Next time you go hiking, mark your trail with coffee beans. Then even if darkness sets in, you can still smell your way back to your starting point. 🙂
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Humor/Fun
Cinquain to a Wise (?) Owl
Wise Owl,
I’m mystified
About why you’re thought wise.
Is it your hunting skills, or just
Big eyes?
It seems
That when it comes
To communication,
Vocabulary isn’t your
Strong point.
“Who, Who”?
I mean — Get real —
Those words show ignorance.
Yet men believe wisdom resides
In you?
Ah well,
Still mystified,
I will concede I like
To hear you “sing” while others sleep —
At night.
Also posted for Daily Post Prompt: Leaf. Since my owl is sitting in a tree with leaves, I figure this little bit of cinquain fits the prompt.
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Nature’s Remedy for Stress
Letter To Naughty Nita — Daily Post Prompt: Sympathy
Dear Nita,
I simply have no sympathy for you.
You’ve played loose and wild for many years.
Stolen hearts and broken homes amassed;
You’ve been the fear of many wives for years.
I simply have no sympathy for you.
In my opinion — and in those I hear —
You’ve fin’ly gotten justice rightly earned,
And you’re the one, at last, drowning in tears.
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Close Enough
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You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy coffee, and sometimes that’s close enough.
(Photo: MrWallpaper.com)
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This Is The Way We Brush Our Teeth – Daily Post Prompt
Be sure to use your toothbrush every day.
Or if you use it twice a day, that’s better yet.
Because if you will clean your teeth a lot,
Then when you see the dentist, you won’t have to fret.
Of course, it’s wise to floss as well as brush,
And then, after the flossing, we should always rinse
With something that will kill bacteria.
I guess with all the gunk we eat, it does make sense.
Anyway, I’m giving this advice —
The same advice my mommy always gave to me.
So hopefully, you won’t lose any teeth,
But keep a brilliant smile for everyone to see.
To participate in today’s challenge, visit Daily Post.
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Pesty Cinquain: Daily Post Prompt
PESTY SUMMER
Summer
Is full of pests:
Mosquitoes top the list.
Crickets come in second. And both
Must die!
Visit Daily Post to participate.
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Weekly Smile 80
Well, this week I’m sharing a lot more than a smile. I’m sure no one can watch this video without smiling, but I have to tell you that I laughed out loud — several times. These delightful birds had so much fun in this fountain. Several of them got completely carried away shoving their heads down into the bubbling font where the water was flowing in. And then they just threw the water all over themselves. In a couple segments of the tape, one of the birds keeps stepping on another whose just below him in an effort to get higher up on the fountain itself. If you want an hour of rest, refreshment, and just plain fun, watch this. Or just watch part of it. You’ll be glad you did.
Visit Trent’s Blog to learn how to take part in “Weekly Smile.”
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Weekly Smile 79
Hope this little guy makes you smile as much as I do when I look at him.
Join Trent’s smile challenge by clicking HERE.
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Echo?
I have no good excuse for this bit of ridiculous whimsy. I was just in the mood to write some cinquain, and when I put my fingers to my keyboard, this is what came out.
ECHO
I stood
On mountain top
And called out loud, “Hello,
I’m looking for my one true love;”
Then heard:
“Hello,
I’m looking for
My one true love.” — Oh, joy!
My heart was sure I’d found my love
At last.
And so
I called again
And once again reply
Came loud and strong; that lovely song
Came back.
So then
I walked around
But stopped on ev’ry side
And called my heart’s desire and heard
Reply.
Alas,
I spent the day
And grew quite hoarse in throat
But never found the love who called
To me.
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Weekly Smile 78
This week on “Weekly Smile” Trent sparked my memory about a post I did a little over a year ago concerning smiling. So I decided it would be a good time to dig it out of my archives and give it another run. I need to follow the advice in my own post more often. Hope it’s an encouragement to everyone else out there.
When your smile is sincere, it will always show in your eyes.
