Category Archives: Etcetera

Happy Christmas to All!

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 →

Posted in Etcetera, Flowers, Friendship, Happiness, Nature, winter | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 16 Comments

Knitting up that Sleeve!

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 , , , , , | 42 Comments

Boundless Joy!

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 →

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There are Two Kinds of People?

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Touch2Touch

“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 →

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Tout Comprendre, C’est Tout Pardonner —

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 →

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Schadenfreude, and other Genius German expressions!

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 , , | 49 Comments

INFINITY?

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 →

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Alice in Wonderland — Not!

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 →

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“The Hurrier I Go—“

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Touch2Touch

“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 →

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My Vegetable Love —

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Touch2Touch

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 , , , , | 45 Comments