The mind that comes to rest is tended In ways that it cannot intend: Is borne, preserved, and comprehended By what it cannot comprehend.
Your Sabbath, Lord, thus keeps us by Your will, not ours. And it is fit Our only choice should be to die Into that rest, or out of it.
-Wendell Berry, Sabbaths 1979
Brunch?
“A great relationship is not only finding the person you have fun with, but also finding the person you want to be bored with. The beauty of long-term relationships is often hidden in boring, ordinary moments.”
“Nothing good ever comes from indulging the egos of old men.”
From Political Proverbs.
@JohnBrady @ChrisJWilson I’ve been rethinking a lot of things lately and this might be the most helpful and challenging idea ever.
Water Lillies.
Food for thought on the 4th
River.
Saturday.
“Wilbur Wright explained that were he ‘giving a young man advice as to how he might succeed in life, I would say to him, pick out a good father and mother, and begin life in Ohio.‘”
(from The Daily Dad)
Sunday Morning Coffee.
Northern lights in southern Ohio.
Totality.
Foliage.
Card.
Flowers.
Toy.
@bloftin2 @patrickrhone @petebrown Fwiw you can sign up for online cards at multiple libraries if you meet the residency requirements or if they don't require it.
Food for the mind and soul.
@patrickrhone This made my day.
Anticipation.
@Annie Thank you for this.
@patrickrhone This sounds delightful.
@foryou I feel like this series is ripe for a micro.blog hosted audio version.
@ChrisJWilson That’s where I heard about it. It’s a short book that has taken me a while to get through.
@help disregard.
@help Looks like all the images from my posts have disappeared?
@danalcantara That looks like a. nice inviting space.
@BenSouthwood My wife is Asian, so it’s an almost necessity. We actually have both a large and a small one. She would not want to live with out it.
@patrickrhone This is delightful and challenging. I need to get better at understanding, empathy, and “eulogizing” people before they are gone.
@patrickrhone sorry. Didn’t see the whole thread.
@patrickrhone I know absolutely nothing about this. But a quick read suggests that if your wife and daughter have a combined majority or you and your daughter have a combine majority then you would qualify? Of course, paper work and lawyers and such.
“Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE)—an eligible business that additionally: • is at least fifty-one (51) percent owned by one or more minority persons, and • has its management and daily business operations controlled by one or more minority persons who own it.
Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE)—an eligible business that additionally: • is at least fifty-one (51) percent owned by one or more women, and • has its management and daily business operations controlled by one or more women who own it”
https://www.stpaul.gov/DocumentCenter/Government/Human%20Rights%20&%20Equal%20Economic%20Opportunity/Contract%20Compliance%20&%20Business%20Development/CERT/CERT%20Programeligibility%20criteria2012-09_201310161222529501.pdf
@hollie Maybe @penaddict can give some advice? I go in for blue blacks and turquoise-esk inks these days.
@jabel truth.
@odd fwiw I’ve been using apps from www.olivetree.com since the Palm OS days.
@odd same.
@patrickrhone FWIW we went with a handed down iPhone for our teen because of iMessage and Find My. It does require a bit of a Screen Time diligence but it is working for us so far.
@JMaxB Yep. We have a few along the edges of our yard. I lived in the Adirondacks for a bit and spring (well, mud season) was welcome after the long dark winter, but I missed the redbuds as well.
@joshuapsteele it’s kinda fun. Check out Federico Viticci’s short cut if you are on iOS: www.macstories.net/ios/intro...
@patrickrhone Our power was out yesterday for a great while. It was a joy to see the whole family turn to books.
@patrickrhone Perfect. Thanks so much again.
@joshuapsteele All I know is that for reading at night I want e-ink and physical buttons. I’ve been nursing my cracked Oasis along for over a year.
@patrickrhone Thanks so much, Patrick.