Incense and Air Freshners
The cones of incense in the top picture are the kind I used many years ago before all of the new kinds of air fresheners came on the scene. Sometimes they were in sticks like the other picture.
I do not recall any kinds of air fresheners being on the market back in those days. There may have been some but not in my memory. The only thing I remember being for sale to freshen the air and reduce odors was incense.
I can remember on my house cleaning day--I really did have a certain day that I cleaned the house, usually Friday--I would get everything vacuumed, dusted, and put in place then light an incense cone to burn. I can smell that odor in my mind as well today as I could then. Actually, I don't have a sense of smell now but I can still smell that odor in my mind just the same. I do not have any certain day for house cleaning now--I just clean when it becomes necessary.
I had a favorite kind of incense that I always bought. It was sandalwood. It was such a delightful smell. Sometimes I would buy the cones like in the picture above and sometimes I would buy the sticks. I still have the ash tray in which I burned them.
I don't remember what the cost of incense was then but I am sure it was cheap or I would never have spent the money for it. Air fresheners today can cost a fortune. There are so many different kinds, odors, and brands I would be confused choosing one. I am not sure that sandalwood is even available anymore.
I now have a fresh air machine that I love having even though I can not smell it. There is a can that you insert into the machine which dispenses a squirt of the contents every 15 minutes. It can be turned off or on at your choosing. I can choose a lot of different scents. However, the cans cost almost $5.00 and that was several years ago so maybe it even is more expensive now. I bought the machine in Texas and I stocked up on the cans of fresheners since I don't know if I could buy the same kind here in Indiana. A can does last a long time.
So, I am sorry Glade , and all other brands, I choose to use my machine instead of your products. Some day they may come out with a warning that air fresheners cause cancer! Then I guess we will just have to STINK!
A Good Question!
A few days ago I was talking with Mary Ruth, my sister, on the phone. As we got ready to close our visit she said to me, "Try to stay out of trouble." I replied, "It is hard for me to get in trouble at my age. I can only think of bad things to do!" Then she recited the bible quote that if you even think of something evil in your mind it is the same as if you do it. I have been mulling that over ever since then.
I am wondering if it goes the same way if you want to do something good but you only think of it and don't actually do it--does that work the same way? Many times I have thought of going to church and I really want to but I don't actually go. Does that mean that because I thought of it and really wanted to go but never actually did it that it is the same as if I really did go? Also I am reading the bible on a DVD and I try to read fairly regularly but I don't always get to it. So when I think of reading but never actually turn it on am I guilty of not reading it? Or is it the same as if I really did read because I wanted to and thought of it but failed to do so? I really need an answer to this question!
Somehow, I can't believe that if I think of an evil thing to do but I resist doing it, that I am as bad off as if I actually did it. Can you explain that to me? I am sure there would be many interpretations of that bit of scripture.
I would like to find the quote in the bible that says that. But I am not an expert on the bible and I don't know where to find it.
I am not trying to find an excuse to do any evil things but I would like a satisfying answer to what is really right. It has been puzzling me for days! Preachers, sound off!
Fingernails
I spent about 57 years pushing the cuticles back on Ford's fingers. When we were going together somehow I got into the habit of massaging the cuticles on his fingers when we were sitting together--maybe at a movie, on a bus, or even in church--it could be done very discretely. He loved for me to do that so it became a lifelong thing with us. I never used any tool or orange stick to do it, I just did it with my fingers. I would gently push back the cuticle on each finger and maybe repeat it a couple of times before he was satisfied.
I have to admit that after a few years I was not as inspired to do it as I was in the beginning. It became a little boring after so long. However, I did do it a lot even in our later years together. He would never say a word but just put his hand in my lap and I knew what he meant.
Now, after his being gone for ten years I sometime wish I could do it again for him. I am sure he may not have anyone to do it for him in Heaven! But, then maybe he doesn't need it there.
I am sort of glad he never graduated to having me do his toenails!
