Will definately get a walk in later today. It is chilly up here but very refreshing and great pine smell.
Psalm 139 - the last part of the reading from yesterday. Here, David is begging to be protected from his enemies, asking God to kill them and save him. Thankfully we have Jesus that came along and told us to avoid confrontation and love our enemies. How is that working for you? We need to work harder at living our% lives in peace to achieve what God wanted us to be here, so we can be with him forever.
On this day:
Taking Mom up to Gaylord today to see her old house. She talks about it all the time. When you have such happy memories of a place it is nice to go and revisit it. LIfe is 99% memory and 1% now. I like to remember.
1984 the NBC nightly news reported on the horrible drought in Ethiopia.
Book - Had my brother read some of the book. He said it was good, maybe he was just being nice.
Ethiopia;
Whilst there are a diverse assortment of tourist attractions spread all over Ethiopia, it is fair to say that some really do stand out from the crowd. InAddis Ababa, St. George Cathedral is a particularly popular attraction and is known for its beautiful architecture.
In north Ethiopia, the city of Axum is famous for its magnificent Old Cathedral of St. Mary of Zion and Treasury, which is thought to be country's oldest church. Further tourist attractions await in the city of Gondar, which is also located on the northerly side of Ethiopia and is home to the much-admired Royal Enclosure (Fasil Ghebbi). Enjoy the day! Make it memorable!
Have a sheet of exercises the physical therapist gave me. Some help with range of arm motions, that really help and then there are some good standards, planking, warrior, downward facing dog and the triangle pose. It is important to stay agile. Don't sit!
Read from Psalm 139 - Here it talks about how God is not effected by the dark, He can see perfectly clear in the dark. We on the other hand are afraid of what we can't see and in contrast will try to hide in the dark from what we fear. God sees you and knows where you are. Thats not scary.
On this day:
Writing this book has conjured up a lot of old memories. Life is interesting, yes a lot is humdrum, but everyday can provide a smile or sense of nostalgia.
1975 - Air Force Technical Sargeant Leonard Matvolich was discharged for publically announcing his homosexuality. His tombstone reads "A gay Vietnam veteran - When I was in the military they gave me a medal for killing two men and discharged me for loving one."
Parenting - Walking in the dark - can be scary especially if you are at Michi lu ca, the camp that is deep woods and deep ravines, heavy wooded areas and lakes. A place where people walk in the dark and are brought to faith. God helps you find your way, but up there a flashlight helps.
Out of my element, maybe get a walk in if it stops raining. Problem with not being home is you are away from your routine. Being up here, with sedentary people is hard to not be the same.
Luke chapter 5 - Jesus came to save the sinners and the sick, the righteous and well don't need him. We are not always well and righteous, we all need him.
On this day:
I can do an update Last year on this day I mentioned it was Millie's birthday and we had gone to her party she was 90. She is 95 now so there have been some changes. Chris did sell Millie's house and has her living with her. Chris's husband Steve passed a couple years ago and although Millie is her mother in law, she is still her Mom and she will take care of her. That is what family does.
1849 - The first tattoed man was put on exhibition in Franklin Theater in New York. Not much attraction anymore, look around.
Parenting - Our cat is so spoiled. like a two year old toddler. Now here I have left him, home alone, for 5 days. Nicole says he only bit her once last night. I have traded for the cat here, Charley, who walks around the whole night screaming for HIS mother who is on a cruise. How did this happen?
Book - brought my writing up here to have my brother add to the memories. Not sure if its a good idea, but I guess I'll find out.
Ethiopia
Go figure 66 degrees and partly cloudy today.
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! Hey Nicole I did it!
Pilates today. This is the Pilates for weight loss. I like the workout and the ocean scenery.
Proverbs chapter 15 - Good advice about watching what you say so you don't regret it later.
On this day;
1976 I lived in Birmingham and quite often worked two jobs to make ends meet. I started working the hatcheck room at the Scotch and Sirloin along with my day job at Quality. It was a very lucrative job until the owner found out how lucrative it was and made me start sharing with the house. Not quite as lucrative but still worth while.
