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Hooray ... my comment visibility problem at WordPress is resolved!!! I appreciate those of you who responded to my pleas for assistance. Your suggestions made a huge difference. I'm also grateful to friends who have checked out my new Happily Retired Storyteller blog, leaving me words of supportive encouragement there. I've left a 'thank you' there for each of you ;--)

I know it's cRaZy for me to be starting yet another blog, but I'm fascinated with the possibilities and love the challenge of learning new things ... so for the moment, my compulsions have kicked in making me even farther behind on everything else. Such is the story of my life it seems.

Yesterday I was away from home from about 10am until almost 5pm ... running errands ... picking Satsuma tangerines from my sister's backyard tree & delivering 'gifts' to friends ... getting my hair cut & styled ... visiting the dentist to get my permanent crown & final old filling replaced. I did manage to visit a few blogs and keep up with NaBloPoMo here & at Sacred Ruminations with Wellness Wednesday in addition to sharing some advice about How to Remain Young at WordPress.

Sandee at Comedy Plus shared all these lovely awards (some of which I've shared already) yesterday ...

and I want to pass these awards on to all my regulars too!

Here's wishing everyone who's celebrating, the Happiest of Thanksgiving Days ... and to those who aren't, I hope you have a delightful day doing whatever you choose.

Small Reflections ... Smile Back
In addition to my gratitude list in the sidebar here,
I'll be creating & publishing another at Sacred Ruminations soon.

Thought for Today
"Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half-times take twelve minutes. This is not coincidence." Erma Bombeck

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

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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

11 comments:

Martha said...: Have a wonderful Thanksgiving! Hugs! :-); November 27, 2008 at 10:57 AM
Kara said...: Happy Thanksgiving Storyteller! I haven't figured out what info to leave in leaving a comment at the new blog. So, today I'll leave a comment here. Happy Day! Hugs.; November 27, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Sandee said...: I'm so glad you took all the awards. They were a bunch too. Love the Erma Bombeck quote. How true, how true.

Hope you've had a wonderful Thanksgiving day. Big hug. :); November 27, 2008 at 5:35 PM
kitten said...: What a great cartoon and great awards! Congrats!
Don't worry about getting to my book. I understand busy. I'm still working on it when I can, but with mom being down I doubt I can finish. I'm going to finish it, but not by the end of Nov dead line.; November 27, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Momisodes said...: Wow! You really have been keeping busy. I'll have to stop by your new blog and peek around :)

I love that Thanksgiving turkey banner, lol!

Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving.; November 27, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Mary said...: I hope you had a great day. Happy Thanksgiving, my friend. When I have more time, I will check out your new blog at Word Press.

Blessings,
Mary; November 27, 2008 at 8:03 PM
Mary P Jones (MPJ) said...: Happy Thanksgiving, storyteller. Hope you had a wonderful day!; November 27, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Hootin Anni said...: I do hope you had a peaceful and happy Thanksgiving yourself.

May your weekend now be just as sweet, and not enough food consumed yesterday to warrant extra exercising!!

I'm going to have to check our your new retiree's blog now. :o); November 28, 2008 at 5:21 AM
Robin said...: Goodness you've been busy. I hope you had a wonderful, relaxing holiday.; November 28, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Michelle said...: I stopped by your new blog. I really love it. You always have such a beautiful site with beautiful words to go along with it. Thanks so much for the holiday wishes. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving too.; November 28, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Unknown said...: You started another blog?! Oh girl you have way too much energy for me. :) Happy late turkey day! :); November 28, 2008 at 2:01 PM

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