Aging Project XCIII

 

Aging Project XCIII     81.66 years

I don't have a scales right now, so I don't know my exact weight, but it is less than it should be. I need to bulk up just a little bit.

At last, I am here in Uruguay. Thanks to the help of my good Unitarian Universalist friends of the Church in the Pines, My apartment was emptied on time. Betty is not here with me yet, because she is embroiled in international health regulations. I think she may get here by the end of May.

It is quite cold here, for the Fall. The temp this morning was 45°F/10°C. Still, I feel good and ready for anything.

My friend Emily, whom I have known for ten years, is here, helping me to get the house better prepared for a cold winter, and helping me to connect to services and utilities. It can be a bit complicated in the beginning. I already have my internet and telephone (both mobile and fixed) connections, and a bank account. Keeping money in that account will be a bit tricky, unless I switch my Social Security over to Uruguay. That is what we did before, and it just requires going to the consulate, and takes about a month. In the meantime, I can use ATM and credit cards.

Neither I nor Emily cook much, and we are using a great service ("Rico y Sano") that delivers healthy, vegetarian food to your door. Fortunately, they have things that I, being gluten intolerant, can eat. The stores also have some things, including some bread that I believe is made with rice flour, and it says it is "libre de gluten." I would be lost without the help of Emily, so I am grateful to her.

Here is a little puzzle for my Udugi language followers:

ᎤᏁᎳᎩ ᏄᏁᏌᏴᏢ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏴᏢ, ᎠᏯ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏗᎴᎦ ᏥᎸ ᏍᏆᎴ-ᎦᎶᏇ.

Aging Project XCII

 

Text and image Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

Gospel of Thomas 75 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 75: The Bridal Chamber

Jesus said, "Many are waiting at the door, but those who are solitary will enter the bridal chamber."

tsisa hinegise, "ugodidi agatidisdase asduli nahnai, aseno nasgi na gesvase utselidv ayvsdose tsagatsvsdisgi uniyvsdine."

ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎠᎦᏘᏗᏍᏓᏎ ᎠᏍᏚᎵ ᎾᎿᎢ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᏤᎵᏛ ᎠᏴᏍᏙᏎ ᏣᎦᏨᏍᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏴᏍᏗᏁ."

Gospel of Thomas 74 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 74: The Well

He said, "Lord, many are gathered around the well, but there's no one in the well.."

atsvyai hinegise, "unelanvhi, ugodidi gesvase gatlisodita atalesv-amayi yvwaduwidv, aseno gesvase tlagiloi atalesv-amayi hawina.

ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ, ᎤᎪᏗᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏟᏐᏗᏔ ᎠᏔᎴᏒ-ᎠᎹᏱ ᏴᏩᏚᏫᏛ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᏝᎩᎶᎢ ᎠᏔᎴᏒ-ᎠᎹᏱ ᎭᏫᎾ.

Gospel of Thomas 73 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 73: Workers for the Harvest

Jesus said, "The harvest really is plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray that the Lord will send workers to the harvest."

tsisa hinegise, "asquanigododo udohiye gesvase ugodi, aseno tsulewisdanehidi gesvase gayoli. adadolisdodu na unelanvhi adanvsdose tsulewisdanehidine asquanigododo didla.

ᏥᏌ ᎯᏁᎩᏎ, "ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏙ ᎤᏙᎯᏰ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎤᎪᏗ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᏧᎴᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯᏗ ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎦᏲᎵ. ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏙᏚ Ꮎ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏓᏅᏍᏙᏎ ᏧᎴᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯᏗᏁ ᎠᏍᏆᏂᎪᏙᏙ ᏗᏜ.

The New Hookers of the Internet

 

It happened again today, as perhaps a hundred times before. I think it's kind of cute when Internet virtual-sex prostitutes give me a "like" for one of my posts about the Gospel of Thomas. When I click on their profiles, they are just like all the others of their kind: enticing me to look at their "naked pictures." But these women are not naturists or nudists, and their visuals, I assume, go far beyond simple nudity.

Let me say first of all, that some good friends of mine are anti-prostitution activists. While I have never paid a prostitute for sex (real or virtual), I respect them, because I respect women. Many of these women are single mothers, doing the best they can to provide for themselves and their children.

I have been acquainted with some well-known hookers, including Margo St. James, the founder of Coyote, the "Prostitutes' Union" of San Francisco. She once called me to take photos of their office, after it had been bombed. Those women trusted me for one reason: I showed them respect, and it was genuine respect.

The anti-prostitution activists cannot say that I am fostering or supporting prostitution. I am not. I am simply respecting and supporting women.

Copyright © 2024 by Donald C. Traxler.

Gospel of Thomas 72 in English and Udugi ꭴꮪꭹ

 

Saying 72: Not a Divider

[Someone said to him], "Tell my brothers to divide our inheritance with me."

He said to him, "Who made me a divider?"

He turned to his disciples and said to them, "Am I really a divider?"

giloi kanohedise atsvyv didla, "kanohedu aqua nvtlidi ale ulvdi didla ayatasdi aquatseli udatiyedone ayv gvdodi." atsvyai adadvdodise, "gago yinvgahvgise ayv ayatasdisgi?" atsvyai agatahvsdise utseli adasdawadidohidi didla ale agadvdodise, "gesvase aya udohiye ayatasdisgi?"

ᎩᎶᎢ ᎧᏃᎮᏗᏎ ᎠᏨᏴ ᏗᏜ, "ᎧᏃᎮᏚ ᎠᏆ ᏅᏟᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᎸᏗ ᏗᏜ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗ ᎠᏆᏤᎵ ᎤᏓᏘᏰᏙᏁ ᎠᏴ ᎬᏙᏗ." ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᏓᏛᏙᏗᏎ, "ᎦᎪ ᏱᏅᎦᎲᎩᏎ ᎠᏴ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗᏍᎩ?" ᎠᏨᏯᎢ ᎠᎦᏔᎲᏍᏗᏎ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏩᏗᏙᎯᏗ ᏗᏜ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏛᏙᏗᏎ, "ᎨᏒᎠᏎ ᎠᏯ ᎤᏙᎯᏰ ᎠᏯᏔᏍᏗᏍᎩ?"