2018 July FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
Here are names of towns in the USA which are numbers: Six, WV; Sixes, GA; Sixes, OR; Eight, WV;
Twentysix, KY; Fifty-Six, AR; Sixty Six, SC; Seventy Six, KY; Seventy-Six, MO;
Eighty Four, PA; Eighty Eight, KY; Ninety Six, SC; Hundred, WV.
How Will You Know? department: Polish polish; wound wound; read read; bow
bow; bear bear; bass bass; desert
desert; entrance entrance; lead lead; moped moped; object object; row row; tear
tear; wind wind; number number. Now, try
to use them in a sentence with them not separated by another word or
words. Example: He was putting putting last in his golf game.
My friend, Melodie, sent me this new word for my
vocabulary. Thank you so much, Melodie;
you know I’ll use it. HONEYFUGGLE: verb: to entice or deceive by flattery or sweet
talk. EXAMPLE: Don’t think I am unaware of your attempts to honeyfuggle me. My
thought is, “Only a nithing would try to honeyfuggle me.”
I made roasted Brussels sprouts in a cast iron skillet in
the oven. They are/were delicious. I offered some to Tara, my daughter. She
said, "No thank you." I said, "You don't know what you're
missing." She replied, "Oh yes I do, that's why I'm not
accepting." I'm kinda of glad I don't have to share.
A former student of mine had this observance. It is profound and very true. “Never bet on another man, always bet on
[you] to win. If you win you gain respect for yourself, if you lose you gain
humility.” Andrew Thomas
I went to visit Ain’t Daisy.
She was sitting on her porch rocking in her favorite rocking chair. She saw I was a bit miffed and told me to,
“Come and sit a spell. We’ll talk.” She asked what was bothering me. I told her, “I have a friend who thinks she
knows it all. It irks me because there
are so many times I want to share a happening or excitement of mine with her
and she goes off on all she knows about that and more; thus, squelching
conversations.” Ain’t Daisy is old and
wise. She rocked a bit, then stopped and
looked at me. “Child, in all my days I’ve
seen and heard this of some; it even has happened to me. But, I just let them talk because I know for
a fact, when one thinks they know it all, they don’t know much. Ain’t no use of you letting someone put out
your campfire when they only have a thimble full of water.” I just love this lady.
Well, it’s the season for road repair. Those orange diamond
shaped signs which say “Right lane closed ahead” or “Left lane closed ahead”
are not in a foreign language. HOWEVER, as I’ve traveled the roads, I find some
people read the sign as, “RIGHT LANE/LEFT LANE MIGHT BE CLOSED AHEAD. SO JUST
STAY IN YOUR LANE AND MERGE AT THE ABSOLUTE LAST BLOODY SECOND IN FRONT OF THE
ONE WHO PAID ATTENTION AND GOT IN THE CORRECT LANE AND WAS PREPARED, CAUSING
HER TO SLAM ON HER BRAKES, SAY WORDS HER MOTHER NEVER TAUGHT HER, AND SHOWED
YOU SHE CAN COUNT TO ONE IN A NANO-SECOND.”
I remember those toys of skill which had a wooden paddle,
rubber “string”, and ball attached to that string. I had fun with them utilizing them to improve
my hand-eye skills. My parents utilized
them and used them against me………….usually on my butt.
There are days I’ve found that the supply of swear words is
most insufficient to meet my demands and needs.
Do you ever feel alone….really alone? I have and do from time to time. I forget that there is a presence with me
which I overlook until I start thinking about all those who have walked through
my life. Some have stayed for a very
long time….73 years, some for as long as I can remember them being with me,
some stayed briefly, and some stayed for just a very short while. Each one had a purpose and was placed with me
by a divine spirit, I believe. I need to
stop thinking I’m alone because I really am not. That spirit is always with me.
I've been thinking about the word "mosey".
It's not commonly used in the cities of the North or some of the big cities of
the South. It's more a term used in the comforting rural areas....like
1/8 to 1/4 of a mile off the "hard road". When one moseys they
walk slowly and are usually deep in thought. You just can't mosey and not
be thinking. Daddy used to tell me, "If you keep moseying along,
moss will grow on your legs." That was his way of telling me to
hurry up. Daddy was from the South. I've found I can't "smell
the roses" if I walk fast; I can't solve some problems while walking fast;
and if I need to say some words of prayer.....well, moseying will take care of
it much better.
Opposition by others is usually proof you’re on the right
track…..EXCEPT when a child opposes. I
think it’s their job to oppose most things mentioned in raising them to be
respectable, responsible contributing members of our society. I’ve had 5 of those beings, and never did any
of them immediately accept what I was saying, suggesting, or encouraging. They are all on their own now. When we talk, sometimes I hear me from the
past. Holy cow!!! Something sunk in and stayed. I don’t dare mention that, though. I’d probably get some opposition.
One time my Beloved and I went to Wal-Mart together. That’s
an adventure in itself, folks. He
saw me browsing in the book section.
Knowing how much I enjoy reading, he was sure he was going to be stuck
there for a while. He groaned, “I
suppose you’re going to be here a while.
I know how much you love books.”
I looked up long enough to say, “Yes, I do love books; especially CHECK
books.” I thought about sending him out
to another store to get some things from there, but I knew the men of Israel
wandered in the desert for 40 years not asking for directions; I was sure
things hadn’t changed. We got home after
a long arduous shopping time, and unfortunately got into some very heated,
intense fellowship. Mad as all get out, Beloved
bellowed, “I’m leaving!!!” He stormed
out leaving me standing there wondering, “Do I shut the door or leave it open?”
Dang! Decisions, decisions.
I have a little book by H. Jackson Browne called LIFE’S
LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK. He wrote it in
1991. There are over 500 suggestions and
life’s observations of his; I added a few of my own. Here are some: “What’s right it right; what’s wrong is
wrong” (followed by) “If it’s right it
won’t be wrong, if it’s wrong it won’t be right.” “Be what you is because if
you aren’t what you is, you isn’t what you are.” “Stop to appreciate the silence; not
everything of importance has sound.”
“Learn to agree to disagree, but don’t lower your values.” “Silence can be your best response; it can,
also, be your best weapon.” “To be
empathetic is lasting; to be sympathetic just takes care of a moment.” “Not always is common sense common.” “Give away at least one smile a day.” Be appreciative of how hard someone works so
that you may benefit from their labor of love; tell them, too, and give
examples.” “Live your life and treat
others so that when you arrive they are happy, and when you leave, they are
sad.” And, wisdom from my mother: “Treat your friends like family and your
family like friends.”
"I'm sorry", an APOLOGY: The act of not meaning
you were wrong or the other person was right. It means your relationship is
valuable to you and more important than your ego.
I don’t know you, but if
you’re reading this right now, we have something in common. I wish I could remove every bad moment that’s
ever happened to you, but I can’t. They
are growth spurts and learning curves of life.
So, this will have to do-----I hope you have some part of your day that
is just the way you wanted it; I hope you remember you’re loved and appreciated
by someone; I hope you smile at someone and they give you one right back. But, most of all, I hope you have a peaceful
moment every day of your life and talk to a Higher Power because you want to.
Peace, smiles, and
blessings to you. Trudy J
