9 January 2011: Books and Birds

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I see this little bird every morning and evening. This stack of books and this little bird are on a small shelf by my mirror where I dry my hair in the mornings and take off my jewelry in the evenings.  Sometimes I notice the titles from time to time, other times this space is overlooked, blending into the white walls of the bedroom.  How does red blend into the environment of a room? Your eyes become blind and see only patterns of routine.  I want the title "Lust For Life" to remind me that is what I should have in my being every morning... an energy that propels me through the day for every aspect of living.  "The Stranger", as a title, should remind me that, one, I am a stranger to some people, and two, that I should meet a stranger to make them no longer a stranger from time to time.  And maybe every "twelfth night" I should do something out-of-the-ordinary.   Why not?  And why not let that little wooden bird remind me that my creativity should fly and sing?  Isn't it in a bird's nature, after all?

3 January 2011: Seagull

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I took a quick drive over to Lake Hefner to shoot some pictures by the lake. I didn't want to meet another evening of trying to find something to take a picture of at home after dark. I had the treat of seeing the seagulls huddled in small tight groups bracing the wind and retaining their own warmth. It is truly fascinating to watch nature and see how it copes with change. How often do people bare down within themselves and retain inner strength when the world around them changes and becomes cold and harsh? Not many because now it is more popular to whine and complain.

In any case, I wasn't entirely ready to drive back to work but I had tasks to complete!

2 January 2011: Bird Necklace

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When I lived in Mississippi I had the opportunity to visit New Orleans more often than I do now. On one of our excursions to the French Market I bought a necklace that consisted of glass beads in an array of many colors. It was a long necklace that I could either tie in a knot to have a small pendant of beads or loop around my neck twice to have two necklaces in one. Somehow I lost that string of glass beads around 2 years ago. So this year while wandering around the aisles of Micheal's craft store I decided to snatch up a case of multi-colored glass beads, plus some little silver beads, wire, and a silver bird. I would replicate the necklace I loved and add a touch of what I love now. Hence, this necklace. Yep, it is my new favorite necklace. Here's hoping I don't lose it.

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"Be as a bird perched on a frail branch that she feels bending beneath her, still she sings away all the same, knowing she has wings." - Victor Hugo (1802-1885; French Romantic Poet, Novelist, and Dramatist)

"Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark." - Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941; Indian Poet, Playwright, and Essayist; Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913)

"I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance that I should have been by any epaulet I could have worn." - Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862; American Essayist, Poet, and Philosopher)

"I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life - but there was no one to tell me." - George Washington Carver (1864-1943; American horticulturist, Chemist, and Educator)

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Go with the flow.