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The question was asked "Would you ever consider living in the best kept secret in Southern Indiana"?  "Oh, I don't know.....

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

RELATED OPPOSITES


My sister and I have always been opposite..
She liked Cheerios; I liked Wheaties
She liked the egg yolk; I liked the egg white
She can sing, I cannot
She was lively, got bored quicker; I was slower~would obscess all day and never got bored.
She is a swimmer; I am afraid of the water
She is petite and slender~I am taller and rounder
She is shyer~I am bolder
Her teeth were perfect~I wore braces
She wears petite expensive jewelry~I wear BIG 'plastic'jewelry
She is sure-footed~I drop and roll
She wears glasses to read~I take mine off
She looks backward to back the car~I use my rear view mirrors
She studies the live people~I study the dead ones
She walked on the 'path' questioning~I saw the 'path' but I wavered off and didn't need an answer

We have one big thing in common...we love our lipstick

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Super Moon



My Aunt Helen once told me that instead of the "man in the moon face"..she saw the profiles of two people kissing...I can see that too.
Perhaps if it gets close enough, I can jump on.

Photo borrowed from Google

What My Grandma Was Like...

Adrielle and Rachel,
My grandma was a wonderful cook..wonderful roasts and mashed potatoes and angel food cakes..everything from scratch, the kind of food that made your tummy hurt after you ate because you ate so much..remember that feeling?
Her house was so neat and tidy, she even dusted the things in the attic..she never wore pants, always a house dress and hosiery. She 'creamed' her face with Lady Esther cold cream after their noon meal which was always eaten at 11am. Her dresser drawers were very tidy and fragrant of powder. Her lips always moved when she read the newspaper to herself. She taught me how to skip and jump rope well into her 70s.
When my children were born, I asked my grandma for the answer to any questions..I didn't call the doctor or look it up in a book..she always knew just what to do.
She shared the old family pictures and stories with me..my love of the past came from that sharing. I soaked up all I could of the stories but alas a few things were left untold or perhaps just were interrupted by chores that needed attention.
There are so many things I need answers for now.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Happy Birthday, Grandma


This special day is almost over and the moon is almost full, but I want to post a tribute to my grandma Jessie..She would have been 122 years old today. I wish I could talk to her..I have so many unanswered questions.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Happy St. Patty's Day!



For 'tis green, green, green, where the ruined towers are gray,
And it's green, green, green, all the happy night and day;
Green of leaf and green of sod, green of ivy on the wall,
And the blessed Irish shamrock with the fairest green of all.
~Mary Elizabeth Blake

I remember when my cousin Kerry and I sat in the clover filled yard between my family home and our grandma's (his greatgrandma) house and we searched all day for a four leaf clover..I know we looked at every clover...did we find one...in our minds we did! Do you remember that, Kerry? We were very little and I think of you every St. Patrick's day because of that memory!

Monday, February 28, 2011

Thunked Thots

Been thinkin':

'IT IS WHAT IT IS'~what is it, where is it and what is it that it is?

I have realized that I think from the middle out..ya know~start in the middle and go to the end and then back to the middle and then when all else fails, go to the beginning.

What's more satisfying~the illusion or the reality?

If I never knew you~I would never miss you.

Am I going be bored when I am dead, will I know it and how long is death anyway?

"A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: 'Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time.' When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I fee the most." George Bernard Shaw. This is a thought I put to use all the time.

Why did I have 'real bad hair' days and young girls and women don't now?

Worry is my symptom of feeling powerless.

I always wonder where all the lost things in life go...to some corner of the world just waiting to be found?

Where do all the words and thoughts we think go when we put them out in the 'Universe'? Do they stay out there forever?

Anyone have any thots they'd like to contribute that they have Thunk?

Friday, February 25, 2011

Windmills of Your Mind


Photo borrowed from Woolfenbell. Thank you, Kers!
Round, like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel.
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon

Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes on it's face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of it's own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream.

Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes on it's face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle your head
Why did summer go so quickly
Was it something that you said
Lovers walk along the shore and
Leave their footprints in the sand
Was the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand

Pictures hanging in a hallway
And a fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong
When you knew that it was over
Were you suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the color of her hair

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circle that you find
In the windmills of your mind

Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong
When you knew that it was over
Were you suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the color of her hair

Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning,
On an ever spinning wheel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Photo borrowed from Woolfenbell. Thank you, Kers!