September 25, 2022 a thought for today, Truth creeps not into corners. German Proverb

So, the first upload for yesterday was “I can smell...”. In this case I could smell the French fries on my way home from McDonalds.

I have mentioned before that I have, at this point in time, four reverends (I honor that title), that I personally consider of the highest standard. One of them gave our service today. The service hit home...again. The thing I can’t seem to understand is how some can hear her message and seem unable to see the education, comprehension and use of scripture this person shares and the deep value in the message.

The second upload for yesterday was from my archives. He wasn’t sure why I bothered to put that easily traversed gate in his way. 

I left early for church so I had a little time to go on a short photo-idea-shopping-trip. I got one for today’s upload and some for future uploads and to be stored in my growing archives. By the time I got to church I was still early so I read my ebook for a while until others came in. 

Now that I am home I don’t plan to do to much...you know, it’s the day for renewal and restoration of spirit. 

The initial upload for today was “laneway”. I pass by the “lane” on my way home, the back way, from Kroger on occasion. 

The word today is kind. Be kind and honest, and harmful poisons will turn sweet inside you, Rumi. A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles, Washington Irving.  A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles, William Hazlitt. For it is in giving that we receive . If a person seems wicked, do not cast him away. Awaken him with your words, elevate him with your deeds, repay his injury with your kindness. Do not cast him away; cast away his wickedness, Lao Tzu.  No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another, Charles Dickens. Kindness is loving people more than they deserve, Joseph Joubert.  Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. Plato. You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late, Ralph Waldo Emerson. He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king. Saint Augustine. In our leisure we reveal what kind of people we are. Ovid.  

The second upload today, another from my archives was this image of some red bricks and rocks that were tossed aside in preparing a bed for flowers.

Here’s another one of those buildings that I would like to see restored and part of its story. In this article there is a building from the 1830s in Delaware Ohio that is being considered for either demolishment or restoration. In 1935 there was a mill near the Olentangy River. Workers began living in a new two-story boarding house built with stone walls. It is now called the Crist Tavern-Millworkers Boarding House. It is on the “on the List of Ohio’s Most Endangered Historic Sites for 2022 by the nonprofit Preservation Ohio”. As the name indicates, the boarding house eventually also became a tavern. Over the years, as life has it, it has “survived” many changes. The latest change was to become a single family dwelling. It was hoped that once the building was placed on the Ohio’s Most Endangered List there would be interest in seeing the importance of the history in the area. It is one of 13 structures on statewide on this list. “Preservation Ohio lacks the funds to preserve each site”. They have to consider each on it’s own merit or importance to history. The owner is considered and has to give certain rights. Apparently there is something called “demolition by neglect - the slow deterioration of a structure that experiences no maintenance” that is considered in these matters. According to the article from time to time people show interest in buying the building but when they “look into the matter more closely” discover it has considerable liability, one being lack of public sanitary sewer service. The walls of the tavern on the property have been covered by Virginia creeper and the roof is beginning to show damage. In closing, it hasn’t be possible to contact anyone associated with the ownership of the property. So the fate of the tavern can’t be predicted at this point in time. 

Maybe an order-in from York Steak House will be dinner.

Joy

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