TRACES OF TIME . . .
{Last week: Scroll to end click "Older Posts" at bottom right.} AUGUST 25-31, 2025
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A wise person once said, "Every society will be judged byhow it treats the least fortunate.""Time moves slowly, but passes quickly...
TIME...
On this blog I share with family and friends my thoughts, doings, what interests me, and--at times--tributes to my eternal sweetheart, Walt, who graduated to heaven on 8-21-2020.*All that I am or ever hope to be,I not only owe to my
TIME...
angel mother and father,
...but to my wonderful husband,Walter Ray Petersen.
Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."
Walt called himself...
"The last of the old-time country doctors."
He delivered about 4,000 babies, among fixing broken hips, other surgeries, and even made house calls.As Janie said in his obituary:"He healed many hearts, heads, hands, and everything in-between."
In the 1950s you had to be 20 to serve a mission. This is Walt in August 1954, on the day he was set apart in Salt Lake City to be a missionary.
One of Walt's happiest of happy places was as the pilot flying...Our first plane was a piper Cherokee...
Then in a six-seater Cessna high-wing, turbo-charged airplane. 4824 Foxtrot was the call number {he owned with two partners).
We were blessed to serve 4 missions together--First:July 1995-July 1998
Mission President and wife of the Mexico Merida Mission - Yucatan*** *** *** Mar 2005-Feb 2007Area Medical Advisor - Central America Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama12 missions - 2,000 missionaries.*** *** ***Sep 2008-Mar 2010Area Medical Advisor - South America So.Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay14 missions - 2300 missionaries*** *** ***
July 2014-Nov 2018Temple President and Temple MatronSan Salvador El Salvador Temple*** *** ***This totaled 9 1/2 years out of theUnited States.Grampa Petersen told our grandchildren that the Prophet said: "If you love your grandchildrfen, serve a mission,"To which g-dau Ashley asked:"How many?"
*** *** ***Walt was also a carpenter at heart--like his carpenter father, Ray Petersen.
This blog is...Dedicated to our seven children--Janie, Gary, Steve, David, Julie, Brian, Jen...
...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son born 8-28-'25 = 9 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 72.
TRACES OF TIME . . .
Week of AUGUST 25-31, 2025
...their spouses--Julie, John, Jennifer, Jerry--our 39 grandchildren--8 spouses of G-C, and with a new gg-son born 8-28-'25 = 9 great-grandchildren--for a posterity of 72.
TRACES OF TIME . . .
MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 2025Family is Everything…
Sunrise: 6: 48a.m. Sunset: 8:09 p.m.
TUESDAY
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2025
Family is Everything…Gary and Steve came for me at 6:44 Tuesday morning. We got gas and breakfast sandwiches at Holiday. The traffic was stop 'n go to Bangeter--so Steve turned onto Porter Rockwell Road, but so had everyone else so it took an hour to get onto I-15.We barely made it in time for the 11:00 funeral, completely missing the viewing.
Idaho border 10:00
TUESDAY - John gave a great talk
remembering his Mom.
Everyone did a great job...
...so many beautiful flowers.
Declo Cemetery...
Two of the ten grandson casket bearers...
Rigdon and his big brother, Jackson...
Vicki Larsen Peterson - 1943-2025
TUESDAY
TUESDAY - The three brothers --
John, Glade, Blake
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TUESDAY - Lunch at Wendys ...
We went to DQ first but their power was out.
Leaving Burley...
TUESDAY - UTAH
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Today
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MOVIE NIGHT...CANCELLED TONIGHT...
SINCE WE SPENT ALL DAY TOGETHER
AND GARY NEEDED TO
CATCH UP ON WORK...
The Classics... {16}MOBY DICK- versionGary will come next week
A YEAR AGO...
TUESDAY
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TUESDAY - Lunch at Wendys ...
TUESDAY - UTAH
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2024
Our Wednesday night movie...
To end our musical theme was
"Hello Dolly" from 1969
I always enjoy our son,
Gary, coming over
from Pleasant Grove.
We're going to start watching
movies made from classical books...
by Dickens,Austen,Tolstoy,
Hugo......
Here are some classic books that have been adapted into movies: - 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.
- 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.
- A best-selling book that was adapted into a cinematic masterpiece.
- A classic of English literature that has been adapted into motion pictures.
- A story about a young woman who endures abuse as a child and accepts a job as governess.
- A highly regarded movie series that started with a book by Mario Puzo.
- A classic romance/adventure movie based on the book by William Goldman.
- A 1995 screenplay adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, directed by Ang Lee.
- A series of children's literature books by C.S. Lewis that have been adapted into films.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 2024
We're going to start watching
- 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.
- 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.
- A best-selling book that was adapted into a cinematic masterpiece.
- A classic of English literature that has been adapted into motion pictures.
- A story about a young woman who endures abuse as a child and accepts a job as governess.
