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“Dayhoff Westminster Soundtrack:” Kevin Dayhoff – “Soundtrack Division of Old Silent Movies” - https://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/ combined with “Dayhoff Westminster” – Writer, artist, fire and police chaplain. For art, writing and travel see https://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/ Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
Stubborn fire damages historic Westminster Wakefield Valley Park building
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Friday, December 09, 2022
Dayhoff Soundtrack: Memorial to veterans took root under Mather's care
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Fatal Carroll County house fire Nov 28, 2022
Fatal
Carroll County house fire Nov 28, 2022
Fire marshal says ‘hoarding conditions’ hindered emergency personnel’s efforts in fatal Carroll County house fire Nov 28, 2022 at 4:26 pm https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-westminster-fire-fatality-20221128-skjdayugq5a2noknighabxtdn4-story.html
A Pleasant Valley man died Sunday night after he first escaped a fire in his home, then reentered the house before rescue personnel arrived in an attempt to save a number of pets, according to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Ronald Joy, 62, was found inside the home and removed by emergency personnel Sunday night but was pronounced dead after being transported to Carroll Hospital, the state fire marshal confirmed Monday.
Joy’s wife, Kathy Joy, 52, escaped the blaze, and was in stable condition at the hospital as of Monday afternoon.
The fire in the 2700 block of Littlestown Pike started just before 2:30 p.m., Sunday, according to the Pleasant Valley Community Fire Company; the blaze was under control before 3 p.m.
Read much more here: https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/news/cc-westminster-fire-fatality-20221128-skjdayugq5a2noknighabxtdn4-story.html
Sunday, November 27, 2022
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's
Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's
Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's
Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's
Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Grand opening of Covalent Spirits Distillery
Grand opening of Covalent Spirits Distillery
Saturday, November 05, 2022
Thursday, November 03, 2022
Misty, Caroline, and George
Misty, Caroline, and George
Misty, Caroline, and George
Misty, Caroline, and George
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University
Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University
Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University
Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University
Monday, October 31, 2022
Carrots, eggs, and coffee
She Tells Her Grandma That She’s Just Been Cheated On So Grandma Tells Her To Do This
May 26, 2016 Presser Staff Editor Buzzworthy
This is a good lesson for all of us, no matter what stage of life you’re in. You’ll see what I mean.
A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her – her husband had cheated on her and she was devastated. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as soon as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, ‘Tell me what you see.’
‘Carrots, eggs, and coffee,’ she replied.
Her grandmother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The grandmother then asked the granddaughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hardboiled egg.
Finally, the grandmother asked the granddaughter to sip the coffee. The granddaughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The granddaughter then asked, ‘What does it mean, grandmother?’
Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
“Which are you?” she asked her granddaughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity? Do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship, or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain.. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to another level?
How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.
The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can’t go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so at the end, you’re the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
May we all be like the COFFEE?
Share this with your friends and family today.
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