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6/22/2022

What do you recommend for a thoughtful summer read?

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An American Summer: Love & Death in Chicago by Alex Kotlowitz (non-fiction)
Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman
Eat Pray Love
From Strength to Strength by Arthur C Brooks
Lincoln Highway
Stillness Speaks by Elkhart Tolle
The 9.9 Percent
The Happiest Man on Earth by Eddie Jaku
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Fantasy, but with thoughtful message about how we treat people who are different.
These Precious Days by Anne Patchett. It's a collection of her essays.
Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha (fiction)

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6/8/2022

Suggest a fun text question!

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Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images

Get ready to see some (or all) of these as future fun text questions:

Question for summer: What do you recommend for a thoughtful summer read?
Silverware cleaning? Do you prefer the silverware be loaded handle-side upwards or downwards in your dishwasher?
What gets your motor started in the morning besides coffee?
What is your biggest regret so far and why?
What is your favorite summer activity?
What is your favorite thing about pride month in June?
What movie, book or song best reflects your life (or a season of your life)?
What was your favorite childhood game?

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5/25/2022

What’s your favorite hymn? Why?

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By Pete Unseth - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

"Amazing Grace"
"For the Beauty of the Earth"
"Holy holy holy" - One of the first hymns I ever sang and my mother liked it.
"How Can I Keep From Singing"
"It Is Well with My Soul"
"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" - I love the somber yet hopeful tone/imagery.
"Onward, Christian Soldiers"
"The King of Love My Shepherd Is" (from my Lutheran days) - I love the music, of course, but also the words. We sang it at my Mom's funeral too.

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5/11/2022

What are you currently worried about?

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Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay

As the first item notes below, this question wasn't so much "fun" as an "engagement text." Thanks for your thoughtful responses.

Not a “fun text” this week. So many things to worry about- top of the list: climate change, mental health (especially young people) and women’s rights
Ukraine situation
Threats to democratic institutions, polarization, climate change
Situation in Ukraine and my health.
I have a quote in my journal, "Worrying is praying for what you don't want." I work on controlling the worrying. :)
My kids
Health
Fire danger
Safe traveling
I'm worried that we can't stop the extreme right from imposing their beliefs on us and that we will lose our democracy.
Concerned about aging and cognition
My daughter and her anxiety, lack of faith, & negative attitude. And my frustration that she is not doing anything to try to make it better.
Income Inequality
Grandchildren safety!
Completing some forms that are required for a scholarship

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4/27/2022

Communion: Wine or Juice?

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Image by hudsoncrafted from Pixabay

Wine: 16, including

Wine - always wine 😊
Wine but it has a bitter taste!
Wine, but it isn't as good as what we have at home. :)

Juice: 4, including: Juice, recovered alcoholic

Both/either: 3

Both
Either. It’s the symbolism of what it represents, so for me it doesn’t matter. My previous Catholic self would say bring on the wine!!
Good wine or in lieu juice

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4/13/2022

Marshmallow Peeps: Wonderful Treat… or Sugar Abomination?

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Image by Terri Cnudde from Pixabay

The responses were vehement this week.

Wonderful Treat:

Awesome
Beyond wonderful ??????
PEEPS ARE YUM!
Wonderful treat

Sugar Abomination:

🤢
Blucky!!!🤢
Disgusting!
Don't get me started. Disgusting things.
Only good for dioramas
Sugar abomination
Sugar abomination 🤢
Sugar abomination!
Sugar abomination!!!
Yuck!

And the lone soul who answered "Both at the same time!"

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3/30/2022

Decorating Easter eggs: paint? dye? stickers? other?

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By Ikonact - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0.

I love plastic eggs that I can fill with wonderful treats. :)
Waxing, decorative designs, then dyeing.
None of the above! Plastic filled with candy, gum, nuts, or small change.
Dye (3, including "Dye. I’m old!")
We may do some baking and we will definitely have our Easter decorations out and about. We have lots of real rabbits hoping around in our garden--I smile every time I see one!😊
All of the above! Sometimes two of those sometimes three or four different ways! Whatever the grandkids wanna do that year! And whatever on sale dye kits I got from the previous years!

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3/16/2022

In Honor of Pi Day, What's Your Favorite Pie?

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By dansheadel - originally posted to Flickr as pict1711, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Apple (7, including: "warmed," "with crumble topping," and "with 3.1414 apples")
Banana cream
Blueberry ??
Cherry (2)
Homemade Cranberry Apple
Homemade leftover Thanksgiving turkey pot pie
Key lime (2)
Lemon meringue and apple
LEMON MERINGUE!!
Pecan (3)
Pumpkin (with extra whipped cream on top)
Rhubarb (2)
Too many to list

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3/2/2022

Lent: Give up something? Take on something?

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Give up: Dessert
Give up: I’m giving up raising my voice at my kids.
Give up: Milk and bread
Give up: Sour cream and onion Pringles 😩
Give up: Sugar
Take on: Add a bit more exercise and 3 snail mail notes per week to friends.
Take on: I try to do something to better myself & honor other people. So my Lenten promise to myself & others is to be on time for work, meetings, appts, etc., which shows respect for other people‘s time & myself
Take on: I will do the Lenten devotional or another mindfulness journal for Lent this year. Thanks for making those available via email and the paper version.