Uncategorized – A Pondering Mind

7:24 a.m.

beautiful morning rain later in the day oh well….just make the best of it

3:38 p.m.

lazy day idle time no rush to do anything that’s what sundays are all about

8:39 a.m.

sun is shining 64 degrees time to go for a walk about town

6:02 a.m.

up earlier than usual and that’s okay it gives me more time to do whatever I feel like doing life is good

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~Abraham Lincoln

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.” ~Abraham Lincoln

“I used to say, ‘Things cost too much.’ Then my teacher straightened me out on that by saying, ‘The problem isn’t that things cost too much. The problem is that you can’t afford it.’ That’s when I finally understood that the problem wasn’t ‘it’-the problem was ‘me.’” ~ Jim Rohn

1:58 p.m.

the sun did not disappoint shining brightly with lots of puffy white clouds with that said took a walk on the boardwalk which runs parallel with the river and its never crowded which is a good thing

11:29 a.m.

got to see blood work results online and my A1c is 5.8 a a glucose level of 117 which is down from the last test earlier this year the A1c then was 6.0 a level of 125 so I feel good knowing that I’m doing the right things and eating right and drinking plenty ofContinue reading “11:29 a.m.”

9:42 a.m.

laundry folded and put away now its time for a much needed coffee break

9:08 a.m.

went for a walk now i am back waiting for the laundry to finish drying

7:45 a.m.

saturday morning rain is done clouds are slowly departing looks like a beautiful day in the neighborhood is in the cards

Traveling

“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.” ~ Lisa St. Aubin de Terán

10:00 a.m.

time is right for the aroma of fresh brewed coffee is calling for me

7:48 a.m.

the day is still and in no rush to do anything

8:45 p.m.

have all the time in the world to do exactly nothing nada zilch marvelous i say

5:02 p.m.

no complaints life is good

Downtown Flower Box

and so

think i’ll sit and wait out the heat and sticky feeling outside and enjoy the comforts of the a/c and slake my thirst with water with a cup or two of caffeine so…. that’s what i’ll do

Six Words

damn! it is way to humid

and so

took a walk in the heat very few people out and about came home dragging my ass the a/c felt great now i’m relaxing knowing my glucose reading is excellent tomorrow will be hotter do i dare to venture out… i’ll play it by ear

Six Words

its way too damn hot outside

Poor People

There are two types of poor people, those who are poor together and those who are poor alone. The first are the true poor, the others are rich people out of luck. ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

“Thinking is difficult, that’s why most people judge.” ~ Carl Jung

Six Word Saturday

sitting and thinking. still drawing blanks

Rainbow

so

it is a saturday it is june it is hot to hot for this time of the month some say climate change is a hoax i beg to differ but no use arguing with people in denial then i ask myself do people in denial like being that way or do they live miserable lives

Coffee, Book, etc.

“Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly.” ~Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell, Actress, 1907-1976

Being Useless

“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.” ~ Sylvia Plath

Success

“The only yardstick for success our society has is being a champion. No one remembers anything else.” ~ John Madden, A former coach of the Oakland Raiders

“Don’t worry about the horse being blind, just load the wagon.” ~John Madden

Thursday Evening Photo

“To learn something new, take the path that you took yesterday.” ~John Burroughs

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” ~John Burroughs

John Burroughs, Essayist, 1837-1921

Tuesday Part 2

doc says everything is fine…blood pressure excellent, kidney function normal…plus all the other stuff…don’t have to go back until December…with all that said, i’m good to go…

Tuesday

will be paying a visit to see the doc this afternoon…no problems for me to tell her…so we’ll see what’s in store…oh, and have no aches…no pains…no squeaks…

quality time

sit down…take a load off your feet, and have a cup of coffee…we can spend some quality time having a gab fest…most any subject works for me…we can keep it light, or on the heavy side…in between is okay too…so…what ever floats your boat…

Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us. ~Paul Theroux

and

its sunday afternoon… sitting on the couch, tv is on… laptop across my thighs… going through emails… blog posts… doing digital crosswords… its a good day for it… as the rain is streaking at slanting angle… brewed some french roast coffee… so it will help me to function properly without getting sleepy eyed…

Six Words

day number two of blah weather

me

this is me writing to me and to me alone me needs only to know about me and me is the one to know anything me is currently doing besides writing about me which is amounting to nothing but empty words concerning me so with that said its me who wishes all of you aContinue reading “me”

Six Word Saturday

its raining. its chilly. its blah.

so

taking a walk in a lightly falling rain does the mind and body a world of good. just saying

Night Time

Night time is really the best time to work. All there to be yours because everyone else is asleep. ~Catherine Ohara

“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” ~Martin Heidegger

“Nothing is everything that doesn’t happen at this very moment.” ~Martin Heidegger

Pleasure Of Reading

Sunday Evening Photos

A few photos taken during my evening stroll.

Philosophically Thinking

oh to be young again … nah. it would be nuts wanting to be of a younger age … i’m better off now, knowing what i know now from past and present experience, even though it is a known fact, that while i’m still at my age of 72 years, equals to the amount ofContinue reading “Philosophically Thinking”

Two Words

its hot

Story Writers

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it. Edgar Allan Poe

hmmmm

July type weather in the month of May. What is wrong with this picture?

The Wise Man

“The wise man doesn’t give the right answers, he poses the right questions.” ~ Claude Levi-Strauss

Wednesday Morning Photos

A couple of photos taken during my morning walk.

and so

i never did have my mug shot on a box of wheaties never even dreamed of it happening

Coffee And Tea

“If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.” ~ William E. Gladstone, Former Chancellor of the Exchequer, United Kingdom

Self-Expression

“To me, clothing is a form of self-expression – there are hints about who you are in what you wear.” ~ Marc Jacobs, Fashion designer

Tuesday Evening Photo

Pondering Thought #22

living a wholesome lifestyle in a fragmented environment

and so it goes

bleak cafe burnt coffee stale doughnuts unreliable free wifi mouse running across the floor and so it goes

Pedestrian Walkway

Pondering Thought #21

just tell like it is. no harm. no foul.

Flowering Shrub

okay so addendum

if any of readers understood my previous post you get an a if you didn’t understand it you will get an a for reading it

okay so

today i am tired why am i tired when i slept pretty good even though when i woke up in the morning, i was still groggy then it could be that i am tired of being tired if there’s such a thing as being tired of being tired oh well at least i am whileContinue reading “okay so”

Three Years

Three years ago today {May 14}, I was being transported by ambulance to the local hospital. When I arrived, the nurses worked on me right away, and kept feeding IV bags. Also the were keeping me awake, as they thought might go into a coma, as my sugar reading(s) were going through the roof. SinceContinue reading “Three Years”