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 |  Day to day stuff....a memoir without order. |
 Imagination is described by Webster as...The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses in reality. Albert Einstein said "Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere."  I never realized it until I read it somewhere but there are ways to boost one's imagination: Create a visual journal Draw whatever you see for 15 minutes a day. You don't need to be an artist. Think like an artist Cut out pictures from magazines & piece them together to create an original image. Listen to Bach Close your eyes while playing your favorite music. Or listen to the sounds of nature on a CD or in the great outdoors. Play word games Try thinking of as many words as you can that begin with MAR...or you pick. Daydream Let your mind wander, or focus on a single object & study its characteristics.     Everyone has a story....here's mine.....c   |
| I think my daughter and I have started a new tradition. Chinese on Christmas Day at Mr. Han's was great! We had salt and pepper shrimp and crispy orange eggplant and gobs of tea! Lots of people there but the noise was not a problem, no wait since we had a reservation, and the decor and atmosphere was lovely. It was so nice to be waited on for Christmas dinner. My daughter stayed the night and we "tried" to work a puzzle, only got the outside edges finished, a thousand pieces! What were we thinking? The week between Christmas and New Year's vanished without being memorable as usual. Since it was extraordinarily cold here, the only trip out I made was to the library to return a book and renew my library card. They make you come to the library for that...had to "show" my driver's license. It warmed up near the end of 2022 and I watched and listened as neighbors shot off fireworks on New Year's Eve. It made me think of Mopsy (my loved kitty who died on January 24, 2020). She always hid somewhere at the first boom never getting used to the loud noise. Fireworks are for kids. I made a very tasty soup of veggies, black-eyed peas and collards on New Year's Day but never got around to taking down my Christmas tree. I looked at it a few times with intent but have enjoyed the twinkly lights so much this year, it has warranted a reprieve...soon though. I will not be one of those people who keep up their Christmas decorations. Some soup is left over for today, it was so good. January 1st is the only day I cook black-eyed peas and collards, not usually my favorite veggies. I ordered a calendar from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (Defend the Flock) way back in October and since it never came, I emailed them last week. Apparently, I checked the 2022 box (ugh). Happily it was been amended and they say it is "on the way". I'm keeping track with a little pocket calendar to be transcribed as soon as the real one comes. |
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