1774 - The new Continental Congress, the governing body of America’s colonies, passed an order proclaiming that all citizens of the colonies "discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming, cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays and other expensive diversions and entertainment." This couldn't have lasted long, we love our vices too much. surprised they didn't all get back on the boat and go back to Europe.
Parenting - Going up to spend the week with my brother. Taking Mom too of course. My sister in law, Alice went on a cruise with her girl friends and Andy is ok but better if someone is up there. It is a beautiful time of year to go up there, hopefully we will have some decent weather to at least take a ride up to Gaylord or somewhere. Going to pick Andy's brain on history from the 60's too, for my book. Wish me luck with the laptop.
Ethiopia
Ethiopian cuisine (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ምግብ) characteristically consists of vegetable and often very spicy meat dishes, usually in the form of wat (also w'et or wot), a thick stew, served atop injera, a large sourdoughflatbread,[1] which is about 50 centimeters (20 inches) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour.[1]Ethiopians eat exclusively with their right hands, using pieces of injera to pick up bites of entrées and side dishes.[1] Utensils are rarely used with Ethiopian cuisine.
The Ethiopian Orthodox Church prescribes a number of fasting (tsomGe'ez: ጾም ṣōm) periods, including Wednesdays, Fridays, and the entire Lenten season; so Ethiopian cuisine contains many dishes that are vegan.[2]
This meal, consisting of injera and several kinds of wat (stew), is typical of Ethiopian cuisine. We are going to Blue Nile in Ferndale to sample this again. It is good!
Matthew chapter 7 - The parable of the wise and foolish builders. Wouldn't it have been great to sit on the hillside and listen to Jesus tell these stories himself?
On this day:
1973 - I had bought two houses by the time I was 25. The first one was in Detroit and I let Don have the house after the divorce. The second house was a nice little house in Birmingham. My friend Waynette moved in with me for a while and then decided she wanted her own house. On this day we went with the real estate agent and looked at the house on 14 Mile that she bought. It was quite a feat in those days for young single women to purchase homes! Yay us!
1998 - Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson got his boxing license back after he had lost it for biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight. did his ear grow back?
Parenting - The discussion on TV was about the teenage girl that was an honor roll student that got kicked out of school for the rest of her senior year for carrying a knife in her purse. Here are some discussion points. If she had stabbed someone, even in self defense would the school have come under fire? Is it important how that knife came into her possession? Was the punishment too severe? or not? Was there a rule on the books already about this behavior?
Book writing - I can tell you that some laws were much more relaxed when I was a kid growing up and some punishments were much more punitive. If you got in trouble there is an excellent chance you would catch hell and never have an opportunity to sue anyone. Good conversation starter there too.
Ethiopia: Crime and punishment
Although Ethiopians have long depended on written laws, the criminal legal system observed at the time of the 1974 revolution was of relatively recent origin. The first integrated legal code, the Fetha Nagast (Law of Kings), was translated from Arabic in the mid-fifteenth century. Attributed to a thirteenth-century Egyptian Coptic scholar, it was inspired by the Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament), the New Testament, canons of the Christians' early church councils, Roman civil law, and tenets of Quranic law. However, the Fetha Nagast applied only to Christians. Muslims who became subject to Ethiopian rule through conquest continued to be judged in their own courts according to sharia law (see Islam, ch. 2). Also, outside the ordinary judicial system, clan and tribal courts exercised unofficial but effective coercive powers, and people rarely appealed their decisions to regular courts.
Did some weight lifting and lunges. Glad that's over.
1 Samuel chapter 20 - Had to go back and read more background on this to understand it. Good friends will find a way to take care of each other. Our other best friend is Jesus.
