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Our Daily Thread 3+12=15

Good Morning!

On this day in 1609 the Bermuda Islands became an English colony.  

In 1755, in North Arlington, NJ, the steam engine was used for the first time. 

In 1909 three U.S. warships were ordered to Nicaragua to stem the conflict with El Salvador. 

In 1933 President Paul von Hindenburg dropped the flag of the German Republic and ordered that the swastika and empire banner be flown side by side.  

And in 1974 “Wonder Woman” debuted on ABC-TV. 

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Quote of the Day

“How do you know so much about everything?’ was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was ‘By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant.”

John Abbott

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Today is Félix Alexandre Guilmant’s birthday.

 And it’s James Taylor’s too.

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Anyone have a QoD?

79 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 3+12=15”

  3. I have a pair of white tennis shoes. I wear my white tennis shoes everywhere in informal occasions. I even wore them to church Wednesday night.

    Elvera and her sister, Polly went shopping together yesterday. They spent about five hours together. They talk about things. Polly told Elvera that I wear white shoes in the winter. Polly doesn’t let Mel wear white shoes in the winter.
    I gather that I’m not supposed to wear my white tennis shoes in the winter.
    But I’m too old and set in my ways to change.

    Unless some of my fashion experts here tell me not to. I don’t want to create a ruckus.

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  4. Chas, They tell me that the “no shoes white between Labor Day and Memorial Day” rule has been abandoned, although I still can’t bring myself to violate it. However, I never thought it applied to tennis shoes.

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  6. I’ve never thought it applied to tennis shoes either, and if it does, I’m breaking it. Oh well.

    I think the “rule” is silly anyway. Why no pastel colors during the darkest months of the year? For several years in Chicago I tried to ignore that rule (there had been no such rule in Phoenix), but I got so many comments I finally gave up and gave in; it didn’t matter either way. But I still think it’s a foolish social convention that says you can’t wear cheery colors in the months they are most needed. At least red is allowed (though I don’t wear it much, I do wear it some).

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  7. Well what a pretty picture to greet a rainy, overcast, all around yuck morning. The dogs rattled their tags last night. Lulabelle didn’t sleep–she missed her human. Perhaps tonight will be better, although I doubt it. She will be home alone all day so she should be wound up by the time I get home tonight. Amos? Well he is just happy to be. He curled up next to his girl last night.

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  8. Rules of etiquette are what used to keep us a civilized society. Look what relaxing those rules has done, Now we have people with tattoos and holes all over their bodies expecting to be taken seriously. We have people in the workforce who think jeans and a t-shirt are proper work attire.
    I struggle with this because I entered the work force in banking when women were required to wear dresses or dress suits, stockings and heels. Men wore suit and tie. Now I go in to take care of banking and they are in jeans and tennis shoes.

    Some of the rules of dress were designed for extreme climates to mark the passage of the seasons. I personally HATE winter clothes – the point that I just don’t buy that many. March 1 I boxed up most of what I have. You don’t have to wear dark clothes in the winter, you just need to wear a deeper shade of the color. For those still in a quandary let me share the best know it all website I have found.
    Useless trivia–the only fur you may wear if in mourning is sable.

    http://www.missabigail.com/tag/etiquette/

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  9. And we gave away the furs when my mom died. Who knew I could have taken them home to wear in Hawaii!

    A lot fewer people (and food) at last night’s Lenten supper. I guess the homeless visitors wad the draw last week!

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  11. How does a person get named “Deleted”?
    Mother must not have wanted any more. 😉

    I can’t remember seeing a man wearing white shoes, except for sneakers.
    I have a pair of block shoes that I wear with some things.
    And a pair of brown shoes that I wear with some other things.
    And a pair of white sneakers I wear to the Y and other places when I would rather be comfortable.
    But I may not wear them to church again this winter. 😆

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  12. Some good thoughts there, Kim. Teachers also used to dress up more; partly to show authority and partly to give a good example to the students. There is a time for some of those ‘rules’.

    I also wear my white tennis shoes in the winter. Mostly I wear boots, but if there has not been fresh snow I will wear tennis shoes.

    Of course, I still can’t get over women not wearing nylons with dresses. Plus, I will be enormously thankful when leggings are no longer ‘in’.

