection must have grown today. On my way home from the vet the noise became....how should I put it....much louder. It is embarrassing. I guess this is going to speed up the search for something newer even though the timing isn’t the best with all things concerned. But that’s life....things don’t happen just when they are convenient. It’s just another adventure, we’ll see where it takes me.
I had some errands to take care of this morning before I got ready for my day at food pantry. A stop at the bank, a stop for gas and a stop at the vet for Sweet Peas meds. I left early in case there were some time that I would be waiting at each stop. I got each stop done without any delays so I was back home in time for some work on the computer.
Food pantry was good today. We had a nice collection of folks. The numbers seem to be going up. We also have a couple of new people adding to the volunteers on the intake desk. Maybe we will have so many soon that we would move to different shifts. I would miss the activity if that happens but as they say everything changes in time.
Since the car is making so much noise and pushing my stress level I didn’t make my stop at McDonalds. I just wanted to get the car off the streets and not calling attention to myself.
The word for toady (and food for thought) is ideals. Our ideals are our better selves, Amos Bronson Alcott. Character is always lost when a high ideal is sacrificed on the altar of conformity and popularity, Charles Spurgeon. The actual well seen is ideal, Thomas Carlyle. Our ideals are our better selves. Amos Bronson Alcott. The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself, Thomas Carlyle. The ideal condition would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; but since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach, Sophocles. Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state, Thomas de Quincey. The ideal of beauty is simplicity and tranquility, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton. The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success, Henry Ward Beecher. The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas, Joseph Addison. ...be yourself- not your idea of what you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be, Henry David Thoreau. Ideas control the world, James A. Garfield.
This article sort of hits close to home in a way. My uncle was the stationed in the building that the article is about. It was a fire engine house built in 1882. My father was one engine house further east on Broad Street and then my husband was one more engine house further east on Broad Street. This building sat empty for many years after a new engine house was built. Now the structure now belongs to the Columbus Historical Society. Money for the purchase of the building has come about from the city and from grants and donations from individuals and foundations. More money will be needed to complete the renovations that are planned. There will be exhibit space, a café and gift shop on the first floor. On the second floor there will be offices ad a library. The basement will be used to hold archives. Two other buildings in the area were given to the Columbus Historical Society, the Harrison House (1807) and the Sullivant Land Office (1822) behind the Harrison House. According to the article there are hopes that this will be the beginning of a Columbus historical district.
It’s going to be hot dogs and cheesy potatoes for dinner tonight.
Joy
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