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Yes, you read it right.  I am into cloud collecting as of this cloudy, very cloudy morning.  Sorry about those wires.  Something to consider for next mission in my search for clouds. In this morning’s paper in the Science Section, there is a big article about the Cloud Appreciation Society whose motto is “Look upContinue reading “New hobby…collecting clouds…yes, clouds…”

Life is full of surprises…and today I received a very nice and happy one.  My daughter and her boyfriend were in Durham for a class reunion and on Sunday morning they surprised me with a visit.  They came bearing gifts.  I love my cutest bear and my “very favorite from now on” bag.  It feltContinue reading “Great surprise of my day…”

We human beings have had this need for validation, I think, from the moment we are born.  What is it to be validated?  In my book of definition, validation is when someone approves of you,  your actions or your situation. Yesterday, I had a great moment.  I was pondering while cleaning the front door, and theContinue reading “The need to be validated…”

This is not the picture from yesterday’s post…Look and you shall find. Somewhere in the Bible it says…Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, and knock and the door will be opened.  Have you ever put these words to the test?  I have.  I have been in the search for a smallContinue reading “Ask, Seek and Knock…”

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011… You know we are just opening our senses to spring.  The creative juices have been hibernating, and the urge to make our homes look nice and pretty is just emerging from the cold and darkness of winter. So…I went to our local nursery and bought a small-sized yellow petunia plant.  My houseContinue reading “Missions being accomplished…”

When one of the most important thoughts of my day is “I need to clean the toilets,” all I can say is wow!  Do I have real problems.  I have three toilets in my little house.  Why the heck do I have so many of them?  Some people in the world don’t have any.  A little holeContinue reading “My search for significance…”

There’s a humongous debate taking place in my shrinking brain right now.  Should I eat my lunch (I am salivating like the Pavlovian dogs with no bell around), or just go ahead and start the posting to be published on Tuesday.  The big problema is that it was just now that I decided what the subject matterContinue reading “Never, never, but never, give up…”

This morning, Sunday, April 3rd, 2011 made me ponder on something I read long ago, about Ivan Pavlov.  This Russian doctor was conducting an experiment about training dogs to respond automatically to the ringing of a bell to indicate that the dogs automatically started salivating prior to eating their food.  Through the stimulus of the ringing ofContinue reading “Pavlovian conditioning…and el mango…”

Remember, I always write this post the day before.  Today, April 1st, 2011, hurrah!  I am still here to see another April’s Fool Day!!  Good or bad, I don’t know yet.  I am in very good spirits.  Didn’t go to walk today, too cold and too much stuff to give me the perfect allergy attack.Continue reading “April 1st, I feel good,…tararara…”

Today, March 31st, 2011 I have a monkey on my back.  The animal would just not let me put my thoughts in order.  I really don’t know how to properly channel all ideas for today’s post in both halves of my brain.  I am in a fog.  Isn’t that a pretty picture and good for youContinue reading “Paella of sights and words…”