Random Thoughts Along the Way - One Crafty Widow

2/23/2021

Interconnected

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I’ve been trying for a week now (while being snowed in) to put words to what’s been rumbling around in my head and in my being. After three attempts, and the combined effort of over 2,500 words, I find that I am unable to adequately express myself. Perhaps they’re just not done cooking yet; I will let them simmer a bit longer.

In the meantime, here are two observations that have begun all this percolating:

In 2020, with the rapid spread of a virus transmitted by person-to-person contact, I was struck with how interconnected we are to one another as human beings across the globe.

In 2021, after the snow storms and sub-freezing temps across all of Texas, I observed how that interconnectedness can be used to serve one another for the betterment of a community.
If we so choose.

12/8/2020

Death and the Duality of life. And birthdays.

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Today I turn 59. Fifty-nine. That’s one birthday away from sixty.

The big 6-0.

To my juniors (and my big brother!), 59, 60 … not much of a difference. And in reality, that’s probably true. But the 60-somethings seem an odd age, don’t they? I mean they’re still considered kids by their seniors, but they ain’t no spring chickens, neither! It’s kind of like being between 18 and 21 when you’re legally old enough for some things but not others. So are you grown up yet or not?

12/3/2020

Feeling a little ... off

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Today, I am feeling out of sorts -
not my favorite way to feel.

I can think of nothing in particular that would elicit this feeling, so I find myself wondering what’s wrong with me, and what I might do to correct this feeling - to right this wrong.

That's when it hit me … why is my first question,
what’s wrong with me?

8/27/2020

The Ants Come Marching One by One

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Have you ever done battle with ants? I mean the kind of battle that takes place on domestic soil (ie: inside your house!).

I know I have, more than once.

(They didn't look like this - we all know what the little buggers look like. Besides, who'd want to click on a photo of real ants! Ick!)

Image by Couleur from Pixabay

8/20/2020

Hello, Journal!

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Image by Miesha Moriniere from Pixabay

Although it would be more accurate to say ...

Hello, piece of notebook paper in a 3-ring binder.

I’m a journal junkie. I love pretty journals with colorful flowers or swirls, or inspirational or funny sayings. I love journals that are spiral bound because they can be folded back on themselves for ease of writing on both sides of the page. I love journals that are bound like a book because, when all the pages are filled in, it looks like I’ve written … well, a book.

8/16/2020

The Wind In My Jar

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Wind is a mystery.

We don’t know where it comes from, or where it’s going. We can track its direction, but its origin and destination remain unknown.

We hear the sound of the trees as the wind rustles the treetops, then slows,
only to rustle them again,
like great breaths in … and great breaths out.

Image by Michael Schwarzenberger from Pixabay

7/26/2020

What am I now?

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As if trying to figure out who I am after Rod wasn't hard enough, I also find myself asking myself
what I am ...

The memory captured by this photo is visceral for me, but I find it difficult to put words to. This is going to be a short post.

7/12/2020

Sticks and Stones, Love

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Image by Susanne Jutzeler, suju-foto from Pixabay

Sometimes, I think that I think too much. I have conversations with myself in my head at the oddest times, like this little gem about words while mowing my lawn (cuz these two things are connected ... right?). Anyway, here we go ...

Me: Words matter; there is power in them.

They can bolster and encourage, or they can tear down and defeat.

7/9/2020

More Than the Sum of Our Years

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Soap is soap .... and I got a boxful.

Ever come across something that just gets stuck in your craw? Yeah, me, too. Here's my latest ...

A website offering virtual social groups had a simple questionnaire to fill out so they could recommend the appropriate group for you. One question was in the form of a dropdown box; it asked me to select my life stage.

I do not think that means what they think it means ...

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

3/15/2020

Silver Linings?

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Somewhere between the panic and the memes coming with the corona virus, I’m seeing some very good things.