Would you like to try a happiness experiment? Some of you may have tried it when I posted about it previously. But it never hurts to repeat something that has positive results. You can carry out this experiment on any day you choose, but if you start early, you’ll have more time to accumulate results.
Here are the steps:
- Make it a point to smile all day long – at every person, at every animal, and at yourself every time you look in the mirror.
` - Every time you talk to someone (no matter what the topic) make it a point to say something positive to that individual.
` - Deliberately stop 7 separate times and thank God out loud for some blessing in your life.
` - At the end of the day, take stock of how you feel and record the results of the experiment.
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Weekly Smile 77
I’m participating again this week in Trent’s Weekly Smile project. I love to focus on positive, happy things in my life, and this weekly invitation to post about what made me smile during the week is a good way to make sure I focus on the good. I hope some of my readers will follow this link to Trent’s World and jump in with their own posts about things that make them smile.
I’m serving ‘coffee with a smile’ for my post today. This picture is from my Dayspring calendar that is about nothing but — you guessed it — coffee. I do enjoy coffee — and tea as well. I don’t enjoy cold drinks very much. I generally prefer something warm — especially with a meal. It can be regular coffee, half & half coffee, decaf coffee, tea, herbal tea, or hot chocolate.
I’m fairly eclectic when it comes to drinks and food. But I have to say that coffee is my choice most often. I think it comes from the fact that, in my family, a good cup of coffee has always been associated with family togetherness, wonderful fellowship, and comforting relaxation.
And, just to be frank, I’m tired of hearing all the uninformed critics out there who try to make coffee drinkers feel guilty because there is an element of caffeine in coffee. I have always maintained that, since the Lord told us in Genesis that He made the seed-bearing trees and plants for us to ingest, then we should be able to partake of coffee with a clear conscience and a happy heart. And let’s not forget that God made the coffee bean with the caffeine in it. We human beings did not add the caffeine the way we add so many artificial ingredients into our food. That caffeine must have some good qualities in it, or the Lord would not have put it into the bean in the first place.
Furthermore, there have been numerous medical and scientific experiments done over the past half dozen years that prove coffee has many beneficial qualities for the human body — everything from quickening our brain function to eliminating headaches as quickly as aspirin to protecting the body against several kinds of cancer and heart problems. Naturally, nothing is good for our bodies if we partake of way too much of it, to the exclusion of other important elements. But in moderation, coffee is a great blessing.
****** I figured Trent’s blog was as good a place as any to vent. 🙂
But, seriously, every time I smell that unique, soothing, uplifting aroma of fresh-brewed coffee I smile. Yep — every time. So, here you go: Have a cup on me ……………
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Silent Sunday 5/28/17
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Daily Post Prompt: Reprieve
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Yesterday I got to thinking
What a mistake I’d be making
To proceed with plans of taking
Vows of marriage to that man.
So I pondered how to fix it —
How I could politely nix it —
It befuddled me, I’ll admit.
Could not come up with a plan.
But an e-mail came today,
And now everything’s okay.
For reprieve he’s made the way:
He eloped with his friend Stan.
Whew!
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Coffee Thursday 5/25/17
I’m getting a late start on this week’s “Coffee Thursday” post, and I actually missed last week altogether. Life is just too, too busy right now. In light of that fact, I think I’d better make this week the last “Coffee Thursday” for a while. Maybe when things slow down a little, I’ll bring you some more posts on the “elixir of life.”
In the meantime, here’s a happy “coffee thought” for you.
“Oh Taste and See That the Lord Is Good” (Psalm 34: 8)
Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good;
His blessings, they are rich and warm.
His presence gives forth an aroma so fresh;
A weary soul He can transform.
He’s just like a good cup of coffee — it’s true;
Quite stimulating and upbeat.
Robust and bold, yet quiet and smooth,
Like coffee, He’s the perfect treat.
Yes, I know I took a little liberty with this scripture, but I happen to know God has a sense of humor too.
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The Happy Wordcrafter 