Declaration of Independence Wordle via Rick Klau

A recent visit over to Rick Klau's blog uncovered an interesting info graphic. A wordle is a visual representation of text or topic content. The idea is that the more common and important topics/words are seen in greater emphasis than the lesser themes.

Rick ran a Wordle on the Declaration of Independence. Click the photo to see.

Question Everything - Always

Seek simplicity, and distrust it.  - Alfred North Whitehead

Nuff Said

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this statue certainly speaks for itself. The title is "Man Carving His Destiny."  No comment beyond that is needed. 

God Is A Flirt

There is  always more. In each combination, a savoring nuance blended from that moments ingredients.  And, did you hear that,  that unknown laugh? It makes me smile. Who is that? Even in the mundane, methodical rhythm of walking we stumble on the euphoria of an additional mile, an amalgamation of chemical euphoria and spiritual caresses - as if we should have been here all along.  There seems to be more, always. More to know, feel, grasp, share...

God is such a flirt.

Bob The Squirrel

In case you have missed it, I'm a big Bob the Squirrel fan. You should be, too.

Dream Maker

Sight yields beauty
Thought - ideas
Sound - awareness
Touch -

Ah, now there is the maker of dreams!

From One Blogger to Another - #1

My last post - the quick post - made reference to the gathering of bloggers in celebration of the recent renovations to the Ronald McDonald House here in Winston-Salem.  My plan WAS to recap the event and focus on the renovations and those whose generosity made it possible. However, one of my new blogging acquaintances, Pickles and Cheese, has done such a fine job of sharing both photos and words along this line, that I'll send you to her post for that information and move on to another task.

Let's meet some bloggers!

I met several local bloggers Saturday and many of them I didn't know. So, I thought I'd share my journey of 'getting to know' some local bloggers with you - because I know how much you want to do everything just like me.

Today let's click over to the Ronald McDonald House blog and meet Watson. Watson isn't your ordinary blogger because he walks on four legs and had fur: Watson is a friendly Bassett hound.  Watson spends his time around the House making friends, organizing the staff and making Laura's life interesting (see Laura excerpted from our bloggers group photo below). Sometimes, he'll even Laura write something for his blog. Click on over to Watson's blog now. Go on. Be a good puppy.

 Laura aka @RHMwinstonsalem

Tomorrow, join me when you discover what A Fierce Beagle is all about (what is it about dogs and blogs anyway?).

Linger On It

Where do you linger? There are those tastes that just grab us by the tongue and scream delight and indulgence. Do you linger with them, allowing the full force of their impact upon that moment?

Then there are those sounds, the songs that we love to hear – every note, rhythm, and lyric as they dance into our mind and resonate within our body. Do you linger in them, playing them over again to light on each resonance and twisted phonetics?

What about those people whose physical beauty, simply passing by grabs your core? Do you allow yourself to linger in the impression as it launches into your libido and churns ancient and primal sensations, eliminating all thought for a moment? Do you linger there?

What of laughter? When it sneaks up on you and you find your world invaded by a twist of fate or thought, a comical jolt of unexpected amusement.  Do you linger in the wake of a real gut level laugh, leaving you helpless and crying in spasms of delight?

Do you linger on the good moments of life? I think you could…

Repost - in my hands

in my hands

his

gentle and small

wonder and delight

an ebbing of laughter and stress

in my hands

hers

the future rests

tasks to be learned

suprises of nature and mind

in my hands

a bundle of memories

my daughter's squirming

my son's gentle dreams of sleep

in my hands

mine

empty now

full of possiblities

grasping for the next embrace

offered

to my hands

Wacky Worrisome Words

No matter how hard I try, I still make spelling mistakes and there are a few words I always get wrong:

were, versus we’re

calendar

form versus from

your verses you’re

It isn’t that I don’t know the difference; it is just in the day-to-day practice of writing I often type or choose the wrong one. What about you? Are there words that give you fits?