Founders' Day expected to draw thousands to Akron for 83rd anniversary of AA

Today’s Quality Time Tweet::

Lost for decades, the Alcoholics Anonymous original manuscript will be auctioned for millions https://t.co/ME96pHO0AT

— JOE TODD (@MYQUALITYTIME) March 10, 2018
Let’s open this meeting with the Serenity Prayer::

Today”s photos are brought to you by: The Gate Lodge at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens. (The Birthplace of Alcoholics Anonymous)

The Gate Lodge Exhibition 

“The first floor of the historic Gate Lodge features the exhibition, Welcome Home: Sharing the Birthplace of AA. This special exhibit honors and recounts the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and acknowledges the Gate Lodge as a monument to a movement that has positively impacted individuals and their families since 1935.” READ MORE

Gate Lodge lower left….






“Easy Does It”



"Four Absolutes"
Absolute Honesty, Absolute Purity, Absolute Unselfishness, and Absolute Love ……….. F.Y.I.:: “Bill W. early criticized the Four Absolutes as being too tough for alcoholics to swallow, just as he later criticized several other Oxford Group principles and practices. By contrast, Dr. Bob S. consistently favored application of the Four Absolutes. So did his wife Anne, and the other leaders such as Henrietta S. and T. Henry. and Clarace W. READ MORE
The Twelve Steps are the “Backbone” of the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.

The “Big Book” of  Alcoholics Anonymous has stats most authors only dream of: more than 30 million copies sold. Translated into 67 languages. In 2012, the Library of Congress  ranked it No. 10 in its top 25 “Books that Shaped America.”

We will now close this meeting with the “Lord’s Prayer”:::

Our Father who art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

and forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those who trespass against us,

and lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,

and the power, and the glory,

for ever and ever

Amen.

I’ve been waiting a long time to do this post. When the article.. Lost for decades, the Alcoholics Anonymous original manuscript will be auctioned for millions was published by The Washington Post I decided now was the time. ( As a side note: I probably did more research for this post than any other post I’ve done. I was able to go to some “Open AA meetings.” I really enjoyed myself and learned a lot…)  As Always “Have A Great Day”& KEEP COMING BACK

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Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit

Thought For Today… (the Ultimate Question)

Timor dei initium sapiente……………………..

“In a letter of November 19, 1960, Jung explains the inscription:

By the way, you seek the enigmatic oracle Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit in vain in Delphi: it is cut in stone over the door of my house in Kusnacht near Zurich and otherwise found in Erasmus's collection of Adagia (XVIth cent.). [Jung had acquired a copy of the 1563 edition of Erasmus's Collectaneas adagiorum, a compilation of analects from classical authors, when he was 19 years old.] It says: yes, the god will be on the spot, but in what form and to what purpose? I have put the inscription there to remind my patients and myself: Timor dei initium sapiente ["The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."] Here another not less important road begins, not the approach to "Christianity" but to God himself and this seems to be the ultimate question.”

Brings you most of the photos in this post…. And, as always Have A Great Day……………..

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Victorian Era..Kelton House Museum..In Columbus,Ohio

A road trip to the Kelton House Museum and Gardens in Columbus,Ohio.. A trip back in time to the Victorian Era…(QUEEN VICTORIA’S REIGN FROM JUNE 1837 UNTIL HER DEATH ON THE 22nd of January 1901 defines the Victorian Era, but scholars include years as far back as 1830 when contemplating this time period)….

Victorian Jokes: The best in 19th-century humour https://t.co/HyovoR6OMR via @HistoryToday

— JOE TODD (@MYQUALITYTIME) April 3, 2018
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“The Historic Kelton House: Cornerstone Landmark of the Town Street Historic District
Underground Railroad Site…….
Built by Fernando Cortez Kelton, a prosperous wholesaler of dry goods and pharmaceuticals, the Kelton House incorporates elements of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles. The garden features hedges, statuary, diverse plant specimens, lattice work and mixed perennial borders that demonstrate a Victorian sensibility.” READ MORE………………………………………………

Fernando Cortez Kelton, Sophia Langdon Stone Kelton. The Keltons were fervent abolitionists who used their home as a stop on the Underground Railroad.

“Marriage is an institution intended to keep women out of mischief and get them into trouble"

“Who is the greatest chicken-killer in Shakespeare? Macbeth, because he did murder most foul.”

“If William Penn's aunts kept a pastry shop, what would be the prices of their pies? The pie-rates of Penn's Aunts.”
April 29, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrived in Columbus, two weeks after his death. The president's body was on view in the Ohio Statehouse rotunda ...(Fernando was a pallbearer)


"See here, wait, I've found a button in my salad." "That's all right, sir, it's part of the dressing."

“Doesn't it make you dizzy to waltz? Yes, but one must get used to it, you know. It's the way of the whirled.”
 
“SERVANT: "Ma'am, your husband has eloped with the cook!"
WIFE: "Good! Now I can have the maid to myself, once in a while."  

 

Some say the Kelton House is HAUNTED….. “Have I mentioned lately that I adore the spirits at the Kelton House?  They are the friendliest, most playful ones I have ever encountered. This year, they out did themselves on the yearly ghost tours.” READ MORE 

“I have the best wife in the world," said the long-suffering husband. "She always strikes me with the soft end of the broom."




A Hair wreath:: People made wreaths, rings, necklaces and all sorts of pieces out of human hair. One of the most famous guides to doing hair work was published in 1867, called Self-Instructor and the Art of Hair Work.
Husbands went to work wearing watch fobs fashioned of their wives hair. Locks from the dearly departed were mounted into rings and brooches. Ladies filled their autograph books with snippets from their friends. At a time of rising commercialism, sentimental hairwork became a way both to signal one’s sincerity and, paradoxically, to stay in style.
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Underground Railroad learning center in the basement of the Kelton House.



This outing was brought to you by: Olivedale Diner’s Club. We started the outing by of course EATING…..

Thanks to Tom Darfus doing a great job driving the bus.

Hofbrauhaus modeled after the legendary Hofbrauhaus in Munich,Germany

Thanks for stopping by “My Quality Time.” Linda and I hope you enjoyed the tour. This was our first outing with the Olivedale Diner’s Club and we had a great time. This was also a great chance to socialize with other Olivedale members. (Love those “Day Trips”)

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