September 26, 2023 a thought for today, If you would have the lamp burn, you must pour oil into it. German Proverb

The first upload for yesterday was another of the “my choice.”  A flower that has seen its best days but still hanging on for one more day.

There is some painting going on outside.....hopefully the garage will be done today. It is looking much better. There was a lot of old peeling paint, now it is beginning to look much fresher. Today is also a food pantry day.....

.......I’m back from food pantry. We had a good number of families today and the movement in and about was smooth. No one had to wait very long to be waited on. 

I was able to spend some time working on the thank you notes. I am trying to get some formatting done so I can complete the messages. I think I bit off more than I could chew trying to make them “special.” I am doing an insert with a personal message on them instead of the over-the-counter pre-printed style cards. I have most but not all of the addresses I need so I will have to figure a way to find those. I also want some special postal stamps to “match” as close as I can, the colors on the card. 

The second upload for September 25 was “mess.” It is some of the old cans and

containers that need to be gone through and thrown out or at least neatened. 

I am glad it hasn’t been raining today and hope that Brian will be able to finish the painting. It is supposed to rain the next couple of days. Hopefully what he gets done today will be ok in the wet weather. 

While I was at the church, I got the rest of what I need to finish the bulletin also. I should be able to get that done tomorrow along with the insert of anthem lyrics, the birthday card and the envelopes printed before I go back to pantry. 

The fist upload for today is “grown.” This is Sue’s black berry bush getting a running start. 

The word for today is mystery. The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery, Francis Bacon.  It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit, Antoine Rivaro. Veiling truth in mystery, Virgil.  Mysteries are due to secrecy, Francis Bacon.  At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be infinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable, Henry David Thoreau. In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors, William Blake. Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious, Thomas Carlyle.  I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat, Edgar Allan Poe.  It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land. Sitting Bull.  Friendship! Mysterious cement of the soul, Sweet'ner of life, and solder of society. Robert Blair.  Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use. Alexander Pope. 

The next upload for today is another “my choice.” Meet Tiger, he is not mimicking his larger cousin he is bored. 

Here is a bit of inforamtion that may start some thinking on the subject of technology’s social media aspect in its reach and what it is doing to all ages of people for good or bad. The article was written by a professor of Industrial and Civil Engineering. He wrote that he in his position “specializes in understanding how humans interact with computers and a psychology professor with expertise in mental health. It is mentioned that there are studies to show how to understand the motives of young people who try social media challenges. In those studies the “identified four key factors that motivate young people to participate in a challenge: social pressure, the desire for attention, entertainment value and a phenomenon called the contagion effect.” The social pressure aspect forces some to believe they will be better accepted if they try a particular challenge like the ice bucket challenge. Some want to be included with others who have already tried the challenge. Others try a “challenge” to get attention. The problem is the fact is that people can be seriously injured in some of the “popular” challenges. A third reason for some to try a challenge seen through social media presentations (digital media platforms) is for amusement or curiosity. They think that others will find them funny and “brave.”  The last type mentioned in the article is the “contagion effect....behaviors, attitudes and ideas spread from person to person.” After or as part of the studies in this field by the professors who participated the “research also explored how participants viewed challenges after doing them.” Some said they hadn’t fully understood the “physical danger or potential risk” and would have “opted not to do the challenge.” So the final outcome to this study was that if “more information about the potential risks......was offered to students in schools.....and shared on social media, it could help teens and young adults” make better decisions. 

Peggy brought us homemade vegetable soup yesterday so I think I will make salmon patties to go with it for dinner. 

Joy

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