****Walt & Eileen Petersen**: Traces of Time . . . October 14-20, 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Traces of Time . . . October 14-20, 2024

TRACES OF TIME . . . {Last week: Scroll to end and click "Older Posts" at bottom right.}

"Time moves slowly, but passes quickly. The Color Purple” by Alice Walker, 1982

"The magical, supernatural force
that is with us every second is time.
We can't even comprehend it.
It's such an illusion,
it's such a strange thing."
— Anthony Hopkins
Note from Eileen: You will notice I call
my blog: "Traces of Time..."
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-- Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren-- 9 spouses of G-C, and 7 great-grandchildren, with one on the way in December--which will bring our posterity to 70.
Week of

October 14-20, 2024

MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2024

Family is Everything….

Sunrise: 7:38 a.m.
Sunset: 6:48 p.m.

Sunrise
General Conference...remembrance

Ran errands with Julie...

Fun to see...
...new buildings rising up
everywhere.
Paige did a Cutco Knife
presentation for
Julie, Camie, and me.

Then I went to the dentist
for the semi-annual
hygentist cleaning,
x-rays, and check.

Kathie, my ministering
sister, drove me.
That's her BYU blue car
parked outside.

Forgot the hygienist's name.
Maybe it was Ginny.

Kristi is the fun gal
at the front desk.
I try not to act surprised
at the $317.00 bill.
That did include a $54 waterpik...
but still shocked me.
All out of pocket.

Well, back in the day
(1960s, 1970s...) people
complained about Walt's
$5 charge for an
office visit for
the doctor.
Thanks, Kathie, for driving
me since Julie had to
be in Provo to teach
Jacee's dance class.
Then Jayden came for
my home health
physical therapy.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2024**

Family is Everything….
Institute continues on
Joseph Smith's
contributions to
the world.

LoriLyn is an
excellent teacher.

Institute is great!

Hunter's Full Moon starting...

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024
Family is Everything…
* Lunch Bunch was at Strap Tank
at Traverse Mountain

Sharon explained to us
that the
"Strap" held the...
...gas "tank" on the
motorcycle.
They describe their decor
as "fairground."
Lots to choose from...
...on their menu.
Prices have gone up a lot!
Sharon, Kaye, Mark...

Decisions...
what to order?
I usually just get water,
but Kathie told me they
make the best root beer.
She was right!
Annette, Linda, Eileen
(Used to put Linda H, but
our Linda B moved to
St. George--miss you
Linda B--so now Linda H
will be our only Linda.)

Jeanie, Kathie
Mark, Sue, MaryAnn.
They are MaryAnn's cousins...
...visiting her from
North Minnesota.
Mark had a lot of
stories to tell.
Tried to get the
"dreadlocks..."
Ten were able to come...
Lower middle: MaryAnn,
Jennie, Kathie, Annette,
Linda, Eileen, Sharon,
Kaye, Mark and Sue.
When I enlarge the photo,
you can see some better,
but others don't show.

Four of us got
Fish 'n Chips,
two got Prime Rib Dip,
one Salmon and Steak Tacos,
one Chicken Fried Chicken,
and one hot ham 'n cheese
sandwich.
And one didn't get anything
because her cousin had
taken her to breakfast
at Denny's and she
was too full to eat lunch.
Jennie always has to
leave before we get the
photo outside in the
sunshine, so I try to
get a photo of her
before that.
Only four of us got to
have the photo outside.
Thanks, Kathie, for
driving us today.
Storm clouds rolling in...
Took some crème brûlée
home. Best dessert ever!

It's fun to watch for
Riggy to come home
from school...

From the time
Riggy's bike...
hits the front lawn...
--home from school--
...to the front door...
is a split second...
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I am thankful for our Savior,
Jesus Christ, every day.
Just saw this on facebook:
"Because of Jesus Christ, we will rise from the despair of death and embrace those we love, shedding tears of overwhelming joy and overflowing gratitude.

Because of Jesus Christ, we will exist as eternal beings, worlds without end.

Because of Jesus the Christ, our sins can not only be erased; they can be forgotten. We can become purified and exalted. Holy.

Because of our beloved Savior, we can forever drink from the fountain of water that springs up into eternal life. We can dwell forever in the mansions of our eternal King, in unimaginable glory and perfect happiness."

-Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/.../04/behold-the-man...

