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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. |
| Motivation Monday! Prince Charles (the oldest child of England's Queen Elizabeth II), born on this day in 1948, once said "I learned the way a monkey learns...by watching its parents." What is something you've learned from either of your parents, using only the power of observation?  My mom died the year I was 6. I spent a lot of time with two different aunts growing up. I probably learned things from Aunt's, Uncle's, and cousins more than my Dad. My dad was a quiet person. He farmed some and before he died he gave me some farming advice after sell ling me this property. His advice was always applicable. I had an Uncle that taught me how to write my name on a blank envelope in a straight line when I was writing valentines for a 2nd grade party. I learned all kinds of things from relatives. I was always a reader. Dad read comic books to us every night, before bed, after mom died. I learned a lot of things from books over the years and I'm still reading and still learning. If you take away my books I have a bag of tricks stored in my head to try out, that will entertain for a lot of years.  Quote: Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836-1907) Editor of the Atlantic Monthly (1881-1890) "What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air." ![Merit Badge in Blogging
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