Eclipse day 2017.0821Mo.

Eclipse day 2017.0821Mo.  Dog walk, home to breakfast - a biggie - grits, sausage and toast & jelly, then to the YMCA.  




Getting home just as the Great Eclipse begins.  

     








During the eclipse, what I kept noticing was the difference between the shade, the shadows, and a little bit of confused reaction from bird life.  Some of the nocturnal sounds natural to the creatures of the night could also be heard starting up during cloudy periods, but they were faint and only one or two tries.  The creatures of the wild seemed to me to be definitely concerned.  

   


  In the maximum part of the eclipse, the major indications were (again) the depth of tree shade and the leaf shadows.  Oh yes, some of the mailbox-street lights came on too.  The shade was darker than usual, and definitely had a different feeling to it than it normally does. 


The shadows cast by tree leaves were “curled”, wispy-like, as if cast by Japanese or Chinese artists.

A Shooting at Shalom.

First, it was a Jewish woman who was insulted when she was leaving the Temple.  A day or two later a swastika appeared back behind the main building.  Next night, a shotgun blast hit the Temple Shalom sign out in front, out by the road.  

This took place in Naples, Florida, in November, 2016.  Coinciding with the election of Donald Trump as president, and an increasing number of such incidents observed taking place all over the United States and Europe.  

Someone suggested a multi-religion attendance at a Friday night Shabbat  presentation. 

Word spread among the churches.  And when the night arrived there were more than 1,400 people who were able to squeeze into the temple, and many others were turned away, or waited outside as the service proceeded.   

Churches present were represented by Catholic,  Unitarian, United, Episcopal, at least two Muslim Mosques, a Bahai, and many other denominations.

German-Fest in Naples, Florida

Held on Saturday, February 4, 2017  at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Naples, Florida.   

There was a very large turnout and music was  everywhere - good, German music all over the place.  Music was available for the dining areas and then there was a dance floor with a band, the “Florida Snow Bird Polka Band” playing polkas and waltzes mainly

Great German food was available, and being devoured by people who  apparently had not had such a meal in a long time.  My wife and I had sausages, I had a knackwurst and a brat, with sauerkraut and spaetzle with gravy.  Rye bread was added and it took me right back to Germany. Wow!  The sauerkraut especially was a little bit different and it was great! A couple of pretzels with German mustard made a superfabulous desert. 

A great time was had by all who attended and it was all made even better because of the way the people who provided the wonder treated us!  We were very special guests.  That was obvious.