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Our Wednesday night movie...**

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

from 1962

In 1962, the movies nominated for Best Picture at the
Academy Awards were: "Lawrence of Arabia" (which won),
"To Kill a Mockingbird", "Mutiny on the Bounty", "The Music
Man", and "Days of Wine and Roses".
Info from Wikipedia:

"The film won three Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Peck and Best Adapted Screenplay for Foote, and was nominated for eight, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actress for Badham."

"It is considered to be one of the greatest movies ever made."

"Jean Louise Finch, stand up, your Dad is passing by."

Jem, Scout, Dill...

Always love having my son, Gary,
come over for Movie Night.
We are really enjoying our fall-winter theme of watching movies made from classic books.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2024

I posted:
We're going to start watching

movies made from classical books...

by Austen, Brontë, ShellEy, Alcott,

Dickens, lewis, Tolstoy, Hugo...

...

Here are some classic books that have been adapted into movies:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott in 1868
A cozy movie adaptation of the story about the March sisters' lives and ambitions. The 2019 film modernizes the language of the original story, written 150 years ago.
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien - 1954
A series of three books that were adapted into award-winning movies. The series is considered by many to be one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written.
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee - 1960
A best-selling book that was adapted into a cinematic masterpiece.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - 1813
A classic of English literature that has been adapted into motion pictures.
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte - 1847
A story about a young woman who endures abuse as a child and accepts a job as governess.
The Godfather by Mario Puzo in 1969 - movie 1972
A highly regarded movie series that started with a book by Mario Puzo.

The Princess Bride by William Goldman in 1973, movie 1987
A classic romance/adventure movie based on the book by William Goldman.
he Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version is a 1973 fantasy romance novel by American writer William Goldman. The book combines elements of comedy, adventure, fantasy, drama, romance, and fairy tale. It is metafictionally presented as an abridgment of a longer work by the fictional S. Morgenstern, and Goldman's commentary asides are constant throughout. It was originally published in the United States by Harcourt Brace, then later by Random House, while in the United Kingdom it was later published by Bloomsbury.
The book was adapted into a 1987 feature film directed by Rob Reiner, starring Robin Wright and Cary Elwes.
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 1811
A 1995 screenplay adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, directed by Ang Lee.
The Chronics of Narnia by C.S.Lewis - 1950-1956
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë - 1847

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 1818 and 1831

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - 1868

Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - 1843

So far we have done:

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Our Wednesday night movie...

To begin our movies made from

The Classics... {1}

"Sense & Sensibility" 1995

suggested to me by Carol Richardson.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2024**

Our Wednesday night movie...

The Classics... {2}

Pride & Prejudice - 1939 version

We enjoyed this movie a lot!

...from Jane Austen's 1813 novel

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Wednesday night movie...

The Classics... {3}

Pride & Prejudice 2005

Pride & Prejudice is a 2005 historical romantic drama film directed by Joe Wright, in his feature directorial debut, and based on Jane Austen's 1813 novel.
Budget
$28 million^[3]
Box office
$121.6 million^[4]

We liked this version a lot except for the part

they changed when his Aunt comes

to try to insist Elizabeth not marry

Mr. Darcy that he put her up to to find out

Elizabeth's current feelings about him.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Our Wednesday night movie...

The Classics... {4}

Emily Brontë's classic 1847 novel

Wuthering Heights (1920), a silent film and the earliest film adaptation. It was filmed in England, directed by A.V. Bramble. It is unknown if any prints still exist.

Wuthering Heights (1939), starring Merle Oberon as Catherine Earnshaw Linton, Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff, David Niven as Edgar Linton...
This adaptation, like many others, eliminated the second generation's story (young Cathy, Linton and Hareton). It won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. {Gone With The Wind won that year.}

Wuthering Heights - 1939

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024

Our Wednesday night movie...

The Classics... {5}

Wuthering Heights from 1970

It differed a lot from the book...

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Classics... {6}

Our Wednesday night movie...

Wuthering Heights from 1992

It included the second generation

from the book.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2024

Our Wednesday night movie...

The Classics... {7}

Our Wednesday night movie...

