Tag: random

Tiny Tuesday!

When Tom and I took a walk through the neighborhood last week–on Day 6, when we talked to some actual utility workers in person–I found this dart without a point on the ground and picked it up. As far as Googled photos goes, I think this is a safety dart that’s part of a child’s toy set. I’ve tried in vain to develop a poem out of it, but the Muse is silent on the matter.

I even took out my 300 More Writing Prompts book in case it suggested something I could connect to the dart. No luck. However, I responded to the below prompt, a response I’ll keep private. Feel free to use your imagination as to how you’d answer this question for yourself:

You just won $100,000,000 in the lottery, what does your first day being a multi-millionaire look like?

Random Saturday musings


Back in March of 2019 is when I think I posted using Keri Smith’s Wreck This Journal for the first time. The page I chose to do involved fruit stickers, and it looked like this.

I may have added a few since then.

Here’s a new one I did this month. Another way to test my memory.

When I did it, I kept wondering what smelled so wonderful. Well, it was a couple of pages prior, done in April 2019, and still smelling as FABULOUS as ever: splashes of Chanel N° 5.

It took me more than five years to have the nerve to do this one. It is done as of yesterday.

Author Keri Smith warned it would be difficult.

Did you flinch a little when you saw that I did it? Even book lovers who read the cheapest of paperbacks protect the spines. (And most of us use bookmarks to keep from bending down the pages.)

No worry about cracking the spines or bending the pages when I read ebooks on my iPad, including this latest one from Carolyn Haines in her Sarah Booth Delaney mystery series. Of course, my iPad has fallen to the floor a couple of times and now has thin cracks across the surface of the glass. I don’t blame the dogs, who ran into power cords and pulled it down. I blame whoever makes covers for devices like this one. When my old iPad that I had for many years stopped working, it still had a flawless screen because of the great case that kept it well-protected. When I replaced the iPad, I couldn’t find a case even close to that one in quality or protective features. So I deal with those hairline cracks; it’s worth it to read my favorite writers. Carolyn Haines is certainly among that group.

Sunday Sundries


Shells.

I’ve been doing Button Sunday posts since September of 2006. I feel like I’ve exhausted my ability to find new ones either among my own collection or online. I still want a Sunday theme. Not wanting to get locked in to any one topic, I hit on the word “sundries” as a word that not only means miscellaneous but sounds like Sunday. I think it’s wide open for things that I could photograph (including right here in my home). I’m seeking ideas, suggestions, even challenges. You can tell me in comments to this or any other post, any time, and I’ll start a list. I always see all the comments. Or email me. Or text me. Or call me. Or tell me when you see me in person.

Give me nouns, and I’ll start a list of your suggestions for future photo opportunities. Can’t think of anything? All you have to do is look in your own space. What do you see? A bird? A phone? A fan? A shoe? Or you might think about things people collect, e.g. books (book covers? specific kinds of book covers? some of my favorite mysteries?), teacups, something old something new something borrowed something blue–who knows? You don’t have to think about the size–remember, I have a house full of things at smaller-than-lifesize scale.

Help me share Sundays with you in photos and give me a reason to use my camera.

ETA: In honor of Father’s Day… Whatever role you took as a parent, or whoever parented you…
Whatever path got you to the ones who needed you, or who were there when you needed them…
I celebrate you and your shared bond. Since my theme today is “shells,” it occurred to me to share a photo of this box.

After my father retired from the many places his desire to work had taken him, he volunteered his time with the elderly. At one of the places where he volunteered, a lady made this embellished cigar box for him as one of her crafts. My mother kept it after he died, and when Mother died, for a time, Lynne kept it in her guest bathroom, which had an ocean theme. When she moved or redecorated, she returned it to me. It’s next to those shells I featured in the other photo, many of which came from Lynne’s sister. The bowl those shells are in was a Christmas gift to Tom’s mother on the Christmas Eve she went into labor with him. Lots of family on that shelf.

This morning…

I felt like I dreamed for hours before I woke up, and they were among the most stressful dreams I can imagine having. (Maybe impacted by the New Moon? No idea.) I won’t get into details because I know nobody really cares about other people’s dreams, but by the time I woke up and started my day, I had a few symptoms of an anxiety attack. ONLY a few. I did take a half dose of a medicine I was prescribed (quite a while back, and which I rarely take), and then I spent a few hours doing what I think of as mindless work, aka, housework. Dusting, straightening up, cleaning bathrooms, a little mopping.

I also tried making a healthy, new-to-us frozen treat today. I wouldn’t say it’s a complete success, though it is tasty. With trial and error, I think it’ll be a good addition to summer.

Late in the day, the mail came, and my essential oils order was delivered. I’d been out of this blend, so today was a good day for it to arrive.

Dark Moon

Today, I got some good writing done, in that it seemed to flow well and moved the story forward, which I was ready for.

Thursday (tomorrow) is the New Moon in Gemini (one of my favorite signs because of all the fantastic Geminis I’ve known through the years), which means today is the Dark Moon. I was watching Kevin’s video from Body Mind and Soul, and he suggested pulling an Oracle or Tarot card today. I opted to pull a random card from the Celtic Astrology Oracle Cards and got Fox. That’s interesting because according to the book’s guide, my birthday falls during the time of the Fox (and a favorite Gemini feels a very deep connection to Fox).


So I read the Fox card and meditated on the strengths of Fox. Are they my strengths or strengths I need to cultivate? Only the Fox and I know for sure. I definitely heeded the wisdom I found in the card for setting my intentions on the New Moon, one of the rituals I enjoy.

Happy New Moon tomorrow!