From Dec. 27, 2012. It’s Day 2 of the weird week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The climax of the holidays, for most of us, has passed, but the holidays are very much with us still. I like this week. I obviously don’t have a lot to impart this morning, so I’ll take this one last opportunity to remind you: you still can click on the “Clearance Sale” banner below and buy A&J T shirts at half price, shipping included. The banner will come down at the end of the week, and these designs will be sold here no more. There is still a variety of colors and sizes, so go spend that Christmas money.
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Odd how msny, Hal.
From the Book of Faces:
My wife just stopped and said,
“You weren’t even listening, were you?”
I thought…
“That’s a pretty weird way to start a conversation!”
I was delighted to find, on Christmas, that two family members made charitable donations in my name. One person donated a bunch of honey bees, while the other donated a goat. Exactly where these gifts will end up is not available information. It is my earnest hope they don’t end up near each other, lest the goat chomp up the flowers the bees need. [Yes, each provided money to get/send the live things.]
It strikes me that the bees may be hard to confine to a given recipient if their scouts find some good nectar in a different locale.
What a wonderful gift. Sort of like the heifer project.
Or this: worldvisiongifts.org
In actuality, the donors used two Lutheran Churches. Both the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod were involved.
There is very little overhead in those group; some would say none. That depends on how the costs are “bookkept” – if attached to that very “help” section, about 10%; if the costs are borne by a separate part of said church, then the “help” section has no overhead by itself.
Oddest thing, I did not expect, total loss of appetite. I just do not want to eat anytning. Or eat if it is in front of me.
Trying to drink a mango peach smoothie I made just now. Well, it has banana, orange juice and Greek yogurt too.
Not nauseated, just won’t eat, not hungry. Thank God for the cherry pie we were given and the ambrosia I made, about all I have eaten since before Christmas.
Great title for an article in the Orlando Weekly: “2017: The Year of Our Oh-Lord-What-Now” 🙂
Ghost is on the job…deciding which most calorie-packed foods I can get Jackie to eat without adversely impacting her other heath issues.
I have been sitting in wing chair in living room awake all day. Since I don’t watch tv I settled to browsing genealogy records and cemetery records. And I made an amazing discovery.
Clara Luvenia Wactor, born and died January 10, 1936. She is buried in a family cemetery one plantation over from our family farm in Louisiana. Once her ancestors owned all the lands and adjoining houses along the rivers, including ours and were from wealthy ancestry.
Her parents never had any children, I knew them well. They operated a tiny one room country store and bar, the first place to buy gas, a cold Coke, a beer or play illegal slots.
But because of Clara Luvenia when I was born in 1944 I had clothes and diapers. The war prevented manufacture of goods not required for the war and diapers must not have made the cut.
Just before she died my mother and aunt told me the story of Miss Betty’s baby that died and the trunk of beautiful handmade nightgown and baby clothes.
Tonight I found Clara Luvenia had died eight years before my birth on February 7, 1944.
What an amazing gift. How wrenching for her mother to have given up her hopes for children she would never have. What a generous gift to give my mother.
I saw those clothes. They were handstitched and embroidered in the tiniest threads like by fairies. Or angels.
A beautiful remembrance Jackie, thank you for sharing it.
Jackie if you can drink Ensure or some kind of protein drink as you need the calories and nutrients to fight this thing. Loss of appetite is natural during this therapy, but you need somehow to keep your strength. Please talk with your Doctor and figure out the best option.
What I felt was an interesting take on interpersonal relations in the digital age, with some application to some of us here in the Village.
http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2017/12/internet-know-and-know-know.html
If you google “ensure drink diabetes” you might find versions that work for you.
hi folks! Guess what? My pilot brother and most of his family are here. 🙂 I’ve been enjoying all the young ones. I’m on my second sleepover and the child is still slee[ing. I’ll giver her a little while longer, but they plan on going to movie matinee and I want to have fun before they go. Robert looks well. I can see some of his current problems but wow. From what it was the day of crash to now- wow. Thanks again for all the prayers and good vibes. This village is full of friends.
Jackie- someone is on call for the doctor. Call the office, have them call in a refill on the cough stuff. (unless it was useless) You and Ghost….hang in there, kids. 🙂
{{{Debbe}}}
TR- saw a big telescope on stilts, thought of you. Skies here are clouded over so I’m not sure where they were going but……
Hope y’all have good days!
I’m happy to report that our next astronomy club meeting on 1/10/18 will feature this professor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUC9yHv_aDg
I don’t remember whether I’ve posted this here before, but one truck driver built his own telescope. Our club is trying to arrange a time and place to visit him and his ‘scope:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE9K1QKZ_c
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