Small Reflections: Haiku Friday (#81) Week-end Wrap-up

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SkyWatch#16/HF#82 is at Sacred Ruminations.

According to the
countdown widget I will be
celebrating my ...

Only two wildfires
burning still in Southern Cal ...
'Sesnon' & 'Marek'

both in the 'valley'
San Fernando. Hopefully
by the weekend each

will be extinguished.
This has been a BUSY WEEK
and I've not had time

for my usual
visitations ... yet I have
published daily here

offering a few
updates & awards within
posts ... so if you missed

them, when you have time
take a look to 'snag' and 'share'
with others as well.

I hope everyone
has a 'fantastic Friday' and
wonderful weekend!

Reviewing the week here at Small Reflections ...
Thursday Thirteen
Whimsical Wednesday
Heads or Tails/Ruby Tuesday
Monday Morning Musings - California Wildfires
Evening Fire Update
Unconscious Mutterings & More
CameraCritters, PhotoHunt, & Smiley Saturday
and at Sacred Ruminations ...
Wordless Wednesday
Monday Motivator
Blog Your Blessings & Sacred Life Sunday

For others participating in Haiku Friday this week go to A Mommy Story.
Click for SkyWatch/Haiku Friday at Sacred Ruminations.

(To see my previous Haikus, click on the Haiku Friday label below this post or in the sidebar under About Me where you'll find a 'directory' of my Haikus on both blogs).

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today

"Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds." George Santayana

Currently ...

... I'm thankful to have encountered the 'Food Court Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus to share here at Small Reflections. I've also shared a Beautiful Meditative Video and a delightful Random Act of Culture (that happened at Macy's) at Sacred Ruminations ... just because.

I'm also grateful that I've created a personalized 1st edition 'Labyrinth Journal' for my friend Susan. I've written a second version that I plan to publish & share with others very soon.

My sister & her husband arrived in town on Wednesday, November 17th and will be around for a few months ... so that's pretty 'kewl' too!

Remember ... you can find me sharing at Giraffe Journal and Labyrinth Journal when you don't see anything from me posted here.

Hope all's well with you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
Virginia

FYI - My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, at WordPress. It is my intention to keep this 'Daily Gratitude List' in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what's right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2010 Lists - July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists - December, November, October, September, August, July June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists - December, November

More About Me

Click to learn ...
How I Became a Blogger

Evolution of my blogs
Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at SacredRuminations ... the site where I joined Carla's Sacred Life Project. I published daily on both sites initially, but in mid-January of 2008 I gave myself permission to cut myself some slack & rethink things. Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily here, but I'm thinking about alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

In October of 2008, I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary here at Small Reflections on the 22nd & at Sacred Ruminations on the 23rd.

I completed Blog 365 in 2008 with a total of 378 posts here at Sacred Ruminations, 234 at Sacred Ruminations, 20 at BlogRolls, Bling & Blurbs, and 30 at Happily Retired Gal for a grand total of 662 ... all in 366 days!

In 2009, my sister & her husband returned to So Cal for 4 months and I had less time to blog. Even though they're on the road again, I'm finding it challenging to recapture a daily blogging habit. Click for more specifics about this.

In October of 2009 I celebrated my 2nd Blogoversary here at Small Reflections & at Sacred Ruminations and in November of 2009 I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary at Happily Retired Gal. Little did I know what would follow when I entered this 'virtual' world.

Click to find ...

My Blog Blasts for Peace:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and last June:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

My Peace Globes are below
Clicking on them will take you to the related 'Bl0g Blast' post also.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear .... It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." Marilyn Ferguson

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

"it takes courage to become who you really are." e.e. cummings

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"How you handle the situation IS the situation." Stephen Covey

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James

"At mid-life more than any other time, we have renewed opportunity to create health by expressing our creativity fully." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." Ralph Waldo Emerson

More thoughts

"We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't have in life, we have neglected to give them what we did." Anyonmous

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are events in life that cannot be explained or changed. I acknowledge them, feel them, and I release the rage, guilt, loss, anger, and grief." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." Bernadette Devlin

"The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity." Edmund Burke

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." Virginia Woolf

"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and their unlimited imagination." James Michener

"If you think you can, or think you can't -- you're right." Henry Ford

More Thoughts ...

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." Georgia O'Keefe

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach

"Telling stories causes others to remember what they have always known." Anonymous

"Character is the bridge between our beliefs and our behavior. Character is the glue of personality, the connective tissue that makes a person whole, integrated, a person of integrity." Joan Konner, journalist

"What you choose not to look at in life, rules your life." Lynn Andrews

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"When a woman changes her life for the better, her entire family (whether or not she has children) generally benefits. She sets the tone. The well-being of the family and of society itself depends upon women becoming and remaining healthy. So we owe it to ourselves to put ourselves first and take the time we need to heal." Dr. Christiane Northrup

14 comments:

Anonymous said...: hope you have a wonderful weekend too. :); October 17, 2008 at 8:24 AM
Jenn in Holland said...: Wow. Sounds like quite something out there. Have a great weekend!; October 17, 2008 at 8:31 AM
Akelamalu said...: Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Not long to your blogversary now! Are you serious about changing your blogname?; October 17, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Anonymous said...: I hope the fires are finished by the end of the weekend and that are blessed by a fire-less and Santa Ana-less rest of October!

Have a wonderful weekend, my friend.; October 17, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Hootin Anni said...: Have a wonderful weekend yourself dear storyteller. I hope the wildfires are over and out soon. It's always the nasty Santa Ana...he's played havoc in our USA history so many times.

Remember the Alamo!

Have a great, peaceful evening.; October 17, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Linda said...: Have a wonderful weekend too!!! I hope you are not getting any of the smoke from the fires. I'm concerned with the health of the folks affected by these fires.; October 17, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Patsy said...: You have a great weekend, and all the fires are out and the smoke clears soon.; October 17, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Momisodes said...: It's been such a difficult week with the fires. Glad to hear it's down to 2. We have been watching closely as we have family out in the valley.

Wishing you a lovely weekend!; October 17, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Unknown said...: Have a great weekend back at you! 5 days? So soon? Happy bloggy!; October 17, 2008 at 7:20 PM
kitten said...: I'm glad the wild fires are just about gone and they left your home!
I hear ya on busy! I hope you have a wonderful weekend also!; October 17, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Joyce said...: It sounds like things are going well for you - especially fire-wise. I'm thankful the firefighters are winning that battle.; October 17, 2008 at 9:44 PM
bobbie said...: Possums are like that.

In case I don't get back to you, Happy Blogversary.; October 18, 2008 at 8:49 AM
tiarastantrums said...: that was a great read - great post! Hope you are having a great weekend; October 19, 2008 at 6:45 AM
Unknown said...: Of course I love the quote! Chaos is my middle name. :); October 19, 2008 at 2:03 PM

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