September 20, 2023 a thought for today, If one word does not succeed, ten thousand are of no avail. Chinese Proverb

My first upload for yesterday was “on the floor.” The best thing on the floor in my house is Sweet Pea. 

I made it to the board meeting last night. I missed the last three since  I didn't want to leave Bob. It feels good to be getting slowly back into my regular activities. I still don't drive at night so Sue has agreed to take me to night time meetings. 

It's another food pantry day so I got as much done as I could before I left for church. I finished  the newsletter. I received a late entry of photos for the picture page so I was able to fix that pretty quickly.

My second upload for yesterday was another of the “my choice”. This one was taken sometime ago. I was entranced by all the shapes, textures and objects in this image. 

After I got those done, I got started on my daily letter/blog and of course the photos of the day.  I want to get as much done as I can. Lowell and I have an appointment for more paperwork for Bob this afternoon and I have choir practice this evening.

Food pantry yesterday was very busy. we served about forty-four families today so far (I am writing when we have a break) we have had 30 families. 

One of todays uploads is called “this season.” Here is a “summery” view of part of my neighborhood. 

The word for today is learning.  Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn, Benjamin Franklin.  A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again, Alexander Pope.  A fool learns from experience. A wise man learns from the experience of others. Otto von Bismarck. We learn geology the morning after the earthquake, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  A man though wise should never be ashamed of learning more and must unbend his mind, Sophocles.  Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere, Chinese Proverbs.  Seeing much, suffering much and studying much, are the three pillars of learning, Benjamin Disraeli.  The things which hurt, instruct, Benjamin Franklin.  He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life, Ralph Waldo Emerson.  Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it, Confucius.  Learning makes a man fit company for himself as well as for others, English Proverbs. Learning is a treasury whose keys are querie, Arabian Proverb. 

This second upload today was another of the “my choice”. The color and delicacy of day lilies always captures my attention and especially as this on with the soft flower against the roughened wooden fence. 

Here is a story about another honor for Ohio’s part of the world. The title of the article is: Millennia-old sites get World Heritage status, Earthworks in Newark-Heath area the first places in Ohio to earn designation. World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity. Numbering (joining) in historical importance with: Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the Taj Mahal in India, the Grand Canyon in the USA, or the Acropolis in Greece. The article began with mentioning that it was twenty months after “Licking County won the Super Bowl of economic development with Intel Corporation” the UNESCO World Heritage Committee “voted to recognize “the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks for inscription on the World Heritage List.” The Earthworks including the Octagon Earthworks, the Great Circle and the Heath all in Newark are “enclosures built by ancient American Indian peoples in central and southern Ohio between about AD 1 and 400.” One of these includes a 2,000 year old set of geometric earthworks every known. One of the promoters mentioned that people will want to see this site because “there were 600 sites in Ohio that had mounds from 100 BC to 300 AD. Two remain and we’ve got them both.” For people keeping up with this kind of information the Newark Earthworks are in a 18.6 moon cycle as the axis aligns with the “northernmost rising of the moon.” It is reported that that area’s “alignment” is the most accurate in the “prehistoric world”.  One of the people interviewed for the article was frustrated that the Earthworks were never mentioned the history textbooks and went on to say the textbooks information began with the year 1200 not with Christopher Columbus. 

For my third upload today the “assignment” was “landscape in black and white”. 

Lowell took me to dinner at York. 

Joy 

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