Category Archives: Ponderings

Various musings of the day.

Sometimes Silliness Spontaneously Happens

Posted on July 28, 2012 by TommiaW

Logic. It described Spock. It’s the counterpart to emotion. It’s the opposite of discipline. So, yes, I indulged in getting the free copy of Stephen J. Matlock’s Stars in the Texas Sky for a Kindle I refuse to own (thank you again … Continue reading →

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Women of Flight

Posted on July 27, 2012 by TommiaW

This past week saw the passing of Sally Ride and what would have been Amelia Earhart’s 115th birthday. As a child, Amelia didn’t make the same impact on me as the Wright Brothers or Helen Keller or Albert Einstein. Yet … Continue reading →

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Think About It…

Posted on July 26, 2012 by TommiaW

 FREE! It’s a good thing – be it music from iTunes, Amazon MP3 or Kindle reads, Library offerings in hardback, paperback, digital download. This was a fabulous find worth reading: Stars in the Texas Sky by Stephen J. Matlock.

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Monday Mini Musing

Posted on July 9, 2012 by TommiaW

Sometimes getting the ‘big picture’ requires a smaller view of things. Perspective from the mountain peaks works, too. Or wandering along the waterfront, strolling by the shore. What ways help allow for a mental escape? Music, meditation, musing, mischief?

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Sunsets and Swirls

Posted on July 8, 2012 by TommiaW

Sometimes one has to remember that Nature creates a better picture than a sketcher or painter can. Then again, the talented ones – be it with fabric and thread, needle and yarn, watercolor and paper – can create their own … Continue reading →

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Walking in a Father’s Footsteps

Posted on June 26, 2012 by TommiaW

“Show me Thy ways, O Lord, teach me thy paths.” ~Psalm 25, verse 4. Yes, last week was Father’s Day. I’m of the mindset that it, along with Mother’s Day, are really 365 (or 366) days a year – a … Continue reading →

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Memoirs

Posted on June 11, 2012 by TommiaW

It’s National Audiobook Month, so I thought it would be a good day to review memoirs. I’ve read a few on the iTunes Top 100 list, but had only listened to one – Stephen King’s On Writing. King proves to … Continue reading →

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Gliding – Sunday Snapshot

Posted on June 10, 2012 by TommiaW

Nothing says ‘bold’ like gliding through the air – with or without the parachute. Imagine stepping out of the library, arms heavy with stories to carry me away only to see a solo sailor making their way to…where? I can … Continue reading →

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A Fine Founder of the Sci-Fi Frontier

Posted on June 8, 2012 by TommiaW

 (photo from the Raybradbury.com site) There are only a few things I remember about Ray Bradbury: My joy in listening to Leonard Nimoy reading “The Martian Chronicles” (and briefly planting a seed/wish of being able to go to Mars some … Continue reading →

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Themes, Theaters and Other Things

Posted on June 7, 2012 by TommiaW

 (Image courtesy of Google.com/doodle.) This June is jumping with many themes, so of course I have no ‘proper’ focus for this month’s collection of posts. The first drive-in theater opened on the sixth of June in 1933 and that turned … Continue reading →

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