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Can We Talk 2

by Pumpkin Ready for a New Year

Rated: 13+ · Book · Family · #2058371

Musings on anything.

My blog was filled up. I'm too lazy to clean it out. So I started a new one.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Seabreeze

Nov 26, 2024 at 7:42am
In response to "Geraniums and Bees"

Nice post. I love geraniums but kill them as I water too much, I believe. They need a dryer pot and I also watch that my husband does water them when they look a little dryer than other plants. I am also guilty leaving the removals in the pot. So, learn something here. With yellow jackets, if they remain, go back to YOu Tube as they have several videos regarding that pest.

Seabreeze
11.26.24

foxtale

Oct 14, 2024 at 12:20pm
In response to "Handbell Reunion"

Nice! Now my head is ringing -

...From the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells...
(Phil Ochs)

...Ding, dong, ding, dong
That is their song
With joyful ring
All caroling...
(Mykola Leontovych)

tracker

Sep 4, 2024 at 2:10am
In response to "Celebrating the National Holiday"

I love personal experience stories. I feel like I was in that smelly train car trying to keep things together. You write really well.

tracker

Sep 4, 2024 at 2:06am
In response to "Low Country Shrimp Boil"

My inquiring mind is itching to know how the family meal went. I have a nephew who traditional does this broil on New Year’s Day. I was there once. No sides. I loved the potatoes and corn. I don’t like fish. I did eat lobster once in Mexico after drinking enough wine to give it no identifiable taste other than the taste of the dripping butter I dipped it in.

tracker

Sep 4, 2024 at 1:59am
In response to "Bugs and Bees"

Hi! I am tracker. have been reading your blog tonight. I am to send you a badge in the birthday badge exchange. I don’t believe I have seen you around so came over to see what’s cookin’

Wordsmitty ✍️

Aug 15, 2024 at 8:51pm
In response to "Bugs and Bees"

Squirrels don't like daffodils either. We used to plant them next to the tulips to keep the furry tails from digging them up. We also had wisteria that would spread everywhere and it would send roots underground and quickly pop up nearby if we didn't pay attention.

It's amazing how many little flyers there are to come by for a visit and maybe a snack, but they leave the plants intact.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 13, 2024 at 2:41am
In response to "Working In the Yard"

I remember having a garden.

These days I just have houseplants and one lonely portulaca that came up by seed and has bloomed this past week. I've been "home" for three months and the plants have responded well. But, I long for Thailand.

I water often. Montana is mostly hot and dry in the Summer.

Humble Poet PNG

Aug 11, 2024 at 9:38pm
In response to "What I Believe About Me"

Of the five things you wrote that you believe about yourself, the last two far outweigh the first three. I've not read many things you've written but I intend to do so, very soon. What I have read makes me believe one thing about you --- that you're a pretty remarkable person.

As for me, I don't believe anything at all about myself, because I lie to me too much. I don't make New Year Resolutions, but I have made one new life resolution. I am resolved to keep living until I die. It sounds like you've made a similar resolution. I'm glad I've met you.

🌖 HuntersMoon

Jun 28, 2024 at 4:16pm
In response to "Plumbing Issues Solved"

Ahhhh. The wonders of the modern world

. Isn't it funny how we take things like electricity and plumbing for granted... until we don't have them. Happy for you!

foxtale

Mar 10, 2024 at 1:46pm
In response to "Famous Guests for Dinner"

Einstein, Aristotle, Honest Abe, Davey Crockett
ok, I see a problem.... the first two would talk to each other, you'd be odd one out,
the second two would talk together, and again you'd be odd one out! LOL

Maybe invite Mary and Martha from the Bible...
except which one would you get stuck with? LOL

December 29, 2024 at 4:36pm

#1081687

Christmas All Year

If we believe Dr. Seuss, Christmas is not about wrappings or food, but can't be stopped from coming around. And if you believe Ebeneezer Scrooge was truly redeemed, then you know a worthy goal is to live every day all year long like Christmas Day.

To do that without buying presents or too many groceries, we could try remembering the four candles of advent: hope, peace, joy, and love. And not just at church or in religious contexts, but in every aspect of our lives. The Christian has hope for a better tomorrow, so she does not give into despair for long. Joy is something we can share with others or all alone in our manner and on our faces. Peace is not just something to talk about or pray for. We are to be peacemakers, at home, at work, at play, at church, on the highway. (And it's hard sometimes to feel peace, much less be an instrument of peace, when driving in traffic.)

And then there is love. The birth of Jesus, the man, is a story of God who set aside his divinity to become a frail human like us. He came at Christmas to show us God loves us, to show us how to love each other and others who don't believe, and how to love God. If we think about Christlike love, then justice and mercy follow.

So this year, we can be vigilant and ask ourselves each day, "Am I observing Christmas in my heart and actions today?"

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