****Walt & Eileen Petersen**

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Traces of ime . . . April 22-28, 2024

Traces of Time . . . .

{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom22-28, 2024

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 due in April and posterity to come.
So our posterity now numbers 66. Number 67 due in April.
THIS WEEK

APRIL 22-28, 2024

April - Hope you all have a wonderful, fantastic birthday!
17 - Walt - "90" Remembrance - 4th in heaven
24 - Gary - "59"
24 - John - "50"
24 - Kimble - "25"
25 - Jerry - "50"

MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2024
Family is Everything...

Sunrise: 6:38 a.m.

Sunset: 8:13 p.m.

...this Monday

Last Monday to compare to...
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Hokulia Shave Ice - Saratoga Springs will be opening soon! Like their FB page to get info about when it will open.
Hokulia Shave Ice - Saratoga Springs UTAH. We're prepping the shack, getting it ready to open. Can't wait to see all of you! Stay tuned for opening dates.
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Appointment with Dr. Kimball
at Willowcreek Clinic in Lehi
A1C = 7.1
down from 8.1 on Jan. 8,
so that's great!!

Wish I knew the name of...
...these beautiful trees.

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This afternoon I started listening to
The Bomber Mafia
this afternoon. Fascinating!
Malcolm Gladwell - Age 45
in this 2008 photo from
Wikipedia.
Now age 60.

Family Book Club
April Choice by Gary
Book released 2021
Gary’s choice for April...

I’ve been wanting to listen to another Malcolm Gladwell book for the last little while. This is one of his recent ones from 2021:
The Bomber Mafia.
Since Oppenheimer, I've been curious about knowing more of the fire bombing of Tokyo in WW2, which was more devastating than the atomic bomb drops. Which looks like it is discussed in this book.
It's only about 5 hours, though, so I'm also including Malcolm Gladwell podcast published as a book also from 2021:
I Hate the Ivy League.
Education is something that I've been interested in for a while, and I'm curious to hear some of Gladwell's take on it. They are both available on Audible, and are about 5 hrs each, so about 11 hours total.
*THE BOMBER MAFIA***
In The Bomber Mafia, Malcolm Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” asked: What if precision bombing could cripple the enemy and make war far less lethal?
In contrast, the bombing of Tokyo on the deadliest night of the war was the brainchild of General Curtis LeMay, whose brutal pragmatism and scorched-earth tactics in Japan cost thousands of civilian lives, but may have spared even more by averting a planned US invasion.
In The Bomber Mafia, Gladwell asks, “Was it worth it?” Things might have gone differently had LeMay’s predecessor, General Haywood Hansell, remained in charge. Hansell believed in precision bombing, but when he and Curtis LeMay squared off for a leadership handover in the jungles of Guam, LeMay emerged victorious, leading to the darkest night of World War II.
The Bomber Mafia is a riveting tale of persistence, innovation, and the incalculable wages of war.
I HATE THE IVY LEAGUE
Malcolm Gladwell has long relished the opportunity to skewer the upper echelons of higher education, from the institution of U.S. News & World Report’s Best College rankings to the LSATs to the luxe Bowdoin College cafeteria.
I Hate the Ivy League: iffs and Rants on Elite Education, upends the traditional thinking around how education should work and tries to get to the bottom of why we often reward the wrong people. The higher education system follows a hierarchy that was created to primarily benefit top-tier, elite, well-off students, but Gladwell wants to find out how we can do a better job at educating the middle and make education more affordable, fair, and open to all.
Why is Gladwell so obsessed with American education?
The foreword and afterword of I Hate the Ivy League explains, framing this carefully curated selection of Revisionist History episodes. If you’ve never listened to Revisionist History, this collection is a thoughtful introduction to the long-running podcast, and if you’re already a fan, it allows for careful re-examination of the important issues at hand: how do we really determine what matters most when it comes to educating our children?
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Earth Day 2024Happy Earth Day 2024! Today's annual Earth Day Doodle features the planet's natural beauty and biodiversity and reminds us of the importance of protecting it for future generations.

TUESDAY, APRIL 23**, 2024

Family is Everything...
Institute

Lori Lyn and Betsy teach

the course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024

Family is Everything...
Happy Birthday today to...
24 - Gary - "59"
24 - John - "50"
24 - Kimble - "25"

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Lunch Bunch was at the new
Village Baker in
Saratoga Springs.
I always get their egg salad sandwich.

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Movie Night with Gary...

Wed, April 24
was from
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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024**

Family is Everything…
Today Jerry is 50

FRIDAY,  APRIL 26, 2024
Family is Everything…
day

SATURDAY,  APRIL 27, 2024
Family is Everything...

At the end of this April 28th,
I pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.
He loves us just
as we are at this very moment.
He knows what our potential is.
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Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
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I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead.
Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.
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President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
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The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
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The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.
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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today. Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
April 28, 2024

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Next week APRIL 29-MAY 5, 2024

xxx xxx xxx

Traces of Time . . . .

{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom22-28, 2024

Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 9 spouses married to our grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, 1 due in April and posterity to come.
So our posterity now numbers 66. Number 67 due in April.
THIS WEEK

APRIL 29-May 5, 2024

MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2024
Family is Everything...

Sunrise: 6:29 a.m...

Sunset: 8:20 p.m.

...this Monday

Last Monday to compare to...
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TUESDAY, APRIL 30**, 2024

Family is Everything...
Institute

Lori Lyn and Betsy teach

the course of Instruction:
"Women in the Scriptures"

WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2024

    Family is Everything...
May - Hope you all have a wonderful, fantastic birthday!
01 - ___ Taylor - " 2"  {Kelsey & Josh's son}
16 - Michael Fisher "21"
21 - Maddie - "17"
21-Grampa Bide Prescott's Remembrance 1884-1943 "69"
Family Book Club

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Lunch Bunch was at

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Movie Night with Gary...

Wed, May 1
was from
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THURSDAY, MAY 2**, 2024

Family is Everything…
Today

FRIDAY, MAY 3, 2024
Family is Everything…
day

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 2024
Family is Everything...

SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2024
Family is Everything...

At the end of this May 5th,
I pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...

Heavenly Father lives and knows us each by name. He loves us and wants us to return to Him and Heavenly Mother when we leave this mortal existence.
He loves us just
as we are at this very moment.
He knows what our potential is.
* * *
Jesus Christ came to earth as The Only Begotten of the Father and fulfilled the Atonement. He is the Redeemer of all.
* * *
I am thankful for the guidance of the Holy Ghost as the third member of the Godhead.
Walt said to me once: "I look forward to thanking the Holy Ghost in person when I get to Heaven. I don't think we give Him enough credit for all He does."

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Joseph Smith was foreordained to be the Prophet of the Restoration. He is the Restorer of all things.
* * *
President Russell M. Nelson is the Living Prophet today for all the world.
* * *
The Bible is "the Word of God as far as it is translated correctly" and is a Testament of the Divinity of Jesus Christ.
* * *
The Book of Mormon is the Word of God and is Another Testament of Jesus Christ. It is the most correct book of any book on earth.
* * *
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the True Church on the earth today. Because of the restored Temple Ordinances families can be sealed for eternity.

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Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Eileen Petersen
May 5, 2024

xxx xxx xxx

Next week MAY 6-12, 2024

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2024

Family is Everything.. Sunrise: 6: a.m.

Sunset: 8: p.m.
...this Monday

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