Today, I saw three things that gave me pause while driving. Well, not actually pause because the other cars around me were going like 65 and that would have caused things that would have prevented this posting.
The first was a license plate. I am definitely thinking that it was a vanity plate. Otherwise, someone got lucky and somehow got SUP FOO. I think it was supposed to be What's up, fool... it must have been the failed tag line of Bugs Bunny cousin, Insect Rabbit. All I thought was it would be what a cop would say if he caught you doing something illegal in that car. Particularly since it was so very easy for a witness to remember.
The second was a bumper sticker. Now, this one I have never seen before. I am seriously tempted to ask where the owner got again. Again, unfortunately, we were driving 65 so I could not have heard what he said even if I could ask. The sticker read: "This property is protected by Pirates" with a Jolly Roger above the statement. I have heard of Safetouch and ADT but Pirates. I am betting that it is one safe property. I am sure I saw a cannon in the back seat.
The third was a truck that I passed. It was just a plain ordinary white truck but for the fact that it was covered in stencilled on political graffiti. LOL I don't recall the last time I was on the fence politically and then saw a stencilled truck and thought "Wow! That truck likes him so I should vote for that guy". Though it did make it into a blog post... so maybe it sorta worked.
Good day and Eyes open.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Something I was working on tonight
I held a girl of smoldering fire to my heart today.
My breath makes swirls of her ash and soot.
Inside she is a girl of molten gold,
free to be molded into her dreams.
Yet this girl choses to set herself alight.
To embrace the pain, to destroy all that hides within.
My tears to steam turn before leaving traces on my heart.
My embrace tastes of nothing but agony.
My burning prayers of faith for phoenix and not failure
mingle with flakes of ash in the morning air.
How do I burn yet hold fast?
Pain upon pain upon pain
Sweetens her kiss.
Release and hold true somehow I must.
Seams have not the same bond as I.
They scream in freedom.
Could I not learn to love that scream?
I held a man of vanishing mist today.
Aching with all my being to clasp that which slips away.
Broken and rightly so he believes
his pain to be well deserve for some imagined offense.
I curse the wind ever changing
to blow him back in my direction.
Back into form and forgiveness.
The wind merely snatches my breath like
an unruly child running from parent.
Reflections of my love are all that remain
in this wild swept gale.
I suck in sweet air but not he.
Sunshine has coveted him for long
and thus reclaimed the mist.
Misty eyes now mine
as sorrow courses out of every pore.
My breath makes swirls of her ash and soot.
Inside she is a girl of molten gold,
free to be molded into her dreams.
Yet this girl choses to set herself alight.
To embrace the pain, to destroy all that hides within.
My tears to steam turn before leaving traces on my heart.
My embrace tastes of nothing but agony.
My burning prayers of faith for phoenix and not failure
mingle with flakes of ash in the morning air.
How do I burn yet hold fast?
Pain upon pain upon pain
Sweetens her kiss.
Release and hold true somehow I must.
Seams have not the same bond as I.
They scream in freedom.
Could I not learn to love that scream?
I held a man of vanishing mist today.
Aching with all my being to clasp that which slips away.
Broken and rightly so he believes
his pain to be well deserve for some imagined offense.
I curse the wind ever changing
to blow him back in my direction.
Back into form and forgiveness.
The wind merely snatches my breath like
an unruly child running from parent.
Reflections of my love are all that remain
in this wild swept gale.
I suck in sweet air but not he.
Sunshine has coveted him for long
and thus reclaimed the mist.
Misty eyes now mine
as sorrow courses out of every pore.
Monday, January 16, 2012
3 Miracles
One definition of miracle is an effect or extraordinary event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers and is ascribed to a supernatural cause. Or it can also be an effect or event manifesting or considered as a work of God. Another defintion of it is a wonder or marvel.
I experienced 3 miracles today. There are more but I'll let you figure out what other ones happened today.
Miracle 1: Night into day. I don't want to alarm you but you're moving. All of us are. All the time, the earth spins on its axis. Each day it spins and turns day into night and then night into day. I mean it seems commonplace not miracleous. But imagine if it didn't.
Miracle 2: My chest rose and fell. Just now. Look, I did it again. But then so did you. Again, you would think commonplace but imagine if you didn't. It did get me thinking of all the things that I do which everyone does. We all breathe, bleed, fart, die and such. More alike than we choose to admit.
Miracle 3: I was loved today. And so were you. Even if you didn't notice or care or can admit it to yourself. Every second of every day, God loves you and me and everyone. Good, bad, crazy, sane... it doesn't matter. All that matters is he does. Whatever I do or am, I am loved and so are you.
To me, even though I don't stop to think of them as miracles every day, they are. Each of these is a marvel to me. I wish for one second everyone in the world could see these miracles.
Good night and watch.
I experienced 3 miracles today. There are more but I'll let you figure out what other ones happened today.
Miracle 1: Night into day. I don't want to alarm you but you're moving. All of us are. All the time, the earth spins on its axis. Each day it spins and turns day into night and then night into day. I mean it seems commonplace not miracleous. But imagine if it didn't.
Miracle 2: My chest rose and fell. Just now. Look, I did it again. But then so did you. Again, you would think commonplace but imagine if you didn't. It did get me thinking of all the things that I do which everyone does. We all breathe, bleed, fart, die and such. More alike than we choose to admit.
Miracle 3: I was loved today. And so were you. Even if you didn't notice or care or can admit it to yourself. Every second of every day, God loves you and me and everyone. Good, bad, crazy, sane... it doesn't matter. All that matters is he does. Whatever I do or am, I am loved and so are you.
