A friendly old barn

A conversation between a friendly old barn, the fields, and the clouds. They are all old friends.

Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's

Caroline is delivering the message today at St. Ben's Lutheran Church in Westminster MD. My wife is a rock star. 20Nov2022 You can watch the service here: https://youtu.be/QV7l93em6GU

Grand opening of Covalent Spirits Distillery

This afternoon Westminster Mayor Dr. Mona Becker officially welcomed Jennifer Yang Drew Cockley and Covalent Spirits Distillery to the Main Street Westminster family. The Westminster Common Council and much of the staff celebrated the official grand opening at the ribbon cutting on Thursday, November 17th, 2022 at 3:00 pm at their tasting room, located at 118 East Main Street, Westminster. With Daniel Hoff Ann Thomas Gilbert, Greg Pecoraro Tony Chiavacci, Kevin Earl Dayhoff Dayhoff Westminster

Misty, Caroline, and George

Misty, Caroline, and George share a moment together in the Maryland autumn sunset. Thursday, 3Nov2022

Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University

Our speaker today is Dr. Karin Bohleke, the director of the Fashion Archives and Museum at Shippensburg University. Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. At the Westminster Riding Club for the Historical Society Carroll Co annual meeting.

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.

https://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2022/10/carrots-eggs-and-coffee.html 

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Westminster Fire Department Oct. 29, 2022

The training never stops at the Westminster Fire Department Oct. 29, 2022

Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event

Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event Wednesday evening October 19, 2022 at the Portico. It was a wonderful event with many friends. 

One of the promotions for the event read: "Food Sunday Celebrates 40 Years of Service to Neighbors in Need

Carroll County Food Sunday, a 501(C)(3) organization headquartered in Westminster, MD, will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Wednesday, October 19, 2022, from 6 to 9 p.m., at the Portico of St. John Catholic Church in Westminster. The evening will honor the memory of Food Sunday founder Dominic Jollie, who is memorialized in a brief history of the organization that will be distributed to attendees that evening. At his death, on September 21, 2000, at age 75, the Carroll County Times headline read: "In Jollie, Carroll loses a social voice and true humanitarian."

OBX Salt Water Taffy

OBX Salt Water Taffy

Miller Bros. East Main Street Westminster MD

Miller Bros. East Main Street Westminster MD

A writer's dinner

A writer's dinner. #dinnerisserved #amwriting 9Oct2022

American Legion magazine - Con Thien, Vietnam

Con Thien Vietnam: A well-written short story on Firebase Con Thein during the Vietnam War. I found it trying to catch-up on my reading this afternoon, while going through a stack of American Legion magazines. “Hill of Angels,” written by Leith Nightengale. FTA: “Con Thien, like all firebases, was a model of battlefield simplicity and complexity….”  

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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Monarch butterfly

Grammy, Caroline and I greeted our new friend at Willis. 25Sept2022

Westminster Fallfest September 22-25, 2022

Westminster Fallfest started in 1978 to promote awareness of the renewal of the downtown shopping district. The dates for this year’s Westminster Fallfest are Sept. 22-25, 2022.

Kevin Dayhoff: It’s fall and time for community events in Westminster, Carroll County Sep 23, 2022 at 9:00 am 

This year in Carroll County, fall began at 8:03 p.m. on Sept. 22. Scientifically it’s the autumnal equinox, the time when the sun shines directly on the equator, and the southern and northern hemispheres receive the same amount of sunlight. After the 22nd, the northern hemisphere began to tilt away from the sun.

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For those of us who love summer, the first day of fall can only mean that winter will soon be upon us. Others look upon the fall season with excitement. Indeed, in Carroll County fall brings about a cornucopia of community events. Fall is for apples, pumpkins, sweaters, fuzzy socks, and colorful leaves.

Let’s look at three of the events on the calendar for fall. The 43rd annual Westminster Fallfest will be held from Sept. 22-25 at the Westminster playground at 11 Longwell Ave. On Sept. 24, the Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition will take place at Westminster High School. The start of October will be celebrated at Oktoberfest at the Carroll County Agricultural Center on Oct. 1 and 2.

Westminster Fallfest started in 1978 to promote awareness of the renewal of the downtown shopping district. The dates for this year’s Westminster Fallfest are Sept. 22-25, 2022.

According to information provided by the City of Westminster, this year’s Fallfest charity partners are, Crossroads Church, Catholic Charities Head Start & Early Learning, Westminster Municipal Band, and Together We Own It. “Selected partners will assist with planning ... complete tasks delegated by organizers, provide and coordinate volunteers to manage and staff several activities during the four-day festival, and attend mandatory monthly meetings. In return, each partner receives a portion of the proceeds generated from the event to benefit their organization.

