Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport. General opinion's starting to make out that we live in a world of hatred and greed, but I don't see that. It seems to me that love is everywhere. Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there. Fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends. When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge - they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaking suspicion... love actually is all around.
"Love Actually"

I love that movie!
I think I want to watch it again!
Who's in?? Raise your hand!

On my day off, I drove a few hours to see someone I had never seen that had become very ill. It was an afternoon to me, but, it was a lifeline to her. Someone cared. It felt good to me too, it went both ways. Something so small, I might not have done it, but swap places with her, being mostly alone and sick and afraid. Reach out and touch someone.

Kindness counts. Wherever you are, whatever you do.

I promised I would try to remember to post one Christmas picture each time I posted. Just to keep the count going, there are 73 days 23 hours 29 minutes, and 49 seconds.

All I have are my words, armed in my mind, written in pen, stand by stand. Oh, yes. Still by hand. It has a different feel. Altered not by keys, backspace, and delete, I write, erase, tear it to pieces and start all over again. And again.

May there always be a flower to color your world. #alwaysaflower .... And jut like that , this post is over! Come back tomorrow and we will do it again!

The Naming of Cats

The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn’t just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I’m as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.

TS Elliot