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I know her beyond the screen.
Oh, that's how i first met her, several of us got acquainted online and we decided to meet in person.
Until Covid, we tried to meet up every year, every one of them is a delightful person and i'm glad to have them as friends, both online and in real life.
My friend "Di Dreaming" has had a rough couple of years, loss of family, loss of a beloved pet, illness, having to move suddenly.
It can be difficult getting entangled in the real life beyond what's tapped out on the keyboard, but it's worth it for the friendship, the love.
If you have a prayer to spare, please remember my friend, she could use it.
Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Screen.
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While Good Fences Around the World seems to have gone the way of the dodo bird, i still enjoy looking for and posting interesting fences, so i will!
This little fence almost looks to me like it's trying to hide.
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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day! This week's image and my poem:
When Grandpa was eleven,
he needed money to earn,
he became a paper boy,
hard work he did not spurn.
He bought food for the family,
gave little sister her spending cash,
and paid for her piano lessons,
his spending was not rash.
When he started earning more
from his bigger jobs in summer,
he decided not having a TV set
was getting to be a bummer.
He scrimped and saved and plotted,
and was walking on a cloud
when the day finally came,
he'd work hard and his family was proud.
It was a black and white tube set
about like you see here,
it sat in a place of honor and
the family held it dear.
Now Grandpa is almost 86,
he and Grandma have 3 big screens,
but I know the first meant more,
than those or all between.
(Yes, Grandpa's dad left, and even as a boy he felt he needed to be the man of the house and go earn money as soon as he could. He really did pay for many things, including the family's first TV. Please note, though i call him "Grandpa" on my blog, he's my father, my children's grandfather.)
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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. It's time to share something for which i am thankful.
Today i am thankful Charismatic Enigma SissyCat did not run away when she managed to slip out of the door the other day, she just went to the lawn to nibble grass and i was able to watch her as she ate, then bring her back in.
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Today is:
Check for Change in Every Coin Return You Pass Day -- because someone has a sense of humor and put it on the internet
Culture and Traditions Day -- Micronesia
Doctors Day -- US (begun by Eudora Almond in 1933 because she thought her husband, Dr. Charles B. Almond deserved recognition for his hard work; www.doctorsday.org for ideas on how to thank your doctor)
Fairies of the First Wand Reunion Dinner -- Fairy Calendar
Feast of Janus and Concordia -- Ancient Roman Calendar
Festival of Bast -- Ancient Egyptian Calendar (cat goddess; date approximate)
Festival of Reality Fabrication -- internet holiday to celebrate your imagination
Festival of Salus -- Ancient Roman Calendar (god of health)
Grass Is Always Browner On The Other Side Of The Fence Day -- remember how good you have it; sponsored by Wellcat Holidays
I am in Control Day -- remember Alexander Haig's words on this date in 1981? well today, if you find the phones won't stop ringing, the kids got into the glue again, the coffee maker is on the fritz, and somebody dyed the poodle purple, stand up and declare that you are in control!
Land Day Commemoration -- West Bank/Palestinian remembrance
Limited Liability Day -- because no one can be responsible for everything
Pencil Day -- the pencil with an eraser top was patented this day in 1858 by Hyman Lipman
Ramnawami / Ramanavami / Chaitay Dashain -- India; Nepal (Hindu celebration of the birth of Lord Rama, avatar of Vishnu)
Swaminarayan Jayanti -- birth of Lord Swaminarayan for followers of the Swaminarayan tradition
Runic Half-Month Ewhas (Horse) begins
Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day -- Trinidad and Tobago
St. Leonard Murialdo's Day (Patron of apprentices)
Take a Walk in the Park Day -- begun by someone who wanted to get out of the office
Turkey Neck Soup Day
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day -- US (information here)
Birthdays Today:
Scott Moffatt, 1983
Jason Dohring, 1982
Norah Jones, 1979
Matt Doran, 1976
Mark Consuelos, 1971
Celine Dion, 1968
Ian Ziering, 1964
Tracy Chapman, 1964
M.C. Hammer, 1962
Paul Reiser, 1957
Robbie Cotrane, 1950
Eric Clapton, 1945
Astrud Gilberto, 1940
Warren Beatty, 1937
John Astin, 1930
Rolf Harris, 1930
Peter Marshall, 1930
Richard Dysart, 1929
Peter Marshall, 1927
Frankie Laine, 1913
Sean O'casey, 1880
Anna Sewell, 1820
Vincent Van Gogh, 1853
Francisco Jose De Goya, 1749
Debuting/Premiering Today:
"Agnes of God"(Play), 1982
"Applause"(Musical), 1970
