So I’m looking through a catalogue,
filled with Christmas decorations.
And I see a set of 7 letter blocks,
that you can put anywhere in your home.
To spell out the theme of the season,
which is B•E•L•I•E•V•E.
But me being me,
a different idea pops into my head.
And I immediately try to figure out,
what other words I can make from these letters.
Because who doesn’t love the idea,
of decorations that multitask?
… because information is FUN dammit.
√ to see what your blog looks like on different types of devices, go here. USEFUL.
√ to determine if you’d be smart enough to get into a gifted kindergarten program, go here. SURPRISING.
√ to make your own plaid pattern to use on your webpage or computer desktop wallpaper, go here. ADDICTIVE.
√ to give yourself a push when you don’t know what to write about, go here. INSPIRING.
√ to learn how to make yarn ball bookmarks, go here. RETRO.
[I’ve collected these links over the last few months while surfing the web. I’m not the most organized about such things, so I don’t know where I found them. If I have inadvertently not credited you with a H/T link, please let me know and I’ll update this post.]
For me, quiet is the essence. It is the place from which I make all my best decisions.
It is the reason that I like to sit with a mug of coffee in the morning– or a glass of wine before dinner. Quietly. Reflecting on what is to come– or what has happened.
I need quiet to know who I am.
I grew up an only child in a home with older, bookish parents. We had a TV but it was only on for news & specific shows. We had a radio for more news & music. We had a record player, but it was only on for the length of the record.
And then there was silence. Quiet. The place to go and think and grow and create.
I’ve come to realize that most people I know like noise & distractions & movement. Endless movement. I am the odd one.
But for me the ability to move, to know what to do next, to continue on– come from the quiet moments that give me the confidence to keep going.
{ This is a writing exercise hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker, aka Gypsy Mama. To read more about it, click on the button below. Perhaps you’d like to join in, too. }
When queried about her choice of Newtons, she said:
I like my Newtons figgy and original.
Proving once again that she is a woman who does, indeed, live by her stated motto:
IF SOMETHING WORKS, STICK WITH IT.
[Hello FTC! Just to be clear, you do realize that I’m not being paid for my opinion here, right? That I’m just babbling without any compensation whatsoever. OK then. We’re good.]
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