For even worse than laziness of body is laziness of the mind and heart. ~May Sinclair, British novelist, poet, and critic
A few days ago, I went to WalMart to pick up some things I needed, and I came out so disgusted and angry I was ready to throttle somebody.
Anybody.
Here’s what happened — and I’ll be interested in hearing if you (as intelligent, well-meaning readers) feel the same way, or if I’m way off base:
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass. ~Proverb
My mama snaps a photo
As I sit and do my pose
She says that these are peonies
She might be right. Who knows?
Yes, they’re pretty, Mama,
You’re right about that, indeed.
But aren’t you forgetting something
Upon which we earlier agreed?
I said I’d pose for your camera
If you’d reward me in turn;
One special treat is all I ask,
Your forgetting that is a concern.
But I won’t hold it against you —
I’m forgiving just that way.
Next time, bring the good treats,
And maybe I’ll look your way!
Note: Poetry form is some kind of rhyming quatrains, I think.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. ~Proverb
I Monkey here.
Did you know National Dog Day occurred on Aug. 26 (as it does every year)?
Bet not, right?
Did you celebrate with a furry friend or two?
No? I Monkey thought as much.
You all are as bad as Mama.
Arose early, went out to flirt with the flowers. ~Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessman, diary, 1885
My blogging friend Eliza regularly participates in something called In A Vase On Monday, sponsored by Cathy at Rambling in the Garden.
I love those posts — the creativity and the beauty — but I’m reluctant to cut the posies from my yard (or somebody else’s!) for fear the mother plant would die.
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 