tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60358599477847177152024-03-14T15:35:24.603-04:00Help! My Best Friend is Trying to Kill Me! - How Life Promotes Faith RisingBadgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.comBlogger490125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-58791214122129016112024-03-06T13:06:00.001-05:002024-03-07T13:12:43.720-05:00First ladybug of the year!This made me sooo happy. I love these little guys. I guess spring is really almost here!
Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-84037038648741493792024-02-07T15:30:00.024-05:002024-03-04T11:49:48.233-05:00February SquirrelsI have been so lucky that the squirrel population has been slowing recovering after the horrible massacre a few years ago. I have been doing everything that I can do to help the population regrow including keeping the cats inside- I should have always made that a higher priority and I am glad that I finally have-and making sure that there is lots of food available. THe local squirrels have Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-79092352098543419382023-12-10T13:30:00.017-05:002024-03-04T10:47:30.063-05:00In winter, sometimes summer friends stay to feast...I love having chicadees and nuthatches on my feeder all year. It's really just a beautiful thing to witness. It reminds me that I am not alone in my attempts to survive the winter and we will all do our best to get through it together. That's all we can do. <3
Some of these wee birds have become aclimated to me and will let me get a little closer than they probably should. I admit that I Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-63080361732324490972023-11-12T11:42:00.003-05:002024-01-28T17:55:40.072-05:00Gratuitious Hand Post for ExamplesBadgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-90316622824798771522019-06-02T09:28:00.000-04:002024-01-28T17:59:40.169-05:00Akhenaten and "Lincoln's Dream"
I love it when I find different references to historical stuff in non-historical texts. It's fun to discover something and then do the research to see if it's true. Connie Willis is one of my favorite science fiction writers and I found this passage in a book titled "Lincoln's Dreams."
I have studied early Egyptian history and have a vague memory of studying Akhenaten. He is a very Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-48412255415522108392019-05-23T08:33:00.001-04:002024-01-28T17:59:45.429-05:00Surgery Update 2
Things are going great! Here is a picture of my foot when they took off the cast.
Here it is now...
So things are doing well. I'm really grateful. :)Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-75914440937181619862019-05-17T10:04:00.000-04:002024-01-28T17:59:48.955-05:00Basic Structures of the Eye
Here is a set of notes I took about the basic structure of the eye. Enjoy! (The image is a focused shot of my right eye.
Visual process/ basic optical system - When a person looks at an object, the light rays that will reflect off the object enter the eye through the front and into the back of the eye. During the process, the light rays are bent and produce an upside-down image onto the retinaBadgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-25998901156751660092019-05-11T15:31:00.000-04:002024-01-28T17:59:59.283-05:00Simon Schama - A History of Britain: "Dynasty"
These notes are from the third episode from the series by Simon Schama titled "A History of Britain." Moving on from the Iron Ages to the Battle of Hastings
England 1154 nearly a century after the Battle of Hastings the country has been torn apart by a savage civil war. William the Conqueror was long dead. For 30 years his grandchildren have been locked in a life-or-death struggle for the Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com40tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-87981420200578215642019-05-07T17:04:00.001-04:002024-01-28T18:00:04.822-05:00Salem and His Wonky Eye
Today was a little bit of a different day. Lately I spend most of my days resting to make sure that my foot and ankle are healing well from the surgery. I have an appointment to get my cast off in 2 weeks and I'm hopeful it will be healed up enough that I can do that and won't need to get another cast put on. So I spend my days resting and doing miscellaneous things that I can do while sitting Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-18796972908097821502019-05-03T18:06:00.000-04:002024-01-28T18:00:10.537-05:00Simon Schama - A History of Britain: "Conquest"
These notes are from the second episode from the series by Simon Schama titled "A History of Britain." Moving on from the Iron Ages to the Battle of Hastings...
It was the hand of God that decided the outcome of battles... the fate of nations... and life or death of Kings... everyone knew that.
But there are times and places that history - British history - comes at you with a rush... Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-46458626562257075302019-04-30T13:07:00.004-04:002024-01-28T18:00:15.590-05:00Remus
I can't believe it's been a year-and-a-half since I picked up Remus from the vet's office. The cat now known as Remus was a stray that had been hit by a car in Surry and brought to the local vet. He was in really big trouble and is lucky to be alive. Most cats who are hit by a car do not live to tell the tale. He is especially lucky that somebody noticed and stopped as the car that hit him did Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-70615079169326607822019-04-21T07:40:00.000-04:002024-01-28T18:00:24.416-05:00Happy Easter
Today is a most unusual Easter for me. Usually I'm extremely thankful to have Easter as a day off of work. Usually it is a day to rest after I've worked so hard for weeks and weeks and weeks. Today I start Easter fairly well rested because I've been able to rest since my surgery and I haven't worked for days on end. I haven't taught CPR and I haven't gone to the pharmacy. I've just rested. My Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-39671755961672634612019-04-18T06:58:00.002-04:002024-01-28T18:00:27.706-05:00Surgery Update
Yesterday was a pretty big day for me. It was two weeks after surgery and I got to go in and get the splint off and see what was going on underneath it and get a cast. I've never had a cast before so I was quite surprised by how many different colors they had - even camouflage and a pastel mix -and I finally settled on a light blue in the hopes that it would be a little bit flattering. My toes Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-31481197774392654182019-04-16T16:53:00.000-04:002024-01-28T18:00:32.194-05:00Simon Schama - A History of Britain: "Beginnings"
A friend of mine gave me this amazing DVD series on the History of Britain. As I have spent the time perusing it, I took notes for future reference. Most of these notes are in the voice of the narrator and, while in order, only provide a brief summary of the episode and not a full transcription. I am really enjoying this series and intend to do a summary of every episode... although that may Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-26371774548654587782019-04-15T17:39:00.001-04:002024-01-28T18:00:35.564-05:00Shark Diversity and OrderSharks come in many sizes and shapes and have a great deal of diversity in the over 500 plus species of living animals. Currently, science divide sharks into 9 specific orders; there are actually 13, but four orders of sharks are entirely extinct. And all sharks -big and small- fit into these categories.
