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Our Daily Thread 5-19-14

Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Janice.

On this day in 1535 French explorer Jacques Cartier set sail for North America. 

In 1796 the first U.S. game law was approved. The measure called for penalties for hunting or destroying game within Indian territory. 

In 1864 the Union and Confederate armies launched their last attacks against each other at Spotsylvania in Virginia. 

In 1911 the first American criminal conviction that was based on fingerprint evidence occurred in New York City. 

And in 1958 Canada and the U.S. formally established the North American Air Defense Command. 

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Quote of the Day

“A question that sometimes drives me hazy, am I or are the others crazy?”

Albert Einstein

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Today is Dusty Hill’s birthday.

And it’s Pete Townshend’s too. From MTVClassic1

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Anyone have a QoD?

38 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 5-19-14”

  3. Good morning Ann.

    They’re sleepin’ I guess.

    I have an email that Michelle asked me to send along to you. You must use a smart phone so there is no email address on file to send it to. If you would send me an email, I can pass it along to you, or you could email Michelle at her blog so she has your email to send it along. Whichever works for you.

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  4. I haven’t caught up with y’all for a few days, but want to say hello. I had the best time at my 25th reunion! I went to San Antonio on Thursday morning and got home last night about five. Six of my dearest friends from St. Mary’s Hall and I rented a large condo a couple of miles from SMH. When we attended (class of ’89), it was an all-girls’ boarding school. The school was founded in 1885 and had always been for girls only. Unfortunately, it is now co-ed and no longer has dorms, so the entire dynamic of the school has changed. So many improvements have been made, it was almost unrecognizable. There were 45 girls in our graduating class–now they have about 100 students per grade–so it’s grown considerably. It was bittersweet to see all the changes and to realize the SMH I remember no longer exists. I don’t want my kids to go to boarding school, but it’s sad that the option is no longer there. It was a special place where girls forged some amazing bonds; I’m thankful I got to be a part of it.

    Our Freshman and Junior year English teacher, Mr. Loomis, who retired about a year ago, was in attendance. He was a favorite of all of us and it was such fun to see him. He still had three of my papers from his course junior year and they were a stitch to read! One of the papers addressed the question, “How do you define yourself?” — which made for some very comical reading (I was all of sixteen when I wrote it). I didn’t keep anything from high school (other than my annual and one uniform), so it was interesting to remember how I thought as a teenager.

    We stayed up until two am reminiscing, looking through old photo albums and watching videos of ourselves from that era. My stomach muscles are actually sore from laughing so much and I’ve almost completely lost my voice. But, it was so worth it! Even though the seven of us don’t talk very often, I know I could still call any one of them at any hour of the day or night in a crisis and they would move heaven and earth to support me. It’s good to have friends like that! We have already made plans to meet in Nashville next April for a long weekend. One of us lives there (in Belle Meade) and has a home large enough to host us all (her husband and two kids will be in Memphis during our visit, so we’ll have the house to ourselves). All in all, it was a great weekend and I’m so glad I have such a supportive husband who was willing to hold down the fort so I could go.

    Changing the subject: Did someone from this blog send me a friend request on Facebook? I didn’t recognize the name, so didn’t accept, but if it’s someone on here, I’d love to know so we can be “friends”.

    Y’all have a great day!

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  6. I tried to post this last night on rants and raves, but it wouldn’t let me. I think the problem was at my end, but I do see there are no posts from later than that last night either there or on WV.

    🙂 Have had a lovely day. Good church service and Sunday school, with a couple people present who’ve been out recently with illness.

    🙂 On our way home, my husband suggested a walk in the state park. Weather was perfect, so I happily said yes. So we came home, changed to hiking clothes, and went back out.

    🙂 Previous times on the trail we took today, we haven’t seen any birds. But with birds singing everywhere and the trees not yet in full leaf, we saw multiple species, and I got photos of several (including my first photos of a couple of species).

