STEEPED IN A MISTY MORN OF MUSINGS...
Just a random array of thoughts, opinions, and the occasional whimsical (or not quite so whimsical!) rambling...
Sunday, March 23, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025
CHANNELING MR. McCOURT TODAY !!
"The
master says it’s a glorious thing to die for the Faith, and Dad says it’s a
glorious thing to die for Ireland, and I wonder if there’s anyone in the world
who would like us to live.” ― Frank McCourt
"When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I
survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood
is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the
miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic
childhood.”
― Frank McCourt
“People everywhere brag and whimper about the woes of their early years, but nothing can compare with the Irish version: the poverty; the shiftless loquacious father; the pious defeated mother moaning by the fire; pompous priests; bullying school masters; the English and the terrible things they did to us for eight hundred long years ... Above all, we were wet.”
― Frank McCourt
When I first went up to see my editor, I was with my agent,
and my editor said, 'Well, what have you been doing all these years?' And my
agent said, 'He's been in
recovery... From his childhood.'
- Frank McCourt
Oh, the
travails of being Irish !!!
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
NOT ALL THAT LONG AGO...
You looked forward to celebrating your birthday at an Escape Room !!
But, as they say in the 'Gamer's World', you've levelled up
XOXOX
for NOW and forever !!
Saturday, February 15, 2025
[ YES, I'LL SECOND THAT! ]
Ruled by the number 6, with a combined influence of Venus and Uranus
Those born on this mid-winter day of 2-15 share their 'birth anniversary' with renowned notables such as Cyrus McCormick, Jane Seymour, Galileo Galilei, Matt Groening, and Susan B. Anthony. What's more, did you know that February 15th individuals find it perfectly natural and commonplace to regularly think "creatively"? In addition, they are usually less threatened [i.e., than most other people are] when faced with complex challenges, intricate problems, and/or thorny predicaments.
Furthermore, it's a long and well-recognized
fact: February 15th folks are very intellectually curious
and repetitively whet their innate analytical talents. Yes,
I'll second that!! They are 'high empaths', as well, and thus feel
another's pain more intensely than [does] the average person. These individuals
also adore the unfettered delight of roaming free, thinking as they wish, investigating
natural history, and allowing their fertile minds to explore ALL of the assorted
wonders of the world in which they find themselves...[AMEN
TO THAT, too] !
And, yes, I know the above details are 'spot
on' because I'm blessed to be a member of the 2-15 tribe...
Thursday, February 13, 2025
SOMETIMES THE VERY SWEETEST THINGS YOU FIND...
Are when you're not even searching for them; they've been tucked away in a keepsake drawer for YEARS...such as this
Happy Heart Day to all of my loved ones tomorrow