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"Like one who seizes a dog by the ears
is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own. "
"Like one who seizes a dog by the ears
is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own. "
A friend sent me an email linking to a site with 10 commandments for pets. One of the last passages said "We do not have to wait for Heaven, to be surrounded by hope, love, and joyfulness. It is here on earth and has four legs!" Just as I finished reading the message on my iphone Orange Kitty stood on his hind legs for a good head scratch. I was setting on the pool deck watching the Koi. When I opened the back door Rascal was waiting for me. As soon as I settled at my desk he tucked himself by my feet under my desk. He gently nipped me once as if asking for the heater. I told him no and he curled up and went to sleep. Yes my cats are sent from Heaven. One was abandoned to us and one adopted us.
Gifts!
"I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something:
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something I can do"
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something:
And because I cannot do everything
I will not refuse to do the something I can do"
The last couple days, for no particular reason I have been listening to news on TV and reading the news section of the newspaper. Those sources would have one believe things have never been worse. I suspect the media is partly responsible for the feeling of doom that seems to have descended on the country. Then Shirley sent me a collection of black and white pictures taken by government hired photographers from 1935 through 1939. Look at the face of the woman holding the baby. She has just sold the tires from her car. They have been living on frozen vegetables from the fields and birds the kids killed. I know there are some people in the USA living in very similar conditions but they have been destitute for a long time. Our hard times means we don't both drive our cars to a ball game and etc.
Click the picture for a larger view. This picture, along with many of the back stories are at the Farm Security Administration archives. It is a massive collection that is fairly hard to browse. But the pictures of our conditions then are worth a great deal of struggle to help understand why we have become what we are.
Since my experience of March 2008 I have been reading portions of the Bible every day on a programmed schedule. Some time back my schedule took me to Genesis. I read through the stories about Abraham, Isaac, Esau, and Jacob without much attention. Gradually though the story of Jacob cheating Esau out of his birth right began to really intrude on my thinking. Was the Bible (GOD) telling us it was OK to lie and cheat and steal? I mean Jacob bare face lied to his father. What kind of GOD have I accepted? Last night I went back to Genesis and reread it several times. Finally I discovered, truly God does hide messages in his book until we need them, a passage that showed that Esau did not value and in fact despised his birthright. He traded his birth right for a bowl of stew. Maybe God saw his heart and knew that Esau would never be able to forge the people that God was going to choose. I won't know until later but my disquiet has been eased.
I have fallen in a lazy stage again so I need to publish a to-do list so I can be held accountable:
1. Mow front yard.
2. Weed eat back yard.
3. Reorganize and clean shed.
4. Replace flashing in valley on back of house.
5. Catalog George Jones pieces so I can sell excess pieces.
6. Discard old magazines and crap books.
7. Make check list of stuff to pack for trip.
8. Buy men's items for Bingo Monday night.
9. Get haircut.
10. Complete updating contacts for motels and car rental in Oregon and Washington.
11. Print list of people to notify, in addition to automatic 10, about iphone entries to the "By bus or by cuss blog.
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 | You are a letter of Christ, prepared by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. 2 Corinthians 3:3 (NRSV)
7/1: Dearest Lord, thank you for bringing us wholeness and, sometimes, physical healing. Thank you for your faithful angels who witness to the possibility of joy in life's most difficult times. Amen. 7/2: Thank you, God, for calling us by name and giving us your personal attention. Accept our humble gratitude through Christ our shepherd and Lord as we pray, "Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation."* Amen. 7/3: Father God, how can we ever thank you for all you have done for us? Show us how to live with thankfulness in our hearts. May that gratitude spill over and touch others around us. Amen. I had not realized just how blessed we are until I started driving the church van to bring these Santa Maria women and the residents of Turning Point and Independent Living to Terrace United Methodist Church. Please click on a PRAYER LISTfor the women of Santa Maria and Bonita House for the week of June 29, 2009. | |
My Wind Chime store is not selling so I am cutting the prices in half. Buy now! Help CAMERON!
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PINEAPPLE PIE OR PUDDING
1 lg package instant vanilla pudding mix.
1 can crushed pineapple undrained (I would think any kind of canned fruit or even watermelon cubed with the juice, I've only used pineapple)
1 small carton sour cream
Stir pudding mix and pineapple with juice together (by hand) and fold in the sour cream (I had everything well chilled first).
Pour into graham cracker crust (or baked) and refrigerate.
Have an extra box of pudding mix handy in case it turns out too runny, just add a little more till it's thick enough.
Thanks Hilda for this cool sounding recipe.
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson
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