🎂🪁 2022
March FROM MY PERSPECTIVE
I stopped by Aint Daisy's to check on her. She's
getting up in years and lives alone. I'm of the belief that the older
generation needs a peek or two throughout the week to make sure they are doing
all right. "Hi, Aint' Daisy! I just stopped by to see how you
are." She was glad to see me and invited me into her kitchen.
Oh glorious timing on my part; she'd just taken a peach pie out of the
oven. It was cooling on a rack on the table. "Set yourself
down, chile, and I'll cut us some pie.
How're ya doing today?" she chattered. "Oh just
fine. I do have something to talk over with you and need some wisdom to
share with a friend of mine, if you don't mind," I said. "Okay,
tell me what you need to say," she encouraged as she cut two generous
pieces of pie and placed on some flowered antique plates. "Well, one
of my friends came to me and said, 'Sometimes I need someone to come to me, hug
me, and tell me I'm not as worthless as I think I am.' That bothered me,
Aint Daisy, because I don't think she's worthless at all. She has so many
good qualities. What can I say to her that might help her?"
Aint Daisy listened intently and squinted her right eye. That was a
signal she was going to say something profound. "You tell your
friend, feeling worthy starts with her believing in herself. No matter what
others say to make her feel good, she has to believe her importance and worth,
first. I've felt what she's feeling," was her response.
"Thank you. I'll be certain to tell her your wise words."
Aint Daisy smiled as she put a dollop of ice cream on the warm pieces of
pie. I took a bite. Ahhh, sweetness rested on the pallet, but not
as sweet as the words of wisdom resting on my ears from the Lady of the Holler.
I’ve lived a long time, come 77 years at
the end of this month. I’ve had to deal
with some pretty difficult problems/times during my life. Later on when they’d subsided, I found those
difficult problems/times were disguised as opportunities; opportunities which
gave me wisdom and moments to share with another who was “walking” the same
path. Smooth paths do not teach as much
as rocky ones.
February 2, 2022, a day which will be
remembered for the amount of snow had in the Peoria, IL area. At my house it was over 12”. I didn’t take the van out of the garage from
Tuesday February 1 until Monday February 7.
My daughter who lives with me and works stayed at my other daughter’s
house where there was access to a four-wheel drive SUV and excellent driving
skills. Not many people ventured the
highways, and those who did drove slower than a caterpillar moves. Then along came February 16-17 where another
huge amount of snow was presented to us from Mother Nature, who obviously was
off her meds. There was a 50+ pile up of
mostly tractor trailers on I-39 at El Paso, IL.
Thank God, no one was hurt, but what a mess. My daughter had to sleep at work. Thankfully, she works at a retirement home
and there was a spare room. I have one
word for Feb. 2022---Phffft!!
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of
it for anyone else. -Charles Dickens, novelist (7 Feb 1812-1870)
One week-end my Beloved went to the hospital to visit
someone. He came home telling me it was
so easy to find a parking place, and that there weren’t many employees there on
Saturdays and Sundays. I told him, “Yes,
I know. The morgue is even worse---it just has a skeleton crew.” He groaned and told me to go away. I was concerned about the salt supply in our
water softening unit; the yellow light was blinking indicating the salt level
was low. I told Beloved we needed some
more bags of salt to fill the unit. He
was pretty tired, but dragged himself out to the garage to go to the store to
get some. He came roaring into the house
and yelled, “Dang it, Trute, there are 3 bags of salt out in the garage. Why are you so worried about the little light
blinking? In fact, I don’t’ think YOUR
light is even on!”
Unlike other 4-legged mammals, a kangaroo can’t walk
backwards. “DREAMT” is the only English
word that ends in the letters “mt”. Why
is dyslexic so hard to spell?
Now hear this!!!
It is National Peanut Month. Botanically classified as legumes, peanuts
contain properties of both the bean/lentil and tree nuts. I love honey roasted ones, dry roasted ones,
and lightly salted ones. My sister
introduced me to boiled peanuts when I went to visit her in Florida. That was an interesting eating, but I prefer
the dry kind. When my 3 kids were
little, I’d buy roasted-in-the shell by the pound. They’d sit on our 10’ couch and watch
Saturday morning cartoons and eat peanuts.
They seldom took their eyes off the television to shell another morsel;
and, it was amusing to see their expressions when they’d finished the 2 pound
bag I’d bought. They were amazed. Betcha can’t eat just one! I never could.
Brenduhh came over after going to church. She knew
fresh cinnamon rolls and tea would be waiting. "Hi Trudy!
Today in church the minister told about Lot and his wife needing to leave
a town. The minister said, ‘God said, “Take your wife and flee.”’ It was an interesting sermon. I have a
question, though. What happened to the flea, and why would someone want a
flea for a pet?" I heard the whistle of the tea kettle as a signal
for me to leave the table before my eyes stuck in the top of my sockets.
Have you ever wondered where NIKE got the idea to name their
running shoes “Nike”? It seems that
records of outlawed magic spells for runners were found on fragments of
papyrus, such as “Hermes’s wondrous victory charm,” which attempted to invoke
the help of this god of speed, Nike, the goddess of victory. There were tiny sheets of gold with her name
written on them inside the sandals.
There is still the Nike logo on athletic shoes and clothing nearly 2,800
years later. Now you know.
“Jeoparty-trot a
word which means: A quick motion,
between running and walking when one, on account of fear or weakness, is not
able to run at full-speed. The term
seems to have had its origin from the flights of those who were often obliged
to escape from their enemies.” John
Jamieson’s Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 1808. I found this on a daily calendar I have.
Did you know there is actually a phobia for the number
13? It is called---triskaidekaphobia. It seems that a long time ago, about the
early 1700s, thirteen people were seated at a table. One got up to leave, became very ill, and
died. So, the fear of having 13 seated
at a table is a bad omen and created a fear of the number 13.
Please observe March 14 with a piece (or the entire) of
pie. This is because it is
official----3.14 is pi (pie) day. I will
be celebrating with cherry and probably lemon meringue. OHHHH, it will be a Monday, so Perkins Family
Restaurant has a free piece of pie with your order. Lunch will be delicious!!!!
Some things to think about: Easter Island: “Why the long face?” San Juan, Puerto Rico’s gambling boat: “Come enjoy our pair of dice and a vacation too.” Psychology department: “Find out about Pavlov---the name that rings a bell.” Archeology department: “Take your career to ruins.” Geography department: “Learn where in the world you are before someone tells you where to go.”
I saw where there is a retirement community comprised mostly of
arrogant college professors. It is in
Whys, AZ. There is an Anaconda, Montana,
but it’s no where near the Snake River.
Shit Creek, AK is south of Snafu Lake, Yukon. I can hear the travel plans now, “Well, I
think I’ll go up Shit Creek, without my paddles, to Snafu Lake and do a little
fishing from the docks. Don’t think I’ll
tell the wife.” I found Hornytown,
NC. ‘Don’t think I’ll even go there with
this.
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law. -Douglas Hofstadter, professor of cognitive science (b. 15 Feb 1945) Murphy’s First Law: Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's Second Law: Nothing is as easy as it looks. Murphy's Third Law: Everything takes longer than you think it will. Murphy’s Fourth Law: If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong. Murphy's Fifth Law: If anything simply cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
Peace and smiles--------------Trudy