On this day:
1967 - (yep my journals go back this far) My fiancée Don, had a cold, so I went to his house. (?) I took my Ouija board. Do you remember those? Don's mom was Hungarian and believed in that stuff. We always asked "who and when will I get married?" "How many children will I have?" I don't think it was ever right, but it sure freaked us out how it would move across the board didn't it? Mine was up in the attic for a long time till I worked up the courage to throw it out. Someone told me it was bad luck to get rid of it. such nonsense.
1967 - The American League granted permission for the A's to move to Oakland. Also, new franchises were awarded to Kansas City and Seattle. Must have been a slow day for important news.
Parenting - Friends of Nicole's are getting married at Pastor Beebe's church today. They had a hard time getting a church because Blake is a self acclaimed atheist. I'm looking for help here, prayers that God will give him a big THWAP in the back of the head during the service (ala Gibbs style).
God Bless Pastor Beebe for being the bigger CHristian. Amen
Ethiopia -
Ethiopia's fast-growing capital aims to become greener and cleaner
By E.G.Woldegebriel October 16, 2014 7:48 AM
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Cars drive out of an underpass in Addis Ababa May 26, 2014. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa, has a name that means "new flower" but for up to four million people living there, it's more likely to conjure up images of worsening pollution and traffic gridlock.
The city administration started rolling out a 10-year master plan in 2012 aiming to make the rapidly developing city in Africa's fastest-growing economy greener, cleaner and pleasant to live in. Many residents aren't convinced it is working yet.
Alemu Dagne, 48, an engineer and father of two, says he misses the clean air of the once-sleepy city.
"Every day I have to set out for work at 6 am (on public transport) and commute back home starting early at 4pm, as the road is clogged with cars, which not only crowd the roads but also pollute the air," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
He hopes the city's new light rail system, powered by electricity - with the first stage scheduled for launch in January - will provide a cleaner, faster mode of travel.
Asamenewe Tekleyohanes, legal affairs officer at the Addis Ababa City Government Environmental Protection Authority, said the capital suffers four types of pollution: air, water, soil and noise.
His organisation is working on a study with a local green group on air pollution, especially from cars, and looking at potential technologies to reduce it.
The authority says it has overseas tools to measure the greenhouse gas emissions of the city, the nation's economic hub.
Jonah - chapter 1 - you remember the story of Jonah, God asked him to go to Nineveh and save the people there. He didn't want to so he bought passage on a boat out of town. God knew he was there and caused a great storm until the other sailors tossed him overboard so they would be saved. Another sacrificial sheep. But God saved him, in the belly of a fish. There is a lot of lessons in this story, starting with, you can't get away from God.
On this day:
2010 - I love fall days that are a little cool, and pretty with all the fall colors. A day when people have pumpkins and Halloween décor out on their porches and a pot of chili cooking in the kitchen. How about you?
1989 - An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit the San Francisco Bay area in California. The quake caused about 67 deaths, 3,000 injuries, and damages up to $7 billion. I have an extreme fear of this happening, and won't go to California.
Parenting - A friend went to court this week to insure that a man that exposed himself to her daughter and other obscenities to many others would stay in prison for the remainder of his natural life. Good job!
Book update - My book includes this experience as well. As in most things, I chose to explain it with humor, but it's not a funny situation in reality.
Ethiopia - Trafficking
Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery
In the early years of the 21st Century gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Ethiopia.htm
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Ethiopia's poverty-stricken economy is based on agriculture, accounting for almost half of GDP, 60% of exports, and 80% of total employment. The agricultural sector suffers from frequent drought and poor cultivation practices.[The World Factbook, U.S.C.I.A. 2009]
Ethiopia is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked primarily for the purposes of forced labor and, to a lesser extent, for commercial sexual exploitation. Rural Ethiopian children are trafficked for domestic servitude and, less frequently, for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor in agriculture, traditional weaving, gold mining, street vending, and begging. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report]
Enjoy the day! Make it memorable! You most likely have a good life.
Whilst there are a diverse assortment of tourist attractions spread all over Ethiopia, it is fair to say that some really do stand out from the crowd. InAddis Ababa, St. George Cathedral is a particularly popular attraction and is known for its beautiful architecture.