"To Kill a Mockingbird"

from 1962

*

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

will be The Classics... {8}

Frankenstein - 1944 version

Wednesday, October 30, 2024

will be The Classics... {9}

Golden Earrings - 1947 version

Wednesday November 6, 2024

will be The Classics... {10}

Little Women** is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, and Jean Parker. The screenplay, written by Sarah Y. Mason and Victor Heerman, is based on the 1868-1869 two-volume novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott.
This is the third screen adaptation of the book. It follows two silent versions: the first released in 1917 with Minna Grey, and the second in 1918 with Dorothy Bernard. After this 1933 sound version came the 1949 Little Women, with June Allyson, Elizabeth Taylor, and Peter Lawford, the 1994 film Little Women, starring Winona Ryder, and the 2019 film Little Women, featuring Saoirse Ronan.
Little Women - 1933 version

with Katherine Hepburn as Jo

Wednesday November 13, 2024

will be The Classics... {11}

Little Women - 1949 version

with June Allyson

Wednesday November 20, 2024

will be The Classics... {12}

Little Women - 1994 version

with Winona Ryder

Wednesday November 27, 2024

will be

Happy Thanksgiving Eve

in Rexburg

Wednesday December 4, 2024

will be The Classics... {13}

a cHRISTMAS cAROL - 1938 VERSION

Reginald Owen as Scrooge

Wednesday December 11, 2024

will be The Classics... {14}

a cHRISTMAS cAROL - 1984 VERSION

Geroge C. Scott as Scrooge

Wednesday December 18, 2024

will be The Classics... {15}

a cHRISTMAS cAROL - 1999 VERSION

Sir Patrick Stewart as Scrooge

Wednesday December 25, 2024

will be

Christmas...

Merry Christmas in Rexburg

Wednesday JANUARY 1, 2025

will be

Happy New Year

Wednesday JANUARY 8, 2025

movie night will resume....

The top 100 novels of all time found in libraries around the world.
I have read 36 of the 100, seen 62 movies made from these books.
1 * means I've only seen tne movie.
2 ** means I've read the book and seen the movie

☐ 1. Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes * *

☐ 2. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll * *

☐ 3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain * *

☐ 4. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain * *

☐ 5. Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson * *

☐ 6. Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen *

☐ 7. Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë *

☐ 8. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë

☐ 9. Moby Dick, Herman Melville * *

☐ 10. The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne * *
☐ 11. Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift *
☐ 12. Pilgrim’s Progress, John Bunyan
☐ 13. A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens * *
☐ 14. David Copperfield, Charles Dickens * *
☐ 15. A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens * *
☐ 16. Little Women, Louisa May Alcott * *
☐ 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens * *
☐ 18. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again, J. R. R. Tolkien *
☐ 19. Frankenstein, or, the Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley *

☐ 20. Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens * *
☐ 21. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
☐ 22. Crime and Punishment, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
☐ 23. Madame Bovary: Patterns of Provincial life, Gustave Flaubert
☐ 24. The Return of the King, J. R. R. Tolkien *
☐ 25. Dracula, Bram Stoker *
☐ 26. The Three Musketeers, Alexandre Dumas *
☐ 27. Brave New World, Aldous Huxley
☐ 28. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy * *
☐ 29. To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee * *

☐ 30. The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum *
☐ 31. Les Misérables, Victor Hugo * *
☐ 32. The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett * *
☐ 33. Animal Farm, George Orwell
☐ 34. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald * *
☐ 35. The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry *
☐ 36. The Call of the Wild, Jack London * *
☐ 37. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne *
☐ 38. Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy *
☐ 39. The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame

☐ 40. The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde *
☐ 41. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck * *
☐ 42. Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen *
☐ 43. The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper *
☐ 44. Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy * *
☐ 45. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, J. K. Rowling *
☐ 46. Heidi, Johanna Spyri * *
☐ 47. Ulysses, James Joyce
☐ 48. The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle *
☐ 49. The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas * *

☐ 50. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway * *
☐ 51. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis *
☐ 52. The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo *
☐ 53. Pinocchio, Carlo Collodi * *
☐ 54. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel García Márquez
☐ 55. Ivanhoe, Walter Scott *
☐ 56. The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane *
☐ 57. Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery * *
☐ 58. Black Beauty, Anna Sewell * *
☐ 59. Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie * *

☐ 60. A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway * *
☐ 61. The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne
☐ 62. Lord of the Flies, William Golding *
☐ 63. The Prince and the Pauper, Mark Twain *
☐ 64. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
☐ 65. Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad *
☐ 66. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, J. K. Rowling
☐ 67. Red and Black, Stendhal
☐ 68. The Stranger, Albert Camus
☐ 69. The Trial, Franz Kafka