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  13. Kim, I don’t see not wearing white (or pastels) in winter as a rule of etiquette, but of custom.

    No, I don’t like multi piercings or tattoos (and tattoos are, in my opinion, especially bad on women; a tiny little rose or butterfly on an ankle, fine; tattoos all up and down her arm and on her neck and her back, no). My college required dresses on women for class, and I liked that; it seemed a step down when they changed that rule (after I graduated).

    A couple of years ago, in February or March it was warm enough that I wore a short-sleeved skirt-and-blouse outfit to church. The set is shaded, red on the skirt and lighter red as you go up. Someone commented on how daring it was, or how nice it was, or something or other, but on me wearing “pink” in winter. The outfit isn’t really pink, it’s shades of red.

    But according to social custom, I can’t wear a mint-green sweater any time of year, or a pink sweater, or a peach sweater, because they are too warm for the times of year that they are “acceptable.” So we go through dark, somber winter in dark, somber colors. Bold, bright colors look good on me, so I do OK with the reds, blacks, emerald greens, and dark blues that are acceptable in winter. But pastels are also good colors for me, and winter is when we really need some “brightening.” I have a hunch that some of the paler colors might actually help people with SAD (seasonal affective disorder); the dark clothing everywhere is part of the gloom, in my opinion. I don’t usually even think about it in winter, but sometimes I look around in church and wish for some brighter colors.

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  16. Cheryl, I don’t think color matters so much as fabric. Google photos of Princess Diana. Or even the new duchess. Just the other day Yahoo had a photo of her in a light pink coat speculating if it was a sign of the sex of the baby.

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  17. Kathaleena, I had not paid much attention to leggings because I don’t wear them and if BG does it is around the house with a big t-shirt. Last weekend several of the women wore them with long sleeved t-shirts. I suppose if I did yogo and ran all the time and had their bodies I would be proud of it my own self, but even as great as they looked their who-ha’s were on display—and we were a group of women. I can’t imagine wearing something like that around men.

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  18. I wear my black or gray sneakers, accented with other colors, in winter and switch to my white or other light colors in summer. People wear white/light colors in summer to reflect the heat of the sun and darks in the winter to absorb the heat of the sun. With our climate controlled environments that does not mean much now.

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  19. I wear my black or gray sneakers, accented with other colors, in winter and switch to my white or other light colors in summer. People wear white/light colors in summer to reflect the heat of the sun and darks in the winter to absorb the heat of the sun. With our climate controlled environments that does not mean much now.

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  21. “no shoes white” sounds like the title or start of a short story.

    I don’t have any white shoes, sneakers or otherwise. My good/serious/hiking “tennis shoes” are dark gray-blue and I have some old “real” canvas sneakers in a few colors, the lightest of which is probably the dove gray. I may buy some white canvas sneakers for summer, I haven’t had white sneakers in a long time, but I wouldn’t wear them in the winter. 🙂

    But that’s me. I tend to prefer the darker, more winter/fall colors in general anyway. White sneakers are cute in summer but they kind of seem jarring in winter to my (generally unfashionable) sensibilities, although in California beachwear is OK year round, including flip flops.

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  22. White sneakers with jeans or khakis work year round — but I think it’s when I see them paired with more formal dark pants or a generally dark outfit that they seem “too” much — too much contrast, my eyes fly to their feet which are so … WHITE and eye-catching …

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  23. I don’t wear white shoes because they make your feet look bigger and mine are big enough.
    I also don’t wear red shoes, somewhere along the lines I heard someone say the only people who wore red shoes were children and prostitutes 😉

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  24. First off, what exactly is a tennis shoe?

    I only wear sneakers. I don’t play tennis.

    I have 2 pair of dress shoes, black and brown, No loafers either, I only like lace-ups.

    1 pair of brown casual shoes.

    1 pair of winter boots. I’d like a pair of dressier boots, but it’s hard to find any I like and I’ve been looking for years.

    Now sneakers…. I’m kind of a collector. Hey, I like to try and match them to what I’m wearing. It’s the only accessorizing I do, besides ties.

