Wishing all comfort and joy this holiday season. With health and happiness in the coming New Year!
Happy Holidays
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Magnetic Fields
Things I’m drawn to like nature, a bit of kitsch, science, words, mystery, and romance.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. Today’s prompt is ‘magnet.’
Mini Doses Of Wonder
I find some relief from the bad news and stress in nature films. They remind me that there is much I do not know about this world and there is so much beauty in it. Here is one.
And still one of my favorites:
Monterey Bay Aquarium has videos from their mini-subs and films from around the aquarium for meditation and relaxation. They call them MeditOceans.
Here’s one with Sea Nettle Jellyfish.
From Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, miraculous:
I think I need to look at these nature videos daily at least.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt for today is ‘mini/maxi.’
Top Of My Wish List
At the top of my list is good health for myself and my family. I know I am not unique in this. It has been given priority with all the threats to our health this year, the loss of my brother to COVID, and recently a family member has been very ill, (not with COVID). I have been listing around the house from the stress and fatigue. Things are looking better and I hope it keeps going in this direction.
Hope we all get through the next months in good health until we can receive the vaccine. May our New Year be healthy and see a return to life as we knew it before this terrible time started.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt for today is ‘list.’ Image of ‘Wish Tree’ by Regina Basaran on Pixabay.com
Ring Bell
‘Ring the bell, and leave it at the door.’ That was my online instruction for the pizza delivery. It is called contactless delivery. We receive most deliveries that way now. No contact. When I do open the door, brief thank yous and well wishes are exchanged through our masks.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt for today is ‘ring.’ Featured image of Door Bell by cocoparisienne on Pixabay.com
Hope Du Jour
I am not up to writing too much because I am tired, pooped. Want to keep calm. I have been watching so much CNN. In the middle of a pandemic we’re having our Presidential election. It is great that so many people voted. Now we just need to hang on until the winner is declared. It would help if some people did not act crazy, including our current President.
I have been reading a book before I go to sleep every night. Sometimes I get too tired to read very much. It’s ‘Hope Dies Last, Keeping the Faith in Difficult Times,’ by Studs Terkel. In in he talks with people from all over the country, some famous others not, and tells their inspirational stories. This book was published in 2003. Terkel died in 2008. I had forgotten I had the book and discovered it in a box tucked away in the garage. The title called to me because we are going through difficult times now. I helps to read about other humans who have met challenges with courage. It helps me believe that we will get through this.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt word for today is ‘jour.’ Featured image ‘Sunrays’ by Richard Banton on Flickr.com
No Trick Or Treat
We are not expecting Trick-or-Treaters this Halloween because LA County has told us all that it is probably not safe due to COVID. We will keep our porch light off and I feel a bit like a Halloween Scrooge. We did not put up any decorations either. It does not feel like a holiday this year. One good thing is that we won’t have those bags of left over candy in the house to tempt us.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt word for today is ‘trick.’
One Liner Wednesday-Nature In My Neighborhood
“I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up!” – Ingrid Bergman
There was a mountain lion in a tree a couple of blocks from my house on Saturday. We were unaware until we heard and saw a helicopter hovering high over our house for a long time. I called my son to tell him about the helicopter and he told me there was a mountain lion in a tree near where a boyhood friend of his used to live. He sent us the link to the news story about it. I was worried the lion would be hurt by authorities trying to remove it. Then I read the wildlife authorities said to leave the lion alone and it would return to the Santa Monica mountains when night fell.
One Liner Wednesday, #1linerWeds, is hosted by Linda G Hill.
A-musing
I am going through assorted stuff in my house in preparation for a big move. My intention is to get rid of as much as possible so we do not carry so much on to the next place. I have more than one box of my kids’ art work and school papers, mostly from elementary school. I went through a large box yesterday thinking I would be able to throw out some of it. I ended up keeping most of it. Their drawings and notes are just so precious to me. I did have some laughs reading a few of their notes. One from my daughter said ‘I was the meanest Mom she ever met.’ Most of her notes are very loving but I must have fell out of her graces at that point. My son would write more formal letters addressed to Mom and Dad, and when he was really serious, to Mr. and Mrs. Drucker. I just can’t throw this stuff out. Someday, when they go through our stuff, I think they will find it funny and sweet as well.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, is hosted by Linda G Hill. The prompt for today is “use any word that begins with the letter “m” as the subject or theme for your post.” ( I used the ‘m’ loosely in this post)
Featured image of ‘Sun’ via Joduma on Pixabay.com
Vacuum
Linda’s prompt for today is ” a word you have to look up.” There is more than one word I have to look up but this one came up again today when I was doing one of my recent favorite activities, the “Jumble, That Scrambled Word Game” by David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek at the LA Times. I find that when I am trying to unscramble the letters and make words that I do have to check my spelling now and again. I know I have had to check the spelling of ‘vacuum’ before. I am thinking of the vacuum cleaner because I have been preparing to clear out my house and cleaning out all kinds of stuff. The other definition of vacuum is an empty space. I have not accomplished that yet in my house. I did clear a big space in my garage. As I sort through the contents of drawers and boxes I find a collection of saved memories like the guest list for my wedding and wedding invitation responses, the receipt for my wedding gown and vale, assorted greeting cards from my wedding, baby showers, Mother’s Day, and wedding anniversaries. I even have my wedding gown, vale, and petticoat vacuum sealed in a box by a cleaners in LA. I was told the process would preserve my gown for 100 years. I don’t know if any of my descendants will ever want to wear it. My favorites are the home made cards from my son and daughter. I have samples of my kids art work, school work, and a few of their report cards. I saved some of their baby clothes and a lot of their toys and books. I am thinking it is good that I am sorting through it all and not leaving it for my kids when I am gone. Knowing myself it seems like they will still have stuff of mine to sort out even with my good intentions.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday, #SOCS, by Linda G Hill. The prompt for today is “a word you have to look up.” We all have words we can never spell. Use one of yours in your post and let that word drive your stream of consciousness where ever it goes.
Featured image ‘ Vintage Cleaning’ via PublicDomainPictures.net
