Monday, August 20th, 2007, 10:29 am
This is not a 'quote of the day' folks (well, it turned into one...so yes, it is!)..but while trying to think of one, (and tidying my room), I came across this, written on one of those card bookmarks that book shops give you 20 of when you buy 2 books (?????????)
"Beautiful, glorious Scotland, has spoilt me for every other country!"
This was said by Mary Todd Lincoln (wife of Abraham)...........and did she have fine taste or what!!! Unfortunately, I am not an Historian and cannot speak with erudition on Mary, and obviously she visited Scotland a few years ago now....(;-)
I am not actually a raving Nationalist, but I do have tremendous pride in my lovely country...(and I suppose I should confess to never having travelled really....) I don't know about others (maybe I should have a wee poll somewhere??) but I think although you can admire, or be struck by the undoubted beauty of other places/countries, your heart 'quickens' on your home soil. I used to live and work in England and travel home by train...and I FELT it when we crossed the border......the air seems different here.....there is a connection, and a vibrancy, and a quality here that I just respond to....I can breathe it in, like air, into my heart and soul.....and if you stand in Glencoe, then I defy anyone not to feel connected to 'the blood of my ancestors'.
The Celtic Church used to speak of 'thin' places...where we can almost touch or be aware of heaven/eternity..and I think Scotland (along with the other Celtic lands, and other places of course) have these 'thin' places in abundance. I also think the ground 'remembers' atrocities and tragedies that have occurred....such as the Glencoe massacre...
I tried to get some photos on here but am not sure of the copyright situation, so may come back and do that once I have some photos of my own on the computer!!
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Saturday, August 18th, 2007, 10:21 pm
Well, to cut a long story down to a sentence........I need cheering up!
Hence the little James Marsters gallery, I'm gonna get going........
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Aaaaah! Feel much better!
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007, 3:33 pm
Okay, dokey!! So where are we?? I must admit to getting a bit lost as to what I have said to whom and when (and occasionally where)! Still, guess it makes life interesting. I am really enjoying Connect and ivillage! I seem to add to the groups I belong to, and the boards I contribute to and the friends that I MSN to on a daily basis! God knows what will happen when I finally get a life again lol!! I think once you kind of get into the way of it and get a certain 'rhythm' going, it probably doesn't take long to do 'maintenance' blogging and catching up....I certainly hope that is true! So, I have been up a little this week, and down a little this week which is pretty much par for the course! Have had the first truly productive day I have had in quite a while...getting some things tidied up that have been lying in a huge pile for far too long! To cut a very long story short (and not to advertise my life to the whole world!!) I have been living kind of out of boxes and having to decant a home's worth of possessions into a smallish room. Maybe that should be a quote of the day.....Can't fit a quart into a pint pot lol!!! Well, I may not have done quite that, but with Dad's help we have made a great start! Am loving all the new friends I have made..thanks! It makes me remember a guide camp song that we used to sing, hmm, a few years ago now...
"Make new friends, but keep the old ones. One is silver, the other Gold"
Am hoping to turn Silver into Gold with many of you......Quick the Philosopher's Stone!! Someone call Harry!
Oh, ok ok, so Silver isn't a base metal, and never having read Harry Potter (yes, you heard me!) I don't know whether the Philosopher's Stone in that book is actually the stone Alchemists use to refer to, but I thought it was funny!
Apricot xx
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007, 1:33 am
Oh Mamma Mia!!!!!!
After a not particularly great day yesterday (I went to the walk, but it kind of back-fired on me a little), I have had a completely sleep free night!!! And, so the 'motto' that came to mind was....
Make Hay While The Sun Shines.
Ok, ok so the sun wasn't shining, and it was night time...gimme some poetic licence here!! I'm suffering! I did make excellent use (I think) of the time. I eventually gave up at about 4, 4:30 am and decided to do some 'organising' etc of my ivillage stuff. So I went to the member list of one of the groups that I have joined, and invited them all to be one of my contacts!! However, the thing I am most proud of is that I managed to send each and every one a wee personalised message, usually commenting on something from their page. And if you go back to the Quote of the 'Day' #1, then you will see that it was no mean feat for me to 'put myself out there' like that, so I am totally going to blow my own trumpet and say.....Yay Me!! Especially as my fingers have now totally forgotten how to type. Some folks were members already, but in total that was 10 messages/contacts. Obviously it is difficult to know whether you want to invite a (more or less) total stranger into one element of your online life, but if you are having doubts, then I hope you will hang fire until you get to know me a bit better!
I am absolutely b**** ahem!!! Sorry!
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Apricot x Unfortunately, this won't be me as I have a meeting to go to!!!!!!
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007, 1:56 pm
Well, having come up with this 'brilliant' idea, I am not sure if I can keep it going!!!!! However, after a meditative soak in the bath, I have come up with.....
You can run, but you can't hide
Which is not really a nice quote at all, as it seems a bit threatening to me. That may well turn out to be appropriate however....
I've not been doing so much of the running, but I have definitely been hiding! Being signed off work with depression, it is very easy (TOO easy) for me to fall into patterns of avoidance, and not push myself to engage with the world/life/myself sometimes. It does feel very threatening to me, to even be contemplating changes, or stepping out and doing ONE thing different, so the vaguely threatening nuance of the saying does ring true for me today..it IS scary to step out, but I have to face these things, and I can't run OR hide anymore! Admittedly these steps have to be taken one at a time, and with due care and consideration for my health (after all you wouldn't go running on a broken leg before it was properly set would you?) I attend (try to attend) a walking group on Mondays....so that is a job for tomorrow. I meet with a volunteer on Tuesday, so that will get me out of the house and after that I am going to really try very hard to get out of the house once a day. If I find something positive and non-scary to do that should make it easier, but I have tried to do this before...and it is so easy when one has less energy than a squished flea to give up.
Apricot x
PS On the Nothing ventured, nothing gained front...I feel like I am venturing AND gaining quite well just now on ivillage! Hope you are, too!
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