    I only wear Adidas. I have solid black and a solid brown pair. I have black with white stripes, black with florescent green stripes, 3 pair of white with black stripes, and orange running shoes. I also have a pair of orange and black Asics, but rarely wear them.

    And two pairs of leather sandals and a pair of Adidas flip-flops.

    That about covers shoes.

    And I wear whatever colors I want clothes wise, regardless of the time of year. I just don’t care what society says, I wear what I like, when I like. Don’t like it, too bad, call the fashion police. 🙂

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  26. My favorite weekend, dog park, dog walking shoes are a couple pair of laceless converse that can be worn without socks — one pair is black, but they’re getting really frayed and beat up after surviving a few years interspersed with lots of tumbles through the washing machine; the other pair are a pale gray-tan, sort of.

    This all makes me start thinking about DSW again.

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  27. Um, AJ, with all those shoes . . . are you really sure you’re a guy?

    (BTW, I don’t wear my white sneakers with black pants, if anyone was wondering. But my current single pair of walking shoes is indeed white. I buy whatever feels good on my foot and is affordable, in terms of walking shoes. I don’t care about the fashion police in terms of what I wear on my feet to walk with.)

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  28. Miss Bosley and Annie are the Fashion Patrol for the blog and Miss B gives her 2 paws up that you, AJ, can wear whatever you like, but she would like a bribe of a few shoestrings for voting in your favor.
    🙂

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  29. I think the shock treatment at the vet’s office has calmed Miss Bosley down. She had one wild and crazy running spree last night but otherwise has been a Sweet Baby Boz curled up in a cuddle purr for a good portion of the day. 🙂
    Perhaps a little trauma is not so bad after
    all.

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  30. That Aj surely does have lots of shoes.
    I don’t play tennis either. But I’ve always heard them called Tennis shoes.
    It used to be that they only came in white.
    Now, you can even get red ones.

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  31. I just found another good site for free or one dollar Kindle books, and one dollar audio books: Buck Books. I am giving it a try in addition to Book Bub and Book Shout.

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  32. chas, red sneakers are a hot look for men — or at least they were a couple years ago. All the skinny young hipsters in our office & church suddenly started wearing them. But I thought the look was hideous.

    I’m not anywhere near hipster-cool, though, so what do I know.

    I posted a photo of Annie on FB last night that got lots of love. Michelle commented that she looked an awful lot like Bosley …

    Sisters.

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  33. Oh, and there was the most beautiful, striking rainbow overhead as I was driving home last night (we were getting just a smattering of light rain). So pretty …

    We’re going to have hot weather this weekend, though, in the high 80s at least.

    White shoe weather.

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  34. Digging around in looking for commercial space I am saddened by the churches that are for sale, have sold , and are being turned into bars, meditation centers, office space, etc.
    What has happened?

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  35. Well all this terminology for shoes has me confused….AJ doesn’t wear tennis shoes because he doesn’t play tennis…he wears sneakers…does that mean he “sneaks”? Around here we have hiking shoes, running shoes, moccasins, slip ons, crocs, clogs, boots…I did buy a cute pair of white canvas Keds last summer 🙂

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  36. Kim, just yesterday I noticed that our local Cokesbury Christian bookstore that closed down is now being used for a church. It made me happy to see that.

    The Southern Baptists have a church planting effort to a few of the larger cities where many people live and Atlanta is one of those locations. I don’t know if that church is associated with that effort.

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  39. Shoes. Sigh…

    I have running shoes (2 pair – inside and out), 2 pairs of trendy runners, 25 pairs of flip flops, 15 pairs of sandals (including dressy and sports) 3 pairs of high dress boots, 3 pairs of low dress boots, 1 pair of hiking boots, 1 pair of riding boots, 1 pair of pink/purple/green plaid rubber boots, 2 pairs of higher heel dress shoes, 6 pairs of flat dress/casual shoes and I’m sure I actually have more. I tend to get shoes/boots that will last as I have hard to fit feet and when I do find shoes that fit and are comfortable I MUST buy them.

    I love shoes. Imagine if I could walk into any shoe store and buy shoes, how many pairs would I have?

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  40. And here I am agonizing. I’m taking my gray tennis shoes and my black easy to walk in for slacks shoes that will do for a dress, but should I take my fashionable/rainproof knee-high boots that I’ll have to wear on the airplane?

