what is the world coming to?

on blogger the other day, this was on the sidebar:

really google?

wait.... really useless people?

it makes me gavomit in my mouth a little bit 

that there are people who buy into this nonsense....

...by the way, honey,

he's just not that into you!!

a little help from giselle

yesterday i went walking.

i live next to a beautiful park in one of the prettiest nooks of central california

with perfect weather.

and yet i drag myself out wishing i had a buddy or an appointment to make me go.

i walked up to the duck pond and the ducks did something 

i haven't seen in my afternoon walks.

they chased me- with mouths open wide.

i was a little afraid to be honest...

maybe they were getting back at me

for all the years of running through them to watch them flail around...

when i got deeper into the "forest" we call it,

i came across many squirrels that did the same thing.

followed me like giselle- just running beside me and looking up to be sure i was still there.

it was cartoonish.

 i was about to start talking to the little guy,

 when i looked up and noticed an older man coming around the corner.

he had a little rodent tailing him too.

that cute old man had a bag of [i assume old] bread

that he was tossing out to the animals
he looked positively charmed with the task.

maybe it was the conference i was listening to or the breathtaking morning,

but the little scene grabbed me.

how many mornings have these little animals spent following this guy?

maybe this is HIS appointment.

maybe he feels like the little guys depend on him now

lets just say i will be bringin some sustenance with me on my walk next time.

and it just might help me keep my appointment too

[today was canceled- due to the lovely rain]

Randomtown. Population: Me.

deep thoughts,
by MEG:



I was thinking. Ya know when you run up the stairs? Like you have many of them to run up and you've got a railing to hold on to? Do you step with your whole foot, or just your toes? I don't know- I think I switch off. Sometimes I think I like to step firmly on both of my feet because it makes me feel more powerful or something.

I was thinking too. Ya know when you have those moments in your life that as they are happening you think, "this is one of those moments I will remember"? Well, I wonder how often we walk by other people in the middle of one of those "moments"? Like a conversation that to me was no big deal, just something I would normally do-- and it changed his life forever because I may have accidentally told him something about his personality that he hadn't realized yet. Or like being on a bus with someone who is about to see their mom for the first time... and I would never know that about her... stuff like that. I wonder.

Then I was also thinking. Ya know those people that take the stairs every time instead of the elevator? Ya know- the nuts and berries- smiling- tree hugging types? Does that really do THAT much good to your body? I mean, they probably work out and eat healthy already- what is that few extra steps really going to do for them? I just know that they are still healthier than me- there is no catching up!

Then, as I sat in church today, some guy said that "obedience is a choice that we make one time in our life, and then we never have to make it again." Um.... really? When was that for me then I wonder? I guess I was sleeping when the polls ran on that one.... so did I lose? I am going to be right here, still thinking that one through if no one minds.

Or like the place that we saw here in Vegas called "A Cat Hospital." Why the "A"? No really, I know that isn't that big of a deal, and really it isn't, but I sometimes wish I could have been there when the owners sat down and decided what to call their high-class cat joint. "Well, we should go with what they will search in google.... so they come here first..." "yeah- that's good... real good."

And then I thought of how much I love to be with my people. I had dinner two nights this week with dear friends of mine that I don't get to see often and it made me happy. I guess I realized that I have more life-long friends than I thought already. See, I am New Years efficient! (except the fact that I didn't go to the gym this last week...I will go this one many times to make up..)