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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   |
| Well, yesterday, as planned, my writing group met in person. After the long drought, we all wanted to talk at once! It was wonderful. Donald, whose home was our meeting place, had some sad news for us. His wife is in a nursing home, an end result of osteoporosis. She had some spontaneous vertebral fractures and one morning could not get out of bed. She was a tiny woman to begin with, under five feet, and with the fractures lost four inches in height. Both are in their 80s and I can imagine how Donald is missing Cecilia. She is in an excellent nursing home and one of their daughters is the director of social services so at least that part is good. But Donald says she has some dementia now and can do nothing all day but stare at the ceiling until someone gets her up. So very sad and not something I want to think about for myself...although it could happen. At least she has Donald. |
| This month I enjoyed my first two restaurant outings since the pandemic began over a year ago. Both were very enjoyable, one outside, one not, and I'm planning another for the 30th. It's wonderful to actually see and talk with friends again. The only visitors I had during the Covid crisis were family and one of them actually got the virus and had to stay away for some time (over the Christmas holidays even). I hope we all remain virus free. When socializing, I allow myself to be around vaccinated people only. My writing group is scheduled to meet at a member's home on the 23rd. That will be our first get-together in a year and a half. So, yes, my restrictions are easing. I hope I am being careful enough. |
| Does anyone get important post office mail anymore? Mail you do not immediately throw into the trash? I am a subscriber to the USPS Informed Delivery and through an email "see" all my mail coming to me each day. I visit my mailbox...maybe...once a week to clean it out. For example, today, I am receiving a pre-selected offer from Capital One (trash), a letter from Accent Physician Specialists to Oakleigh Austin (whom I have never heard of) (back into the box with NOT HERE in big red letters), and a flyer from Tuffy Tire and Auto Service (trash). Nothing to warrant a trip to the mailbox. I do have some mail to go out, the odd birthday or holiday card and my lawn guy, who invoices by email, accepts payment only by mailed check, a dinosaur. And I heard that stamps will go up to 58 cents in July. Did the post office ever stop delivering on Saturdays? Not a problem to me. |
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