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What
accounts for the randomness of thought sequences? Here’s just a snippet of mine
this morning:
Small
town residents all over America practice a lot of Cargo Cult thinking: If we
could just lure enough people here from outside, our problems would be solved!
If we build it, surely they will come! Our prayers will be answered!
Every
solution to an old problem creates brand-new problems, usually unanticipated or
minimized.
Ernest
Hemingway would never have made it as a murder mystery writer. Not enough
adjectives. Agree or disagree?
If
Marguerite Henry were still alive, she would be writing a book about the
Australian wonder horse, Black Caviar. How many Americans have even heard the name?
And yet this filly won every race she ever won, all 22, including the Royal Ascot in England.
Not
only do we hear little Australian news in this country, we hardly know what’s
going on in Canada, with whom we share a border from sea to shining sea. What’s
up with that? I love Canada! I want more Canadian news!
Please remember that Aaron Stander will be at Dog Ears Books this coming Saturday
from noon to 2 p.m. I’ve read all six of his Sheriff Ray Elkins mystery and agree
with Elizabeth Buzzelli that this latest one is the best yet.
But
before that, it’s Thanksgiving in only three days, and that’s where all our
minds are focused. So many blessings, even in the midst of anxieties and
concerns. Family, friends, books, dogs, woods, fields, and lakeshore. Love and
friendship. Intellectual stimulation and pleasures of the senses. Opportunities
to help and give comfort to others. Knowing and remembering that giving as well
as receiving is a gift. Soup to nuts. The whole nine yards. Happy
Thanksgiving, everyone!
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6 comments:
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and friends!
Thank you, Dawn. I hope yours is lovely, too.
Stopping by to wish you a most lovely Thanksgiving, Pamela. Enjoyed reading about your random thoughts. Do they predict snow down your way? We're supposed to get 4-8 inches by tomorrow night. (After 60 degrees briefly this afternoon.)
Good Friday morning, Kathy. Hope your Thanksgiving was lovely, too, as ours indeed was. Such a sunny, warm day! We moved furniture around and cleaned up our front porch (usually too cold to enjoy by this late in the year), with the front door open to the porch for a long time. Had a light lunch out there. Tea and reading. Then an "ole" (as she puts it) friend came for dinner (delicious and leisurely), and the three of us closed the day with a movie together.
That sounds like a lovely day, indeed!
I just posted my Thanksgiving Day report. It was one of the nicest ever! Hope yours was, also--everyone!
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