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Haymaking Anyone?

May 5, 2011 - Posted by Ellie

Photo credit: dicktay2000

Is the sun shining where you are?

“Make Hay While the Sun Shines” means to take advantage of a brief opportunity while it is still there. To not waste time. The saying comes from farming communities. There would often be only a short time in which the hay would be ready to cut – reap too soon, and the hay would be too green. Reap too late, and you run the risk of rain ruining it all.

— Urban Dictionary

In other words, this cliché tells us: Continue reading » Haymaking Anyone?

A Reason to Celebrate

April 14, 2010 - Posted by Ellie

hold on tight to ya kids---it sure is windy up here!!LOL

photo credit: skittzitilby

What will you celebrate today? Any ol’ thing you want!

I love reading the horoscopes in my local newspaper. Why? Not because I believe that my “sign” portends a certain future. No. Instead, I happen to find surprisingly insightful comments scattered among the various horoscopes for each day. For instance, last month, one of the horoscopes for Aries (March 23-April19) included this advice:

Find a reason to celebrate.

And, hey, I like that idea. Good advice. For today. Or any day. For me, for you and for anyone, born as an Aries or not. (I’m one of the “not-Aries”.) I think that Mattie Stepanek, the brave youngster who faced adversity with poetry, explained more eloquently than I why celebration is good:

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

What Can You Celebrate Today?

What can you celebrate today, April 14^th 2010??? Take a moment, think about your day, think about your life, think about what’s doin’… and what you have to celebrate, now, today. Make your own list. And then CELEBRATE!

As for me, thinking ahead to what I might celebrate on 4/14/2010, let me see… I think these will fall into my “let’s celebrate’ category: Continue reading » A Reason to Celebrate