TRACES OF TIME . . .
{Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} On this blog I share with family and friends my daily thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.
Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.
THIS WEEK-
MARCH 13-19, 2023
Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen, their spouses, our 39 grandchildren, 6 great-grandchildren, and posterity to come.
THIS WEEK-
MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2023
Family is Everything… Sunrise: 7:42 a.m.
Sunset: 7:32 p.m.
Days are getting longer...
Spring is only days away
I always love quotes about
Heavenly Father's creations.
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Michael -- Elder Fisher --
arrived from the MTC / CTM
in Sao Paulo to his mission
field...
Elder Michael Fisher
Brazil Ribeiráo Preto
Mission
January 30, 2023 –
January 30, 2025
Elder Michael Fisher
Brazil Ribeiráo Preto Mission
January 30, 2023 – January 30, 2025
Gary texted:
"There must be something
deep
in the handbook for the
standard
incoming missionary picture.”
Elder Gary Petersen
Korea Seoul Mission
June 1984 to June 1986
Gary is second from left
on the back row,
when the age was
19 for Elders.
We all went to dinner
to celebrate Jackson
planning to go to
Utah Valley University
and for Julie's retiring
from ballroom coaching.
The service was slow but
the food was yummy at
Olive Garden here in
Saratoga Springs.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2023
Elder Michael Fisher
Brazil Ribeiráo Preto
Mission
January 30, 2023 –
January 30, 2025
Elder Michael Fisher
Brazil Ribeiráo Preto Mission
January 30, 2023 – January 30, 2025
"There must be something
deep
in the handbook for the
standard
incoming missionary picture.”
Family is Everything…Institute "The Blessings ofReligious Freedom"
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Family is Everything… Lunch Bunch was at
Culver's
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Lunch Bunch
Eight were able to come:
from lower left,,,
Kathie, Carol, Eileen,
Tammy, Linda B,
Sharon, Nadine,
and Sue.
Lunch Bunch
Linda B, Sue,
Tammy, Carol,
and Sharon.
Lunch Bunch
Linda took this photo
for me to be on the left.
We always miss those
who can't come.
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Our Wednesday night movie was:
"The Fablemans" from 2022.
Information from
Wikipedia:
“Stephanie
Zacharek of Time ranked
the film [The Fabelmans] as the best movie of 2022. Zacharek would
furthermore praise Williams and Dano's performances as part of Time's Top 10
movie performances of 2022, describing Williams [portraying Spielberg’s mother]
as "a portrait of a woman so full of life she doesn't know where to put it
all…Williams captures Mitzi's all-encompassing incandescence and her isolation,"
and Dano [portraying Spielberg’s father] "In him we see the sum of all the
things that so many men of that generation just didn't know how to be; we also
see a deep well of love, no less real for being left unexpressed."
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve also praised the film, calling it
"...the best movie ever made about the power of cinema. It’s a miracle. To
say that I was deeply moved by this movie is an understatement.
The Fabelmans is a pure act of artistic generosity made
by one of the greatest filmmakers [Steven Spielberg] of our time…"
Accolades
The
Fabelmans received seven nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but failed to win any due to it receiving a
divided reception by the Academy and strong competition from Everything
Everywhere All at Once, which won the award.[130][131] It also received five
nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, winning Best
Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director for Spielberg…”
Gary and I were so
enthralled with this
movie that we are going
to watch Spielberg movies
for the next several weeks.
It's so great that Gary doesn't have to go to
Sacramento now and
can come for our
Wednesday movie nights.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2023
Information from
Wikipedia:
“Stephanie
Zacharek of Time ranked
the film [The Fabelmans] as the best movie of 2022. Zacharek would
furthermore praise Williams and Dano's performances as part of Time's Top 10
movie performances of 2022, describing Williams [portraying Spielberg’s mother]
as "a portrait of a woman so full of life she doesn't know where to put it
all…Williams captures Mitzi's all-encompassing incandescence and her isolation,"
and Dano [portraying Spielberg’s father] "In him we see the sum of all the
things that so many men of that generation just didn't know how to be; we also
see a deep well of love, no less real for being left unexpressed."
Filmmaker Denis Villeneuve also praised the film, calling it
"...the best movie ever made about the power of cinema. It’s a miracle. To
say that I was deeply moved by this movie is an understatement.
The Fabelmans is a pure act of artistic generosity made
by one of the greatest filmmakers [Steven Spielberg] of our time…"
Accolades
The
Fabelmans received seven nominations at the 95th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but failed to win any due to it receiving a
divided reception by the Academy and strong competition from Everything
Everywhere All at Once, which won the award.[130][131] It also received five
nominations at the 80th Golden Globe Awards, winning Best
Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director for Spielberg…”
Family is Everything… it!
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Saratoga Springs Stake
Relief Society Birthday
Celebration...
A Circle of Sisterhood
Celebration
Celebration
Celebration
Celebration
...more photos,
they aren't syncing now...
I am thankful for
my friend, Kathie Hatch,
driving me there.
We both enjoyed it
very much and were
awed by all the
beautiful displays
of so many countries.
FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2023
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Saratoga Springs Stake
Relief Society Birthday
Celebration...
A Circle of Sisterhood
Celebration
Family is Everything…
Happy St. Patrick's Day
My new ministeringsisters came to seeme this afternoon...
Kathie Hatch and
Jeanie Larsen.
I finished our
family book club book
this evening:
BEWILDERMENT
a novel by
Richard Powers.
It is powerful!
"AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction
A Best Book/Best Novel of 2021 at NPR, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Audible, Goodreads, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, Garden & Gun Magazine, and many more
A heartrending novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain…
With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?"
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SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2023
Family is Everything…
Julie and I
rendezvoused with Gary
and Steve at J.Dawgs...
...except Steve couldn't
make it because he had'to meet Brett to play tennis.
We like J.Dawgs... the "dawgs" are grilled
to perfection.
It's a popular spot
in Lehi.
Sometimes the line is
out the front door.
*** *** *** ***When I got back I watchedthe last hour of
"Giant" from 1956
Then some of
"How the West was Won"
SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2023
Family is Everything… Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward
"Take My Yoke Upon You"
"Parables"
Julia Witham taught today.
I am blessed to be able
to go to Church.
It's almost Brian and
Vickie's birthdays...
** *I am so thankful for The Plan of Salvation and the Atonement of Jesus Christ that makes this Great Plan operational.At the end of this March 19th,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."
*** *** *** *** ***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.
*** *** ***Of these truths I testify in the Name of Jesus Christ, amen.Eileen PetersenMarch 19, 2023
Next week...March 20-26, 2023xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION
An Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of 2021
Shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction
A Best Book/Best Novel of 2021 at NPR, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Audible, Goodreads, Christian Science Monitor, Library Journal, Garden & Gun Magazine, and many more
A heartrending novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning and #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Overstory.
The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain…
With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?"
We like J.Dawgs...
I pray you have had a
restful , peaceful, and spiritual
Sabbath Day...
I share these truths as my testimony to you...
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