Home Renovation: Wow Front Doors, Part 2

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Author: Will Durant, Historian & Philosopher

Remembering American author, William James "Will" Durant on his day of birth ( November 5, 1885,  died November 7, 1981). What a mind! He not only wrote the 11-volume set, The Story of Civilization, etc. but he also said and/or wrote some profound things. Here are a couple:

As to harmonizing the theory of evolution with the Biblical account of creation, I do not believe it can be done, and I do not see why it should be. The story of Genesis is beautiful, and profoundly significant as symbolism: there is no good reason to torture it into conformity with modern theory. (Will Durant, on Religion and Evolution, 1927)

The discoveries here summarized have restored considerable credit to those chapters of Genesis that record the early traditions of the Jews. In its outlines, and barring supernatural incidents, the story of the Jews as unfolded in the Old Testament has stood the test of criticism and Archeology; every year adds corroboration from documents, monuments, or excavations.... We must accept the Biblical account provisionally until it is disproved. (Will Durant, on History and Bible, 1963)

Will Durant

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US General Election 2020: Farewell, So Long, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye

 I write this post a couple of weeks before USA's very important General Election. We should be in Europe by now, Lord willing -- on a long-awaited vacation and/or an escape from these "tumultuous" time. 

So, will it be President Trump, or a President Harris ... ehrrrr, President Biden??  Either way...

For a small amount of perspective at this moment, imagine you were born in 1900. When you are 14, World War I starts, and ends on your 18th birthday with 22 million people killed. Later in the year, a Spanish Flu epidemic hits the planet and runs until you are 20. Fifty million people die from it in those two years. Yes, 50 million.

When you're 29, the Great Depression begins. Unemployment hits 25%, global GDP drops 27%. That runs until you are 33. The country nearly collapses along with the world economy. When you turn 39, World War II starts. You aren’t even over the hill yet.

When you're 41, the United States is fully pulled into WWII. Between your 39th and 45th birthday, 75 million people perish in the war and the Holocaust kills six million. At 52, the Korean War starts and five million perish.

At 64 the Vietnam War begins, and it doesn’t end for many years. Four million people die in that conflict. Approaching your 62nd birthday you have the Cuban Missile Crisis, a tipping point in the Cold War. Life on our planet, as we know it, could well have ended. Great leaders prevented that from happening.

As you turn 75, the Vietnam War finally ends. Think of everyone on the planet born in 1900. How do you survive all of that? A kid in 1985 didn’t think their 85 year old grandparent understood how hard school was. Yet those grandparents (and now great grandparents) survived through everything listed above.

Perspective is an amazing art. Let’s try and keep things in perspective. Let’s be smart, help each other out, and we will get through all of this. In the history of the world, there has never been a storm that lasted. This too, shall pass.

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And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call 

on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

 (Acts 2:21)

Perspective is Amazing ...

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MacKenzie-Childs: Which is It, a Rooster or a Hen?

MacKenzie Childs likes Roosters, Hens, Chickens, in its designs, obviously; and calls this item a Rooster Candle (orig. $150).  But is it??  You be the Judge.  (Glad to know that I am not the only one confused at first glance. See below).

One thing  of which I am certain -- I should have bought at least two while the candle was on  a special sale.  It is gorgeous and fulfills my hankering for MC's Parchment Check collection. It's also made in Italy, whoa.

Rooster vs Hen

How to Tell a Rooster From a Hen: The Complete Guide

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