    London and the Alps in March await. What would you do?

    (I can’t bear to take more than two pair of shoes on a trip . . . )

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  41. Kare, I was actually thinking “What do you mean hard to fit? Sounds like you’ve managed!”

    I’m not really a shoe girl, and when I buy them I usually make them last. Shoe shopping is low on my priority list. Generally a pair of sneakers lasts me two or three years. In Chicago, after that they went into the trunk of my car (as something to change into if my feet got wet), and in Nashville after that they became “mowing shoes.”

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  42. Michelle, I too have never traveled with more than two pairs, but it sounds like the boots may be necessary, and so are the others, so if you need it, 🙂 you have my permission to take all three.

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  43. Kare wins.

    12:28, nancyjill speaks for me. 🙂

    I love my dark-colored Keens, which I’ve had for a few years now — built for day-hiking, so I usually don’t wear them for casual use too much, but they’ve been handy when I’ve had outdoor assignments that I know will require walking, esp across dirt terrain. REI

    It’s so warm today I’m wearing my Birkenstocks. 🙂

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  46. My wife Cheryl just loooooves shoes. 🙂

    Two pair when you travel? Pfffttt… amateurs…. Even I take more than that. 🙂 🙂

    My wife has that many with her right now at work. The pair she wore in, and her walking shoes for lunch time. When we travel, it’s usually more. At least 3.

    She likes shoes, and in her line of work, attire matters. But I’ll say this too, she never, EVER, pays full price for shoes, or any other clothing. She is the discount queen. She is probably the smartest shopper I have ever met.

    She knows shoes, having managed different Naturalizer shoe stores around NJ. She knows clothing too because she’s worked in that industry for nearly 20 years now. She can tell the difference between junk and quality made. She’s very good at what she does. This is a huge plus. Add in her shopping genius and she can buy all the shoes she wants as far as I’m concerned. I know when she walks in with 3 new pairs, that the total she paid probably isn’t even totaled to the price of one pair at regular price. That’s how she rolls.. 😆

    What’s to complain about? 🙂

    Oh, and so you know they do a Friends and Family thing a couple times a year, so if you’re interested, I can send you an email when it happens. They do many different labels at different times. Van Huesen, CK, Tommy H, IZOD, Arrow, Speedo, Olga, and numerous others, men’s and women’s. If you have an outlet near you, the discount card is good there. I’ll mention it the next time one comes up.

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  47. As to Six Arrows.

    We are so very sorry we did not respond to your plea for prayer last night. I, myself, went to church and didn’t return online until just now. I’m thankful Karen saw your request and that she, who perhaps understands better than some of us, was able to provide the support you needed.

    The prayer of a righteous women availeth much.

    It’s hard to feel broken, isolated and forgotten. Those are some of my trigger points as well. I often remember this ditty, which is frequently true for me but may not be for others: “Depression is anger turned inward.”

    When the black pit rears, I’m usually a mess until I realize what’s happening. Then I step back and always ask myself, “what am I really angry about?”

    I frequently fall into the guilt camp and I analyze, “is this true guilt or false guilt? What am I really responsible for here?”

    As many of you know, I spent a year in Christian counseling. Once I began talking, the counselor said, “it sounds to me like you have a lot of unresolved grief.”

    I went nearly hysterical laughing. Such an understatement!

    But that was the opening I need to explore the griefs, disappointments, frustrations, fears, guilt and begin to make sense of my bitter, bitter anger. It was hard. Expensive. Time consuming. I asked, “why didn’t I being this work when my older children were still home so they could benefit from the healing?”

    The counselor said, “because a lot of this pain doesn’t surface until the same sex child reaches the age you were when the trauma began.”

    13? What happened when I was 13?

    I can’t tell you, but my brother remembers me changing at that age (he was 11)– an unsolicited observation to my daughter a couple years ago. Still no answers.

    I’d say you have plenty of reason to be depressed and grief-stricken, but now that you recognize it, the question becomes what to do?

    Taking action, sometimes, is the hardest thing to do when you’re depressed.

