Meeting A New Friend

I always think it is nice to meet a new
friend. It happened to me on Sunday
at the coffee shop.

We talked for more than an hour then

she had to leave. We said pick it up

again next time. 

We covered a number of subjects in 

the hour. She happens to have grown

up in St. Louis, Missouri where my

brother and family lived for 17 years.

I told her about the loss of my mother

while she talked about her job as a

occupational therapist. 

She has lived in the Gig Harbor area

for a year and a half. She is not sure

how long she will live here.

Again it is nice to meet a new friend. 

Teenager Playing Cards

Saturday morning my visit to the coffee shop
I saw a teenager boy. It wasn't unusual to see
one at the coffee shop, however, he was playing
cards with his grandmother. A few minutes
later I saw his grandfather too.

I am not sure how many other people noticed 

him but I certainly did. He was doing something

I don't see a lot of here in the USA spending time

with his grandparents.

I am sure there are other teenagers who do so.

The ones being raised in the right way. What 

has been going on over the last several months

it is nice to see something in a positive way.

So take your time and enjoy your family and

friends. Spend as much time with your elderly

parents or grandparents they won't be around

forever. Actually we won't be either. Amen!

A Little Bit Of Rain

August has turned out to be a hot month.

A bit hotter than normal that is for sure.

Last Sunday we had the temperature hit

mid to high 90s depending where you

lived in Western Washington. It was the

hottest temperatures on record.

August the temperatures usually are in

the 70s and 80s which we had for the

most part which I like for sure. The 90s

not so much.

Late Thursday and Friday we had some

rain. A nice change for sure and the grass

certainly needed it.

The weather will be back Saturday thru

Monday in the upper 80s. I am OK with 

it though high 70s and low 80s more my

comfort zone. Won't complain. Enjoy

your weekend. 

Iron Sharpens Iron

I am sure most people have heard the
term "iron sharpens iron". It is mentioned
in the New Testament of the Bible.

It means you can debate or encourage

others in words being spoken.

If you are in a group of men or women

whatever you are discussing you are

sharpening iron.

It is a good way to learn from others.

The age of the person isn't important

either. On Thursday I was in conversation

with a younger man. I learned some things

from him while I hope he did from me

though he did most of the talking.

Another important thing is when you

leave you have learned something and

your a better person for it.

Right now with social distancing it isn't

easy thing to do but it is possible. The 

young man and I were social distance at

the coffee shop.

Sometimes it is hard to hear in the coffee

shop so I had to ask him to repeat himself

a few times. 

So for the challenge find someone who

can lead to iron sharpening iron. 

Viewing Mannerisms

I would say I don't do it very often,
at least not consciously, but I do 

find it interesting when I see someone

with a similar mannerism of a friend.

It happened to me yesterday when I

saw a gentlemen with similar mannerism

to a friend. In this case it was very

interesting to me this gentlemen looked

Latino while my friend is Caucasian.  

The mannerism of this gentlemen 

reminding of my friend was how

he talked or at least how his lips

moved.

I wasn't close enough to this gentlemen

to hear his voice so I am not sure if

they sounded alike or not just the 

look got my attention.

I know a number of years I was looking

at my brother's wedding picture. Me and

my siblings including my brother have

the same smile. I am sure this happens

in many families.

Another thing when I laugh I feel as though

it is like my brother's laugh as well. I am not

sure whether we sound the same or not it 

just feels that way.

I am sure our laughs are like our dad as 

well. I am sure looking more into I would

find this is common with families.

I find interesting in my town I find people

look similar to other people I know or I 

have seen. In fact what makes it real 

interesting I have seen both of the people

at the coffee shop I attend at the same time.

I am sure these people have no clue someone

else is there that looks like them. I have been

told on a number of occasion that I look like

someone else as well. So I have a double 

here in town somewhere.

Anyway, I just want to mention this sort as

a phenomenon. Though we are created uniquely

there are similarities in people. Even those who

may look alike, have similar mannerisms we

are still unique for other things we are not

alike at all or we don't have the same gifts 

or talents. 

The important thing is for us to love and 

enjoy who we are. I guess this is my conclusion

about mannerisms too.

Overcoming Our Troubles

As life continues to go on we know troubles
will continue for us too.

We are blessed to live another day however
trouble can intervene at any time.

The importance is for us to lean on God

during trouble time. He is sufficient for

us. He is here to watch over us.

It is important we help out others when

they are hurting or going through something

because our time can come up so soon too.

Be encouraged during these times. Trust in

God and not in our own understanding. Amen!

Still Missing Mom

It is now six months plus since mom passed
away. I feel lonely without her at times.

Mom would be one hundred years old in

a month from now. We were planning a

party, however, with covid-19 still around

the party is likely not to happen.

Our family will have to plan the party

and remembrance of mom sometime

next year. It will be so nice to hear her

stories. She had one for every occasion.

