Suicide Prevention 1-800-273-8255 or 988
Pray for Peace
The Petunias & the Milkweed
Big Dreams
If a very precious big dream falls apart, then does the mind go with it?
No, the mind is created to continue dreaming.
That’s what I do when life brings me sorrow. I tend my wounds with lovely dreams as I mourn the loss. Giving yourself permission to face reality in grief, I feel, is healing.
Dealing with this horrible spell check program is another story! It is crucial to read your text before publishing because words can be changed in sometimes hideous ways. For example, I was appalled when a simple reply I wrote read like a disgusting page from a porn novel because the spellcheck program added guessed words.
The guessed words part of spell check needs an off button. Better yet, go to the Browser settings>Languages and find the button to shut off spellcheck.
Good luck
Name Development
Ah, so it goes! Who are you in name presented to the world as a blogger, influencer, personality or business? Titles count.
Developing a name, as I see it, is a mix of your vibe vision and practicality. What feels good to you that the world out there will also be attracted to.
Based in my name development process:
- Begin with words that you feel connected to, like ocean, woods, canoe, cabin, nature. The words are starting points for brain storming, not necessarily to be used in a name. Use a thesaurus.
- List several to search online if the name is already being used or means something that does not express your vision. Add keywords like blog, website. book, podcast.
- Search the US Trademark register and your state business register
- Search domain name availability on a trusted domain host website. Add the, s, a and such in your searches.
- Sketch possible logos
- Rest the name for a few days or longer. Do Not Share it online, in an email or text.
- Once you are sure you like the name/title, know it is not in use already or too similar to a name in use, then buy the domain name adding the privacy feature.
- Set up your blog, your website unpublished.
- Adding-Buy the US trademark.
- Ducks in a row, go for it.
I highly stress to do thorough research to make sure your name is unique and not in use. And now that I’ve been sent into shock,
Buy the US Trademark!
Summer Photographs: Fields & Shade
Each week, a select photograph that depicts the season of Summer will be posted here on Mondays. The image can be any subject from an arranged still life to one simple scene that speaks Summer.
Here is a favorite from Summer 2024.
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Route 17 Addison Vermont |
Fairness For Blogs?
Advocating searching in various forms, your name and blog name as well as buying the domain names for both has been posted on this blog for years. *
Bird Sighting: Carolina Wren
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Carolina Wren February 2025 Vergennes, Vermont |
Would you look at that!
A first time sighting of a Carolina Wren is quite exciting. There were a few of them there scurrying around at the birdseed.
That is the best photo I have. When I set up the camera to hide my movements, they were nowhere to be seen. Birds.
Pondering the Quality of Life
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Addison County Vermont |
The day after the recent snowfall, the sun is shining brightly on 3 or 4 inches of snow. The weather map has no snowflakes in the forecast until Saturday night. I and the hood of my vehicle are pleased as we warm to the glorious light of our planet's only Sun.
My bad knee is a little better. I'm keeping the cane handy. Having such difficulty walking makes me ponder the days ahead when age will be the swollen bad knee.
Aging in the upper years comes with worry for just about every little thing, what it means to the quality of life. It is there like dark clouds and a chill on a sunny day at the beach. Well, I say so what! There are a lot of wonderful quotes about not allowing negatives to spoil the day. Better to read them to uplift one's spirits than sit and worry about something like a shooting pain in my thumb as arthritis or did I bang it on the water faucet.
This subject feels like I've posted about it before, a same old kind of thing. What makes it feel new (er) is how badly the bad knee limits my ability to walk. Scary it is.
There are plenty of things I can do to make me feel happy, refreshed, pleased with how I spent my time. They are too numerous to list but here are a few.
A Slim View
American Robin |
The Night Sky, Energy & Dancing
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A planet at 7 PM EDT over Vermont |
This winter is presenting as a winter’s winter, cold freezing temperatures with snow squalls and storms passing through the beautiful Champlain Valley of Vermont and Upstate New York. I be pleased. It is a relief to not see white sky dull light day after day, week after week.
The Night Sky
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Earth’s satellite, the Moon 7:00 PM EDT Vermont facing up westward above Vermont stars? lower left under Moon |
Last night I hurried out to empty the trash (forgot earlier). Coat zipped up. I braved the cold by the glow of the parking lot lights and scurried across the network of might be icy spots.
On the way back, I notice a very bright star in the West. It isn’t a star. The bright planet is Venus! Or is it? To the southeast, another bright object. It is a star called Jupiter, Mars or Sirius!
Browsing online for night sky stars and planets is frustrating. Often I struggle to plot what I see with the information and photos that are posted online. I’m such a grump lately. (I shall not post on the subject of why.)
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Anyway, the night sky is full of marvelous lights. If you can get outside, and have clear skies, then consider having a look.
Plot your location and the hour when taking photographs. Later, draw a night sky map to label the stars and planets. Note that some planets and stars are visible after sunset and before sunrise.
Thoughts in February
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A View Out a Winter Window |
Well, here we are in the first week of February in the Northeast aka New England, maybe wondering when a blizzard will show up. I’m feeling late this month or mid March.
Silly me.
Convoluted. An interesting word that has been showing up in my thoughts the more I watch television dramas. In acting, trying too hard, lines that are stiff like a first grader learning to read is uncomfortable to watch. Maybe the months of my not watching TV brings it out more now that I’m watching more. Some story lines regurgitate dialogue like too much sweet birthday cake sloshed down with tequila shots.
On the other hand, the television sitcoms I’ve viewed are of a much better quality. Monday night’s CBS comedy, “Poppa’s House,” is hilarious! I might use closed captions to read because I laugh so much I sometimes miss what they are saying.
Any time if year is good to explore things for laughter and rewarding mental health opportunities. Community events can be especially comforting. Reading an in hand paper newspaper has a special feeling as does a visit to the local library.
I think we all need someplace to go besides the grocery store and dumpster to take out the trash. Our minds need other places as well.
I’ve even watched a fun game shows like “Hollywood Squares,” and “Rage the Cage.”