October 20, 2023 a thought for today, Imperceptibly the hours glide on, and beguile us as they pass. Latin Proverb
The first upload for yesterday was “my choice”. This is a peek-a-boo view of the neighborhood through the door.It’s been a day of one way here and one way there. They called to tell me my car was ready to pick. They needed to order a part after some diagnosis yesterday when we dropped it off. They found they needed to order the part. So they kept the car until this morning when they got the part in. Sue had gone out for an errand and Lowell was at work. I called both to see if one could take me to pick it up. Sue got home a little after I had left her a message so she took me over to Toyota. One of the good things about it besides that the car has been tended to was that they had given me a slight discount so it wasn’t quite as much as they had first quoted to me. Having it back in the drive way where it belongs feels good.
The second upload was for “one colour”. I happened to pick a set of worn cement stairs. I found it hardto find just one color unless it would have been white on white or a red scarf on a red bed spread.
I mentioned a while back that I was starting a “year-long-spring-cleaning” (drawers and closets and cupboards) project. I have been at least touching on it every day since I made that proclamation. Today I got into one of the drawers where there are all kinds of small this and thats that may need to be kept.....or not (and I have more drawers and shelves like that). It is a game of do I or don’t I.....a time consuming event but at least I have begun wading in on it. In that particular drawer there are memories from way back, some as far back as my father who died in 1963. Along with that was a memory I had forgotten about of one of Bob’s activities that he was very proud. He was Chaplin of a group of the Sons of the American Legion. I also found an old, boatswain’s pipe. I put the rest that was in the drawer back for a journey back ‘til tomorrow.
It is another of those days that I get started on something then for some reason or another get side tracked to something else.
The first upload for today is “two colours”. This philodendron is green and yellow and it was a handy model for a busy day.The word today is away. If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. George Washington. A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows. Francis of Assisi. For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray. Lord Byron. Sadness flies away on the wings of time. Jean de La Fontaine. Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. Louisa May Alcott. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week. Joseph Addison. The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind. William Wordsworth. Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger. Saint Basil. The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. Lucretius. When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run. Abraham Lincoln. Take away love and our earth is a tomb. Robert Browning.
This image, the second upload for today, is “my choice”. Sweet Pea is enjoyed a gentle petting session.This is an article about one of the places in Columbus that has become an icon. I am adding some comments to the article with my own experiences. Columbus State Community College has just celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. For this celebration as well as the last few “faculty, staff, and students gathered outside Mitchell Hall”. Then they get together and form a number to show the number of years of existence. The article begins by relating that sixty years ago Columbus “was a city in need of skilled workers.” So the Columbus Board of Education met and decided that a trade school with two yeas technical training after high school would be a good system for a “post-secondary education for area students.” The school began in 1963 with the name Columbus Area Technician’s School – also known as CATS.” The first class was made up of sixty-seven students. In the beginning courses offered were business processing, electronics, and mechanical engineering. New courses of classes were offered in chemical engineering and wholesale management. In 1967 a charter allowed “the college to award associate degrees in 11 technical programs.” At about that time the name of the college was changed to Columbus Technical Institute. At around that time I took several courses to prepare myself for future employment in the secretarial field with a change to computer technology. In 1987 the name changed again to the Columbus State Community College. After I completed the first computer courses I continued with a few more of those and added photography courses to enrich my hobby. I earned a Certificate of Digital Photography. In those courses we moved from darkroom work to digital photography. After I received the Certificate in Photography I continued in those courses refining my experiences, skill and growth. In the beginning I took on site classes and eventually went to online classes with some mixed with partial online and some on campus. I read another article about CSCC and found that there are now over 27,000 students over two campuses, “nine regional learning centers, and online courses.” Many students are interested in completing the first two years of a bachelor's degree, then transferring to a four-year university. The “off-campus centers” are located in Dublin, Westerville, Marysville, Grove City, Reynoldsburg, and southwest Columbus (a couple of my classes were at this one). I learned from this second article that there is another satellite campus in Liberty Township of southern Delaware County. I also learned that Columbus State partnered with Ohio State University to allow students and faculty from both schools to work out of the new facility.
I had a third upload today. This one is from the archives. The title for the “assignment” is “early one morning”.It’s pizza night again. I may be cutting down on going out to pick up the Friday night pizzas. I may be just ordering frozen ones from Kroger.
Joy
almost hidden
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