Quotes
“Hope is the best and the worst thing at the same time.”
― Pawan Mishra Coinman
“Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
“One hello can change a day. One hug can change a life. One hope can change a destiny.”
― Lynda Cheldelin Fell
“The thought of hope is the seed to healing.”
― Shilpa Menon
Thought Over Sickness, Mind Over Matter
In these days of the Pandemic and death by virus, our thoughts turn to Francis Schlatter, a faith healer of the 1890s. His life took some strange turns towards the end of his life.
Schlatter was born in Alsace (a small country between France and Germany before WWI ) on April 29, 1856. He immigrated to Denver in 1892. He set up a shoe repair shop. One day while working at his cobbler's bench he heard the "Voice of the Father." The voice told him to sell his business, give the money to the poor, and devote his life to healing the sick. Schlatter did this and set out barefoot on a journey around the western states.
After traveling 3,000 miles he returned to Denver and from his small home started healing people by clutching their hands firmly. Stories of his healing powers spread and long lines formed, waiting for a turn for a session with the Healer. He lived simply and accepted no money from his visitors, which numbered in the thousands. He said only that he obeyed a voice which he called the Father, and from this power he received his healing virtue. When he heard about people selling their places in line and others offering bribes to him for coming to their town, he disappeared again one night.
Schlatter left behind him a note in which he said that his mission was ended. Then, in 1897 news came out of Mexico that the healer's bones and possessions had been found on a mountainside in the Sierra Madre. At the same time, a New Mexico woman named Ada Morley published a book called The Life of the Harp in the Hand of the Harper which told of the healer's three-month retreat on her ranch in Datil, New Mexico, after his disappearance from Denver. The book, which carried the title the healer gave it, also contained a first-person description of his two-year pilgrimage, which he believed held the same significance for mankind as Christ's forty days in the wilderness.
The bones were never positively identified. It was thought that Schlatter staged his death and lived in the South East and Eastern states healing until his death in St. Louis, in 1922.
In the Lack of Football News
The Denver Post published ( Sunday 5/24/2020 ) a list of ten Colorado prep football players who had outstanding NFL careers.
We have trimmed the list to five players we saw play or read about because we are not that old.
5.Nate Solder, Buena Vista, and CU Buffs, Offensive Line, Played in two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
4.Mark Mullaney, George Washington High, and CSU. Defensive End with the Purple People Eaters, an outstanding defensive unit for the Minnesota Vikings.
3.Christian McCaffrey, Valor Christian High School, and Stanford. Running Back. May be the best of the five on this list, because he is just getting a good start on his career and might get even better.
2.Dutch Clark, Pueblo Central, and Colorado College Running Back. Three years with Pittsburgh Spartans and five years with Detroit Lions where he was All-Pro four times.
1.Byron "Whizzer" White, Fort Collins High, and CU Buffs, Running Back, Led the league two years and All-Pro two times. White's football career was cut short by WWII when he became an Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He is best known as a Supreme Court Justice.
Football Is No Joke
The Cleveland Browns are like Possums. They both play dead at home and get killed on the road.
The difference between the Buffalo Bills and a dollar bill is that you can get four quarters out of a dollar bill.
If you have a car containing a Cowboys running back, a Cowboys linebacker, and a Dallas Cowboys defensive back, who is driving the vehicle? The cop.
Two Good Books
Murder in the Rockies
Two Miles High and Six Feet Under
The first two novels of a trilogy about Andrew Coyle, Esq. an attorney in Denver in the late 1890s. These tales are set in Denver and Leadville, Colorado and are exciting Historical Mysteries. Available on Amazon and Kindle as well as Tattered Cover Books and Bookbar stores in Denver.
“Hope is the best and the worst thing at the same time.”
― Pawan Mishra Coinman
“Don’t be discouraged by life’s difficulties. With hope and determination, you can triumph over any difficulties.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita
“One hello can change a day. One hug can change a life. One hope can change a destiny.”
― Lynda Cheldelin Fell
“The thought of hope is the seed to healing.”
― Shilpa Menon
Thought Over Sickness, Mind Over Matter
In these days of the Pandemic and death by virus, our thoughts turn to Francis Schlatter, a faith healer of the 1890s. His life took some strange turns towards the end of his life.
Schlatter was born in Alsace (a small country between France and Germany before WWI ) on April 29, 1856. He immigrated to Denver in 1892. He set up a shoe repair shop. One day while working at his cobbler's bench he heard the "Voice of the Father." The voice told him to sell his business, give the money to the poor, and devote his life to healing the sick. Schlatter did this and set out barefoot on a journey around the western states.
After traveling 3,000 miles he returned to Denver and from his small home started healing people by clutching their hands firmly. Stories of his healing powers spread and long lines formed, waiting for a turn for a session with the Healer. He lived simply and accepted no money from his visitors, which numbered in the thousands. He said only that he obeyed a voice which he called the Father, and from this power he received his healing virtue. When he heard about people selling their places in line and others offering bribes to him for coming to their town, he disappeared again one night.
Schlatter left behind him a note in which he said that his mission was ended. Then, in 1897 news came out of Mexico that the healer's bones and possessions had been found on a mountainside in the Sierra Madre. At the same time, a New Mexico woman named Ada Morley published a book called The Life of the Harp in the Hand of the Harper which told of the healer's three-month retreat on her ranch in Datil, New Mexico, after his disappearance from Denver. The book, which carried the title the healer gave it, also contained a first-person description of his two-year pilgrimage, which he believed held the same significance for mankind as Christ's forty days in the wilderness.
The bones were never positively identified. It was thought that Schlatter staged his death and lived in the South East and Eastern states healing until his death in St. Louis, in 1922.
In the Lack of Football News
The Denver Post published ( Sunday 5/24/2020 ) a list of ten Colorado prep football players who had outstanding NFL careers.
We have trimmed the list to five players we saw play or read about because we are not that old.
5.Nate Solder, Buena Vista, and CU Buffs, Offensive Line, Played in two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
4.Mark Mullaney, George Washington High, and CSU. Defensive End with the Purple People Eaters, an outstanding defensive unit for the Minnesota Vikings.
3.Christian McCaffrey, Valor Christian High School, and Stanford. Running Back. May be the best of the five on this list, because he is just getting a good start on his career and might get even better.
2.Dutch Clark, Pueblo Central, and Colorado College Running Back. Three years with Pittsburgh Spartans and five years with Detroit Lions where he was All-Pro four times.
1.Byron "Whizzer" White, Fort Collins High, and CU Buffs, Running Back, Led the league two years and All-Pro two times. White's football career was cut short by WWII when he became an Intelligence Officer in the Pacific. He is best known as a Supreme Court Justice.
Football Is No Joke
The Cleveland Browns are like Possums. They both play dead at home and get killed on the road.
The difference between the Buffalo Bills and a dollar bill is that you can get four quarters out of a dollar bill.
If you have a car containing a Cowboys running back, a Cowboys linebacker, and a Dallas Cowboys defensive back, who is driving the vehicle? The cop.
Two Good Books
Murder in the Rockies
Two Miles High and Six Feet Under
The first two novels of a trilogy about Andrew Coyle, Esq. an attorney in Denver in the late 1890s. These tales are set in Denver and Leadville, Colorado and are exciting Historical Mysteries. Available on Amazon and Kindle as well as Tattered Cover Books and Bookbar stores in Denver.