Liebster Award

Many thanks to The Armchair Squid   who awarded this to me!  Now I must do these things, or else terrible doom shall fall on me!  (Not really--I was just remembering the era of chain letters...)

To accept the award you must do a few things:
1) Thank the person that nominated you on your blog and link back to them.
2) Nominate up to 5 other blogs for the award.
3) Let them know via comment on their blog
4) Post the award on your blog

So I will nominate these people:

Mark Noce @ Noce Stories

Mary @ Giggles and Guns

Peggy Eddleman @ Will write for cookies

A great writer  @Giggle Laugh Cry

Teralyn Pilgrim @ A Writer's Journey

These are blogs I enjoy, whom I consider to be good reads.  Check them out!

Oh, I think I mis-spelled "Liebster" on all my comments.  Sigh.

Another reason why I married Grandpa

...or maybe it should read, "Another reason why I married my husband".

(Reference note: Grandma, why did you marry Grandpa?
AND   Sunshine and the Solar System)

I was sitting here, content to check out blogs and make comments.

John had taken the telescope out to back yard (there is no yard, just a pool which is seldom used).

He came running in, "Quick.  You gotta see this!  Jupiter's moons are lined up, and you can even see..."

I told him, "Just a minute, okay?"

"No, you gotta come now.  These things move out of focus really fast!"

Jupiter with its moons

So we ran out back, and he refocused the telescope.

The planets' positions on evening, March 3, 2012

 Today's night sky

There Jupiter was with striations of orange and brown, with three of its moons in a line, and one shy moon snuggled in just beneath Jupiter.

Jupiter moving closer to Venus, with the Moon looking on

Awe struck.  That's what I was.  Then I look at John; his face was lit up like a child sharing a special toy with a special person.



And that's another reason why I married my husband.

Just Nonsense

Reflections of a marvelous lady

 

Just Nonsense, is there such a thing?

Absolutely. 

Think of all the crazy nonsense we know.  How about jump-rope rhymes?  How about “step on a crack, break your mother’s back…”?  What about never adding peanuts to RC Cola as an aphrodisiac?   The list is embarrassingly long and just plain embarrassing.

But there IS Just Nonsense.  This is a book put together for Melynda Fleury, containing some of her excellent observations and stories.  Melynda always dismissed her writing as “…nonsense…” but it was anything but that. 

With a clarity about life (having lived through many harrowing events herself), Melynda has shared her understanding and compassion with so many bloggers and friends.

One friend, Elisa Hirsch has worked tirelessly to pull this book together for Melynda Fleury, to be released on March 1^st, which is today. 

You must understand this:  Melynda has been blind for the past few weeks.  This Friday, March 2^nd, she will be undergoing a risky laser surgery to try to restore partial vision.

Please help with this cause to support Melynda by going to the site and purchase her book.  This will help her in many many ways.


Go to this site: GoodReads   Go right now, do as I say!  There.