To me, even though I don't stop to think of them as miracles every day, they are. Each of these is a marvel to me. I wish for one second everyone in the world could see these miracles.
Good night and watch.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Ironic
What do you mean the other kitties want to play with my toy?
Benja and his new cat toy
Crazy cat lady candy tin
All tuckered out after playWe ate out a bit ago at a local sandwichy show that sells European food and such. It was there that B bought me a tin of little cat shaped candies. The candies came in this tin. They were Crazy Cat Lady candy.
In the movie "Til There was You", the main character is told that if she goes over 3 cats and is still single, she moves into Crazy cat lady status. Well, when we met, I had 3 cats. But he loved them and me. We now have four and I have amended that idea. It is now so many per person. So for us, crazy cat people status only comes if we hit seven. 3 for each and one more pushes us over.
Though some might find us crazy now with four. In my own way, I have always and will be always a lady who is crazy about cats. I love and care about my own. They make me laugh and cry and get angry. But no matter what, I love them. I feel that same way about my family, my husband, and my God. All of the above have made me laugh and cry and get angry. But no matter what, I love them.
Good night and meow.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
To Share
Once upon a time, I had a wall. But not much to hang on it. I was barely out of college so I created a wall sized collage. I put pictures, quotes, funny sayings, etc. on this wall.
Well, the other day I stumbled upon some of the things I had posted and I would like to share. For one reason or another, these things spoke something to me.
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away" ~Henry David Thoreau
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it is all about?
It calls for an individual sense of style that is a bit adventurous.
It speaks to an open, young, creative, inquistive state of mind.
It requires timing, imagination, confidence, daring and vision.
It's for those who welcome the new, the unusual, the unexpected.
God bless you!
"You can complain because the roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses" ~Ziggy
"We should keep for ourselves a little back shop, all our own, untouched by others, in which we estabilish our true freedom..." ~ Montaigne
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." ~Confucius
Grow closer to your friends. Plant a tree to outlast you. Bloom out of season. Sprout wings and soar, earth angel.
"The Lord himself is my inheritance, my prize. He is my food and drink, my highest joy! He guards all that is mine...I will bless the Lord who counsels me; he gives me wisdom in the night. He tells me what to do. ~ Psalm 16:5,7
What on Earth
"Always do what you want, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" ~ Dr. Seuss
"If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich" ~Tao Te Ching
I made a promise to bring romance back into my life, to kiss negativity good bye and love the dawning of each new day!
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~Mae West
" We make ourselves up as we go along." ~Kate Green
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace" ~John Lennon
My essence glows. My heart dances. My voice sings.
"Reading should be an education of the heart...[It] reminds you that there is more than you, better than you" ~Susan Sontag
breather calm. Peace found here. Embrace it.
"Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it." ~Confucius
"I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world." ~Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey
"We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from life" ~Sir William Osler
He's dead, Jim. You take his tri-corder and I'll get his wallet.
"I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back." ~ Erica Jong
I wouldn't be broke if the voices in my head paid rent.
"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin
"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." ~Sir Thomas More
"...the way you live your life, the perspective you select, is a choice you make every single day when you wake up. It's yours to decide..."
We are born works of art.
Eve: From the Hebrew meaning, "life giving". A lady with a loving nature. She is a devoted mate. Romance, love and unity are central to her life. She is without equal or rival.
Good night and speak well.
Well, the other day I stumbled upon some of the things I had posted and I would like to share. For one reason or another, these things spoke something to me.
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away" ~Henry David Thoreau
What if the Hokey Pokey IS what it is all about?
It calls for an individual sense of style that is a bit adventurous.
It speaks to an open, young, creative, inquistive state of mind.
It requires timing, imagination, confidence, daring and vision.
It's for those who welcome the new, the unusual, the unexpected.
God bless you!
"You can complain because the roses have thorns or you can rejoice because thorns have roses" ~Ziggy
"We should keep for ourselves a little back shop, all our own, untouched by others, in which we estabilish our true freedom..." ~ Montaigne
"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." ~Confucius
Grow closer to your friends. Plant a tree to outlast you. Bloom out of season. Sprout wings and soar, earth angel.
"The Lord himself is my inheritance, my prize. He is my food and drink, my highest joy! He guards all that is mine...I will bless the Lord who counsels me; he gives me wisdom in the night. He tells me what to do. ~ Psalm 16:5,7
What on Earth
"Always do what you want, and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind" ~ Dr. Seuss
"If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich" ~Tao Te Ching
I made a promise to bring romance back into my life, to kiss negativity good bye and love the dawning of each new day!
"Curve: The loveliest distance between two points." ~Mae West
" We make ourselves up as we go along." ~Kate Green
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace" ~John Lennon
My essence glows. My heart dances. My voice sings.
"Reading should be an education of the heart...[It] reminds you that there is more than you, better than you" ~Susan Sontag
breather calm. Peace found here. Embrace it.
"Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it." ~Confucius
"I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world." ~Mary Anne Radmacher-Hershey
"We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from life" ~Sir William Osler
He's dead, Jim. You take his tri-corder and I'll get his wallet.
"I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back." ~ Erica Jong
I wouldn't be broke if the voices in my head paid rent.
"There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." ~Anais Nin
"The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest." ~Sir Thomas More
"...the way you live your life, the perspective you select, is a choice you make every single day when you wake up. It's yours to decide..."
We are born works of art.
Eve: From the Hebrew meaning, "life giving". A lady with a loving nature. She is a devoted mate. Romance, love and unity are central to her life. She is without equal or rival.
Good night and speak well.
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