- A highly regarded movie series that started with a book by Mario Puzo.
- A classic romance/adventure movie based on the book by William Goldman.
- A 1995 screenplay adaptation of the Jane Austen novel, directed by Ang Lee.
- A series of children's literature books by C.S. Lewis that have been adapted into films.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2025
Family is Everything…...and so are friends! Lunch Bunch was at Avenue Bakery - 13 came
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*** *** *** *** *** Tonight: Mars & Moon Over the Desert Sky
Above
the silent dunes, a rare duet unfolds:
Mars, the red planet glowing
225 million km away, its fiery halo burning through the night.
The Moon, only 384,000 km from
Earth, casting silver light across the sands — eternal keeper of tides and
dreams.
Though
separated by unimaginable distances, perspective brings them together — side by
side in the heavens, drifting in silent harmony.
The desert sky reveals more:
the Milky Way arching overhead, countless stars shimmering, and meteors
streaking through the vast silence.
How to watch:
• Step
outside after sunset.
• Look
low toward the western horizon.
• No
telescope needed — the cosmic duet is visible to the naked eye.
Tonight, the sky reminds us: even across endless
distances, worlds can meet in harmony.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2025Family is Everything…
Above
the silent dunes, a rare duet unfolds:
Mars, the red planet glowing
225 million km away, its fiery halo burning through the night.
The Moon, only 384,000 km from
Earth, casting silver light across the sands — eternal keeper of tides and
dreams.
Though
separated by unimaginable distances, perspective brings them together — side by
side in the heavens, drifting in silent harmony.
The desert sky reveals more:
the Milky Way arching overhead, countless stars shimmering, and meteors
streaking through the vast silence.
How to watch:
• Step
outside after sunset.
• Look
low toward the western horizon.
• No
telescope needed — the cosmic duet is visible to the naked eye.
Tonight, the sky reminds us: even across endless
distances, worlds can meet in harmony.
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*** *** ***FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025
Family is Everything…
Happy...
August
29–31, 2025 — The Darkest Skies of the Year 
Right
after the rare Black Moon, the final nights of August will bring the clearest
and darkest skies of 2025. With the Moon absent from the evening sky, starlight
will shine in its purest brilliance.
The Milky Way Galaxy will stretch magnificently
from horizon to horizon, revealing glowing dust lanes, star clusters, and
billions of distant suns. Even faint constellations and celestial patterns,
normally drowned out by moonlight, will become visible to the naked eye.
This is a once-in-a-year chance
for stargazers, astrophotographers, and dreamers to see the heavens as our
ancestors once did — untouched, silent, and filled with wonder.
Find a dark location away from
city lights, let your eyes adjust, and witness the most pristine cosmic nights
of the year.
#BlackMoon
#DarkestSkies
#MilkyWay
#Stargazing
#Astrophotography
#Cosmos
#Space
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I D A H O . . . and potatoes
*** *** ***SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2025
August
29–31, 2025 — The Darkest Skies of the Year
Right
after the rare Black Moon, the final nights of August will bring the clearest
and darkest skies of 2025. With the Moon absent from the evening sky, starlight
will shine in its purest brilliance.
The Milky Way Galaxy will stretch magnificently
from horizon to horizon, revealing glowing dust lanes, star clusters, and
billions of distant suns. Even faint constellations and celestial patterns,
normally drowned out by moonlight, will become visible to the naked eye.
This is a once-in-a-year chance
for stargazers, astrophotographers, and dreamers to see the heavens as our
ancestors once did — untouched, silent, and filled with wonder.
Find a dark location away from
city lights, let your eyes adjust, and witness the most pristine cosmic nights
of the year.
#BlackMoon
#DarkestSkies
#MilkyWay
#Stargazing
#Astrophotography
#Cosmos
#Space
Family is Everything…
To ...
"My
friends, there are footprints to follow where we must go—made not by a leader who said,
safely from the sidelines, “Go thither,” but by a leader who said, “Come, follow me.” And our mortal leader is a
prophet who is showing us how to lengthen our stride.
And,
if you sense that one day every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess
that Jesus Christ is the Lord, why not do so now? For in the coming of that
collective confession, it will mean much less to kneel down when it is no
longer possible to stand up!"
Neal A
Maxwell
Why
Not Now?
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/.../10/why-not-now...
"My
friends, there are footprints to follow where we must go—made not by a leader who said,
safely from the sidelines, “Go thither,” but by a leader who said, “Come, follow me.” And our mortal leader is a
prophet who is showing us how to lengthen our stride.
And,
if you sense that one day every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess
that Jesus Christ is the Lord, why not do so now? For in the coming of that
collective confession, it will mean much less to kneel down when it is no
longer possible to stand up!"
Neal A
Maxwell
Why
Not Now?
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/.../10/why-not-now...
