My friend Rene Creasy took this lovely picture of blue birds returning to her bird house. I know the luck they are reputed to bring will be with her this year and always because she is just that sort of person!
What caught my eye around the web this week -
@AnnDaly, who I follow on Twitter, wrote an excellent memoir and salute to her mother on Maria Shriver's blog. It's lovely and I hope you'll read it. You might consider following her on Twitter too!
If you watch the Discovery Channel you know Mike Rowe. He's become the voice of the channel. He narrates Deadliest Catch, one of my secret favorite shows, has his own show Dirty Jobs and is currently the front man for Ford trucks, among other things. If you watch him you'll feel like he's a pretty nice guy with whom you'd like to drink a beer. Mike Rowe recently appeared before the Senate Commerce Committee to testify on behalf of manual laborers in this country. It's an homage to the working man. Here's a short bit of what he said -
"In a hundred different ways, we have slowly marginalized an entire category of critical professions, reshaping our expectations of a “good job” into something that no longer looks like work. A few years from now, an hour with a good plumber – if you can find one – is going to cost more than an hour with a good psychiatrist. At which point we’ll all be in need of both."
I hope you'll go read the rest because he's right, we no longer value manual labor in this country and we're suffering for it.
Are you a writer of song or poetry? This might just be the opportunity you need. A friend of mine has just finished her novel except she needs some song lyrics. Think you've got the stuff? She's paying $50 to whomsoever can write the song she needs. Check it out and let me know if you win so I can bask in reflected glory!
I am a bad blog reader. I subscribe to several blogs but frequently am playing catch-up trying to read them all. One of my favorites is The Fabulous Geezersisters, written by Ruth Pennebaker. A while back she wrote an article about the other Ruth Pennebaker, a maiden aunt who recently passed away. It made me cry. Not because I knew her aunt but because it reminded me of an old aunt of my family. I loved my Great Aunt Dixie but I really only knew her when I was young. She made a strong impact on me and yet decades passed without my being in touch with her. After having been single for a dozen years now, I'd like to ask her why she was single. Did she have a love that didn't work out? Was she lonely? I think she had a neat job but right now I can't think what it was. I never spoke with her as an adult and I miss her. I didn't get to hear her stories. In this beautifully written article Ruth is talking about her aunt but I'm thinking about mine. She's right, "whole lives get lost every day and we never even notice." Better ask your questions while you still have the chance.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone!
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