December 9, 2024 a thought for today, Hunger increases the understanding. Lithuanian Proverb

My first challenge and upload for yesterday was “cute”. The two girls in the Sunday school class were given these light up Christmas  necklaces. I felt it fit the challenge “cute”. 

The next upload for yesterday was “my choice” one of my series of winter
trees”. I like the nest “left behind” high up in the tree branches. 

The last upload for the 8th was “red”. These are two of the crochet key chain gifts I have been working on. 

Live today. My car saga goes on, at least for a little while longer. I had to have a hand in the insurance company contacting the original loan company.... I did that this morning. Next, is for the car to be brought back to the original mechanics, then for me to go get my things that are still in it. Next on the agenda is to look for another car as soon as the payment of the loan situation is completed. It would be nice if I can find a car quickly after all of the other necessities are completed. More to come. 

Monday brings the bulletin template up to date. That is done. It will be finished tomorrow with the pastor’s information. 

I had medicine to pick up at Kroger. I figured I had better do that while I still have a rental car available. So I did that also this morning. 

One of the uploads for today is “peace”. I felt that the little angle was a wonderful sign of peace. 

I had a to-do list for today that was a little longer than there are hours in the day. The Christmas holiday season seems to be so busy and time so short. I will get at least one more item on the list done as soon as I finish here. 

The weather has gotten a little warmer at least for a day or two. We have had a little rain along with the temperature change. 

There is a food pantry this week and next. We have them a week earlier in the month than is our custom since we would be running into Christmas day it we stayed with the usual hours. 

The next photo upload is another challenge for an image of “peace”. I like this one with a light (moon) showing through the night time clouds. 

The word today is price. The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it. Henry David Thoreau.  The price of inaction is far greater than the cost of making a mistake. Meister Eckhart.  Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. St. Jerome.  All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price. Juvenal.  You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing. Andrew Jackson.  There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves. Francois de La Rochefoucauld.  A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left. Alexander Pope.  Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. Francis Bacon.  No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. Ovid.  For what were all these country patriots born? To hunt, and vote, and raise the price of corn? Lord Byron.  The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty. Robert Louis Stevenson.  

The last upload for today is “on the shelf”. I didn’t have an elf which is what I would had liked on my shelf. So I used this little tree that goes with my Christmas village. 

Article: This is an item from last years newspaper. I don’t think I used this particular article in an earlier blog so I am sharing it today. ‘Tis the season. It may contain information that may be new to some of you. The Scene is now open to the public for this 2024 season. For the last 61 years here in Columbus “you are bound to have seen it: Each Christmas season, shepherds, sheep, kings and a small family have graced the grounds of the State Auto building on East Broad Street”. A part of downtown around the State Auto Insurance building was called a “Christmas Corner.” The Nativity Scene was a major part of that. In 2022 the ownership of the company changed ownership to the Liberty Mutual Group. At that time the Nativity Scene was donated to the Museum of Catholic Art and History. They in turn provided it to  St. Joseph Cathedral. The Nativity Scene can now be seen at the St. Patrick’s Church Downtown”. It is believed to be the “largest Nativity Scene in the Midwest in terms of the number of figures and scenes depicted”. One visitor to the scene last year noted that “the display was more “spread out” than it had been at State Auto”. The article goes on to mention history about the figures that make up the scene. The figures are “department-store mannequins”. They were “repurposed by Gordon Keith, the designer. He once designed Lazarus department store window displays. The designer mentioned that “improvements and modifications had been made over the decades”. The figures were “built up” with added foam, leather, burlap and other materials added. To move the scene from the insurance company storage building to the new storage for the church it took 12 26-foot trucks to move it that included all the figures as well as the scaffolding, backdrops and lighting.  The bishop was in attendance for the arrival of all the various elements. Last year when the scene was first set up and opened in its new Christmas season home “the cathedral (was) open (with) hot chocolate and coffee. Our museum was open across the street”. Last year “On Fridays and Saturdays, area choirs and instrumental ensembles will be performing inside the cathedral through the end of the month”. This year the Nativity Scene will be open to the public from Friday, November 29, 2024 – January 6, 2025.

I think it will be soup and fish for dinner. 

Joy

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