This is a very good way to start my day. I want to thank Karla in Illinois for being one of the first Army Of Good People to send Sue Silverstein this fantastic and large box of broken, abandoned, or forgotten jewelry pieces.

It feels good to do good. It does not feel good to be angry or fearful.

More boxes are arriving today, and more are on the way.

The Students at Bishop Gibbons High School are lining up to make their jewelry from recycled, broken, and forgotten jewelry, which lives in the attics, basements, and drawers of countless American homes.

Sue’s art program has taken off.

She can use all you can send: Sue Silverstein, Bishop Gibbons High School, 2600 Albany Street, Schenectady, N.Y., 12304. Thanks, Karla, and thanks to the other people sending jewelry, metal pieces, and clean old fabrics to Sue and her art students.

Later this week, we expect to launch an Amazon Wish List to provide winner clothes and toiletries to the refugee kids and any students and families in the Bishop Gibbons community who may need a little help this winter as energy and other prices soar.

We are focusing on items like shoes, boots, socks, blankets, and healthy snacks.

Sue is putting the list together now, and I’ll post it on the blog when she’s done. This is our fourth year helping keep people warm and comfortable during the winter.

Tomorrow is my first ukulele lesson. I’ll take pictures of Bob, my teacher, and report on how it went. I’m dubious.

This morning, the fourth weekly Zoom Meeting, “Let’s Talk,” will live on Zoom from 10 am Eastern Time to 9:45–11 am. You can sign up here. We are learning a lot, talking openly having fun.

Please take a look; I’ll be admitting people from 9:50 to 10 am and a bit beyond.

Here’s the hyperlink:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87822862552?pwd=V2U0SnNyejFJZlNNazZ1d3RLVUFSQT09