A moment of calm between the rainstorms.
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2024 – Daring to be More
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Friday Fast One – Five Minute Fold
What ever happened to Myrtle the Turtle
Or Horton who heard a Who?
Remember the Little Golden Book characters?
Their adventures abroad, at home, at the zoo?
Curious George, the Gingerbread Man,
The Velveteen Rabbit, The Little Red Hen
Time to review the classics, the basics
Be a child again.
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Thursday Thought
I’ve been in a fog of sorts – thankful things are settling into a cooler season, mind spinning on too many projects (as usual).
NaNoWriMo starts in less than a month, the anthology deadline is closer than I realized, and there are a few contests (Writers Digest, a few others) I’ll probably talk myself out of. Otherwise, committed myself to enjoy two art classes -one painting, one photography this weekend. That’s the start of the ‘playful’ front.
In the world of practicality, there was a useful article I finally read, and a mindful one that has me pondering some habits. Joyful splurging includes a new recording by The Piano Guys and a wonderful collection of authors’ books (Mari Collier, Stephen Matlock, Victoria Bastedo to name a few) to continue binge-reading sessions when sleep would be more logical.
What have you discovered when you fall out of habit/routine? Does it take a while to get back on track or is it quick , say after a good long nap? What do you do to get balance back? Are you all work and no play, or is your life the other way?
What is missing that can be found? What discoveries have you made?
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Wednesday Waters
“In Einstein’s equation, time is a river. It speeds up, meanders, and slows down.
The new wrinkle is that it can have whirlpools and fork into two rivers.
So, if the river of time can be bent into a pretzel, create whirlpools and fork into two rivers,
then time travel cannot be ruled out.”
~ Michio Kaku
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Tuesday Tanka
I’m only inside
Because it’s where the food is
And the birds won’t play
A short, simple game of tag
Not because it’s cold outside.
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Monday Moment
Kat
There’s nothing wrong with a catnap
So long as it’s on my terms
No petting me,
No ignoring me
And my bed must be perfectly warm.
Interrupt my catnap
And I will pay you back
When you least suspect it
There will be a paw attack.
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Saturday Snapshot
“Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.”
~ W. C. Fields
Friday Fast One – Five-Minute Folds
You said you hated Summer because it was too hot.
What few days of sunshine we get aren’t really a lot.
You said you hated Fall because of the mess on the ground.
What you fail to see are the patterns all around.
You said you hated Winter because it was too cold.
What you won’t do is something so bold.
You said you hated Spring because it was too blah.
What you don’t see are new beginnings and…aaww.
Thursday Thought
If in the woods a tree does fall
And no one chances to hear
Did it really fall at all?
Stop and ask a deer.
If in the woods emerges a stump
Does anyone, in their throat,
Get a lump?
Maybe that’s only the goat.
If in the woods a tree does grow
Where emptiness once was
Do you see it in the sun’s glow?
Or lament what once was?
If in the woods emerges calm
Does anyone really hear?
Or realize the gifts in one’s palm?
Then give thanks sincere.
Wednesday Waters
A great escape is sharing this along with other wonders of the waterfront with my favorite aunt. Sadness – aware that the waterfront will be closed for a while.
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