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Signs of My Times

Posted on November 13, 2015November 29, 2015 by CSB

“Signs of My Times” are messages I’ve discovered hither and yon that you might find amusing or inspiring. If you capture any worthwhile signs via camera, I would enjoy seeing them and perhaps posting at a later date.

One of my favorites is the following telegram from Al in 1946. Read what Al requests.

Photo of Western Union telegraph, from June 1, 1946. This telegram says, "Bought waterfall. Stop. Need eight blondes to sell curios. Stop. Advise." (from Seven Falls Restaurant memorabilia)
“Bought waterfall. Stop. Need eight blondes to sell curios. Stop. Advise.” (from Seven Falls Restaurant memorabilia)

This sign on a woman’s bathroom stall at a restaurant in Spearfish, South Dakota, cheered me.

"Smile...You're losing weight!" Chalk board sign on green door with pink swirl borders

 

Black and white San Franpsycho sign hangs on rod above green sign for "Sundays"

 

 

Do you think other words are needed for this sign from California?

 

 

 

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Here are directions for keeping one’s car safe at Praise Mountain Retreat Center, Colorado.

 

 

We each need inspiration and encouragement. Do the following signs help?
Typewriter font sign says, "Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth."

Blue comic style font says, "Don't Give Up...Moses was once a basket case."

Box sign in cursive font says, "What we have once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us." Helen Keller

I was at a fund-raiser banquet recently for Hope and Home–a great organization that supports foster parents and their children. On each table were sweet notes like the one below:

Message on a folded index card in child scrawl reads, "Thanks for helping kids find a home.--Love Brianna"

At a community festival recently one booth had a Post-it “Happy Board.” Here is what my seven-year-old companion wrote:

Green Post-it on orange board reads, "I am happy when my Mom hugs me."

What Post-it note would you write if asked, “What makes you happy?”

This tree branch below is in San Jose Municipal Rose Garden.

Sign tacked to branch says, "I am old. Please do not climb me."

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Arabic writing and "Que La Paz Prevaleza En La Tierra" in black letters on long rectangle white sign attached to a red post.

 

 

 

A multi-language post for peace in front of the campus ministry office at Santa Clara University.

 

 

 

 

 

It’s good to remember the following:

Black sign with white letters says, "Contrary to popular belief, I'm still alive! --Jesus"

 

"I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I cannot feel it. I believe in God even when he is silent. Written on cellar wall during Holocaust."

“I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining. I believe in love even when I cannot feel it. I believe in God even when He is silent.” (Written on cellar wall during Holocaust.)

 

Keep alert for the signs of your times all around you.

You can see “Signs of My Times, Part 1,” at https://www.csboyll.com/?p=925

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