January 17, 2023 a thought for today, Each day learns from the one before it, but no day teaches the one after it. Russian Proverb

An upload for yesterday was called “teddy bear”. I don’t have any kids around the house any more and I lost my last stuffed teddy bear along, long time ago. But I do have two tiny little statues of a teddy bear. 

I got the bulletin done and sent out for review. Yesterday was more productive at home than today is going to be. I got the dog’s badly needed water bottle cleaned. That sounds like an easy chore but it....wasn’t. I couldn’t get the base off so that I could give the whole thing a good scrubbing (that’s why I had put it off for so long). Then I got a large load of dishes washed and the refrigerator cleared. Besides all of that I got a big batch of homemade noodles made. Then there was the ususal flour (everywhere) to clean up....the noodles were delicious. 

Another upload for yesterday was “recommendation”. I tried to take a photo of my noodle making machine after I had made a batch of noodles but when I examined the photo in Photoshop I decided there was too much flour all over the place to use that photo so I took a shot of the noodles as they were cooking in the beef broth/gravy. 

I had a meeting at church in the evening. It’s hard to motivate getting out on a chilly and rainy night. But it’s always nice to spend some time with friends and getting important work done at the same time. 

Now it’s time to get ready to go to food pantry. 

.....I’m home from pantry.....we had a very good turn out today. It feels good when the pace is steady instead of in patches. It’s nice that we can help people this way. We had one ask about our free meal on Saturday to. 

My first upload for today was “kindness”. I think one hand touching another show a close and meaningful kindness. 

The word today is appearance.   ...and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield.  Appearances are a glimpse of the unseen. Anaxagoras. You cannot judge by outward appearances; the soul is only transparent to its Maker. Hosea Ballou. It is not your outward appearance that you should beautify, but your soul, adorning it with good works, Clement of Alexandria.  First appearance deceives many, Ovid. The appearance of religion only on Sunday proves that it is only an appearance, John Adams. Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance, Saint Augustine.  The Lord prefers common looking people. That is why he made so many of them, Abraham Lincoln.  The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance, Charles Lamb. If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. William Blake. The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. Daniel Defoe.  

Another upload for today is “sunrise”. This was taken on an early morning a few months ago, overlooking my neighbors house.  

This article is talking about the renovation of a railroad station in our neighbor Delaware Ohio. There is a rail depot in Delaware Ohio that was built in 1885. After many years being used for a variety of purposes then sitting vacant for several years it has deteriorated. It was purchased in 2019 by a company that plans to redevelop the building into a “community destination”. It will include a restaurant and office space. In 1906 the depot became part of the New York Central Railroad. Passenger train services faded and the depot was no longer in use by 1950.  In 2018 it was “added to Preservation Ohio’s list of most endangered historic sites.” It is considered to have good prospects for its new uses because of it’s location and the growth of the city. As part of the renovation the plan is to be “removing an embankment to expose portions of the hand-hewn basement stone foundation to allow for walkout restaurant and patio space”. On the first floor there will be a walk out patio. The renovations with take place in “accordance with the historical character of the property”. Much of Delaware’s east side is being revitalized.  

It’s going to be a quick dinner in the air fryer tonight....chicken fires and potato salad. 

Joy

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