October 4, 2023  He who has once invited the devil into his house, will never be rid of him. German Provers

The first upload yesterday was “white.” Sweet Pea is all white and I like the pose she was making for me. 

I had an addition to put in the bulletin. I did that so I think it is really done this time. I worked on the thank you notes. Once the ones that were finished were in the envelopes I found that I needed an additional six notes. So I printed and divided those and got them in the proper envelopes. I believe they are all ready to go now except for the seals and stamps. 

I want to continue with the  effort of cleaning out both freezers since refuse pick up is tomorrow. I will do it a little at a time as I do most of my involved household projects. I have learned, as most of we “senior citizens” do, things slow down as the years creep up, each year adds its toll. 

The second upload for yesterday was “my choice.” This is another of my favorites
from my archives from one of my long ago gardens.

I am still working on one of the things that has become a major change in the past month.... partaking in the necessary daily effort of feeding myself. I am finding I don’t like freezer prepared meals for the most part. I certainly don’t mind giving up the cooking full meals. I am going to try to readjust my favorite recipes for smaller and quicker meal preparations. It’s going to take some practice to change a life long habit.  

I have choir practice tonight and an outreach meeting at church tomorrow evening. Since my eyes are taking the same course as the household project situation, slowing (dimming), I don’t drive well at night. Sue will be taking me until the spring when it will still be light at the time I need to go. I think I am beginning to ramble on so I will stop for now.

An upload for today is “green.” I was thinking what better way to show green that trees and grass. I like the texture on this evergreen tree in my back yard. 

The word for today is sweet. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle.   Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine. Rumi.    What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. William Shakespeare.  Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter. John Keats.  How sweet it is to learn the Savior's love when nobody else loves us! When friends flee, what a blessed thing it is to see that the Savior does not forsake us but still keeps us and holds us fast and clings to us and will not let us go! Charles Spurgeon. Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. Thomas Moore. There is one knows not what sweet mystery about this sea, whose gently awful stirrings seem to speak of some hidden soul beneath. Herman Melville. That it will never come again is what makes life sweet. Emily Dickinson. Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. William Shakespeare.  All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made But to be lost when sweetest. Thomas Moore. Must is a hard nut to crack, but it has a sweet kernel. Charles Spurgeon. No, there's nothing half so sweet in life as love's young dream. Thomas Moore.  Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God. Henry Ward Beecher.

The second upload for today is another of the “my choice” and another from my archives. I like the texture and the aging of this old wooden ate along with the tiny deadline in the right-hand corner.

Here is a bit of transportation history in Columbus and neighboring communities. “Street cars came first.” After that “Ohio had more interurban mileage than any other state, with nine lines in operation.” The article began by mentioning that after the Civil War “urban transportation became an issue, solved by street railways built.” At first the mode of transportation was horse drawn transport followed by an electric-powered type service. As the article mentioned interestingly “by1900s, no Columbusite lived more than about three blocks from a streetcar line.” Soon with the help of a man named Henry Ford automobiles developed. In the early years as can be expected unpaved and narrow roads made things difficult for automobiles. However there were many miles of railroads even though passenger trains “didn’t stop everywhere.” So one solution was “electric interurban railroad......filled that transportation gap.” The interurban type transportation opened in 1887. It began between in the area from Granville and Newark. Daily newspapers could be tossed from them to “trackside homes.”By the 20th century Ohio was outstanding in the interurban peak. Other cities involved in the tract were Marion, Cleveland, Zanesville, Lancaster, Chillicothe, Orient, Springfield, Dayton, Cincinnati, Toledo. Eventually it “enabled....converges” to form a single freight and passenger depot at Third and Rich streets. All this ended around the time of World War I with paved highways and improved quality for automobile travel. In 1938 here in Columbus the last interurban car disappeared and city streetcars were gone several years later. 

I think I am going to make chili for dinner.

Joy

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