    🙂 We also went to the nature center, which we’ve never visited. They have bird feeders outside, which attract an array of birds. I got some more photos of orioles, including a female who seemed to be glaring at me. 🙂

    🙂 And I got plenty of photos of wildflowers and of chipmunks, and a couple photos of a “squadron” of geese flying overhead (they looked like airplanes).

    🙂 And because of course we needed to make up for the walking we did, we got ice cream on the way home.

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  7. When we graduated, the entire class wore a formal white gown by Victor Costa and carried eighteen long-stem roses. Well, one of us brought the dress and managed to squeeze into it (I was quite jealous). When she descended the stairs in the dress, we all erupted in gales of laughter. I no longer have mine as I gave it to Connie years ago to send to her country (El Salvador). One of her nieces used it as a wedding dress, sewing on sequins and beading. The finished product was quite beautiful and the bride was beaming in her “new” dress.

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  8. Good Morning everyone. I had a great weekend. Of COURSE Saturday morning I woke up at 4:30 and couldn’t go back to sleep. Yesterday morning I work up at 5 and couldn’t go back to sleep and THIS morning the alarm woke me at 6! Why is that?

    Have a great day. I am plowing through contracts today that have been stacked willy-nilly in the file room. We have got to get some order around here.

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  9. In my second year at U. S. Carolina, I had to write a paper on my philosophy of life in a Personal Psychology class. I would be embarrassed by it now. Sophomores should never have to write such papers. At that point in their lives, sophomores just want to go to the next grade.

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  10. Good (late in the) morning!

    Our Japanese maple brings a different color to spring. That is one of the two trees that my father was going to chop down in his front yard when they moved into their last home. My husband dug up the trees and transplanted them in our yard. It was a big job, but worth it.

    This cooler weather still seems so odd. Back to paying heating bills when I was trying to save money by not turning on the A/C.

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  13. Nine hours at the desk yesterday, at least that many today and tomorrow, ribs still hurting, no Zumba and frequent forays into the depths of despair.

    If only this writer could touch those emotions in her book!

    Lots of good news on the kid front, another likely novella contract (or two!) and excellent prayer times! I like what OC (Oswald Chambers) said this morning at http://www.utmost.org:

    “God does not keep His child immune from trouble; He promises, “I will be with him in trouble . . .” (Psalm 91:15). It doesn’t matter how real or intense the adversities may be; nothing can ever separate him from his relationship to God.

    “In all these things we are more than conquerors . . .” (Romans 8:37). Paul was not referring here to imaginary things, but to things that are dangerously real. And he said we are “super-victors” in the midst of them, not because of our own ingenuity, nor because of our courage, but because none of them affects our essential relationship with God in Jesus Christ. I feel sorry for the Christian who doesn’t have something in the circumstances of his life that he wishes were not there.

    “Shall tribulation . . . ?” Tribulation is never a grand, highly welcomed event; but whatever it may be— whether exhausting, irritating, or simply causing some weakness— it is not able to “separate us from the love of Christ.” Never allow tribulations or the “cares of this world” to separate you from remembering that God loves you (Matthew 13:22).”

    🙂

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  14. Sounds like everyone had good a weekend 🙂 but they do end too soon! Ann, saw a couple of your photos on FB, looked like you were all having fun. And Cheryl, that hike sounds wonderful, lucky you. 🙂 I trust we’ll see the bird pics in due time.

    My weekend was productive, got some cleaning done around the house and managed to make an appearance at the work bowling ‘party,’ slipping out after an hour as I’d planned after having 2 diet pepsis and chatting to a sufficient number of people I didn’t know. 🙂 It reminded me of a work picnic my dad had to go to once in the foothills when I was a kid; my mom and I came, too, and we all had to put name tags on (HELLO, My Name Is _______). As I recall, he didn’t want to go to that, either. 🙂

    I saw Pete Townsend & The Who in concert a couple times back “in the day” (1970s).

