Notes - time to tinker? / my uncle's obituary

         0944 hours. Carol is at breakfast with Ann and the Blue Ash group. I have been cleaning out the car and wondering how we are going to pack as well as sweeping the garage and finding something to relieve the anxiety in our cats. What I need to do is focus on packing. Coins and passports are in the car. We should not need a map with Google on board.

         Check Socrates in book four text. – Amorella

         0955 hours. I can find nothing.

         You had Papa John’s pizza for lunch and watched part two of the PBS “Breathless” – a medical soap/murder mystery. You watched “Extant” while Carol continued packing. Craig and Alta called and said they would be in between four and five. Carol gets her hair done at three. Busy day tomorrow, boy. – Amorella

         2252 hours. I did not work on Dead 5 except for research on Socrates. I have background. Wikipedia is idea for summary because that is all I need on the man. I have read works by Plato and Aristotle. This ought to be enough for a character study – dialogue. It is funny that the Merlyn books are full of dialogue but not philosophy. Commerce supports lot of talk, lots of noise, but without much reason except to convince black is white if it will sell a product or a concept. I am cynical and a bit crusty around the edges when I look at the larger picture of world cultures floating on top of Orwell’s river. Deep down I can’t see me selling a book. I like it best when I wrote, printed and just put the text in a box in the basement. Each day I drift further and further away from GMG.One. This book is interesting and fun to work on. If I have time to tinker with Dead 5 I’ll do it, if not I can work on it when we return in a week or so. I wonder what Merlyn and Socrates will talk about this time around? What would philosophical heartsansoulsanminds talk about anyway once Earth is done with them and they survive on for thousands of Earth years. It seems to me that there would be nothing to talk about after a while. (2307)

         Post. - Amorella

2320 hours. Uncle Ernie’s obituary in today’s Columbus Dispatch:

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Warren W. "Ernie" Ernsberger

Warren W. "Ernie" Ernsberger, age 92 of Westerville passed away September 5, 2014. Born October 11, 1921 in New Dover, Ohio to the late Beunah Demorest Lawrence and Roland P. Ernsberger. Educated in Sunbury and Westerville Schools. Graduate of the class of 1943 of Otterbein College. Member of Sigma Delta Phi. He attended UCLA earning a Professional Meteorologist Degree and Franklin Law School. He served in the military 1942 to 1952 as a captain in the USAF in England on detached duty with the RAF, the army occupation in Germany and in the Reserve Officer's Corp. He was a member of the Church of the Messiah U.M. Charter member of team-mates. Sales manager for Benn Blinn/White Advertising Company for 30 years. Former owner of Ernsberger Florist, Westerville Taxi Company, Magic Marketing, and co-owner with his wife Patsy of William's Grill and Ernsberger Builders. He played semi pro baseball with the Heart of Ohio League. Was a member of Otterbein Varsity O Club and Leather Helmet Club. A founding member and coach of Westerville Little League and participated in many other civic activities including Westerville Symphony and Westerville Community Band. Served four terms on Westerville City Council. Charter member of Westerville Jaycees. Co-founder of The Old Westerville Civic Society. Westerville Historical Society, Westerville Sertoma Club. Local and district Sertoma of the year 2009. Young Bud Post 171 American Legion. Six Rivers Chapter of Ohio Archaeology Society. Survived by his wife of 71 years, Patricia Orndorff Ernsberger; daughter, Wendy (Jim) Williams; grandson Christopher (Jenny) Williams; granddaughter, Ashley (John) Chaney; great grandsons, Wyatt and Wesley Williams; niece, Jani (John) Moore; nephew, Ernest (Dee) Ernsberger; beloved relatives, Richard (Carol) Orndorff and Cathy (Tod) Stoessner, Gretchen (Jerry) Donahue; great nieces and nephews. Friends may call 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. Friday at HILL FUNERAL HOME, 220 S. State St., Westerville. Memorial Service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Messiah, 41 N. State St., Westerville. Friends may make donations in his memory to Ernsberger Orndorff Scholarship Fund, Otterbein University or Concord Counseling Services, 700 Brooksedge Blvd, Westerville, OH 43081.Condolences can be made at Hill Funeral Home.

Published in The Columbus Dispatch on Sept. 11, 2014

Selected and edited from the Columbus Dispatch

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