tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post726795400123797579..comments2024-02-07T00:26:07.597-08:00Comments on Along The Way: MEMORY -- DO NOT FORGET -- OCTOBER SONGJoaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03155775053108104385noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-21261108042361300072017-10-02T20:59:13.772-07:002017-10-02T20:59:13.772-07:00Thanks for sharing this language perspective. I l...Thanks for sharing this language perspective. I like thinking of those differing word concepts — chromos vs kairos. I may well have “slipped from chronos to kairos.” joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-69837651262427879732017-10-02T19:46:33.807-07:002017-10-02T19:46:33.807-07:00Sometimes, our language limits us when it comes to...Sometimes, our language limits us when it comes to some of the most basic realities of life: like time. The Greeks have two words for time: kairos and chronos. Chronos is our clock time -- chronology, for example -- but kairos is akin to the "right" time or the "fullness" of time. When will the grain ripen? Not on October 17, but when the time is right. Sometimes we forget shoreacreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16284698314697628805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-89613126700155957102017-10-01T16:20:15.789-07:002017-10-01T16:20:15.789-07:00Seems to happen to the best of us judging by the r...Seems to happen to the best of us judging by the responses here. At least you’ll know if it happens to you. <br /><br />Doesn’t leave much to the imagination to figure out our Prez’s priorities. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-46855023755536579862017-10-01T14:27:56.831-07:002017-10-01T14:27:56.831-07:00I suspect when I retire and it isn't as requir...I suspect when I retire and it isn't as require, days of the week will get jumbled now and then.<br /><br />The prez's response to Puerto Rico is nothing short of obscene and inhumane.Silver in AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12501467853392916885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-8770465377076901392017-10-01T13:59:41.841-07:002017-10-01T13:59:41.841-07:00You, too, fall victim to losing a day here or ther...You, too, fall victim to losing a day here or there I see. I hope there are more like your sister who are more closely questioning the words and actions of our leader. Am sure it must be disappointing to them that he isn’t the person they wanted to believe he was or could be. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-68064541176321846582017-10-01T13:51:30.358-07:002017-10-01T13:51:30.358-07:00Oh, I hear you on relishing being free of such rig...Oh, I hear you on relishing being free of such rigid scheduling. The short bathroom breaks are none too pleasant as though we can always control that need. <br /><br />Some do seem unable or unwilling to reconsider whether or not the reasons they chose their candidate continue to apply. Some past years I’ve had to change my mind about supporting a candidate when their actions and behaviors joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-48839812425519826212017-10-01T13:39:12.672-07:002017-10-01T13:39:12.672-07:00When routines get changed is when we seem most lik...When routines get changed is when we seem most likely to get mixed up, I think. We can be such creatures of habit. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-47309065521266391492017-10-01T13:36:06.809-07:002017-10-01T13:36:06.809-07:00Sounds like it worked out well for you. We resked...Sounds like it worked out well for you. We resked for a day later which worked fine for both of us. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-55804745283013306772017-10-01T13:33:57.021-07:002017-10-01T13:33:57.021-07:00Technology today for those who are able to learn t...Technology today for those who are able to learn to use a phone or device to aid their memories is a real boon. I recall providing services to a young twenty something man who had a stroke a few years earlier. Learning to use a device to augment his memory had enabled him to pursue higher education at a Community College.<br /><br />joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-78498356670038766502017-10-01T13:25:33.511-07:002017-10-01T13:25:33.511-07:00Our Prez’s going bankrupt on projects then leaving...Our Prez’s going bankrupt on projects then leaving others unpaid and/or deeply in debit has seemed to be a pattern in his business operations with such possibly excessive use of this legal mechanism not intended for such abuse. This was known before he became a candidate for the office he now holds. I’ve never understood how anyone could have thought he would be competent enough or have the joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-68361260692812372412017-10-01T13:11:31.634-07:002017-10-01T13:11:31.634-07:00Your connecting calendar day and event “handicap” ...Your connecting calendar day and event “handicap” would be a challenge!<br /><br />News reports of which I’m aware indicate those on the ground in Puerto Rico including individuals you describe have been doing all they could. The alleged concern centers on the President’s delay taking some necessary emergency action, unlike what he did for earlier areas struck by only one hurricane. joaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999395062839739698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-48401575557116604152017-10-01T11:34:09.056-07:002017-10-01T11:34:09.056-07:00Know all about the missing day syndrome. Think the...Know all about the missing day syndrome. Think the lack of schedule is to blame. Just this week, I was a little concerned why my brother hadn't made his usual Saturday morning phone call. Then my sister reminded me it was Friday. Duh. Can't say it isn't a challenge. <br />Also a challenge is trying to navigate our political landscape. The only ray of hope I have is that that same Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-12630695539558691592017-10-01T08:32:51.327-07:002017-10-01T08:32:51.327-07:00After being so stringently yoked to the Days Of Th...After being so stringently yoked to the Days Of The Week as a highschool teacher for 30 years, I loved losing track of What Day It Was when I first retired several years ago. It is a luxury to have such a Sameness to the days that I don't have to think about tight scheduling, availability of materials, and/or cramming units into the available weeks of the year or grading period.<br /><br />Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17627214346956206283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-88235716841247349412017-10-01T08:11:08.724-07:002017-10-01T08:11:08.724-07:00Many is the time, I get mixed up as to what day it...Many is the time, I get mixed up as to what day it is. I don't have a work schedule, no kids in school, and DH sometimes works weird shifts. I figure I'm doing good to remember what time of the day it is. :)<br />Thinking about Puerto Rico and doing a slow burn. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-34901024645054618012017-10-01T07:39:06.808-07:002017-10-01T07:39:06.808-07:00This happened to me recently, but managed to chang...This happened to me recently, but managed to change the appointment to later the same day and the results were much better than if I had been on time. LOLJudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03399435237919718544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-36178200750713391182017-10-01T07:17:50.766-07:002017-10-01T07:17:50.766-07:00Puerto Rico breaks my heart. For us all on this dy...Puerto Rico breaks my heart. For us all on this dying planet. For it can only get worse.<br /><br />My weeks collide and I look at my phone to tell me the days. BLUR.<br /><br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-37431939319063665012017-10-01T06:24:55.662-07:002017-10-01T06:24:55.662-07:00I have shown up a day too early for appointments. ...I have shown up a day too early for appointments. Makes you feel foolish. <br /><br />The way the president is treating Puerto Rico is disgusting. He seems more concerned with the money aspect of it instead of the people in a dire situation. No empathy! Their financial problems down there were made worse by him when he went bankrupt on a project on the island and he left Puerto Rico with an Misadventures of Widowhoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262709452281226620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36527891.post-1167527496830489512017-10-01T06:15:23.605-07:002017-10-01T06:15:23.605-07:00What day is it? In my own case, I'll confuse t...What day is it? In my own case, I'll confuse the day OR I'll know the day but fail to connect it to the scheduled event(s), mentally. I am calendar challenged! My first semester at college (age 17), I missed two of my final exams because of my "handicap".<br /><br />The islands are in a world of hurt. I cannot imagine the lack of up-front coordination that the response bespeaks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com