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Category Archives: Etcetera
Happy Christmas to All!
It seems paradoxical that the quintessential Christmas plant comes to North America from the tropics. Yes, the poinsettia’s heat and vivid color originate in Mexico. The cheerful flowers so delighted Joel Roberts Poinsett, first United States Minister to Mexico, that he … Continue reading
Knitting up that Sleeve!
Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care — You may be thinking that Shakespeare had a bit of a spelling problem. Actually, though, he didn’t. Spelling hadn’t been codified yet in Elizabethan times, and so people pretty much … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, Etcetera, Health, Medicine, Pioneer Valley, Quotes
Tagged Humor, Insomnia, Medicine, Remedies, Shakespeare, Sleep
42 Comments
Boundless Joy!
Will you hop aboard my train of thought with me? It’s heading toward a place of harmony and — you guessed it — joy! The starting point was a dull morning with not much needing to be done. So I … Continue reading
Posted in Angels, Art, Etcetera, Happiness, Music
Tagged Beethoven, Friendship, Genius, Germany, Joy, Music, Spain, Stream of Consciousness
29 Comments
There are Two Kinds of People?
“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to … Continue reading
Tout Comprendre, C’est Tout Pardonner —
or in English, To understand everything, is to forgive everything. It happened like this. I was brushing my teeth this morning when this proverbial phrase flew into my head (don’t ask) and stuck there. And stayed there. Hmmm, I kept … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Doubt, Etcetera, Wisdom, Wonderings
Tagged Compassion, Forgiveness, French, German, Moral Dilemma, Understanding
50 Comments
Schadenfreude, and other Genius German expressions!
If most people know anything at all about the German language, it is that it can produce some of the longest, bulkiest words ever, which mostly seem impossible to pronounce. For instance, in English we simply say Incorporated; the German … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Etcetera, Mindfulness, Quotes, Wisdom
Tagged German, Ideas, Language
49 Comments
INFINITY?
The weekly photo challenge on WordPress is INFINITE. I’ve risen to the challenge on A View from the Woods in what I consider a conventional response. True, there are patterns which seemingly repeat forever, and they’re often photogenic. But when … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Personal Essay, Writers
Tagged Alphabet, Blogs, Creativity, Infinity, Language, Literature
33 Comments
Alice in Wonderland — Not!
In the previous post here on T2T, I quoted the saying, “The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.” I’d always heard it as a Pennsylvania Dutch saying, but when I googled, an alternative came up also, namely, Alice in … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera
11 Comments
“The Hurrier I Go—“
“The behinder I get!” Which is what’s happened to me as the summer’s whooshed out, autumn’s rushing in, and all the undone things of the last lazy months are tumbling down around my head. Result? Blog posts at the pace … Continue reading
Posted in Doubt, Etcetera, Personal Essay, Wonderings
Tagged Coping, Films, Lewis Carroll, Nerves, School, Uncertainty
32 Comments
My Vegetable Love —
Summertime —slow, lazy, sultry — has laid its spell on me. No posting, no reading blogs, not doing much of anything except lolling about, reading, and day dreaming. And eating corn on the cob. In Andrew Marvell’s poem To His … Continue reading
Posted in Autumn, Etcetera, Food, Happiness, Personal Essay
Tagged Corn, Love, Seasons, Summer, Vegetables
45 Comments