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Psalm 90:10, "The length of our days is seventy years—or eighty if we are strong.... |
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Three Score and Ten the Introduction, Well here we go, After 50 years I am going to take another attempt at writing. The first time was the Palmer writers correspondence school in 1969. The writing will be not a book that will be written with the idea of being published, But will be a writing of thoughts unencumbered by possible publishing and monetary gain. This writing will be a hybrid of Journal and Reminisce. It is important to me that the writings are my true thoughts at the time, not influenced by any factor. The writing will try to explain how a 70 year old white, male USA citizen now relates to today's world. Is every oldest generation lost in their own world, that they aged into? What do I see, and feel as I age farther. I know I am not normal as in what this world today would consider normal. But I hope I am in the ball park writing the thoughts of a 70 year old. I hope for you to learn to know who I am, As I search for Who I am at 70+ This work will carry on until I am no longer able to think or write. This will be done on a nearly daily writing interwoven with a life's reminiscing. This writing has been in the planning for 10 plus years. and I have now made it to this starting point. This writing is dedicated to My Wife The Kitten, My family, My grand children, Lukas, Levi, Luis, Lydia and Sonora Pearl. I thank you God that you have allowed me to have your Three Score and Ten Time. |
| We sure had a nice November day for painting. I can now see light at the end of the Paint Brush. The weather looks good through Monday. That will be the end of the painting season. The roto tiller got put away for the season. I went and got a oil change on our Town and Country van, preparing to travel to Kentucky and visit my wives twin sister. We will be leaving the seventeenth and will be gone three nights. The little dog Biscuit goes with us but Luna the cat has to stay. PROMPT November 5th "Imagine the year is 2030. Write about what has happened in your life over the last decade in the past tense". It is November 2030 and I have been asked to write about the past ten years. I am now 80 years old which is much different then I was a 70 years. The past ten years has been filled with turmoil, political and culture wise. My life style here in Wisconsin has been stable, but my every day routine is getting more challenging. I am still, mobile but slowing down, My knees are getting worse. A few years ago I got my cataracts taken care of. I was then able to see clearly. The wife and I are having more trouble hearing one another and it is agitating. But we are thankful we are here on this side of the sod, together. As we exist here in 2030 I am lost. I no longer understand the so called progress of todays technology. It is my fault they would says as I have not tried to keep up. Which is true. but how do you keep up with artificial Intelligence. The artificial Intelligence of today is out maneuvering the ability of the human mind to comprehend it. So sad from Black and white television to this, where a machine builds it own intelligence. This machine over mind will not end well. Then to add to the problems of todays world our country, our society has broken down into segments. Since before 2020 we no longer have a united, United States culture. we know have a number of cultures, all competing for attention and the few dollars there are. The virus of 2020 and it economic consequences of borrowing trillions of dollars in a attempt soften the blow has had lasting effects. There is today economic hardship through out the world and our creditors want their money. How do you pay back that a kind of dollars. There is no money. Interest rates have risen to plus 25% for good credit, and bad credit is out of the picture completely. The economy of 2030 is at a stand still. The Social Security fund and Medicare is near default. Our human ability to juggle all of societies complexities and solve the problems is coming to an end in 2030. The major cities are a war zone, violence, destruction, hunger, homelessness and lack of health care. Nobody wants to be there. The population losses, for good reason are causing the cities to collapse in on them selves like a black hole. I had thought we yet had a chance to get on top of our problems in 2016, and at first we did make some progress. but it was like a mirage, it did not last. With the election of Kim Sweet in 2028 are troubles have accelerated real fast. When you have more people taking then there is giving, the Republic as we know it can not survive. In 2030 is it time for the soon return of Christ? He will pick his time, How bad will it get? |
| I have been absent from this Blog a couple of days. it is not that i did not want to write, Just that other things got in the way. It was been just great weather for painting, I could not ask for better, So I need to take advantage of it while we have this rare good November weather. then there was the election. I am a news junkie, and have been my whole life. when I was in High school I would give a daily news report for the class. I enjoyed it. I was up until 2:00 in the morning watching returns. As a Libertarian Conservative I am disappointed over the election thus far. Every thing is politics, but I do not want to pull it into this blog. Today I roto tilled the garden and got the roto tiller ready for a long sleep. We have a Troy Bilt Pony here and Horse in the north. It is always a good feeling tp put them away until spring. Then I painted until we had to go to the auction house and pick up. I just had Christmas early going through things. I think I did decent this time around. a lot early 1900's catalogs and almanacks, mid century Christmas ornaments, view master with light attachment and a lot of good stuff. Then we went grocery shopping. I hate to make two trips so we double up when we can. Grocery shopping sure can get expensive, But We did buy some on special meat. A Dog that has a big mouth and likes to eat, then have treats and a big cat does not help the bill at all. PROMPT November 2nd Write about something you collect. If you don't collect anything, write about the collection of a friend or family member. Now this prompt is a real can of worms. It should say in my case what do you not collect. as they say in the business, I sell enough to feed the habit. It is in the blood. My one grandfathers were both self employed and supported there families well during the depression. I will speak of my maternal grandfather a bit at this time. he made this way buying ans sell what ever he could. He was a master horseman, work horses, he showed his horses and did horse pulls. But he was also a horse and cattle trader. and the way I understand it was quit shrewd to say the least. During the war as my mother said he bought and sold tires. But on to collecting. I started collecting when I was very young, Young enough to not remember it all clearly. But I still have the books mother gave me when I think I was 8-10 years old. I remember we had an old Hosier type cabinet I barely remember in the up stairs that I had full of paper stuff. One item type that I still look to acquire is old hand Garden Tools. There was such variety, some strange to see. I still use some of them. They were made to last more then one lifetime, good quality. My last good find was a Mini Seeder, It is nice but missing the planting shoe. I will need to buy another one some where to get a shoe, they are ca. about 1910. I will use it to plant my salad boxes. About 1988 I started collecting Antique Christmas decorations with the purchase of a 5.00 box of ornaments at a auction. The history of Christmas decoration is quite the story. A few years after 1988 we started attending the National Christmas Collectors conventions. We have not been a member for some years now. But I will still buy Christmas If the price is right and it is something that catches my eye. The items I picked up today included a box of old ornaments. The problem today with collecting old antique Christmas is the limited availability and astronomical prices. I won't pay those prices. Once in a while I get lucky on some mid century items. In our front parlor we keep ten different size Christmas trees decorated Year around. We light it only from after Thanksgiving until News Years day. We keep drapes pulled the rest of the year to protect against sun and light. It is known as the Christmas room in town. The trunk room is half full stacked to ceiling with old Christmas I have sold most of my Halloween and Easter collections. If I new how to post an image on this site I would do so. I hope you have a blessed New Day. |
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