May 26, 2022 a thought for today, You can shut the door on a thief, but you can do nothing about a liar. Albanian Proverb

The photo of the day for yesterday is “something warm”. All I could get my hands on for this assignment was a pair of gloves and earmuffs. 

Another printing day is over and done and “in the books”. Once again Chris and I had a great conversation in a trip to and from the church. He is like a sponge in learning about things that happen in life and how they turn out and what makes them turn out the way they do. Its refreshing to feel knowledge being past on and accepted. 

Today’s upload to the Canadian group is the set of grocery carts along with the colors. 

Once back home it was back to the hum drum of house work and back to my desk chair and the computer. The first load of laundry is in the dryer and the second in the washer. Things are rolling right along. The kitchen needs some attention but I may put that off until I get home from finishing the newsletter with my wonderful helper Dorothy tomorrow.

I had another wonderful and informative, for both of us, text-type conversations with one of my grand daughters-in-law last night. These conversations give us both new insights and “study” material. For me it is exciting and growth in knowledge about life’s many roads.

The photo of the day for today is “pink”. I liked the rough textures along with the softness of the pink flower.

Gotta’ run.....laundry is calling....

The word for today is wonder.  Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. Saint Augustine.    Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates.  Wonder is the desire for knowledge. Thomas Aquinas.    Wonder is the basis of worship, Thomas Carlyle.  Wonder implies the desire to learn, Aristotle.  Wonder is involuntary praise, Edward Young. All understading begins in wonder, Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe.  From wonder into wonder existence opens, Lao Tzu.  We are beginning to regain a knowledge of Creation, a knowledge forfeited by the fall of Adam. By God's mercy we can begin to recognize His Wonderful works and wonders also in flowers when we ponder his might and goodness. Martin Luther. It is a wonderful subduer-this need of love, this hunger of the heart, George Eliot.  Solitude is an ocean with wonderful places hidden in its depths, Isaac of Nineveh.  Losses and crosses are heavy to bear; but when our hearts are right with God, it is wonderful how easy the yoke becomes, Charles Spurgeon.

My other upload for today is this large growth of yellow pansies. 

This article sounded interesting to me. It sounds like another and maybe new way to help young people learn to better their lives. There is a middle/high school course called “Kitchen of Life”. The space is set up on the order of “MasterChef”. There are cooking stations. The purpose is to teach children about cooking and resiliency. Food is a necessity shared by everyone. They are lessons designed “in social emotional learning” that is based in the curriculum.  Whitehall City Schools will be make a beginning in this are in the fall. It is a change to learn differently than in the traditional classroom. The idea for this program came about when the people who set it up took a trip to Australia and took a tour in a community kitchen called “Our Big Kitchen”. This set up will be different but inspired the idea of cooking for a purpose one of which is resiliency skills. There will be a social worker and a chef as well as some volunteers. The classes will be open to ages 12 - 18 in groups of 20 to 25 that will use the kitchen four times a year in two hour sessions. There is focus on mental health and this age group because of the increasing number of teens in with mental health issues. The article related the “suicide is an issue, and we want to build resiliency....The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on building resiliency for teens”. It is planed that the cooling classes will the students to form bonds. The classes will have a theme of belonging, generosity, independence and mastery. The cooking classes should tach how to get along and reach goals. The growth comes when a recovering a failed recipes needs saved. Each person in the group will have an ingredient needed in the recipe. Through the cooking process they will learn “evaluating goals, adapting to changes, persevering through challenges and receiving feedback in a respectful way”. Competition comes with making a full meal in a given time. In creating the curriculum Global Psychological Services Educational Services in Michigan was use along with a professor of human development at Ohio State University. The skills they learn give a sense of independence and mastery. 

We will be having left overs again tonight....creamed dried beef on toast or biscuits. 

Joy 

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