    Should be an easy day for me, I’m covering an afternoon announcement of renovations being made to a neighborhood park that had been neglected and taken over by ‘bad guys’ (kids, mostly, who were also vandals and liked to deal drugs). But it once was a well-used family park with a baseball diamond and all kinds of organized holiday and summer events for children — when the city could afford a full-time park director.

    Thanks to the neighbors who pitched a fit over its recent deterioration, the city now is going to dump some money and attention back into it. It’s not far from my house, so I’ll be able to write most of the story in advance at the office beforehand and then finish it up pretty quickly at home after the 3 p.m. ceremony.

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  15. michelle, we’re delving into Rom. 8:28-32 over the next few weeks at church. “More than conquerers.” Love that. Trials and tribulations come, but we still are in God’s hand and living out His purpose.

    How reassuring that is.

    You’re going to get me to revisit Oswald Chambers yet (I used his daily devotions eons ago but not in many years since).

    Hard to beat Spurgeon, though. 😉

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  16. Peck Park, Donna? It was dangerous when I lived there as a kid, but that’s where I learned to swim!

    I know, I know. I’ve never read Spurgeon but FB is causing me to consider him–several people I respect cite him regularly . . . Hmmm. I wonder if there’s a book there?!

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  17. I’ve sent Annms a copy of my memoir because I think some sections are pertinent to her situation, but since I didn’t have her email address, I went through AJ.

    Having now midwifed us together, he’s retiring from the scene, but I wrote him the following thank you and I believe you should see it too:

    “Thanks for all your help.

    I wrote Mickey McLean an email once and reminded him of the value for the Kingdom of God that the WorldMag Blog provided. I told him of us sending Phos to Gambia and supporting each other in so many ways, not the least being prayer.

    I told him I knew World Mag made no money from the blog and it probably was a financial drain, but that work for eternity should not be discounted. He acknowledge my email and wished us all the best on Whirled Views.

    This remains true with the work you do [AJ] on WV. Sometimes we get caught up in our lives and the drudgery and normalcy of it all and we can lose sight of the work we inadvertently do for the Kingdom of God. I know it takes time to put together a blog and to follow it. I know WP can drive you crazy, but your devotion to this blog is important. God is served with this work, and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.

    I don’t know if you ever get asked at church for more volunteer hours, but I want you to remember that WV is Kingdom Work, because as OC reminds us, “prayer is the more important work.” The prayer, support and encouragement of this blog serve Jesus.

    I’m getting off the pulpit now, but I think I’ll post this myself on the blog!

    LOL

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  20. Good Morning all and amen to Michelle’s sentiments….
    I need to get busy around here…Spring has sprung and I have some cleanup chores around the house and property…sun is shining!!

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  23. And AJ, as I recall, Worldblog went through a lot of moderators through the years. We’re trying to be nicer to you so that we can keep you around longer. 🙂

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  29. One of the ladies I took to the VIP Support Group today is100 years old. She was complaining because they won’t let her go to Dubai. She went on a cruise with her boyfriend last year. But they won’t let her go now.
    There’s some sort of discrimination here.

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  32. My thanks too, Michelle. It means a lot to be able to check in with you all at the end of my day and as I wake. Just 6:49am here. Your companionship nourishes me.

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  35. What a lovely day it was here today…it reached 81!! Worked a bit in the yard…birds singing…spied fresh green leaves emerging from the warming soil…oh I love Spring!! But…the miller moths are invading…we get them every year…and they drive us crazy…thousands of them…and they are everywhere…behind the downspouts, in the plants, bushes, light fixtures…and if they get into the house…ugh! Flyswatters to the rescue…or Paul likes to use the handheld vacuum to suck them up! 🙂 Hope everyone had a most blessed day today….

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  37. Up early. Time to consider last minute selections for casting my vote on the primsry ballot. I got info to change my mind on the Senate race on Sunday. It was reaffirmed uesterday when I spoke with another person.

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  38. Truly, Miss Bosley needs to run for House Representative. She has ruling manners. If her purrs don’t inspire the constituents then her claws and jaws will.. 🙂 😦

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