SUFFERING

      Often it's just a lack of imagination that keeps a man from suffering very much.

                                                                                              Marcel Proust

        Think about this one as it says so much .

ICE CREAM

       Tomorrow is International Ice Cream Day. I love ice cream. In fact , my family has liked ice cream for three or four generations.

       Last  week was a family reunion. Not a reunion like in the old days with many people. This reunion had 25  people. I could not make it as I don't drive very far anymore. My two children did not make it as one is in Chicago and one on the west coast.

    They did set up  messenger feed for me so I got to  see all the people and activities. I also had some good chats. 

    Oh ya! this post started out on ice cream. I got lost. So for the reunion somebody showed up with a three gallon tub of ice cream. Other people showed up with their favorite toppings. Sorry  I missed it.

   When I was a child in the late 40's , we did not have electricity and therefore no freezer where we could keep ice cream.  We did make our own ice cream and we could buy ice cream. Dad  would come home with a brick of ice cream and we would eat it right away before it melted. A brick of ice cream was similar in size  to a pound of butter.

    There were  also huge insulted containers which were used to ship ice cream. It would keep the ice cream frozen for a few days.

    Did I ever tell you I like ice cream?

    Happy International Ice Cream Day.

CHANGE

                   Things do not change; we change.

                                                                  Henry David Thoreau

BELIEF

            A belief which leaves no place  for doubt is not a belief, it is a superstition.

                                                                               Jose Bergamin

         There's some pretty deep thought from Bergamin on this quote. When I'd copied this quote I missed the author. I found out that all I needed to do was google it.

       So far some of these quotes have been humor and some advice and others comments on life.

ENEMIES

            If you  want to make enemies, try to change something.

                                                                    Woodrow Wilson

           Woodrow Wilson was an American president. Many progressive changes were made under his administration so I guess he experienced making some enemies. 

HUMBLE

                 The humblest individual exerts some influence either for good or evil upon others.

                                                                                                    Henry Ward Beecher

               Henry Ward Beecher was an American clergyman who was an abolitionist. As  a result he spoke often and left his mark on society.

WINE

      I always cook with wine. Sometimes I add it to the food.

                                                                W.C. Fields

   W.C fields was an actor, comedian, juggler and writer. He was born in 1880 and died in 1946.