28 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
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Free book Jan 27,28 … Nikki Navarre … http://www.freeebooksdaily.com/2013/01/he-russian-seduction-by-nikki-navarre.html
28 Jan 2013 Leave a comment
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Free book Jan 27,28 … Nikki Navarre … http://www.freeebooksdaily.com/2013/01/he-russian-seduction-by-nikki-navarre.html
18 Mar 2012 3 Comments
in Laws of Nature, Sharing Fun or something that touched me Tags: a blip in Nature's Way, Deer, Dog, Gentle Deer, Marion Spicher, Puppy Love, unnatural friendship, Zen feeling in music & unnatural frienship in nature
When proximity and love transcends natural tendencies in the animal kingdom, it warms my heart. Perhaps because it represents hope that love can overcome all. If you can spare 3 1/2 minutes to relax and watch this video, I hope you come away as I did, with a smiling heart.
Please click on the link: http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/
For fun, here’s a photo of our pup, now one year old (going on 6 weeks) and our adopted 6 year old chocolate lab posing as a regal prince.
King, age one, but living in a puppy heart
Buddy, six, looking for a treat
Wishing you a week that adds something beautiful to your life.
30 Jan 2012 14 Comments
in Gratitude, Health Care, Memories of Childhood, Problem Solving, Sharing Fun or something that touched me Tags: Autumn Color, Faith, Glaciers, gratitude, Hope, Kindness, love, Marion Spicher, Medical Care, Mountains, Spring, Struggles, Sunsets, Walking
Autumn Trees in the Pacific Northwest
On those days when grumbles surface, catching them before they rule the atmosphere, challenging the negative with the good things often brightens the day, lifting me out of a funk into a different place. While blogging tonight, the list got longer and longer, so I’ve left many big and small things out. Had to quit somewhere!
Below is the gratitude list I could think of tonight …
-Husband, Children, Grandchildren, Brothers and their families
-Friends and Freedom
-Continuing Community Education
-Continuing Writing Education
-Kindness received and given
-Reading and writing
-Music
-Social networking with readers and writers, Connections
-Imagination, Problem Solving
-Walking
-Logical mind, even though one tracked & at times absent
Fresh nutritious salad
-Fine Doctors to keep me ticking … and walking … along with access to great health care
-The Internet, Computers, Printers
-Universities, Colleges, and Libraries
-Telephone calls, and long conversations with loved ones and friends
-Cell phones. What ever did I do without one?
-Television, especially PBS, and Radio
-Relatively good hearing
-My Prius automobile, and my husband’s Highlander 4WD ( we usually keep cars for 15 years)
-The dogs, King & Buddy (Yellow & Chocolate Labs)
-Gasoline
-Food, fresh, organic when available, Good well water
-Vegetable garden provided by husband in the summer
-The 24 minute drive through beauty to get to the outdoor swimming pool
-Pain medication, Vitamins
-Minimally invasive Surgical techniques to solve many problems
-Memories, Bird songs, Breezes, Boat rides
-The present moments
-Large bodies of water, lakes, oceans, rushing streams
-Photographs that quick start memories
Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau AK
-Mountains, Glaciers, rain forests
-Trees, bushes, berries, flowers, grasses
-Autumn colors, Sunsets, Clouds, Blue sky, Rain, Snow
-Crocuses signaling the arrival of spring, and Pussy Willows
-Change that challenges
-All the senses, taste, smell, touch, see, hear and the 6th sense, intuition
-Compassion given and received
-Love, given and received
-Hope, Faith, Trust, Destiny and believing there is a purpose to all things, as in order in the chaos
-Freedom from practicing religion and respect for those who do
-Struggles. Ouch. Hate to mention this one, but all internal change, spurred by struggles, provided learning, an increased capacity to feel, to love, to reach out. Didn’t learn much while having fun. The hard times had a purpose. They did pass. Often understanding followed. But didn’t understand when in the midst of a struggle so eventually learned to wait it out.
The entire gratitude list is woven into the evolution of my soul.
Would love your comments and additions to the list. Have a good week all.
22 Nov 2011 13 Comments
in Sharing Fun or something that touched me Tags: Acceptance, Celebrations with food, gratitude, Judging, love, Marion Spicher, Thankfullness, Thanksgiving, tradition
Was this the first Thanksgiving?
On this Thanksgiving Holiday, many of us will be in tight quarters with those we love. Some we seldom see, some we dearly love, some we find irritating, some are tired and the celebration duties are wearisome, some have lost loved ones and are grieving, and some of us are simply alone, either by choice or by circumstance.
