It is time again for Wednesday Hodgepodge. A good distraction this week! Thank you, Jo.
1. What is one good thing you often take for granted?
There are so many good things I take for granted. Electricity is something that comes to mind especially this time of year. At our country bungalow, electricity is the power source for everything including the pump on the well. If it goes out, besides lights and heat and hot water, we don’t have water any running water.
2. What’s the boldest piece of clothing in your wardrobe?
My bold days are long behind me. I had to go look and see what I’d consider the boldest. I’ve got nothing for you unless black is bold!
3. Do you think common interests or common values are the key to people getting along? Elaborate.
Even with common interests or common values people will clash. Those aren’t the key to getting along. Pride and selfishness are strong in our post Adam world. This verse is one that can help me if…I stop and consider it.
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:3-4
That doesn’t mean I’ll condone values that go against the clear teachings of the Bible just for the sake of getting along.
4. November 6 is National Nacho Day…do you like nachos? How do you like yours? Do you make them at home or only order out?
Nachos are not generally on my radar. We never order them at a restaurant. Once in a great while when a snack is on his mind and there is nothing else, Greg will make a quick small plate of them in the microwave.
5. Have you spent any time in Washington D.C.? If so what did you think? If not, is that a place you’d like to visit? What do you think about politics as a career choice?
I have been to Washington D.C. twice in my life, once when I was in college and then in May of 2011. In the 70’s the average citizen could be trusted to get closer to the building. My best friend, Heidi, and me in the summer of 1971 in the photo above.
This Ecuadorian mother insisted on being in the picture with me far from the Whitehouse in 2011. Her son finally persuaded her to step away so he could snap a solo photo of me, too.
I really enjoyed my visit to D.C. in 2011. There is so much to see and do. The monuments, the museums, the National Cathedral, Arlington National Cemetery. It is rich with history and worthy of a good visit.
Politics as a career choice has made a lot of people rich and unpopular. We still need good people as leaders and I hope we have a pendulum swing from the status quo.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
The Korean War Memorial was one of the most stirring for me. He’s looking right at me…
In this Temple
As in the hearts of the people
For Whom he saved the union
The Memory of Abraham Lincoln
Is Enshrined Forever
On the left is a tucked away staircase in the crypt of the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. On the right is a painting we own that was painted by a friend of ours. We knew she was inspired by this scene and when we visited the cathedral we were on a quest to find it. It was a joy to see the original. It makes us enjoy our painting even more.
Thank you to everyone who visits today.
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 