December 9, 2021 a thought for today, A wound inflicted by a friend does not heal. African Proverb

Wow what a day! I got an early start today for the usual Thursday printing because there is more on todays list than usual. When I unlocked the door at church there were stacks of boxes and still more being added. They were destined for one of the ministries we help each year at Christmas called Cowboy Bucks. Helping young people be able to purchase gifts for their families. I got the printing done and was able to chat with Susan and then with Christopher. I needed to make a stop at the post office before I got home to start the laundry and then get to the shop for a hair cut. 

The photo challenge for December 8 was titled “mail”. I have done stacks of mail before and decided to use the mail box in the image this time. 

After my hair cut, I picked Sue up at home so we could head out in search of a new microwave. The one we have now isn’t working right. At some of the cycles it doesn’t heat at all at others it over heats. Rather than worry about something more serious happening, like a fire, I decided its time to get a new one. We had a bit of a discussion on the qualities between two that we had chosen. After the final answer one was loaded in the cart and we were on our way to one more stop. That stop was Office Max for ink and card stork....well I got the ink but they were sold out of card stock. So when I got home I ordered the card stock through online at Sams Club. Problem solved! And it was promised delivery for this evening. 

I also got back to the laundry and answering some email that had come in while out on the excursions. 

It’s not quite so cold today and they are predicating close to sixty degrees tomorrow. 

The word for today is kind.  Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. Arthur Help.  A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. William Hazlitt.   Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are travelling the dark journey with us. Oh be swift to love, make haste to be kind. Henri Frederic Amiel.   Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. Philo.  We all have our own life to pursue, our own kind of dream to be weaving, and we all have the power to make wishes come true, as long as we keep believing. Louisa May Alcott.  In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are. Ovid.  Show me the man you honor, and I will know what kind of man you are. Thomas Carlyle,  Friends... they cherish one another's hopes. They are kind to one another's dreams. Henry David Thoreau. A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love. Saint Basil.   You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late. Ralph Waldo Emerson .  Kindness is the sunshine in which virtue grows. Robert Green Ingersoll.  Kindness is ever the begetter of kindness. Sophocles. 

Today’s photo theme is “I bought this...”. I bought a couple of much smaller items today when we went
shopping for the microwave but this one was a better subject. The problem is I would like to have shown the microwave itself but I had to wait for Bob to get it out of the car and into the house.  He wasn’t home before I needed to upload so the box had to do with a filer that emphasized the shapes on the box as an added artful touch too.  

I hadn’t read this article all the way though before I chose it but it sounds like an interesting way of seeing this problem. The article is about archaeologists and climate change. The beginning of the article started with saying that for 10,000 years agriculture, city living and technology were possible with the climate that existed. Things happened to change balances. According to the article the burning of fossil fuels has pumped carbon dioxide into the air where it is “trapped”. It went on to mention that in 2008 it was expressed that archaeologists were in a “privileged position” that allowed them to understand the impact of climate change on human populations. For one thing they can report how humans have “faced similar challenges in the past”, times of environmental forces, such as from the Ice Age to a “warm and stable climate”. It went on further to relate that by doing little to reduce “greenhouse gasses” we may find ourselves in another rapid climate change. Ancient Native Americans called Ancestral Puebloan from the American Southwest suffered “the coldest decade across the Northern Hemisphere.....” This “catastrophic episode” caused massive volcanic eruptions in AD 536-541. The people of that period began forming their societies in larger “settlements” so that they could live in the comfort of shared beliefs which eventually grew into the UNESCO World Heritage sites (that seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity,,,,.such as Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the Taj Mahal in India, the Grand Canyon in the USA, or the Acropolis in Greece). The last sentence of the article shared that “we need to make fundamental changes in our society if we are to survive our climate crisis.”   

We are having baked spaghetti and fried bologna sandwiches for dinner. 

Joy

really??? proof of no manners?