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Thursday Seeds | Gardenias and other scents
One glance and the scent rushes back memories. Sometimes it’s just one and you miss them or it’s a whole bunch of them at once. Many times these scents you’ve smelled remind you of travel. One of the first things that I noticed about traveling to Europe was that everything smells different. The cleaners that are used are scented different, the soaps, the air, and maybe even the flowers. Is it Spring? Did the gardenias just start blooming? It would depend on your location exactly when. The southern coastal states have a bloom season that starts much earlier than the northern parts of the same state. Are there mountains? Have…
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Thursday Seeds | Bees and Queens
In a true bee hive, the queen is the priority. In her leading, the bees are the priority. She must put forth all she has to keep the hive growing and healthy. This means an attitude of humility and sacrifice too. Make babies, make food, make a house. These sound familiar? A human family unit might be similar, though not the same. Are their two queen bees? That spells trouble. It also could mean a split of the hive. Now instead of one, there are two with room to grow. Is there a pain in letting go? In the separation of the hive, does morale dip? How could humans arrive…
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Thursday Seeds | Time for a 2nd Round
The seed emails are telling me that now is the time for another round of seed sowing. To do so now will give a 2nd harvest before the frosts come. It’s possible that Fall seeds could be used but with all of the hot weather, what if it’s another round of Tomato plants? The cool weather plants still should wait but the tomatos and zuccini could have another go. Did the vine borers get your first round of squash? Now you could do it again. I may just head out tomorrow and see about some seeds. What could it hurt? I’d have to be sure there is water… Are you…
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Thursday Seeds | Logos Segue
Introduction of Marcus Aurelius’ meditations by Gregory Hayes page xxi But the logos is not simply an impersonal power that governs and directs the world. It is also an actual substance that provides that world, not in metaphorical sense, but in a form as concrete as oxygen or carbon. In its physical embodiment, the logos exists as pneuma, a substance imagined by the earliest Stoics as pure fire, and by Chrysippus as a mixture of fire and air. Pneuma is the power -the vital breath-that animates animals and humans. It is, and Dylan Thomas‘s phrase, ”the force that through the green fuse drives the flower,” and is present even in…
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Thursday Seeds | 20 Questions
Thursday Seeds | The Game of 20 questions: Game or life? What would be your top 5 questions when you enter into a new room? Would you give true answers or false answers? How many times have you played this game? What age were you?When did you fall in love? Do you have any children? What do you do? HowWhereWhatWhenHow long How many cats do you have? 2, I mean 5. Can you have a five sided triangle? Thank God NO! Some one call the… pentagon. Some one call the fact police. You’ve been divorced how many times? 5(in my mind) 5 minutes. Doesn’t take more than five minutes. What…
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Thursday Seeds | The Surface Area of Luck
What is surface area anyway? If Ice cubes take a long time to melt and you need it to go quicker, one way is to make them ice chips. There is more surface area for the ice to become water. Another important thing to keep in mind about that surface area is that there is space involved. If this is say, Ice cubes and shaved ice, it might not be a quick melt down because shaved ice is usually packed together with less space than ice cubes. If you have a tall and narrow glass of water, the surface area is smaller. Iced tea spoons might be needed. Another surface…
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Thursday Seeds | Slight delay
I know it’s Thursday… But do to unforeseen things, this post will show up later today. Thanks for your understanding! ~RH
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Thursday Seeds | Words to the Painted
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Thursday Seeds | Prose to the Hike
What are you doing when you go on a Hike? Sure, your feet are moving. What else? Are you talking to a hiking friend? If you are, you aren’t on steep enough hill. You both should be winded enough that it takes effort to speak. When that’s the case, there is a moment to just be with the outdoors, with your breath, and working with a rhythm that could be disguised with another task. If you are listening to someone else’s story, then you are doing another thing. If you are hiking alone, then maybe your are working on your own story. You could be going back through the details…
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Thursday Seeds | Traffic and Crows
“How long does it take to get there?” “An hour.” “But it’s not that far!” “If you travel as the crow flies, you are right. But you have to follow the paved roads.” Are you going to follow the paved roads? What if we technology advancements where we didn’t need roads? Some mobile vehicle that hovers over air would work nicely. I even made a joke about it on social media that this black motorbike hovering machine could be the next best thing to a witch’s broom. You could go as the crow flies. Then what would traffic control be like? Necessary or not? Could we learn navigation…
