January 25, 2023 a thought for today, Something well cared for lasts two centuries. Russian Proverb

One of the uploads for January 24 was “something I love”. She appears a lot in my uploads. She is a big “love” in this house and in this part of our lives right now. 

I have been busy again today. This would be a food pantry day, but it had to be canceled because of the weather. It was predicted through yesterday afternoon and last evening that we were getting up to three plus inches of snow with rain and sleet on top of it. It doesn’t look that severe to me this morning but I don’t have to be out driving in it either. Hopefully there won’t be ice tomorrow so I can get the printing done. 

I finished the bulletin and most of the newsletter this morning along with the extra data to goes with them. Then made a couple of phone calls and important email. After that some cleaning in the kitchen.  

A second upload for yesterday was “J is for....” other than my name,    J is for jar (and a lot of other things to) but this was my choice for today. 

I had to make a trip to Kroger yesterday hearing what the weather would be today. Sweet Pea was out of her food and treats and I needed a couple of things that I had forgotten to order last week. I couldn’t find the kibbles I had been getting for her so I bought a different one. I was surprised at how much she seemed to like this one.

An upload for today is “food”. I was making sloppy joe for dinner and grabbed that along with the tomatoes for the salad for my upload for today. 

The word today is benefits.  Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble, Benjamin Franklin.  For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown, Victor Hugo.  Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to others, Gautama Buddha. A benefit is estimated according to the mind of the giver, Seneca The Younger. The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. Lao Tzu.  Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it. Thomas Paine. Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. Seneca.  That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians. William Blake.  Let your cares drive you to God. I shall not mind if you have many of them if each one leads you to prayer. If every fret makes you lean more on the Beloved, it will be a benefit, Charles Spurgeon. 

The second upload for today was “fire”. I decided to make one chore the subject of both photo uploads for today. 

Here’s another story, a little more history about how Columbus grew sharing a side effect of that growth. The title of the article was a questions....”Was Colonial Hills Built For World War II Workers?” This is another of the articles I have found at “Curious Cbus” (related to the Broad and High PBS show). This community is a quiet and “family-friendly” suburban neighborhood in Worthington. The article reported that it is a development that began during the war and“boomed in the post-World War II period”. The article went on the say that in 1927 construction began but stopped because of problems in the depression. Years later when the war began housing was in demand for “defense industry executives to live”. It went on to relate that 200 homes were built in 1942 for workers in the executive level, possibly at Curtiss-Wright, not workers, soldiers and veterans. Curtiss- Wright employed 24,000 people and made naval aircraft during the war. This number of people caused the need for housing in many areas of Columbus. Another note of interest in the article was that Colonial Hills was not only exclusive to executives it also restricted African Americans as well. It is interesting as well to recall that in WWII African Americans were permitted to hold high ranking offices in the military. Over time this restriction stayed in place even though there were attempts to change the policy. The deed of 1938 established in Colonial Hills (relating to the African Americans) was never removed, but when segregation was abolished by the Civil Rights Act in 1964, the deed was no longer in effect. “Today, Colonial Hills is a patchwork of houses built at different times for different reasons” and is a highly desirable neighborhood.

I think it will be sloppy joe for dinner tonight. 

Joy

                            looks like another “sink hole” presented itself