My Thoughts

As the sky began to wake this morning to the melody of morning doves and pigeons, I sat with my first cup of coffee in hopes of finding something on cable to distract (interest) me while I had some time to myself.  I love this time of the morning when the world is just beginning to wake and I am left alone to my own devices.  Often, I spend this time reading (blogs, news stories, book reviews).  It's sorta my "New York Times" review of those things that interest me.  Twenty years ago, I read "USA Today" and "Newsweek" and sometimes threw in "People" or "TV Guide".  The advent of the internet has significantly altered this pattern of reading.  In fact, I am surprised that many newspapers and magazines are still in circulation in paper form. Finding "Julie and Julia" on cable, I settled in for what I thought would be an hour or two of relaxing.  That goal soon changed.  Catching the movie at the beginning, I was so motivat...

As a lil' girl, my Dad would  bring home cigar boxes from the liquor store that I used for all types of things.  Believe it or not, we actually used to take them to school to use as our pencil boxes. I always kept the lil' trinkets in my cigar box that meant so much to me..........a shooter marble, my skate key, a needle to air up my basketball, my jacks.  My box looked very similar to Scout's box in To Kill a Mockingbird .  In all these years since I was young, my desire to have collections has only persisted.  I have a collection of recipes in a ceramic box I made when I was first married; my antique buttons and bits of antique lace rest serenly in a mason jar with a satin padded top for my pins; my favorite photos are in a faded hat box lined with a soft cotton floral material.  When my mind reaches far back to those special and warm moments that sustain me, I always think about my collections. Pinterest has become my virtual cigar box..................