Sunday, November 27, 2022

When it's cold and grey outside

 


Enjoy some color inside!!

It's been a long time since I treated myself to a bouquet of flowers. Ah, they don't follow the seasonal coloring either! That's just fine with me.



I'm not a shopper, so Black Friday sales have no interest for me. I have to remind myself to avoid all retail stores though.

I don't know if this has ever happened to you but...the other day, I noticed that I am not just the medical diagnosis that I carry around. I am separate from that medical person...which is like a blouse I put on and can take off. I'm also separate from other identities that many people may see or know as myself...the elderly woman, the person living simply on a fixed income, the person who lives alone, the matriarch of my family, the climate activist, the church volunteer, the person that sometimes gets silly.  

All of those shirts definitely belong to me...but hey, I'm still the one inside wearing them.



Todays Quote:

They know enough who know how to learn. 
-Henry Adams, historian and teacher  (1838-1918)

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12 comments:

  1. TomNovember 27, 2022 at 6:41 AM

    ...flowers can brighten the dullest day.

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  2. William KendallNovember 27, 2022 at 9:07 AM

    Very pretty!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 27, 2022 at 10:05 AM

    I love what you wrote about yourself. A truly enlightening realization and very inspiring. Thank you for sharing that and the beautiful flowers. (NewRobin13)

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    1. Barbara RogersNovember 27, 2022 at 8:54 PM

      You're welcome. Wearing different "personas" or blouses makes life interesting!

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  4. AnvilcloudNovember 27, 2022 at 10:37 AM

    You are a lot of women or at least a lot of blouses.

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    1. Barbara RogersNovember 27, 2022 at 8:55 PM

      You said it...I didn't even mention the ones when I was holding a job, or being a mom with kids!

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  5. Granny SueNovember 27, 2022 at 11:30 AM

    I agree, inside I am still 30, young and string and sure I can do anything. No one sees that me. ..except me. I am granny, great granny, mom, big sister, gardener, canner, simple living old person, strange neighbor, storyteller...so many other things to others, but to me I am that young shy homesteaders trailing 4 little boys behind her.

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    1. Barbara RogersNovember 27, 2022 at 8:56 PM

      That's so delightful to hear. I love being 30, and am never going to give that up!

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  6. Vicki LaneNovember 27, 2022 at 2:18 PM

    Bright blooms for these days of early darkness. And yes to your musings on selfhood.

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    1. Barbara RogersNovember 27, 2022 at 8:56 PM

      Thanks, this sunset around 5 something just is incredible! I do like most of the blouses I wear!

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