☐ 70. Lady Chatterley’s Lover, D. H. Lawrence
☐ 71. Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour, Robert Louis Stevenson
☐ 72. The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
☐ 73. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
☐ 74. A Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Jules Verne
☐ 75. Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray
☐ 76. All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque * *
☐ 77. Gone with the Wind, Margaret Mitchell * *
☐ 78. My Ántonia, Willa Cather
☐ 79. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck * *

☐ 80. The Vicar of Wakefield, Oliver Goldsmith
☐ 81. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Mark Twain *
☐ 82. White Fang, Jack London
☐ 83. Fathers and Sons, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
☐ 84. Doctor Zhivago, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak *
☐ 85. The Decameron, Giovanni Boccaccio
☐ 86. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell * *
☐ 87. The Jungle, Upton Sinclair
☐ 88. The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown * *
☐ 89. Persuasion, Jane Austen

☐ 90. Mansfield Park, Jane Austen
☐ 91. Candide, Voltaire
☐ 92. For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway * *
☐ 93. Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
☐ 94. The Fellowship of the Ring, J. R. R. Tolkien *
☐ 95. The Return of the Native, Thomas Hardy
☐ 96. Sons and Lovers, D. H. Lawrence
☐ 97. Charlotte’s Web, E. B. White * *
☐ 98. The Swiss Family Robinson, Johann David Wyss * *
☐ 99. Bleak House, Charles Dickens

☐ 100. Père Goriot, Honoré de Balza
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2024

Family is Everything…

Saw this on face book:
"If Price Gouging has been such an issue during these past 4 years why do we have a record number of stores and businesses closing their doors? Trying to make sense of this."

Here's what Gary answered:
Gary Petersen

This has it's roots back in the 80's when Regan starting de-regulation of big business and starting cutting corporate tax rates and upper income tax rates. The "trickle down" affect never really happened and just started growing corporate profits and more and more wealth going to the richest 1% The Pandemic hit the global economy, and recovery efforts led to inflation, and without corporate regulation, and continued decreases to corporate and upper income tax rates, big corporate profit is at record high levels, and the wealthy are richer than ever, with the biggest economic gap between the lower and middle incomes than ever in history. Trump and right-wing conservative policies continue those trends.
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2024**

Family is Everything…

Today

Steve and Carter

watched the game with me...

What an ending...

in the last 10 seconds

BYU makes a touchdown...

byu 38-oklahoma state 35

Now 7-0

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024**

  Family is Everything…

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2024


Family is Everything…

Who else had biscuits 'n gravy

for breakfast today?

Saratoga Springs 3rd Ward

Gospel Doctrine...

3 Nephi

Jesus Christ did show

Himself unto the

people of Nephi...

Camie created a feeling of how the

surviving Nephities felt when the

Savior appeared to them...

We are so blessed to

have Sister Williams

teach us....

Thank you, Matt Kohler, for taking

my Sunday photo.

Matt & Samantha "Sam" Kohler

and Deliah

Sunday dinner time...

A change of pace --

Did anyone else get

homemade noodles today?

...and cooked in the

heirloom green Club

cooking pot...

It's always a joy

when Jacee gets

to come home...

How blessed I am to

be a part of this family.

**** *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 October 20th,
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.

Daily Scripture:** Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. - Psalm 150:6
Daily Quote: I think the Latter-day Saints have a great obligation pressing in upon them to rejoice in the Lord, to praise him for his goodness and grace, to ponder his eternal truths in their hearts, and to set their hearts on righteousness. - Bruce R. McConkie

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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."
Daily Scripture:** And blessed are all they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled with the Holy Ghost. - 3 Nephi 12:6
Daily Quote: We have been promised the constant companionship of the third member of the Godhead and hence the privilege of receiving revelation for our own lives. - Sheri L. Dew
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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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Daily Scripture:** This life became a probationary state; a time to prepare to meet God; a time to prepare for that endless state which has been spoken of by us, which is after the resurrection of the dead. - Alma 12:24
Daily Quote: I invite you to diligently learn about and appreciate the eternal importance of temple covenants, temple ordinances, and temple worship as you strive to come unto the Savior. - David A. Bednar

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
October 20**, 2024

Next week October 21-27, 2024

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