Is it possible to be carefree about tradition? Unyielding to keep things the same and capture old memories can be destructive to relationships as folks often come from different traditional backgrounds.
The Thanksgiving celebration is not about food, though food is part of the celebration and tradition, but the day is set aside to give thanks, share hope and love, and keep in mind forgiveness, tolerance, understanding, acceptance, kindness, sharing, and change. Yes change. Nothing can stay the same … or like a pool of water, it becomes stagnant.
How many ways can we show our love? Giving thanks every day of the year?
This is a lofty list but can we be thankful for that which we desire to achieve, and for that which we already have?
Wishing a very wonder-filled day in America to all the Thanksgiving celebrants, and to the world in general.
06 Oct 2011 3 Comments
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Have a wonderful family visit to look forward to today, and a jam packed full month ahead, deadlines looming, so I must go underground until the end of October. I will miss you all. Enjoy the remainder of your month, and my heart will be waving ….
04 Oct 2011 10 Comments
in Exercise, Hip Replacements, Problem Solving, Sharing Fun or something that touched me, Writing Tags: A quiet place to write, Change, Costumes, Detours, Exercise, footstools, Halloween, Home Health Stores, October, Problem Solving, Swimming, Swimming pool steps
The picture has nothing to do with the post but I like it. My granddaughter in o4.
Autumn breezes blow in change. Swimming for exercise started yesterday. In an outdoor pool. Brrrr. But the water is warm and the walk from the change room to the pool is short.
The first attempt after surgery August 11, revealed the top step was too high for my worn out hip implants.
Like many things in our lives, the hurdle could work as an excuse. Swimming usurps 3 hours of my day driving to the pool followed by the swim, shower, fix hair, and get home. Life without exercise is not an option, so the brain got busy with a solution.
The home health supply store ordered a metal medical footstool with a grab type handle that would not float. Perfect.
New problem. How am I going to cart all that stuff into the change room? My right hand needs to operate a cane. Aha. I went to a department store and bought a rolling duffel bag.
Swimming day arrived. I filled the duffel with swimming things, purse, water bottles, and stowed the footstool upside down on the top, using a bungee cord. Stares and smiles followed the bag lady strolling along the resort sidewalk. A tall, dark and handsome man with a great aura asked if he could help. I thanked him and said I had it all figured out.
After the swim, the same kind man, his wife and child shared the hot tub. The conversation thrilled me. A Spaniard now living in the US and working in Canada, he praised the US as the example of freedom for the whole world, and much more that I wont post here. He talked of his belief that wonderful things are in store for mankind.
The conversation was reward enough and lifted me, but I also had my trusty laptop in the rolling duffel bag, and went to the resort’s spa lounge and wrote for an hour.
Now all I need to do is find someone to do my housework and the bookkeeping, in arrears, so writing can continue. My brain is working on that. My husband is willing to help, but I have to (shudder) ask. But if the motivation is high enough … well, who knows.
Hope you enjoy the changes October brings. Would love to hear your stories reflecting your detours around a problem.
28 Sep 2011 Leave a comment
in Memoirs, Self Promotion, Sharing Fun or something that touched me, Social Networking Tags: comments, Guest Blogging, Memories of the good old days, Over The Backyard Fence Chatter, Sharing, Supporting bloggers, teens camping in the Rockes
Rocky Mountains
I would love to have some of my subscribers join me on the blog site where a guest blog (written by me) is sitting there without you all. A comment like, “Howdy” would be wonderful, and such a gift. See you there!
And the winner is Diana Murdock
03 Nov 2011 10 Comments
by Marion Spicher in Self Promotion, Sharing Fun or something that touched me, Social Networking, Websites of interest to writers Tags: Diana Murdock, Donald Maass "Fire in Fiction" and "Writing the Breakout Novel", Marion Spicher, Self exam for Breast Cancer, Winner of October comment drawing
On my October 25th blog, I offered a drawing for the Donald Maass book “Writing the Breakout Novel” to all who commented. Diana Murdock was the name pulled from the bag. Hope you find great things in the book, Diana. I am currently reading “Fire in Fiction” and highly recommend it. Now back to writing. Weekend approaching, wishing you all a fantastic finish of the week, and something you enjoy on the weekend.
For your viewing pleasure, stick with this video to get the message. I think you’ll enjoy it as much as I did.
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