Clara was the best. I've watched most of her videos but, sadly, discovered her channel after she passed.
It sounds like your uncle Myron was much like my great uncles. The times had changed so quickly during their lifetimes they seemed like walking history lessons. One of them still believed that bathing every day made you weak. Lol. I suspect the world will change even more drastically during GenX'ers lifetimes and we'll be the walking history lessons.
Very cool that you have those bibles! The Underground Railroad was really prevalent in Columbus Ohio too.
People were much more interesting back then. I used to love the long, drawn out conversations we with the older relatives. It was a totally different world. My uncle lived right on Main Street in downtown Columbus and would sit at his window and watch people on the street, that was his entertainment when there wasn't a baseball game on.
Now it seems we don't converse at all. We sit around and agree. Anyone who does not agree had better remain silent or, in my circles at least, will be called a far-right Trump-loving, public enemy. I now choose my friends for their values. Maybe I always should have done that. But there's not much I can do about family.
The powers that be have successfully segregated everyone into their own bubbles of like-minded people. I miss the days that you could agree to disagree and not hate everyone else who thinks differently. Hate is born of fear, after all. Both sides are instilling fear then deceiving and taking advantage of their followers.
I think we're in a time of great transition. I only hope whatever is on the other side is better.
Yes, and this is my guiding priciple - if something encourages me to fear my fellow human beings (leaving out all those I think are actually cyborgs or aliens), I will not live by it. When I do this, life is much easier.
I like that guiding principal! That's a good way to live. I was listening to Machio Kaku on the JRE podcast and he said something interesting. If he were to seed alien clones from another planet that appear to be human here on Earth he would make sure they didn't even know they were aliens.
Here's the link --