'I awoke this morning with devout thanksgiving for my friends - the old and the new.' Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today can the first day of your new association with BLENKO GLASS in Milton, W. Va. (304 743 9081).
Blenko is one of the oldest glass manufacturer in the United States, this very old factory is located mid way between Huntington and Charleston. It is easy to locate off I-64 ( very well marked only 2 miles from interstate).
The Visitors Center Area is composed of a large lake with walking paths, duck, geese, frogs are roaming about....the first floor is a 'sale' room where bargains up to 75% off retail can be found. The 2nd floor contains a museum** and a viewing area / room for self guided tours of glass blowing.
At BLENKO we cherish our friends old and new. Come by, shop, visit, bring lunch, sit at one of the benches, enjoy the beautiful landscape ' the new BLENKO bricks,' observe the flowers, trees, animals and relax.
BLENKO GLASS always handmade
always excellent quality
made only in West Virginia.
hjh
** Tomorrow I'll write about the STAR WARS CHEST SET in the Visitors Center
5 comments:
miss homburg
today i awoke and thought does this lady like chocolates?
We make chocolates the finest in WVa and they are made by West Virginians
If you will send me an address - I'll send or bring the chocolates and you can write about how wonderful they are
You may get a little fat
but who cares.
It would be a wonderful merger
could you feel passion for chocolate?
Do not say send your request to the email address
I have done this.
George B.
hope you do not mind, when I read this today I thought of you Ms Hillary
Krishnamurti Foundations Daily Quote:
The mountains must be alone. It must be a lovely thing to have rain among the mountains and the rain drops on the placid lake. How the smell of the earth comes out when it rains and then there are the croakings of many frogs. There’s a strange enchantment in the tropics, when it rains. Everything is washed clean; the dust on the leaf is washed away; the rivers come to life and there is the noise of running waters. The trees put out green shoots, there is the new wild grass where there was barren earth; insects by the thousands come out from nowhere and the parched earth is fed and the earth seems satisfied and at peace. The sun seems to have lost its penetrating quality and the earth has become green; a place of beauty and richness. Man goes on making his own misery, but the earth is rich once again and there is enchantment in the air.
It is strange how most people want recognition and praise—to be recognized as a great poet, as a philosopher, something that boosts one’s ego. It gives great satisfaction but it has very little meaning. Recognition feeds one’s vanity and perhaps one’s pocket, and then what? It sets one apart and separation breeds its own problems, ever increasing. Though it may give satisfaction, recognition is not an end in itself. But most people are caught in the craving to be recognized, to fulfill, to achieve. And failure is then inevitable, with its accompanying misery. To be free of both success and failure is the real thing. From the beginning not to look for a result, to do the thing that one loves, and love has no reward or punishment. This is really a simple thing if there is love.
Hillary you are to be commended for you unselfish love of Blenko and West Virginia.
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RESPONSE:
I can't eat Chocolate but thank you- Im certain you make excellent chocolate and we support all MADE IN WEST VIRGINIA crafts.
#2
This is a most beautiful quote - thank you for again sharing...can you provide a link?
thanks
hjh
Hi Hillary
This is in response to your request. Although I did not post the original Quote by Krishnamurti, I know the website. The website is - http://www.kfa.org/
I would definately like to know the name of the person who posted it. I must say that it is an apt quote for someone like yourself - selfless, generous, passionate, joyous. Thank you for being who you are.
Dr Sameer Bellapravalu
Med Psych PGY II
WVU, Charleston
Dr. SameerBellapravalu
I live several hundred miles from West Virginia.
However, you may wish to contact Terrance O'Connor in Silver Spring, Maryland. He has in the past held annual retreats / dialogues about this time of year. His phone number is: 301-622-5471
If this doe not work for you
I can email my address and number
for telephone discussion.
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