Clouds

I witnessed the amazing sky as I was tooling around town the other day. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

They reminded me of hot cereal. That evening I mixed some cooked basmati rice in a blender and added soy milk, salt and maple syrup! Yum.

The darkness in the upper left is my phone jacket in the way of camera eye. I hate it when that happens.

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Dog Whisperer | National Geographic Channel

Cesar has written a new book. Here is the link to his show and other information

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Just Do It

I'm actually starting to get my book out and onto paper. I've had the desire to write for awhile but never seem to have any time for activities that don't bring in immediate dollars. Recently, I've had some inspiration.

I was speaking with Loretta, one of my sisters, on the phone. She was getting annoyed at me because I always bring the conversation around to analyzing situations and people. Her exasperation is typical when we speak for any length of time.

Loretta's frustration and impatience are revealed through her voice and I begin to feel negatively evaluated. I'm sensitive to her criticism and am moved to explain why I am the way I am, so as to elicit some understanding from her.

To my surprise, this time it worked! Not only did she finally "get it" but she went on to suggest I write a book! She was not using sarcasm out of exasperation. She genuinely believes it is an interesting story that should be expounded upon. Especially for her, someone who experiences emotional pain when analyzing why folks do what they do. It was illuminating to her to hear how and why the same mental musing is actually comforting and even pleasurable to me.

My Fab Four

I'm staying with my 4 kitty friends again. This is Bella (short for Queen Isabella). She just LOVES to be outdoors. Today she has to stay inside because it is rainy. She did go out on the deck for about an hour this morning.

I've had a rough couple of weeks due to having to replace my phone twice because the same puppy damaged it (my bad), and also having to say good bye to some long time doggie clients.

I am ready for a much better week and getting caught up on some major office work. I am thinking of organizing my service so that I can hire people to help me with office work and I can take on more animal charges which I love. I had better get busy.

Magnificent

As an extraordinarily pop influenced teenager, I remember listening to Alan Parson's "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" in 1976 and never tiring of it. I would play the album repeatedly. There were other pop songs along the way, Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, Pink Floyd's "Set the controls," a Molly Hatchet song I cannot even remember now, Eminence Front by Pete Townsend, Elton John's "Ticking" song, to name a few.

I still enjoy a good pop song now and then. U2's Magnificent is one of those songs, right up there with my all time favorites. It is packed with honesty and resonates truly for me. I can get a little nutty when trying to describe how the music affects me, but suffice it to say that it makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. What a great song.

Vacation Overnight Fun!

I'm having a great time with my two Viscla's and Bassett hound family.

Finding Time to Post

I was shocked to see the date on my last post. During the little free time I have, I've been giving too much away to Facebook, learning about people in and out of my life. Lots of fun but not so productive or even relaxing, for that matter.

The "random things you might not know about me" has been going around Facebook. I don't really enjoy the game of being tagged, but thought it was fun coming up with obscure things about myself to post both here and Facebook. Nothing too shocking, I hope.

One of my sisters read it and told me that if she didn't know me she would have thought I was still an atheist. Oh well. So I updated it on Facebook but not here.

I guess I am still learning not to care what people think.

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