Today’s blog is the first part of a children’s story that I wrote and shared with a group of pre-school age children some time ago. I think there might be something in it for us grown kids to think about as well, so here it is.
Last Monday evening, I did a very hard job. Did you ever do something that was very hard to do? Well, last Monday I did something that was very hard for me to do. What I did was, I tried to figure out why some things we do are fun to do and other things we do are not so much fun to do. You see, some things I do, I like to do very much, and some things I do, I do not like to do very much. So, I was just sitting last Monday, thinking really hard. Just what is it that makes some things we do, fun to do and other things we do, not so much fun to do. Do you know what that little piece of magic is that makes some things we do fun to do and when that magic is missing, the things we do aren’t fun to do?

I noticed in a few TV commercials, the person making the presentation breaks eye contact with the listening audience. They glance to the side, then make the eye contact again before completing the commercial. In your opinion, does this strengthen, weaken or does it not effect the presentation?
How do you feel about this kind of a maneuver during a personal, face to face conversation? It seems to me that a sideways glance, falls in the same category as a sudden whisper does during a conversation.

Yes! Overheard, coming out of my own mouth,
“We’ve been there more often than at any other time!”
Has your mind ever taken a fork in the road at the half mile line?

I received this email yesterday but havn't tried it yet.
Locked your keys in your car? Did you know this?
If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call home on a cell phone.
Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the other person press the unlock button of your key fob (clicker), holding it near the phone on their end. Your car doors will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Distance is no object you could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the
doors (or the trunk!).

A signal to waive back
The ding of the bell, when the cash register closes
Sparkling eyes mirrored in mine
The dance of many waters
The deep, unblemished bass of the bullfrog
A gallon of fireplace crackles
The accuracy of a funnel
The determination of the rain gage
The warmth of a setting hen
The flexibility of pushing a chain
The self control of a closed loop
My turn