The ORIGINAL 1000+ Posts Club

[MaineWriter]

Oh, I forgot. My widget says it is 8 degrees here, 9 degrees in Basel, 8 degrees in Leuven, and 40 degrees at home (jeez, this weather list is getting awfully long...)

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[optom3]

Back to sticky and humid here,but migraine has gone so don't care.Daughter has gone to a qualifying gymnastics meet with her father and right at the last minute the boys decided to go. I think the idea of a whole host of pretty girls in leotards appealed to them.
Still it lets me off the taxi service to the mall for oldest, and the I am bored from the youngest.
I have to say had I known they were all going a little earlier,I would have had time to get a shower, and gone too.

Tomorrow is papier mache parrot day, for daughters rainforest project,I can hardly contain my excitement.It will probably end up looking like a snake,everything I make looks like a snake.!!!!  Nothing Freudian, just non existant artistic talents.

[southendmd]

Sometimes a snake is just a snake...

[Meryl]

Hi folks! We did the Grand Canyon yesterday, and words are simply inadequate to describe the splendor of it all.  Eventually, I'll post some pics (must be a thousand of 'em).  Today we're off to visit the Hopis on Second Mesa and the Navajos at Canyon de Chelly.

Cheers to all who passed posting milestones! 

[southendmd]

Howdy, Meryl and Mikaela!  Glad you're enjoying our beautiful Southwest!

[Kelda]

Congrats Jess!! And hello Meryl and Mikela - looking forward to thoser pics!

[Ellemeno]

Hi folks! We did the Grand Canyon yesterday, and words are simply inadequate to describe the splendor of it all. 

I had a huge personal epiphany at the Grand Canyon, about 25 years ago.  I was traveling through the Southwest with my boyfriend and our friend Bob, and the two of them decided to hike down into the Canyon.  I decided not to.  So I spent that day and night on my own.  I went to a spot on the edge of the canyon renowned for sunsets, and sure enough it was beyond exquisite.  I was falling into a deep funk because I was wishing that my friends were with me to see it, and pretty much ruining this incredibly special experience for myself, with my own attitude.   Suddenly I realized that my eyes wouldn't see the beauty any better if someone was there with me, in fact I would be distracted from the view.  It healed a lot of self-created loneliness for me.

[CellarDweller]

*waves to everyone*

[Front-Ranger]

 Suddenly I realized that my eyes wouldn't see the beauty any better if someone was there with me, in fact I would be distracted from the view.  It healed a lot of self-created loneliness for me.

Very interesting, Elle! It's strange, but when I'm alone in nature I don't feel lonely either! In fact, when I feel the loneliest is when I'm in a crowd of uncaring people, or in a hostile place, or surrounded by impersonal cubicles and office workers.

[Brown Eyes]

Heya Meryl and Mikaela!!! Thanks for checking in!  Can't wait to hear more about your great trip!