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Our Daily Thread 6-3-15

Good Morning!

Today’s header photo is from Linda. 

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On this day in 1098 Christian Crusaders of the First Crusade seized Antioch, Turkey.

In 1784 Congress formally created the United States Army to replace the disbanded Continental Army. On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress had created the Continental Army for purposes of common defense and this event is considered to be the birth of the United States Army.

In 1800 John Adams moved to Washington, DC. He was the first President to live in what later became the capital of the United States.

In 1888 “Casey at the Bat” was first published by Ernest Lawrence Thayer.

And in 1999 Slobodan Milosevic’s government accepted an international peace plan concerning Kosovo. NATO announced that airstrikes would continue until 40,000 Serb forces were withdrawn from Kosovo.

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Quote of the Day

“To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.”

Sydney Smith

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First up, “Casey at the Bat,” and who better to read it than Darth Vader. 🙂

And it’s Too Slim’s birthday. From Classic Country Music

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Anyone have a QoD?

31 thoughts on “Our Daily Thread 6-3-15”

  1. I knew that photo had to be from Linda. Beautiful country. Being from the South I had this preconceived notion that all of PA was urban sprawl. I was overwhelmed with how beautiful the area where she lives was when I drove up from Annapolis. Gasp, I even saw a couple of dirt roads!

    The good news is that I think I have turned a corner on being sick. I now believe I am going to live. I still have that bourbon and cigarette voice, but I can take a few breaths without coughing up part of a lung.

    Today will be an office day. I can’t hang out at the beach every day. Some times I have to catch up on paperwork. Plus the receptionist needs a diet coke and if I am not there, who will go get it for her? Always, always, have the receptionist on your side.

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  2. Kim,

    Other than the major cities, most of PA is pretty rural. In the 2 hour drive from my house to Linda’s you have Allentown and Harrisburg, but every mile in between is fields, farms, and forest. We’re not NJ ya’ know…. 🙂

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  3. America, the beautiful. It is true. Overall, we live in a very beautiful land. But the spiritual darkness has been saturating our land. When people are so caught up in addictions, they can not enjoy the basics like a beautiful landscape or a simple flower or bird.

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  4. Linda has a rainbow. Did you notice Linda’s rainbow?
    All of the Riders in the Sky are educated scientist. One of them, forgot who, has a doctor’s degree.
    Kim is right. Be nice to your secretary. She can make life rough for you whilee appearing to be doing her job well.

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  5. Michelle has a cute photo of herself in a sunbonnet that she posted on Twitter. It’s probably on Facebook, too. I got out my mom’s old sunbonnet to post a photo of it to Twitter, and you know who was happy for another photo op. Yep! Miss Bosley appears next to the sunbonnet. ♡

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  8. Our little mouse remains at large. The cat is very tired. I’m over it.

    I’m dropping the Jeep off this morning to see if they can resolve what seems to be an electrical issue that causes tail lights to go out so often, mainly on the left side.

    Reporters know well that advice about getting to know & being nice to secretaries, receptionists, assistants and all the other gatekeepers who guard the doors of the people you need to eventually get to.

    I had Quaker friends in PA and spent time there some years back, it is a beautiful state. As is Iowa. 🙂 We do have some gorgeous countryside in the U.S.

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  10. My eldest sibling and family used to live in central PA, so I’ve visited there several times. It is very pretty, especially in the fall. I’ve found that most places have their own beauty, if you know how to look for it. The skies in West Africa could be magnificent.

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  11. All the times I’ve been on the east coast have been in late winter/around March (except once in December). So the “beauty” was stark — bare (still wintry) trees, some snow here and there. But it was still pretty in its own (severe) way. 🙂 And I loved the simple, historic architecture reflected in so many of the homes, farms, etc.

    No, I’ve never seen the NC mountains. I’ve never been to “the south,” only the southwest which is an entirely different thing altogether, of course.

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  13. I am quite familiar with the North Carolina mountains. I have been up and down the Blue Ridge Pkwy many times. I think my favorite place is Blowing Rock, but I haven’t been in years.
    If any of you ever read the Mitford Series by Jan Karon, she used to live in Blowing Rock and the books are loosely set there.
    http://www.mitfordbooks.com/

    If you haven’t read the books, you really should.

    I have flown over the Rockies and I have driven through them in New Mexico and Colorado and they are awe inspiring, but there is something about the Smoky Mountains that touches my soul. Perhaps it is the mist? Who knows? Which reminds me that it is probably time to read Christy again.

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  16. Feeling disgruntled this morning. I need to depart to PNG two days later which only gives me a week before school begins. It will be difficult as everything is closed on the weekend.
    I know I need to leave later, but am not a happy camper.
    Now to see if SIL can change my flight up to Ukarumpa.

