Reckon Springs A Comin'?

Yep.

Don't let the door hit you in the butt!

Winter has been awful and can't go away too soon for me. Don't like winter; never have, never will. Didn't expect to see spring for another couple of weeks. But on my morning walk, I spied these little lovelies on a south facing hill. Now I don't know about you, but they instantly brought a smile to my face.

And then to gild the lily, a little farther on, this bit of cheer smiled back at me.

I love spring.

Support Staff Speaks

Support staff is a very quiet person. Occasionally, I hold a mirror under his nose; relieved when fog appears. Asked a direct question, one can literally fall asleep before an answer arrives. However, when the answer does arrive, it is always thoughtful and generally kind. A quicker way to discern his thoughts is to read his blog.

I hadn't thought he noticed my struggle to get a novel I'm working on into proper order. Then I saw today's post. It is here:

A man of few words, but a laugh a day. And as usual, right on target.

Cool and Refreshing

Oh my!


And people think libraries are boring.

Books as Sculpture?

Well, why not. Bookworms like me have all these piles of books everywhere, and we have trouble throwing them out. It's that old book burning thing I guess.

Tooling around the net I found a site showing what other more creative people than me do with their books. See it here.

This idea took my fancy. The books are stacked one on top of the other, you can see the backs of the books against the wall, their pages sculpted to make this amazing figure.

What kills me, is the little bum on the shadow on the wall.

Slip sliding away

News Headline:Did 'blood libel' hurt Palin for president?

I wonder if they mean on top of all the other silly things she says, or because this comment was one step too far, or only until she can "scrub" this comment clean, or???

Ch,ch,ch, changes.

I've come to something of a crossroad. Either I continue the path I'm on, or take another. As usual, there's good and bad to either choice. I've thought long and hard about this over the last few days. And today, I decided.

I think I'll just stay on my usual path.

It's confusing at times, but infinitely interesting.

Tipsy? Who says I'm tipsy?

Should you decide to quaff a few (or ten), to celebrate the New Year, don't drive. It's quite okay to knock yourself off, but totally uncool to knock off people strange to you.

Snow Sculpture

Look at this elegant snow sculpture, produced during our recent storm. Quite honestly, I would be happy never to see snow up-close and personal again.

But I have to admit, it makes for some gorgeous scenery.

Making a list, Checking it twice

A new year often means a time to start fresh. To do that, we set goals for ourselves. Often the goals are the same ones we set the prior year, and failed to accomplish. The only thing we really do, is rewrite them more neatly, on a fresh piece of paper.

Having long ago accepted this as an exercise in futility, at least for me, I no longer bother. But I read an interesting post on another blog that made sense to me. (See it here)

Instead of setting goals like 'lose weight', 'get in shape', or heaven forbid, 'run a marathon', think about the motivation behind these goals. In this case, 'feel good about myself.' Then choose a few words about how you want to feel, or what you want to be.

My list would look something like this:
Patient
Enthusiastic
Hardy
Whimsical
Amiable

Then make choices in 2011 to achieve them. 

It's an interesting concept to think about. Even if you don't write them down, just forming them in your mind is quite insightful.

But should you decide to simply dust off the old list, I have only this to say. Doing the same thing over and over, expecting a different result, is a sign of insanity.