"Jeopardy"(TV), 1964
"Verkaufte Braut/The Bartered Bride"(Comic opera), 1866
Today in History:
The first recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet, BC240
Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple, 1422
Henry VIII divorces Catherine of Aragon, 1533
British and coalition forces march into Paris after the defeat of Napoleon, 1814
Dr. Crawford Long of Georgia, US, performs the first operation with anesthesia (ether), 1842
A pencil with attached eraser is patented by Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia, 1858
Alaska is purchased from Russia by US Secretary of State William Seward, for $7,200,000 (about 2 cents per acre), 1867
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, 1932
Einstein announces his revised unified field theory, 1953
The Yonge Street Line, the first subway in Canada, opens in Toronto, 1954
President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., 1981
The oldest copy of Codex Holmiensis, dating from 1280, is returned to Denmark from Sweden after 300 years, and 45,000 Inca artifacts are returned to Peru's Machu Picchu after spending 100 years at Yale University, 2011
North Carolina repeals its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use, 2017
Pope Francis arrives in Rabat, Morocco, on his first-ever visit to the Magreb region of Northern Africa, 2019
Zuzana Caputova is elected President of Slovakia, becoming the country's first female head of state, 2019
The computer world's Turing Award is given to American programmer Jack Dongarra, whose work paved the way for the current generation of supercomputers, 2022
I am sending my very best wishes and hopes to your friend.
ReplyDeleteHooray for people who step up and go beyond the call of duty. All praise to Grandpa.
And hooray for cats who don't escape and can be brought back inside.
Wishes well for your friend
ReplyDeleteSo many have had tough times, but there's always room for one more prayer.
ReplyDeleteI have a prayer to spare and will send it for your friend. I like the image and poem.
ReplyDeleteI always say that Where intention goes, energy flows.
ReplyDeleteSo, it will be done towards Di.
But towards you Mimi, also...because being a real friend to someone is an undertaking not to be taken for granted.
You are right...that little fence is trying to hide.
ReplyDeleteI do like the idea of a Thankful Thursday.
For all the "evils" extolled about online relationships there are stories such as yours. When virtual blends with irl. Like friendships in general, they take time to grow no matter how or where they began. Prayer offered. I wish your friend well.
ReplyDelete"Grandpa" has witnessed much since he bought that TV! He's from a generation that knew what to do, even at his young age. Loved the poem.
Go SissyCat! How excellent she didn't go awol.
Life can be so full of ups and downs. Never take the ups for granted and things can all go awry in no time flat. Hope things get better for your friend soon.
ReplyDeleteHope your friend Di Dreaming is able to overcome whatever she is struggling with. Your father is a great and special man.
ReplyDeleteI've made some amazing friends but virtual and in real life through blogging, loved the poem about Grandpa, it gets confusing here too as j often refer to my dad as grandad these days too xxx
ReplyDeleteLovely poem about Grandpa ~ great fence photo ~ hope things improve soon ~ 'this too shall pass.' ~ never ending story ~ life ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
I like the internet (the aspect of social interaction as available in the blogosphere). Not counting since-childhood-friends, most of those I number as friends are online.
ReplyDeleteMy Grampa bought a television in 1953 so we could watch the Coronation of our recently departed Queen!
ReplyDeleteI still refer to my late Mum as Nanna!
My thoughts are with your friend.
We send prayers to your friends and hope she gets through her turbulant times without too much stress. That was a terrific poem about Grandpa and hooray for the very good SissyCat. Thanks for joining our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteI will pray for your friend. I am glad Sissycat didn't go far. Great poem- your dad sounds like an amazing person. XO
ReplyDeleteI loved the poem about Grandpa and his TV. I can sorta relate to the first of new thing being the most special. I still have my first cell phone - an LG Rumour 2 slide out keyboard phone which I got in highschool. All of my phones after that were smart phones, but that old phone from the pre-smartphone-era is a special reminder to me of a different time in my life when I had a different relationship with technology.
ReplyDeleteMimi I just LOVE LOVE LOVE your poem for the photo this week....it's special - it's part of your memory and life and that makes it all the more special. You always have such wonderful poems for our photo challenges and the best part is that they are always from your heart!
ReplyDeleteHugs, Pam and Teddy
Wonderful story about your Dad! Wonderful poem!
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