August 13, 2023 a thought for today, Suspicion is the poison of friendship. German Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was “a bowl full.” I decided to use the ramekin full of dark chocolate morsels.

The minister gave a very good message today but it didn’t quite hit the mark for me. It was on a subject at the forefront in my life right now but my grasp is just off a little from hers. The premise is the same; the “color,” if that makes any sense, is just a different “hue,” just barely. So it gave me cause for thought and that is the important part...a seed was planted. 

We will be missing a birthday party for one of my sweet great grandsons today but I don’t think Bob is quite up to a celebration away from home just now. I hope there will be many more for us to share a little later. 

The second upload for yesterday was “get close.”  I see this image every time I stop at McDonalds. It is on the outside wall of a building next to the drive through. I am not sure exactly what it is but it looks essential. 

Again and as usual, this being Sunday there is very little on the agenda. Just things slow and easy and restoring. One side thought though: a little thing came up the other day to spark a subject that pops up every now and then and may or may not tie in some small way to this weekly honored tradition. So I will reiterate something I may have said before. There is a difference between housekeeper and home maker. I was never a housekeeper, never will be and never wanna’ be. I am a homemaker......on Sundays and every day.

On the way home from church I stopped and got Bob a chocolate milk shake and went by the park for one of the photo-a-day shots. 

The first upload for today was “a walk in the park.” This is one of the images I shot when I took a quick trip through the park this morning. 

The word for today is choice. He that drinks his cider alone let him catch his horse alone, Benjamin Franklin.  It is your own convictions which compels you; that is, choice compels choice, Epictetus. Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. Aeschylus.  I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day, Abraham Lincoln.  Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable, Francis Bacon.  I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything, James Boswell.  Choose well. Your choice is brief and yet endless, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Choose always the way that seems the best, however rough it may be; custom will soon render it easy and agreeable.  The strongest principle of growth lies in human choice, George Eliot. Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times. Aeschylus.  

The second upload “assignment” for today is titled “golden hour.” I wasn’t awake for a golden hour for the last few days so this one is from the archives. 

Here is a story about an identity for Columbus. According to one of my favorite reporters Columbus doesn’t have an “identity.” Here is the reasoning behind the thought. It is the 14th largest city in the country, it is the state capital, a renowned football team lives here, we are drawing a “significant economic development, centrally located and we are still “anonymous.” And here are some of his conclusions: size doesn’t matter; being a capital is a “wash.” We may get a “star of roadmaps......(for) appearing as an answer on Jeopardy.” Here’s one: “Does the fact that a city is known for being riveted by the athletic performance of a few recent high school grads really help sell it as a major metropolis?”  He stresses there are “sprawling rectangular buildings that you will never visit without an invitation?” He asked the question, Intel will be significant but how much will that help Columbus?  He then mentioned that con chips will be a big deal economically, I have to ask: If the presence of Honda or American Electric Power or Victoria’s Secret hasn’t sent Columbus’ profile soaring, why would Intel? — Being located within 500 miles of nearly half the U.S. population doesn’t equate to prominence.  Columbus sits amid a lot of better-known places: Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit, Chicago. I can only conclude it gets lost in the crowd. Maybe Columbus is just too complex to be easily branded with an identity. Or maybe acquiring an identity is something that can’t be rushed. Or maybe if we all take a deep breath and focus, something will come to us. In the meantime, we have quite a list of what doesn’t work”

Baked spaghetti and Stouffers chicken parm left overs for dinner tonight,

Joy

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