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  17. The Riders in the Sky are one talented and funny musical group. Always wonderfully entertained when I have seen them.

    I have been to the Vanderbilt Estate. I got terribly motion sick on my way there and back to Nashville, TN area. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing more of the state and those south.

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  18. Chas, my husband owns a little property in mountainous area near Franklin. There is no road to it. I have never seen it. We just pay taxes on it every year. My husband’s aunt had a farm in that area when we were first married so I got to see some of the area when we stayed with her. One of my husband’s favorite places was Wayah Bald. We camped there. When our son was young it was funny that he first called me Wayah instead of Mommy. All I could figure was that I had told him Wayah was his dad’s favorite place so he called me that since I was his favorite place. Also, he had trouble making the M sound at first and the W as in waa!waa!waa! came naturally. I have been on the Blue Ridge Parkway several times, and to Asheville probably three times. I really enjoyed Highlands. I think a favorite spot of mine was an area known as the Craggies. It has been a long time. We stayed at Cherokee for my husband’s tax update conference a few years back. Also Cade’s Cove is nice but maybe that is in TN?

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  19. Hmm. Polygamy. On to the next thing?

    http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/record-number-americans-find-polygamy-morally-acceptable-says-gallup-poll-1504105

    “A growing number of Americans consider polygamy morally acceptable, according to the latest poll. The percentage has more than doubled since 2001, according to the results of a Gallup survey tracking opinions on moral issues since the early 2000s. In 2001, only 7% of Americans deemed polygamy morally acceptable; it’s now up to 16%….”

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  21. Gatlinburg was where my family went for summer vacation. We stayed one or two nights there and that was our vacation. The other travel we did was to see relatives. And when my dad had his Navy duty in Charleston we would spend summer there for a few years. I know I wrote about that before.

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  22. My husband got to spend some childhood summers on his aunt’s and uncle’s farm and he learned to love hiking in the woods. That was what inspired him to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Still hard to believe he did that and can hardly walk anywhere now. I recently mentioned getting a walker because he needs to have something to lean on. He had a really tough time in the buffet line at the restaurant recently because he had nothing to lean on. I told him he could lean on me, but then said maybe he better not cause I might fall over,lol.

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  24. This sounds like a fun event being planned for this summer everywhere. Play Music on the Porch Day (8/30)

    Instagram – #playmusicontheporchday
    Twitter – @50NYork
    Facebook – 50NYork Gallery – Highland Park

    Throughout history it was common to hear live music on porches, in yards and on street corners. Musicians would regularly surround themselves with friends and family to sing and play music together. This tradition is being lost as more people only experience music as passive entertainment instead of as a participatory celebration of life.

    PLAY MUSIC ON THE PORCH DAY invites musicians to revive the tradition of gathering, singing and playing music outside with friends and family.

    On Saturday, August 30th we ask that you get outside and play music! Invite your friends to gather on the porch, in the yard or down on the corner out in the street. Share your talent. Share your passion. Share music!

    Presented by The 50NYORK Gallery

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  28. That was a good link, michelle, I’d read about her before but have not read her book.

    Can’t go wrong with Owens, whom she quotes in the link, he’s amazing at laying out exactly why it’s so important to recognize & deal with indwelling sin.

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  29. Janice – Excuse me for asking, but why does your husband have so much trouble walking?

    Donna – I’m not surprised at all about the changing attitudes about polygamy, mostly because of the popularity of the shows mentioned.

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  30. I have never watched reality shows (if that’s what those programs are).

    But the growing acceptance of monogomy (yes, the percentage is still small at 16% but that’w where gay marriage started, too) also stems from the sea change in attitudes about gay marriage that have swept over the nation in the past few years.

    Once the definition of marriage is opened up, why not let a few people marry each other? If it’s what makes them “happy,” then why not?

    The anchor has been pulled up and we’re underway, seriously adrift.

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  31. I have lived by the Smoky Mountains and now the Rocky Mountains….Kim is right…the misty mornings, heady scent of fern, mountain laurel and rhododendron growing deep within her woods brings to me a sense of “home”…..the Smoky’s are my favorite…
    I have read all of Jan Karon’s books…oh and I hope the last one didn’t wrap up the series….I did read an interview with Jan Karon and she implied the series will move into the next generation…which I suppose means Dooley will get married….and we will read of the younger folk as they grow old….I love her writing….and Father Tim!
    I have the book The Secret thoughts of an Unlikely Convert…we read it as a women’s ministry bookclub group…..very good book.

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