My Life, My World

November 18, 2025 a thought for today, Gifts make friendship lasting. Danish Proverb

Photos in my life yesterday

The first upload was “a color I wear a lot”. I guess it is blue. I like most colors each for its particular feeling. Blue does seem to e the one I ware most though.

The next upload was “church”. I have a lot of these kinds of photos in my archives. I love most of the architecture in churches.

The last upload was “my choice” and is one of my series of “minimalist”. This leave seemed to be caught in the crack in the cement.

Life today. Yesterday my granddaughter stopped by to give Bobbi a pedicure, and show me how to do it properly. She even left me the tool I will need to do it. She is very use to these kinds of things and more with all kinds of animals, she is a vet tech with several years experience. She also left several treats for Bobbi some that Bobbi can’t seem to get enough of. We also had time for a nice chat, just the two of us. That felt really good.

The weather has changed a little now. There is no bright sun as there was yesterday. It is rainy and yucky. It’s one of the many changes we see some with pleasant hidden surprises. There are so many of those hidden surprises in rainy days some might be stomping in a puddle as a kid.

Today was a food pantry day. I laid in bed before putting my feet on the floor wondering how I was going to get the bulletin finished, the newsletter finished, the envelops printed, activity sheets printed for my favorite six great grandchildren and all of them done before I got ready to leave for pantry. I DID IT!! I got it all out for proof readings....hopefully there won’t be many changes or corrections. The reason I was pushing is that I have a doctor’s appointment, well check, with a new doctor before I have to be at food pantry again tomorrow. I won’t have any time to do it all tomorrow. Now, for the moment anyway, I am a happy camper.

Now that the pressure is in the rear view I can let up on the stress a little.

Pantry was very busy today and one of the computers was on the fritz . That slows things down a bit but Gail and I were able to keep up anyway. Maybe tomorrow will be a little quieter.

The word today is misfortune. The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. Epicurus. The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. Benjamin Disraeli. Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. Robert Louis Stevenson. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving. Here is the rule to remember in the future. It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. Sophocles. It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. Thucydides. Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle. Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. Plato. Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. Charles Dickens. A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. Joseph Addison. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. Publius Attius Varus. It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence. Voltaire. For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others. Marcus Tullius Cicero. No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly. Michel de Montaigne. Misfortune does not help us to believe. Alexandre Dumas. Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting. Aeschylus.

Article: This subject looked interesting at least in the thinking of how “evolution” took place. There is something to be learned in all types of communications. This was a question asked by a child and researched and answered by a professor of anthropology. The title is “If evolution is real, then why isn’t it happening now?” The article starts out by saying that as life progresses evolution occurs and it happens to “help us survive”. It further relates that adaption is a part of this process. The article continues to talk about the culture and environment changes as it relates to evolution. As an example it mentioned as ancient humans moved to cloudy and cooler places skin color became a factor due to the production of vitamin D in the skin. A little later in the article it mention the food we eat contributes to the evolutional question. Thousands of years ago when people learned to milk cows as an addition to their food source it was discovered some were not able to digest milk properly. The article stated that many people thousands of years ago who became ill when they drank milk, “an important source of food”, were less likely to survive as well as those who could. The article said that as people who were able to drink milk reproduced more of society could use that food source. It was mentioned that “cultural practice of milking animals that led to these genetic or biological changes” is part of the description of evolution changes and “show how the remarkable diversity of foods that people eat around the world can affect evolution”. It further mentioned how epidemics and how they are handled affect evolution. I think this could be just a natural growth and learning process as is the clothing change from a fig leaf to modern styles.

Maybe Welsh rarebit or soup for dinner

Photos in my life today