    We can’t be here all the time. But the one who created you, who knows your circumstances, your strengths, your weaknesses and your faults, loves you with a love that goes deeper and broader than any human being could ever provide. He knows where you were last night. He knows you reached out for someone with pixalated skin on. He knows.

    We are only his hands, feet and pixels in this case. If you can sift through the pain and reach for what He is beckoning you to do–go there.

    We’re behind you, we will pray, we will support. We are your family.

    And my prayer last night would be the same one I prayed for you and Karen both this morning: “Lord, these are too difficult for me and I don’t know what to say. So, I give them both over into your hands and ask that you would be with them, that they would be conscious of your presence, that you would be glorified through these situations and thank you that we can trust you. Amen.”

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  49. Michelle, so well said, thank you.

    We need to remember that we are all human and will let each other down, intentionally or not, but GOD will never, EVER let us down. So thankful to know that He is always there even when it feels like He’s not.

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  50. Cheryl, size 11 narrow. In Canada most shoe stores only go to size 10 and those that go to 11 often only have wider shoes. So when I go to the States or to specialty stores, I stock up 🙂

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  51. 6 arrows, I did see your post last night but it was right before I turned the lights out at almost midnight and I was in bed & on my iPad, not conducive to much typing at length — and I wasn’t signed in so couldn’t acknowledge by ‘like’ either.

    So I just prayed (even if I had been on a computer, I’m not sure I’d have had the words, I hate writing things that might sound trite or simplistic when people are going through such heartfelt spiritual and emotional struggles that are so deep — sometimes we just have to sit in the ashes with each other. I suspect that’s silently done more often than we know on the blog).

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  52. Donna 1:24 My dogs hear me open my closet door…they jump up (well only one jumps up now) , run in and watch to see which pair of shoes I’m looking for….really!! If I grab the running shoes, Fly runs over to Babe and launches off of her so excited that we just may be goint outside….no more walks for Babe though….and honestly at this point she just doesn’t care any longer..but Fly…her energy makes up for 10 dogs!

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  54. Well, never mind my Thursday media-fast. 😉

    Thank you all so very much for the support and grace extended here today on this thread, and on yesterday’s and today’s prayer threads. I appreciate all the calm voices of reason in the face of my very strong emotions/words .

    Michelle, your post was beautiful. Thank you.

    Kim, your phone call meant more than you will ever know.

    You all mean a lot to me, and I will remember the wise words you’ve shared with me today when doubts try forcing their way to the surface. Thank you for pointing me to Christ, the One in whom I have hope and peace.

    And thank you for praying for me, whether you say so or not. 😉

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  56. Looks like I started a shoe thread. Didn’t really mean to do that. I thought I was making a funny.

    Many of the women on Washington take two pair of shoes to work. a pair for work and a pair for traveling. Seems the subway and escalators are terrible to manage with heels.

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  57. Chas, in Chicago I left most of my dress shoes at work, and simply changed into a pair when I got there. But then, I don’t own as many shoes as lots of women do.

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  60. I use my old sneakers for weed eating.
    Women have a problem leaving their shoes at work because they need to match them wiht whatever they plan to wear. Men usually don’t care.
    Did I tell you about the time I wore a brown and black shoe to work? I think I did some time ago.

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  63. I lost my post about being sorry for not being on the prayer thread just lately. I do some other prayer activities, like prayer group at church last night, and a virtual prayer group call tonight. I feel so much empathy that I have to take a break at times. I know others will cover the detail needs from the thread when I just say a general prayer for my blog friends. Don’t think that I don’t care when I take a break. I do!
    ♡ I just sometimes feel too much.

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  64. I did what Kim did once (5:23).

    I was covering an early morning thing — some outdoor ceremony of some kind, I remember being rushed and sleepy getting ready, when I looked down and spotted one black and one dark blue shoe. I tucked my feet under my chair, hoping no one else would notice, then I went home afterward (luckily it was close) to find a matching shoe.

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  68. I once wore a brown clog and a black clog to the grocery…different styles too….how did I not notice the different feel of the clog?! I was walking down the aisle…looked down and laughed out loud….some fellow shoppers joined in on my fun…even teasing me as I stood in the check out line..sometimes it is just fun to laugh at one’s self…and let others join in at some fun as well!! 🙂

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  69. I think they were called tennis shoes because they were the first athletic shoes made of canvas?

