1. Enjoyed a seven mile bike ride Friday morning
2. Worship service went well on Saturday morning at The Commons. I had a gentelman who doesn't believe in God attend. Prayers for his journey are appreciated. Come Holy Spirit!
3. Ryan came to worship b/c he had the day off
4. Because Ryan was at worship we were able to go out to lunch
5. Yummy food at Sambol...Indian/Sri Lankan...nice buffet, cool atmosphere, exceptional company
6. Pool is open at the apartments! A lounge chair was calling my name! Went over with a book and soaked up the rays....oooh how I love summer, the sun, swimsuites, a good book, and water.
7. Went to Gertens, the greenhouse that is actually what we look out our windows to. They do all their own growing. So many flowers, veggies, and fun stuff. Picked up a few more herbs and insecticide for our house plant.
8. Ryan cooked up some great pork chops for din-din. Better yet, those pork chops were BOGO at Byerly's this week. So was the ground beef and tuna steaks that we purchased.
9. I finally got all the plants in the dirt! Have a bunch of containers on the deck. Four tomato plants, scallions, a habanero, a jalapeno, cilantro, chives, parsley, basil, thai basil, rosemary, sage, and oregano.
10. Pastor Per's sermon on Hebrews 10 and Character spoke to the heart.
11. Got the house cleaned today and grocery shopping done too.
12. Off to dinner with a friend
13. Tomorrow Ryan and I are going to go to the Historic Fort Snelling to commemorate Memorial Day. It's appropriate to be mindful of the meaning of the holiday. It's more than a day off.
14. In the afternoon we'll go to his family's for some work and bbq.
A good weekend!
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Collective Memory
collective memory
–noun
1. a memory or memories shared or recollected by a group, as a community or culture.
2. any collection of memories passed from one generation to the next.
I am continually amazed how collective memory works here at The Commons--and, probably, many other senior residences. It happens a lot with music. An entertainer will start playing an old song and people join in singing. Despite the great trials and tribulations of the Great Depression and WWII, I think these events united people. Today the entertainer started playing "Sentimental Journey," played on warships coming home, and the people started singing and smiles emerged on faces. This collective memory serves people well, it takes them back to a time and place, it reunites them to what was--very important in later years.
It makes me wonder....when I'm living, not working, at the senior residence, what songs will be sung? What is in our collective memory? I haven't thought of anything yet...can you?
–noun
1. a memory or memories shared or recollected by a group, as a community or culture.
2. any collection of memories passed from one generation to the next.
I am continually amazed how collective memory works here at The Commons--and, probably, many other senior residences. It happens a lot with music. An entertainer will start playing an old song and people join in singing. Despite the great trials and tribulations of the Great Depression and WWII, I think these events united people. Today the entertainer started playing "Sentimental Journey," played on warships coming home, and the people started singing and smiles emerged on faces. This collective memory serves people well, it takes them back to a time and place, it reunites them to what was--very important in later years.
It makes me wonder....when I'm living, not working, at the senior residence, what songs will be sung? What is in our collective memory? I haven't thought of anything yet...can you?
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