Messing about with empathy
It’s Saturday, and it’s Winnie the Pooh Day. There are so many facts about A. A. Milne (the author of Winnie the Pooh), the Winnie the Pooh stories, and the many Winnie the Pooh characters that it could be its own blog. I don’t want to you sit around and read about Winnie the Pooh,…
Happy New Year’s Eve!!! I love a good inspirational quote, so here are ten that you can tape to your bathroom mirror or email to your friends to inspire them in 2020. Ten quotes to start 2020 off right: “You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” C.…
Day 21 – Today, show more patience than normal. God has a lot of patience with us, so work on showing a little to those who need it most. It’s the Saturday before Christmas, and I imagine a lot of people are going to shop today. Dealing with crowded parking lots, harried retail employees, and…
I’d like to share a smile moment I had. I was at a charity barbeque (the same one where I noticed my broken shoelace) and saw a guy wearing the best T-shirt ever. It had a picture of John Wayne with the words “The hell I won’t!” around it. I didn’t get a chance to…
Today is Veteran’s Day. “Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.” – Abraham Lincoln Thank you.
I’m doing virtual write-ins during National Novel Writing Month. I did my first one at midnight on November 1st. They’re a lot of fun and a great way to stay motivated. Along with all the human writers, there is a writer-bot that records our writing sprints and gives random advice. (I’m calling the bot “she”…