Another Time To Listen

I was looking at one of my posts from
September of 2017 so almost three years
ago.

What I wrote about was the national anthem

being played at the NFL games and the players

kneeling. 

As we can see times haven't changed

a lot in this time. We still need to listen.

With the pandemic and then the shooting

in Minneapolis of a black man then the

whole Black Lives Matter.

I find it interesting the Black Lives Matter

has turned into more of a political issue.

It is still important to listen to one another,

however, let's not put politics into it. I 

suppose there are those will say politics

will always come into situations like this

but I don't really think it has too.

If you are white and you have a friend who

is of another color it might be a good idea

to sit down and talk about what is going on.

Actually let's go further and say you are

any color sit down with someone with 

someone who is different whether it is 

color or have other issues. We all have

a story to tell.

I am white, however, I haven't always been

treated well especially by those who are

white. I grew up in a small town made up

of over 90 per cent white. I am not sure

they were racist or not this is just how it

was. My parents never told to treat someone

of another color or race different than I would

any of the same color.

The truth is we don't know anyone else's 

story so let's sit down and listen. Amen!

A Very Hot Day

I have to admit I don't do well on hot days
like Sunday was here when it hit into the 90s.

I guess jokingly my life purpose wasn't to

spend hot days anywhere. We are lucky though

it only happens three times a year on average.

The temperatures were in the 80s when I arrived

at church at 10:30. I could feel it hot at the time

then a nice breeze came in. This did help  for a

short time. After the service while talking with

others I did find a place feeling cool and I thought

it would be nice to stay there for the rest of the day.

We are having the church service outside because

of Covid-19. We have a grassy area we meet at.

There is another church meets at 2:30 pm while

their church is being renovated. I am sure it was

a bit warmer by then. 

The weather is supposed to come down over the

next several days which will be more to my liking.

I look forward to being able to share things with

people at a more comfortable time. 

Beautiful and Hot August Day

We have had temperatures in August anywhere
from the low 70s to upper 80, however, Sunday
is expected to hit about 95.

Sunday will be the hottest day of the year here

in Western Washington. This means across the

state in Eastern Washington they will probably

have temperatures between 105 and 110.

They have temperatures usually ten degrees

hotter than we do during the summer.

The temperatures here don't reach the 90s

very often. In fact it happens three times

a year on average and up to five years ago

we never had it in the 90s. 

I am happy with it being in the 80s instead.

I am sure I will look for shade. I don't mind

being out in the sun but I don't want to see

it too directly when it is  this hot. I just hope

we have some wind to satisfy me.

It is possibility I will have to find water

to help me out. Fortunately it won't be

muggy here at the same time.

Whatever you are doing today enjoy it

and be blessed. Remember today only

comes around once.  

A Beautiful Drive

On Thursday it was such a beautiful
day to take a drive and visit family.

I took a drive up to Everson,  Washington

which takes about three hours to do

not including stops along the way.

I met my cousin Peggy in Burlington

which is two hours north of Gig Harbor

where I live. Burlington is just over 

100 miles from my place.

Seattle is 35 miles from my place so

took 45 minutes to get there with traffic

slow in a couple spots.

When I got about an hour and a half

into the drive is when I start seeing 

farm land, lakes and rivers. The rest 

of the trip it is mostly that along with

a lot of trees. 

In Everson we visited Linda our cousin

Ray's widow. Ray had passed away in

April he was 86 years old.

We visited the church where his funeral

was a couple weeks earlier before going

to Linda's home. 

We talked about Ray, and about family

Before leaving we prayed for Linda.

God giving her rest. We left returning

back home. The whole trip took

eleven hours. What a wonderful day.

I look forward to a return visit. 

                           Goshen Community Church Everson Washington founded in 1915. 

A Wonderful August So Far

I figured to change things up now so
the weather has been summer like here
in Western Washington.

This week continuing the temperatures
to be in the seventies. It seems to dip
down to the low 50s at night.

Thursday I headed for my trip to 

north part of Western Washington

near the border of  Canada. The

border is still closed so can't enter

into Canada.

I will have some pictures here on

Saturday's post. Just remind you I

do have a new website called Herb's

look at travel.  So I will have

additional pictures shown there as

well. The link there is https://herbnightingale.blogspot.com/

Enjoy your weekend with much pleasure

while living your life of purpose. Amen!

I almost forgot Sunday our temperatures

will go up to the low to mid 90s. It doesn't

happen often around here. The summer is

usually very comfortable being in the 70s 

and 80s. 

How To Be Successful

I am sure we all want to be successful
in some kind of manner.

What came to my mind businesses are

successful because they have products

people want and need. Also, they give

customer service above their competitor

and the price is right as well.

This is how we can be successful as 

people. We have what others  may want

and need to. We are able to give them 

the service too. The price is right because

we give ourselves to them.  We are 

available at their time of need.

Sounds pretty good to me if we follow

this way of thinking. Try it and see what

happens.