“Fallfest is a four-day community event with fun for everyone! The festival is [composed] of rides, games, food, entertainment, and on Saturday and Sunday only, an assortment of craft, commercial, and nonprofit vendors. Hundreds of volunteers from local organizations and area schools help staff this event.”

Related:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/lifestyles/cc-lt-dayhoff-092522-20220923-ctm7jhlrcrdfxgpiupia6me4b4-story.html 

https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/2022/09/24/westminster-fallfest-september-22-25-2022/ 

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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition

Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition, Sept 24, 2022 at the Westminster High School at 5p.m

Kevin Dayhoff: It’s fall and time for community events in Westminster, Carroll County Sep 23, 2022 at 9:00 am

Let’s look at three of the events on the calendar for fall. The 43rd annual Westminster Fallfest will be held from Sept. 22-25 at the Westminster playground at 11 Longwell Ave. On Sept. 24, the Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition will take place at Westminster High School. The start of October will be celebrated at Oktoberfest at the Carroll County Agricultural Center on Oct. 1 and 2.

The Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition is open to young women ages 13 through 25 who currently reside, study, or work full time in the state of Maryland. This year the competition will take place Sept. 24 at Westminster High School. The Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition is the local preliminary competition to Miss Maryland and Miss America. Founded in 1921, Miss America has become the top scholarship provider for women in the United States. The Miss America Organization, along with state and local organizations make available millions in cash and tuition assistance each year.

Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition, Sept 24:

According to an article on the Carroll County Tourism website: Doors will open to the theatre at the Westminster High School at 5p.m. Sept. 24 for the Miss Carroll County Scholarship Competition. “Beforehand, there will be a ‘Forever Miss Maryland/Miss Carroll County Museum,’ featuring memorabilia from former Miss Marylands from 4:30 to 5 p.m.”

The competition takes place at Westminster High School, 1225 Washington Road, Westminster. All tickets will be available for purchase at the door. Admission for adults is $20 and for children $10. All ticket sale proceeds go toward the Miss Carroll County Scholarship Fund.

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https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/2022/09/23/miss-carroll-county-scholarship-competition/

https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/lifestyles/cc-lt-dayhoff-092522-20220923-ctm7jhlrcrdfxgpiupia6me4b4-story.html

https://patch.com/maryland/westminster/miss-carroll-county-scholarship-competition

https://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2022/09/miss-carroll-county-scholarship.html

Miss Carroll County Scholarship Organization https://www.facebook.com/misscarrollcountyorg

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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Grace Lutheran Church

Grace Lutheran Church 21 Carroll Street Westminster MD 18Sun2022

Tour de France documentary: Plan B, the fall & rise | Team Jumbo-Visma

Fascinating NSFW inside – behind the scenes view of the 2021 Tour de France from the Jumbo-Visma team.

 2021 Tour de France documentary: Plan B, the fall & rise | Team Jumbo-Visma. NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMIF4IyDM6o

 Jun 3, 2022  Watch our spectacular Tour de France documentary Plan B, the fall & rise. The story about the way a dramatic first week turned into our best Tour the France performance ever.

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 Watch the docu with Dutch subs here: https://youtu.be/z3jgxpFbusY

Fascinant NSFW à l'intérieur - vue des coulisses du Tour de France 2021 de l'équipe Jumbo-Visma.

Documentaire Tour de France 2021 : Plan B, la chute et la montée | L'équipe Jumbo-Visma. NSFW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMIF4IyDM6o

3 juin 2022 Regardez notre spectaculaire documentaire sur le Tour de France Plan B, la chute et la montée. L'histoire de la façon dont une première semaine dramatique s'est transformée en notre meilleure performance Tour de France de tous les temps.

VINTAGE 1958 KRAFT VELVEETA CHEESE COMMERCIAL

Yup, Velveeta, 104-years later, is still available

Yup, Velveeta is a food product from our childhood that is still manufactured. Velveeta, a brand name for a processed cheese product was first made by Emil Frey of the "Monroe Cheese Company" in Monroe, New York. According to a January 15, 2014 article in Smithsonian Magazine written by Natasha Geiling, found here, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/there-is-no-shortage-history-when-it-comes-velveeta-180949312/?no-ist; Frey was “a Swiss cheesemaker who moved from Switzerland to upstate New York, where he worked in cheese factories in the late 1880s….”

