Monday, 31 August 2020

Simplicities

Year by year the complexities of this spinning world grow more bewildering 
and so each year we need all the more
 to seek peace and comfort in the joyful simplicities.  
- Woman’s Home Companion, December 1935

Friday, 28 August 2020

Joy

People need joy as much as clothing. 
 Some of them need it far more.  
- Margaret Collier Graham

Wednesday, 26 August 2020

Accept

Everything in life that we really accept 
undergoes a change.  
- Katherine Mansfield

Monday, 24 August 2020

You

More you is better.  
- James-Olivia Chu Hillman

Friday, 21 August 2020

August 21, 2020 Chautauqua


Beth's Ponderings

   My life has gotten a little crazy of late!


   Due to changes with Google and Blogger, the online back issues of The Chautauqua temporarily unavailable. 


   Now, this is mostly my fault (to be completely honest) because I was too sick at the time I was given the heads up that the changes were going to be happening, and figured I had lots of time to deal with it (when I hopefully felt more like dealing with it) and now time has, unfortunately, run out.


   Please be patient, and hopefully (fingers crossed), I will have them all available again by the end of August, or the first part of September.


   In other news, I have another step completed on my summer labyrinth project!  The rocks are all bordering the path now.  Special thanks to Shannon Quapp for getting me permission to access a farmer’s rock pile (and HUGE thanks to the farmer!), and to my neighbours Grady and Woody for their help loading/unloading the rocks.  I even managed to load and unload a truck full ALL BY MYSELF!!!!!!!!!!  Now that the rocks are in place, I can see where the path needs widened, so that will be the next step - after some of the garden produce has been harvested. 


   It has been a dream of mine to have a labyrinth in the yard for years, and I am still amazed that it has happened so quickly this year.


Beth


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Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Back

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back –
to have a sense, an understanding of all that’s gone to make them – 
before they can go forward.
  - Paule Marshall

Monday, 17 August 2020

Revise

It’s never to late – in fiction or in life – to revise. 
 - Nancy Thayer

Friday, 14 August 2020

Energy

Discontent and disorder [are] signs of energy and hope, 
not of despair.  

- Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgewood

Wednesday, 12 August 2020

Plan B

 Success in life is not how well we execute Plan A;
 it’s how smoothly we cope with Plan B.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach


Monday, 10 August 2020

Harder

If you’re not getting the results you desire, 
figure out what you can do differently 
instead of pushing harder.
 - Jen Sincero

Friday, 7 August 2020

August 7, 2020 Chautauqua


Beth's Ponderings

   2020 has been an interesting year, to say the least.  We are making changes and adjustments to the way we live our lives on so many levels, and in so many areas.  Some changes have been very challenging, and some have been surprisingly easy.  Some of these changes will probably be around longer than we want, while some changes may only be temporary.

   In my life, as I’ve been getting healthier and physically stronger, I decided to see if I could bike again.  I used to bike all over Mirror, and just outside of town, as a teen and young adult.  My current bike was a birthday present 10 years ago and was basically parked for all those 10 years.  After getting the tires repaired, I have been out almost every morning, since mid-May, biking a 1.5 km loop.  I did miss a couple days due to heavy rain, and one day I was too sick to get out of bed.  Now, Mirror is a unique community as it doesn’t matter what direction you go, you are mostly going uphill, with very little downhill!

   Also, I have started putting rocks along my garden labyrinth path - with the wonderful help of a neighbour - and I have managed to move a LOT of 10 - 15 lb rocks!  Physical activity that has been totally inconceivable in my life for literally decades!


   So, yes, there have been many changes.  We need to accept with grace the ones we can’t change, and celebrate all the good ones.

Beth

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Wednesday, 5 August 2020

NOW

NOW = Never Over Whelmed 
 - Jen Sincero

Monday, 3 August 2020

Make-believe

Our realities are make-believe – 
whatever we make ourselves believe, we experience.
  - Jen Sincero

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