Diversity

Cultural diversity is increasing across the world. Migration is bringing new people together, changing the face of cities and countryside.๐Ÿ‘ฅ But new people and new ideas doesn’t mean traditional values are on the way out — it just means they are changing.

Respect for hard work, dignity, or that land that sustains us is not going away just because demographics are changing.

Many liberals want to believe that there will be a surge in demand for liberal policies with the new immigrants. ๐ŸŒ‹Many conservatives bite into that ideology — ignoring the diversity of immigrants or that a sizable number of them are quite conservative.๐Ÿฐ People who tend to immigrant are of a higher social class, seeking a better life, more dedicated then average person towards free enterprise and economic growth.

Are really migrants that come to America to milk cows๐Ÿฎ, work on farms, live in rural communities — all that liberal? Rural life or even hard blue collar life in the city does not promote liberal ideology for sure.๐Ÿšœ And the many immigrants who own small businesses, are not clamoring for more regulation or taxes on small businesses.๐Ÿข Catholics, which many hispanics are, have no love for new abortion facilities popping up in their neighborhoods. ๐Ÿ’’

New people entering into a community can lead to change, for sure. Not all change is bad, more diversity leads to more innovation and growth. Part of embracing diversity is accepting not just new but also existing cultures. ๐Ÿ‘ชChange is tough but with mutual respect between the new and old people of an area, we can have a more diverse stronger ๐Ÿ’ช society.

Capitol Construction

March 17, 2019 Morning

Good morning! Happy St. Patrick’s Day ๐Ÿ€! I don’t think beer ๐Ÿป much less cheap beer died green in a polystyrene cup but I do like the idea ๐Ÿ’ก of people celebrating their heritage and community. Three weeks to 7:30 PM Sunset ๐ŸŒ‡.Dusk at that point will be almost at eight. Mostly summy and 33 degrees in Delmar, NY. โ˜ There is a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. ๐Ÿƒ. Going to be another fairly raw March day.

Kind of chilly waking up this morning. โ„ I’m thinking the heat ๐Ÿ”ฅ must have kicked on for a while last night but I can’t imagine it ran too much but it’s still a chilly 54 degrees in my bedroom. I can’t wait until winter is permanently done. At least with the sun โ˜€ I expect most of next week won’t push the heat too hard but I doubt I’ll be keeping the windows open at all. โฌ›

Today will have a slight chance of snow showers before 11am. Partly sunny ๐ŸŒž, with a high of 36 degrees at 4pm. Nine degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical day around February 22nd. It could be worse, but I’m tired of February weather. Get me some June weather. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. A year ago, we had partly cloudy in the morning, which became mostly sunny by afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 75 was set in 1990. 4.1 inches of snow fell back in 1982.โ„ Getting to that time of year when snow records aren’t that big of deal.

With my frying ๐Ÿณ pan reseasoned, and no longer tasting like rotten eggs and mildew, I made up another delicious breakfast of blueberry pancakes. No more abuse of cast iron, I promise. I can’t tell if my frying pan is an authentic Griswold but if it is it actually is a fairly valuable collectable. I have my doubts – it’s a hand me down from my parents but after the bankruptcy of Griswold in 1950s many clones were made. It’s a good quality clone if it’s real. I don’t use Teflon as I always scratch it up so I just have to make sure the cast iron pots are well lubricated.

Heading out now for a walk ๐Ÿšถ on the rail ๐Ÿšˆ trail. ๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Cold but sunny with the wind ๐Ÿƒ. Fresh air is good. Then in the afternoon I might go for a short hike at Keleher Preserve then out to my parents house for Saint Patricks Day dinner. ๐Ÿ€I want to be home by 7:30 so I don’t have to drive home in the dark if possible although tonight shouldn’t be too dark with the moon light. ๐ŸŒ” Skipping shopping for the week as I have most the groceries I need and I’m trying to stretch my budget so I can make it through April.

The sun will set at 7:04 pm with dusk around 7:32 pm, which is one minute and 10 seconds later than yesterday. ๐ŸŒ‡ At sunset, look for partly clear skies ๐ŸŒ„ and temperatures around 31 degrees. There will be a west-northwest breeze at 10 mph. Today will have 12 hours and one minute of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 55 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be partly cloudy ๐ŸŒค, with a low of 21 degrees at 4am. Five degrees below normal, which is similiar to a typical night around March 3rd. Maximum wind chill around 24 at 6pm; Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. In 2018, we had clear in the evening, which became mostly sunny by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 7 degrees. The record low of -8 occurred back in 1900.

As previously noted, there are 3 weeks until 7:30 PM Sunset ๐ŸŒ‡ when the sun will be setting at 7:28 pm with dusk at 7:57 pm. On that day in 2018, we had a rather cold but sunny day with occasional snow showers and temperatures between 40 and 25 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 55 degrees. We hit a record high of 87 back in 2010. Anything can happen in early April.

Ashokan Reservoir Bend

Deleting Old Social Posts

I’ve decided with spring getting underway,
to spend some time deleting old tweets and Facebook posts.๐Ÿงน

Generally I don’t post anything important to those sites, preferring my blog to social media for posting long-form, well thought out things. Deleting old social media posts removes broken links, and cleans out searches that might be out of context and dated.