Category Archives: Ponderings

Various musings of the day.

Three can be Thrice as Nice

Posted on May 13, 2011 by TommiaW

Paraskevidekatriaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th. Triskaidekaphobia – fear of the number 13. Troika – Russian for three-of-a-kind, three-figure, three-piece suit and a folk dance. Prokofiev’s version (here in entirety) brings images of snow-covered Russia and sleighs traveling by. … Continue reading →

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Psalm 67

Posted on May 5, 2011 by TommiaW

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us.” ~Psalm 67, verse 1. This is the benediction spoken near the end of service every week. These are the words that have me bowing … Continue reading →

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Star Wars

Posted on May 4, 2011 by TommiaW

“May the 4th be with you.” Yes, I am a space cadet and I’ve no problem with it. While I wasn’t born early enough to watch the original Star Trek series when it first aired, I was influenced by the … Continue reading →

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Movie Dreams

Posted on May 2, 2011 by TommiaW

“Many dreams, all useless,” says Leopold to the mysterious intruder in his quarters turning the pages in a sketchbook that is a collection of present dreams to one, of historical importance to the other. Kate and Leopold is a fun romantic … Continue reading →

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Moving Forward – Maybe

Posted on May 1, 2011 by TommiaW

While April lent or lost itself to much fooling around (or foolishness, giving the way they intertwine), at least it can be said that new pages of photos were added, while the total post count was few. The NaBloPoMo challenge … Continue reading →

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Falling Forward or Slowing Down?

Posted on April 6, 2011 by TommiaW

(Sigh) In looking at the relatively low number of entries this month, my first knee-jerk reaction was guilt. I’m good at that, practically a grad student in it. The other night, a good friend of mine looked me in the … Continue reading →

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What was I saying (thinking)?

Posted on April 2, 2011 by TommiaW

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. –Charles Caleb Colton I mentioned that this could be the month of folly. Well, for the first bit of it, I decided to ponder different undertakings that one … Continue reading →

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Counting Fools

Posted on April 1, 2011 by TommiaW

Granted this is a day late, and foolishly short (thank you WordPress for the opportunity of time manipulation). A few quick findings about fools: There are 78 mentions of the word in the Bible Proverbs has the bulk of the … Continue reading →

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Three day catch-up (no mustard)

Posted on February 3, 2011 by TommiaW

Why do I find challenges I should just leave well enough alone? Jumping into the National Blog Posting Month collection of prompts: 2.1 – Favorite character from a book, play, film or other work of art? Oh, that could be a new … Continue reading →

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Northwest Arches

Posted on January 31, 2011 by TommiaW

(c) by Tommia Wright Sometimes the best things are seen just past those that get too much attention. One takes for granted how something looks if it passed from the same side, the same direction time and time again. Sometimes, … Continue reading →

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