1. Carcharhiniformes, otherwise known as the ground sharks or whaler sharks, include some Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-2042137549802149502019-04-05T17:20:00.003-04:002024-01-28T18:00:38.983-05:00The Day After Surgery
I've been laying in bed resting all day. The surgery on my ankle went pretty
well and now I just have to rest and try to keep as pain free as possible. I
have lots of company from the cats and my ex and Bug have been taking really
good care of me. They've made me wonderful meals and they have cleaned the
house.they have also done the things they've needed to do was just giving me the
time to Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-63240944597620638852019-04-05T15:27:00.008-04:002024-01-28T18:00:50.775-05:00The Day Of SurgeryIt's done, I'm home and resting. Everything is well.
Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-33391927825989419122019-03-08T19:07:00.001-05:002024-01-28T18:00:58.549-05:00Mormonism Tucked in Fiction
I'm currently wending my way through the novels of Reginald Hill with Andrew Danziel, Peter pascoe and Ellie Soper Pascoe. I love reading the adventures of the 'Fat Man' and the family of Pascoes that he interacts with. While reading through the series I noticed that he commented on Mormon culture a few times. I thought the quotes were interesting and they caused me to pause in reading. My Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-83339761733371825182019-02-03T18:00:00.000-05:002024-01-28T18:01:09.168-05:00Gratitude - 2/3/19
I'm currently fighting a cold. It has left the fever behind but the mucus has settled into my chest. My body feels heavy and achy but not as weak as I would have thought it would be. So I don't like being sick, but I feel like I will recover quicker than normal... which is good as I am working six days this week.
1. I am thankful for fruit. I'm on a slightly restrictive diet and being able to Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-8304359999614594082019-01-30T19:51:00.000-05:002024-01-28T18:01:12.898-05:00Gratitude - 1/30/19
I've got a lot going on right now and my head is overfull. So I've been counting my blessings today.
1. I am grateful that I live in America. I am not happy about what is going on with our government and the serious cultural systemic problems, but I am relatively safe. I don't live in a country where I can easily be put into labor camps or hurt in other torturous ways - like North Korea or Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-66179608261335985632019-01-20T15:44:00.001-05:002024-01-28T18:01:16.365-05:00Snow Day
It's been a nice quiet day watching the snow and sleet come down. It's still beautiful outside... although I suspect I feel that way because I haven't been out in any of it. I've just watched from my windows. I've got to enjoy some sewing, some self care and lots of cat fun. Listening to purring cats makes the day wonderful. Lots to feel grateful for today. I hope all of my friends are warm and Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-14772442221612395052018-12-29T17:36:00.000-05:002024-01-28T18:01:19.896-05:00Gratitude - 12/29/18
It's so dark so early these days that it almost feels like I should be headed to bed at 6pm. It's only 5:30 right now and it feels like it's been dark for so long it feels like it's midnight. These are the days that it really is a struggle for me to be able to stay up and accomplish things and to try to keep a normal sleep schedule. Of course with my insomnia and other issues, a normal sleep Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-13240975209353214082018-12-28T11:57:00.000-05:002024-01-28T18:01:29.375-05:00Inspiration From A Wall
There is an amazing Cuban restaurant in Bangor that the ex introduced me too a little bit ago. They make great food and are really good about allergies so that people with allergies can eat there- it does help that most Cuban food doesn't use gluten or nuts. The best thing about the restaurant besides the food is their wall. You are encouraged to write on their wall with your thoughts or Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-31170979663781632012018-12-18T17:32:00.000-05:002024-01-28T18:01:33.669-05:00Gratitude - 12/18/18
I am so grateful for a few things today.
I am really grateful for my sister in law today. She sent me a message letting me know how much she cares about me and that I have a heart of gold. That message really meant a lot to me and has helped me to smile over the week. It has also brought a thought to mind... what am I doing with that heart of gold? Am I helping others? How am I using that heartBadgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035859947784717715.post-25128512143523597432018-12-15T18:23:00.000-05:002024-01-28T18:01:37.193-05:00Gratitude - 12/15/2018
It's been a busy couple of months. I've spent quite a bit of time with family, getting things started for surgery, working with my advocate for a meeting in March and looking for work. While I have been too busy to blog much, I wanted to sit down and share my gratitude for some blessings today.
1. I was able to sit down and pay bills. Very grateful that I had the resources to pay them.
2. Bug Badgerdownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02876181186453989802noreply@blogger.com0