    Now there are running shoes, basketball/court shoes, cross-trainers, walkers, and tennis shoes. Sneakers is a good name for them since they are usually quiet enough to sneak up on someone.

    Colors? I have a pair of New Balance walkers that are black and brown, proving that it is okay to wear those colors together.

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  70. When I was courting my husband, one time we showed up at my church. We hadn’t gone for Sunday school, but showed up a few minutes before church and sat in a pew. My pastor came over to us, and the first thing he did was to hold up one foot and then the other to show us his shoes didn’t match, as he said, “Go ahead and laugh at me. Everyone else already has.”

    Of course, this is the same pastor who was once sitting in the pews while a guest pastor preached, and during the sermon our pastor’s cell phone rang. Who calls a pastor at 11:30 Sunday morning?! And the same pastor who once set the tablecloth on fire during a Maundy Thursday service when he turned a napkin over into a lit candle. A couple people tried to discreetly get his attention, but by the time actual flames were moving across the table, they decided subtlety was no longer in order and yelled “Fire!”

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  71. Funny stories, Cheryl. 🙂

    Michelle’s praise on yesterday’s prayer thread about the woman who ran that marathon, combined with all the shoe talk here today, makes me want to lace up a pair of running shoes and head out for a jog. That’s always a good pick-er-upper.

    Well, I clearly fell off the wagon and didn’t climb back on today with regards to my media fast, but you know what? (I’m thinking of you, Chas, when I say “you know what” because I know you had something to say about that phrase once. 😉 )

    Anyway…the children just went ahead and fasted from media today like usual for Thursday. They’re committed to the routine, and didn’t whine or even ask if they could have screen time when they saw me on the computer.

    Tomorrow they’ll get their screen time back, and I will do my media fast then. I send out a weekly email to my piano families on Fridays, but I got that done and sent today so I can be off the computer tomorrow.

    This day has turned out to be a very blessed one for me, and I thank you again for all the love and encouragement you gave me. God has used you in a mighty way, and I am grateful.

    Have a great day tomorrow, all!

    ❤

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  72. Great stories, loved the raging tablecloth fire at Maundy Thursday dinner, mismatched shoes and cell phones ringing during the sermon (it’s happened to us, but it wasn’t the pastor’s phone!).

    Kim, is this what you’re referring to?

    http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2015/February-2015/02_27_2015_State_Bill_Could_Help_Ease_Dramatic_Drop_in_Affordable_Housing_For_Santa_Monica.html

    6 arrows, glad you seem to be feeling better, enjoy the run if you go

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  73. I don’t know if I said this earlier or not, but I meant to: those flowers in the header are gorgeous, especially the ones in front. (But are they allowed to wear those colors before the official start of spring?)

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  74. I’ll need to run to the store and buy a pair of shoes first, Donna 😉 Our handy-dandy federal refund was deposited into our account last week, and my husband was telling me a few weeks ago that when we got that money, I would be going to get myself a new pair of shoes. (Walking, running, cross-training, tennis, whatever.) So tomorrow might be shopping day and running day!

    Actually, no, though, now that I think of it. I usually break in new shoes by walking in them for a few days before I run.

    So…probably shopping tomorrow, and running next week. I can live with that. 😉

    And thanks — yes, I am feeling much better! Few tears of sadness today, and a good number of the happy, healing sort, reading and hearing such thoughtful expressions here. A real blessing.

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  78. Oh, and Donna, that was a Maundy Thursday service, not a meal. There were some sort of cloth napkins on the table, I think covering the communion bread, and Pastor opened the napkin right into the candle. I don’t remember whether anything else caught fire, or just the napkin itself. I wasn’t one of the first to see it, but there was kind of a murmuring among those on the platform doing readings, and they were looking at each other and trying to get the pastor’s attention, and finally two or three of them just blurted out “Fire!” and by that time it wasn’t just a candle flame, but little flames leaping and consuming more every second. I think two or three people sprang into action to put it out. He’s never really lived it down, making jokes about it himself (“we aren’t going to have candles, are we? because you know me and fire”) and having other people make jokes. It was decidedly memorable.

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