Thank you, Shan

I've sometimes thought of quitting...but then I see how many people read here, and seldom post. If I can add a bit of cheer, I need to do it.

I can't NOT do it, if you see what I mean.

I love words; always have...and somehow I think good words help and heal.

It seems the words come first, then good practices become more and more attractive, then we start to incorporate them...even just a little, at first.

And the questions! Bless the questions that people ask and post!

We're all the same, aren't we? We question to be safe and sensible.

We can bet our bottom dollars that, if someone asks it, hundreds want to know...maybe more.

I don't really know much, but I sometimes can remember where I read something, or an experience that may be related. The faster we can get info to those who need it, the quicker the world will benefit.

There is a little trick I use, did you notice?

I remember a lot of little sayings I heard and read in my childhood. I sprinkle them around. They strike echoes from long ago. Sometimes they are just plain silly...'corny' as we used to say, but I've noticed that the newspeople are using them. (He-he.) 'Corny' puns. Bless 'em.

Will Rogers was a master at drawing odd comparisons and connections between seemingly unrelated points, and coming up with home-grown wisdom. Damon Runyan, too.

I highly recommend both for interesting reading.

The newspaper Will Rogers wrote for printed his words exactly as written, grammatical errors, typos, misspellings and all.

Did you know there was a movement afoot to have him run for the U.S. presidency...just before he died in that tragic plane crash, 1935, with his friend, Wiley Post.

I once resisted reading Agatha Christie. I thought her stuff would be all the run-of-the-mill detective stories.

What a shock I got! Then, I read her six 'romances'! She wrote those under the name 'Mary Westmacot'. They are the finest character studies I have ever read.

The world is full of wonders, Shan. Those that see, tell. I thank my lucky stars that they do.

Blessings in all you do.

Fledgling

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