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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
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| The question is are genetics a denominator in our life expectancy or do you believe environmental factors have more to do with life expectancy than genetics. Hi: I don't actually know much about how old my Grandparents were or any generation before them. Also, ignorant of health in family lines. Information was deliberately withheld by elders. If I ever asked I was denied the information. I do know my dad was in his 90's. Once told he was 99. Do not know if this is true? In any event I really believe, we should not dwell on DNA because DNA knowledge is still in its infancy, when it concerns science. Dwell on your own personal lifestyle. Dwell on known facts. The organic body we live in can even under the right circumstances heal itself. During WWII often people did not have the opportunity to eat proper nutritious foods. We know such situations cause stunted growth and short lives. So, lifestyle is important. Less war will help a lot of people live longer. In the USA a lot of commercials are just pushing people to stress about medicine. Turn off the TV and take a walk, watch a sunset develop, read an inspirational story. Make the life you have whatever time it contains a peaceful worthwhile time. Some days I need to take my own advice.  |
| I give thanks for: HI:I was just watching a crow family out my window. Every year they hatch one baby that winters with them. This year must be more dangerous for them. Other years Mom, dad, and fledgling fly into feed together. I put some feed out on the ground, because they are too large to land comfortably in the feeder. This year the female sits on the bird bath while junior feeds. I see the larger male fly into a tree in the background keeping watch. This does not have much to do with giving thanks except that I'm glad I've been around long enough to notice a family of birds each year. There is something new every day for a reason to be thankful. One day I was in a worship meeting. when people were coming to the altar at the end of the meeting, I heard a minister tell someone it wasn't necessary to give thanks to the Lord because the Lord freely gives. This was many years ago. And who knows what the context of the situation was? Still I know enough scripture to think it was one of those odd moments when you wonder why you saw it and heard it. Here are some references. Ephesians 5:19-20//giving thanks always for everything. I Thessalonians 5:16-18//give thanks in all circumstances for this is the will of God Psalms 34 /this is one of David's psalms when God blessed him during one of life's struggles. Psalms 100 There are many extremely important examples throughout scripture. Examples of people who lived before us and struggled with life's many hardships yet always believed in God's goodness. |
“The November wind has a sound different from any other, a low, dry whispering through the bare branches.” -- John Burroughs Let this quote inspire your entry. HI  The wind here is different in season, but always strong. Lately, I noticed it sounds like it does during a blizzard. We are having some rain which blows against the house from the west most of the time. Last evening, when the rain flew in, the wind howled. Different voices in the wind always interest me. We have several trees in our yard. They are old and tall. Wind of any sort does not seem to faze them. We also have cloud cover that gathers across the entire sky, high in the atmosphere. It is similar to long winter weeks when you never see the sky because of cloud cover. Only, this phenomenon, only lasts from evening to morning, when the sun comes out and chases it away, so the sky is clear and blue. I can attach wind to seasons, not necessarily to any particular month. Leaves turned early this year. Leaf fall started early and took a long time to finish. Actually, some trees here still have a lot of leaves. If leaves don't fall soon enough snowfall will damage the limbs. I expected colder weather earlier. I'm glad I was wrong. |
| Fo Food is better in November than any other time of the year.” ― Cynthia Rylant, Do you agree with her assessment food tastes better? What's your favorite autumn dish?od is better in November than any other time of the year.” ― Cynthia Rylant, Do you agree with her assessment food tastes better? What's your favorite autumn dish? HiMy favorite in autumn and sometimes party times is pumpkin. Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pie, pumpkin pancakes are all welcome all year round. They have a special taste at Thanksgiving. I do think the food tastes just a little different within each season. Maybe it has to do with the seasonings used. In by gone decades people thought more about what seasonings would help health during the year. I don't agree with Cynthia Rylant. I like the food at cookouts in the summer. The flavor then is mixed with summer birdsong, atmospheric smells of summer heat, and evening sunsets, all combine to relax as you drink iced tea and talk about passed events. I saw the most fantastic large rainbow last evening. I took pictures of it. Until later-Bye. |
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