January 18, 2025 a thought for today, Who steals from a thief goes unpunished. Hebrew Proverb

An upload for yesterday was “looking up”. This is obvious. It was a glance to the top of a neighbor house to see the bit of snow that was left after some melting. 

Another upload for yesterday was “boots”. This was a friend coming through
the kitchen after being outside in a snow drift. 

The third upload for yesterday was “triangle and angles”. This is another neighbors house that has an interesting shape over the front door along with several other shapes in the overall design. 

Life today. I am at a point where I am wondering if “happenings” will slow down in my life enough to the point that I will be bored.  There’s no “unsurmountable” problems just tiny little “bumps” that need tended to. “Bumps” that require time and thought. For instance, just a tiny one that came up today. A message in my car warned me that “oil change is required”. First of all I have never had a car that tells me it needs something other than a flat tire or gas tank showing near empty or such things that are obvious with no “message” on the dash board. I was under the impression that when we had it at the mechanics a few weeks ago that that among the other things was attended to. Another of the “bumps” is dealing with unusually harsh winter weather predictions that require attention to comfort and safety. I am not looking forward to being bored but maybe more space between “bumps”. There are more, maybe ten or twelve, bumps that are to minor too mention, all the same need tended to. I guess I should just hang it up and call it “life”. 

Yesterday Lowell and I met with a man telling us about the choices we have in replacing our now outdated air conditioner. Wow the cost!

Sue went to visit the twins today.

My first upload for today is “a fave animal”. I am an animal lover so I could have made several choices but at this point in my life my fave animal is Sweet Pea. 

I am meandering with my writing right now and I still have groceries to put up and “important” things to do.  I love Saturdays....smile. Bedsides I also want to watch the finished product on the HGTV home remodel I have at the moment on the TV beside my computer.

The next upload for today is “technology”. I gathered just some of the “technical” items in my house right now. There is a lot of technology in the world today. 

The word today is root. There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. Henry David Thoreau.  Grow in the root of all grace, which is faith. Believe God's promises more firmly than ever. Allow your faith to increase in its fullness, firmness, and simplicity. Charles Spurgeon.  Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil. Plato.  Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. George Washington.  Humility, that low, sweet root, from which all heavenly virtues shoot. Thomas Moore. The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education. Plutarch. The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. Francis Bacon.  Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you want is not a sceptre, but a hoe. The prophet does not rise to reign, but to root out the weeds. Saint Bernard.  Religion and art spring from the same root and are close kin. Economics and art are strangers. Nathaniel Hawthorne. Christianity is the root of all democracy, the highest fact in the rights of men. Novalis.  He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton.  Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom. Ralph Waldo Emerson.  

The last challenge upload for today is “my choice” so it is another of my series of “partials”. Part of a cereal box and empty bowl. 

Article: This story is about some more green space for our city. In my opinion, green space is always good. This particular story is about space close to my home, a home counting the ones in this neighborhood before this house, of over eighty years. I am always glad to see healthy and aesthetic additions to this area. The title: Amenities Planned for Newly-Preserved Areas, Including 50-Acre Woods on West Side. There is a  Clean Ohio Conservation Program in the works. It looks like the Hilltop will be one of the places for some of this work. There is a triangle shaped bit of land that has been “untouched by development for decades”. Trails are planned for the 50 acre area. It is heavily wooded near Whitethorne Road with more plans down the line. There is a problem in the way at the present which relates to how people will be about get to the site. The article mentioned that “…the number one priority is preserving the largest remaining natural woods in Hilltop.”  This area is called Whitethorne Woods. There has been a map designed which show a rail along a railroad right-of-way. Those tracks run from Grove City to Franklinton.  Right now the plans are being “built” but there is no time line at the present. There are plans for up to six other parcels in Columbus being devolved for improvements. An area near Dahlberg Gibson Learning Center, one in Prairie Township, near Battelle Darby Creek. The article concludes by explaining that “these spaces are essential for clean air, clean water, and biodiversity. By investing in their preservation, we enhance our quality of life and strengthen our communities’ resilience against environmental challenges.”

Tuna Fried Rice sounds good for dinner. 

Joy

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