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Sunday, November 27, 2022
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Caroline is delivering the message at St. Ben's
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Grand opening of Covalent Spirits Distillery
Thursday, November 03, 2022
Misty, Caroline, and George
Tuesday, November 01, 2022
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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Saturday, October 29, 2022
Friday, October 21, 2022
Food Sunday held its 40th anniversary event
Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Sunday, October 09, 2022
American Legion magazine - Con Thien, Vietnam
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Saturday, September 24, 2022
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.
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.
Friday, September 23, 2022
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.
Related:
https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/2022/09/23/miss-carroll-county-scholarship-competition/
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
Sunday, September 18, 2022
Sunday, July 24, 2022
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.
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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.
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
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…”
Friday, April 29, 2022
Saturday, April 09, 2022
Westminster Mayor Dr. Mona Becker delivered greetings
Sunday, March 13, 2022
Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop.
“Wisdom is oftimes nearer when we stoop. Than when we soar.” William Wordsworth, The Excursion” (1814)
Monday, March 07, 2022
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.