Frey “learned that by adding a by-product of cheesemaking called whey, which is the liquid released from curds during the cheesemaking process, to the leftover Swiss bits, he could create a very cohesive end-product. Frey named the product Velveeta, and in 1923, the Velveeta Cheese Company became its own corporation. It was successful for a while as its own company (which was based out of Monroe, NY), but in 1927, it was sold to Kraft Foods…

“In 1931, the American Medical Association gave Velveeta its stamp of approval, citing that the product had all the necessary nutritional value to build ‘firm flesh.’

“Velveeta's popularity increased throughout the '30s, '40s and into the '50s--studies of consumer preference done in the 1930s found that two-thirds of Americans preferred processed cheese to natural cheese…”

#amwriting Writer's dinner

This was my writer's dinner yesterday. I sang the national anthem before I ate it.

Westminster Mayor Dr. Mona Becker delivered greetings

Westminster Mayor Dr. Mona Becker delivered greetings and salutations from the City of Westminster to Dr. Julia Jasken upon the occasion of her Inauguration as the 10th president of McDaniel College.

Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop.

“Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop. Than when we soar.” William Wordsworth, The Excursion” (1814)

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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

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Lenten Creation Care 2022 Cuidemos la Creación durante la Cuaresma de este 2022

Lenten Creation Care 2022 Cuidemos la Creación durante la Cuaresma de este 2022

Because our world can change a lot in 40 days. Porque el mundo puede cambiar mucho en 40 días.

Lent is a time for prayer, fasting, and more intentional sharing. This year, our church is joining with many others in heeding the call to be stewards of God’s Creation throughout this season. 

May this calendar remind us to be more mindful of the ways that our daily habits impact both our common home and all those with whom we share it. On behalf of future generations and all living in poverty — those most harmed by our damaged climate — may we answer God’s call to be faithful stewards, speaking out for Creation care.

A prayer from Psalm 51: 

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.

Creator God, we begin this Lenten season asking for Your renewal. 

Through prayer, fasting, and sharing over these 40 days, 

we ask that our eyes be opened to the ways we can do better; 

in our relationships with You, Your Creation, 

and all those with whom we share this, our common home. 

Lord, help us to restore what has been damaged through our sinful overconsumption 

and the systemic injustices that surround us, returning to You with renewed spirits

March 6, 2022-DC-Creation-Care-Calendar.pdf

https://ipldmv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-DC-Creation-Care-Calendar.pdf 

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Lenten Creation Care 2022 - Because our world can change a lot in 40 days.

Cuidemos la Creación durante la Cuaresma de este 2022

Porque el mundo puede cambiar mucho en 40 días.

La Cuaresma es un tiempo de oración, ayuno y participación de manera más consciente. Este año, nuestra parroquia está uniéndose a otras iglesias en responder al llamado de cuidar la Creación de Dios durante esta temporada. Recemos para que esta temporada nos haga más conscientes de las maneras en que nuestras acciones tienen impactos positivos para “nuestra casa común” y para aquéllos con quienes la compartimos. En representación de generaciones futuras y todos los que viven en la pobreza—los más impactados por nuestro deteriorado clima—que respondamos todos a la llamada de Dios y que seamos fieles guardianes, y nos pronunciemos a favor del cuidado de la Creación

Miércoles de Ceniza 

Empezamos esta temporada cuaresmal con una oración del Salmo 51: Por tu inmensa compasión 

y misericordia, Señor, apiádate de mí y olvida mis ofensas. Lávame bien de todas mis culpas ... 

Crea en mí, Señor, un corazón puro, un espíritu nuevo para cumplir tus mandamientos.

Dios Creador, empezamos esta temporada pidiendo por una renovación. A través de la oración, el ayuno y la 

participación a lo largo de estos 40 días, pedimos que nuestros ojos se abran a las maneras en que podemos 

mejorar; en nuestras relaciones contigo; tu Creación, y todos estos con quienes compartimos éste, nuestro 

hogar común. Confiamos en tu capacidad para crear en nosotros corazones limpios, para llevarnos del pecado 

a ser devotos guías, para usarnos como instrumentos de tu sanación. Señor, ayúdanos a restaurar lo que se ha 

dañado por nuestro excesivo e inmoral consumismo y las injusticias sistemáticas que nos rodean, regresando a 

ti con el espíritu renovado

https://ipldmv.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Cuidemos-la-Creacion-durante-la-Cuaresma-de-este-2022.pdf 

March 6, 2022-DC-Creation-Care-Calendar.pdf

https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10223947750095192 

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Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.

Carroll County Times: www.tinyurl.com/KED-CCT

Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: http://tinyurl.com/KED-Sun

Westminster Patch: https://patch.com/users/kevin-e-dayhoff

Facebook Dayhoff for Westminster: https://www.facebook.com/DayhoffforWestminster/

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