March 2, 2023 a thought for today, Wisdom is more precious than rubies.  Proverbs 8:11

The word’s of the hymn’s at last night’s choir practice as usual were refreshing. One thing that bothered me a bit was that I heard we were getting rid of an old piano in the choir room. I guess I am a sentimentalist but I see that piano as  part of the church, part of its history, a “memory marker”,  a familiar and respected piece of furniture. At the church I worked at earlier in my life they “gave up” or gave away old parts and pieces such as this piano of the church only when that church was seemingly dead beyond revival and they had to shut the doors for the last time. It hurts a little.   

An upload for yesterday was “look up”. I mossied out to my back yard for this shot. This was just today so I was amazed to see the green, most of the trees have lost their leaves but several evergreen trees were the frames for this capture. 

Well, the printing is once again done and done. As I have mentioned before the church is very quiet on Thursday morning but today was an exception. There was a huge group of people, some of them waiting when I arrived at 8:30, coming for a recovery group prayer meeting. I like the quiet moments in the Sanctuary every Thursday but on the other side of the coin it was nice to see all those people there today. Patti came in also which allowed us to have some “catching up” conversation too. 

The second upload for yesterday, the first day of the month was “texture”. While I as out in the yard I decided to shoot the second image for today. This is the bricks over grown with moss and wilted grass strands. 

While at church and on the way home I was able to “capture” some of my photos of the day. I have found that there are a lot of opportunities at the church. 

Once at home and after a period of rest I started the laundry. I think that will be the limit of my productiveness for the day except for dinner. 

Today my first shot is “round”. This is one of the water towers at the park down the street from my house. 

The word for today is destiny. It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. William Shakespeare. Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live. Marcus Aurelius.  Character is destiny. Heraclitus.  Let us follow our destiny, ebb and flow. Whatever may happen, we master fortune by accepting it. Virgil.  Are you up to your destiny? William Shakespeare.  How shall a man escape from that which is written; How shall he flee from his destiny? Ferdowsi. Books have their own destinies. Terentianus Maurus.  The efforts which we make to escape from our destiny only serve to lead us into it, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Destiny grants us our wishes, but in its own way, in order to give us something beyond our wishes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.  Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so,  Marcus Aurelius. The willing, Destiny guides them. The unwilling, Destiny drags them, Seneca.  You know how it is. Sometimes we plan a trip to one place, but something takes us to another, Rumi.   

The second capture for today is “buttons”. A few years ago I had a collection of old buttons from Aunt. That collection was lost a few years ago. So I was in search for something to fit the assignment. I shot several pieces of technical equipment, keyboards, television channel selectors, a message machine and this sound board for a streaming system.  

This article discusses ideas suggesting why Columbus is a great place to live. Apparently we were once called “cow town” (“due to an ‘agricultural heritage’”) and the article title is “From Cow Town to Smart City....”. It begin by describing our fireworks over the Scioto River and seen from the LeVeque Hotel. The claims are that this is one display of how Columbus is changing. The name Cow Town has lost the sigma in part due to its growth in technology. Battelle Memorial Institute is one of the biggest forces with “science and technology....  biotech and environmental businesses, not to mention the Xerox copier” along with the promising Intel factory for this growth in Columbus. There is a statement in the article  that says we are a “magnet for talent”. They say that new graduates are drawn to Columbus from Cincinnati and Cleveland for available jobs. Outstanding “beacons” here are the Ohio State University, Nationwide Insurance, the new Amazon warehouse and Intel. Supplying the new residents are fine restaurants and shops as those in the Short North. New unique hotels are coming. There are new types of businesses with names of“Rev1 Ventures” and “ Clenex” . Columbus is also going in to “mobility innovation”. Columbus has been “positioned as Smart Columbus”.  According to the article a “Smart Columbus Experience Center recently set up downtown is pushing for the adoption of electric vehicles by promoting tax subsidies, availability of supercharging stations, and cheaper-to-operate than gas vehicles”. Energy efficiency is on the rise here in the form of car sharing, Uber, Lyft and scooters. Another interesting part of the article was the mention that “ride-hailing is being reinvented here by local entrepreneur Morgan Kauffman, CEO and owner of Yellow Cab Columbus, a taxi service his grandfather first set up in 1928". This service is being formed with energy-efficient and “splashy vehicles”. Another coming innovation is a smart phone technology that can determine driving habits which can lead to determining premiums for a Root insurance. This program can result in a savings of around 52 percent. So, Columbus is on the map. 

 I have some homemade lima bean soup in the freezer that I think we will have for dinner. 

Joy

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