I was going through a tough time recently, and was trying to sort through why, when I concluded that I felt like a napkin ring. Sort of useful but easily done without, not really good for much, and always just kind of there. So after a few days when the thought inevitably passed, and after I'd gotten over my murky self, I realized that lots of people probably felt the same way from time to time, so I decided henceforth that I would endeavor to not to let any day go by without validating at least one person. Honestly, it's not much of a commitment. I like to think I was doing that already. This should probably be a separate post but it's not totally unrelated. And I'm taking you into a dangerous place known as Jamie World. I may even have written about this before, but it saddens me in the smallest of ways that people who love each other rely only on saying "Love ya!" to each other but can't seem to bring themselves to say "I love you". Perhaps t
What a coincidence that you mentioned box turtles the day before I posted photos from our trip to Tennessee where we were all so excited to see a box turtle that 6 of us got out of the car and clustered around it and took photos of it like it was the Abominable Snowman! Used to be nearly every drive up our Chester County dirt road included a pause for a box turtle. And I like your other observations above too. I also see less of pheasants. And wooly caterpillars. And chipmunks. And dirt roads.
ReplyDeleteI see a lot more no-hitters in Major League Baseball.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the snow used to be up to my chest when I was younger. Now it's just up to my knee.
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