My ideas for blogs get lost unless I record them. Sometimes I may not have time to write the blog right there and I can’t let too much time go by. But when I return shortly (within a day or two most times) as long as I still feel strongly about the subject matter which is often, then I write the blog. That is my general approach. I always make sure the important ideas are listed initially. I make the visibility “private”. I do not want others to read my blog until it is done.
Tags: blogs, I make my "blog ideas" private until I can write the blog, my wife and I share this computer, which is another reason I just try to record my ideas for a blog, why it is so important to record my ideas for one blog, writing
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Books are very important to me. In fact, I married a “book” person and we have books all over my house. The books represent the legacy of other people. They are not equal in value. Some are more special than other. And I refer to these more often. Most of my “special” books are in my “pad”. In one book case I have quite a few of them. In another book case I have poetry books and most of mine (???) writing reference books. My books are like my “friends.” And I don’t want them too far away.
Tags: book case, book person, books, books all over the house, I have "special" books in my pad, my books are like my friends: I don't keep them so far away from me, my poetry books and reference writing books are in one spot, poetry books, reference writing books, writing
Posted in knowledge&learning, local, marriage, mental health, writing, your job/mission/profession |
I never had a dog like “Tilla” before. I won his loyalty by rubbing his belly any time he wants, which is often. Dogs don’t live forever. I never thought another dog would replace the first dog I raised from a pet, which was “Daisy” a black mutt. One stubborn dog. Tilla wants to please. I trained Daisy when she was an adult. When I was in a room with her, she never took my eyes off of me. Tilla often comes to my pad when I am watching TV and my wife has gone to bed. Then he usually nudges the door shut as if to say, “I now have you all to myself.” Tilla has quirks. He is unpredictable. I never know exactly how he is going to act. Sometimes he will lock himself in the bathroom and wait for us to discover that and then be so pleased when we open the door. He is more aggressive then the other three dogs we have. If you throw four snacks in front of our four dogs, he will get three. He is quick. His mom a female golden retriever (appropriately named “Sweetie”) usually defers to him as well as his to his (???) sister–Coco. Tilla is streamlined–one lean muscular black dog. He is the reason we had to build our fence higher. He could jump over it. I will love Tilla while I have him. I know he is only on “loan.”
Tags: Coco, Daisy, Daisy I trained when he was an adult, Daisy never took her eyes off of me when we were in the same room, Daisy was the first dog I raised from a pup, dogs, four dogs, golden retriever, I rub Tilla's belly almost any time he wants it, my relationship with Tilla, one stubborn dog, pets, Sweetie, Tilla, Tilla was the only dog who could make it over the fence
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I was depressed that evening. My wife reminded me it probably was fatigue. Right after I kissed my wife good-night Tilla followed me into the TV room and nudged shut the door. Somehow that was comforting, that my dog wanted my company. It was a small act but it mattered. The next morning I awoke and the depression was gone. My wife was right. I was just overly tired.
Tags: depression and fatigue, dogs, my wife, pets, Tilla, Tilla came in and nudged the door shut, Tilla kept me company in the TV room
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We are all flawed and it is so easy to criticize someone for their flaws. It is so easy to forget that. Sometimes the things we criticize someone for are the very things we can’t tolerate in our self. And we come down hard on those who demonstrate their imperfections. If we can remember we are all flawed and sinners, which is just another way of saying the same thing; then, we can be more compassionate of others. Everyone makes mistakes.
Tags: be more compassionate, everyone makes mistakes, it is so easy to judge others, mistakes and sins, sinners, toleration of others' imperfections, we are all flawed, we are critical of things we can't tolerate in our selves
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I had to rattle the screen door when I let our four dogs out for we had a chipmunk who was eating the birdseed that fell to the ground. Yesterday he zipped the forty feet to hide under a bush. I did not want any of my four dogs to hurt him. Occasionally we get chipmunks and even less often a cottontail under our tree. They all like the easy meal.
Tags: bird feeding, birdseed, chipmunk, chipmunks and cottontail like to munch on the birdseed that fell to the ground, chipmunks and cottontails, cottontail, dogs, four dogs, pets
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Our Gerbera daisy was hardy. It has had five large pink flowers that lasted a long time–weeks. Now the color is washing out. One flower is almost completely white. Several times the flowers sagged. All it then needed was a little water and the flowers perked up. It must like the spot it was in. And I am excited three new buds were coming up. It was a small thing but I love looking at it every day and checking its progress.
Tags: flowers, gardening, Gerbera daisies last a long time, Gerbera Daisy, I examine the Gerbera Daisy every day, New buds were coming up of the Gerbera Daisy, pink Gerbera daisy, plants, white flower
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We have a “monster” and an unusual cactus. It has half a dozen tentacles on it four feet long and three and four inches wide. We bought it at the local Amish store. We had to transport it very carefully for we did not want to break off any of its tentacles. I have never seen one like this one. We found a good spot for it outside. It was flowering when we bought it. It had gigantic pink flowers and it must like where it is for the last two buds are still developing, which is a good sign.
Tags: "monster" cactus, a monster cactus plant with big pink flowers, Amish store, cactus, flowers, gigantic pink flowers, plants, tentacles of this cactus were four to five feet long and three inches wide
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The music collection (LPs) we got from my sister was interesting. She stopped collecting them in the early seventies. I don’t think her husband (or her, for that matter) liked the music too much. They were in mint condition. She did have good tastes. I had duplicates of several of her albums. I realize it truly is a gift to have a wife who loved music as much as me and who I can share it with. Both of us have very eclectic tastes. That is also by grace.
Tags: 1970's, LP's, music, music collection, my sister, my wife, Our eclectic tastes in music is a gift and also by grace
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Our local post office had a beautiful Norfolk pine in its lobby. For a long time (several years) it was a flourishing tree. It must have liked the the light it was getting in that spot. Then it started losing branches and started dying. There seemed nothing our postmaster could do about it. Once a branch becomes brittle and breaks off it is too late. Some of the branches were still healthy. Finally it died. I had the image in my head how healthy it once (???). I felt so bad when she took it out of there. She suspects it got over watered. It was so beautiful once. And now its dead. I just felt bad for it.
Tags: Norfolk Pine tree, post office, the light was perfect for the Norfolk Pine, The Norfolk Pine at the post office, The Norfolk Pine Tree was dying, The Norfolk Pine was flourishing, trees
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I was the older man in her life. She used to have a close relationship with her Dad. Then he was no longer there. We started talking for hours at a time. She broke her foot and was sidelined for several months at home so I started calling her at home. She told me she did not have a relationship with a older male since her Dad passed. Her husband did not care I talked to her but I had to discontinue calling her and having long talks. My wife did not want me talking to her. It was a little odd being considered the older man, which I was; but I never viewed myself as such. Anyway, I stopped the calls.
Tags: her Dad, I felt odd being considered the older male, my wife, the older male
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It was midway to summer. The temperatures were mild and sometimes cool. It could stay this way all the time but it won’t. I am wearing a light jacket today. I know the hot weather will come and I will switch to wearing shorts and tee shirts all the time. Weather is always so unpredictable. I am in no rush for summer to get here.
Tags: hot weather, I am in no rush for summer to get here, light jacket, mild temperatures, spring, Spring and mild weather, summer, tee shirts and shorts, weather
Posted in local, seasons, time |
