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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 ** Image ID #1701066 Unavailable **  |
| My husband would have been 77 on May 16th and when I turned over my calendar this morning, of course that was the first date my eyes went to. Surprisingly, on my little desk calendar it says "Armed Forces Day." I didn't know that. Is this something new? Jim would have been pleased since he was in the Air Force. I Googled it. It is a federal holiday observed annually on the third Saturday of May so that must be why I never noticed it before, just coincidence that it falls on the 16th this year. The information went on to say it is part of Armed Forces Week which begins on the second Saturday in May. The day itself was first declared by John F. Kennedy in 1961 which "coincidentally" was the year Jim entered the Air Force. We are supposed to be having "exercises, parades, and receptions that highlight and honor our amazing military and all of its strength." Then in another article it says the holiday is celebrated thanks to Harry S. Truman. And in another article Armed Forces Day was officially created by U.S. Sec. of Defense Louis Johnson in 1949. Okay, I give up. This is too mind-boggling for this time of day. At any rate, I will be sure to tell Jim when I take him flowers on the 16th. Or maybe we already knew this and I have just forgotten...possible. |
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