13: Sweet Tweets
1. Wedge, hedge and ledge all have an edge in them.
2. The wood thrush is my Hans Christian Anderson’s Nightingale in shining armour (and that misspelling of armor was a Freudian slip that I chose to keep).
3. I call the photo above of my first wood thrush photo capture “It’s So Nice to Put a Face with a Song.” Listen HERE.
4. Studies show that grandparents who baby-sit are less likely to develop Alzheimer’s. See HERE.
5. I’ve never read Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings but I think it’s one of the best book titles around.
6. I once went on a solo writing retreat without a dictionary or a thesaurus, which is a little like going shopping without any form of currency to buy stuff with.
7. You can quote me: Say what you mean and mean what you say but don’t say it mean.
8. Comment from my blog friend and poet Pearl in 2008 blog post: Poets get jaded 
and write poems about writing poems and against poets who write poems about poems. This is laryngitis with a font.
9. Favorite video of the week, featuring the guys who are keeping me from getting Alzheimer’s: Get Up Offa That Thing because I Feel Good HERE.
10. Only in Floyd: Over the weekend I strolled in a Wood Zoo (Floyd Press story
coming), ate gourmet food from a food truck, watched women simulating birthing in the play BIRTH and checked out the opening of the Jax’s 2014 juried art show. Cleo Keller, who works with Joe at Floyd’s Springhouse Community high school, won a $200 second place prize for the fabric art piece, called Pipe Organ, pictured above being admired by my friends Ashera and Luke.
11. I also documented a homemade obstacle course that involved a mini-trampoline, sword sticks, a squirt gun, hula hoops, a wheel barrow, net and more. It was a course that Joe (who is also not getting Alzheimer’s) couldn’t get past level 2 of, even when he Face-timed eldest son Josh for help and they ran it together. See HERE.
12. “Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.” ~ Maya Angelou
13. Speaking of birdsong, OMG! Where has THIS been all my life?
_____Thirteen Thursday
June 18th, 2014 7:49 pm
‘Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse.” ~ Maya Angelou.
I need this micro-chipped into my brain. No, really I do.
The bird song -wish I could play them all at once on a loop. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology was booked marked as well.
June 19th, 2014 3:10 am
I think it’s fair to say that this week, CR, your blog is for the birds.
It’s lucky we have Thursday 13s; it gives me a chance and a reminder to scroll back over the blogs I follow most closely but have been too busy to peruse and comment on all week long.
June 19th, 2014 4:33 am
I was interested to hear the Wood Thrush. We have thrushes over here in NZ, and they wake us up every morning. Ours sound quite different – more melodic, I think, and the sounds are more varied. Our puppy liked the noise though and couldn’t figure out where it came from 🙂
June 19th, 2014 5:10 am
What a beautiful bird! Thank you for sharing the photo. 🙂
I fear that the only thing that can really keep a person from getting Alzheimer’s is luck, but it is always good to do things that make one happy. May you and I both be lucky!
June 19th, 2014 7:46 am
#3 is indeed so lovely
June 19th, 2014 9:44 am
don’t wait too much longer to read Maya’s book…luckily we know what her voice sounds like and, while reading, one can hear it.
June 19th, 2014 11:01 am
I Love #13…..what a Joy to hear all these lovely Bird songs!
You should read “I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS”—I think you would love it!
Your Photo of that Beautiful Bird is WONDERFUL!!!
Another Fabulous T13, my dear…..Keep avoiding Alzheimers!
June 19th, 2014 1:28 pm
I read the book (#5). It’s excellent.
June 19th, 2014 2:35 pm
What a beautiful bird. I used to have a copy of #5, but it’s gone mising. Must hunt down another copy. My T13: Arboretum Walk
June 19th, 2014 2:45 pm
Thanks for the interesting links. I really enjoyed the study about Grandparents, kids and Alzheimer’s. 🙂
http://otherworlddiner.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-2014-write-touch-conference.html
June 19th, 2014 3:42 pm
A lovely birdy TT. Good shot. Birds are hard to photograph, or they are for me.
June 19th, 2014 4:30 pm
#1 I acknowlEDGE your point.
#2 I haven’t seen any thrushes are here but we do have a fairy tale or two.
#3 ee-oh-lay
#4 Yay !!!!
#5 Since you like autobiographies, you might like the book. I haven’t read it yet so if you get to it before me let me know what you think.
#6 But when you don’t have $ you see everything that you want.
#7 I know what you mean.
#8 A poet will always find his voice – or pen.
#9 Bryce’s face has the edge.
#10 Fabric art. I say yay (again).
#11 The obstacle course must have been fun for Liam and Bryce to create.
Here’s one from my Pinterest board: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/35114072068113736/
It’s easy to make with those $1.00 pool noodles. The woman who made this let the boys use squirt guns. What fun!
#12 I’d say that’s same principle as resisting and allowing for the struggle ends.
# 13 That chART is a priviLEDGE to view even though my spelling is incorrect.
June 19th, 2014 5:02 pm
Kath, you’re so good at the 13 Thursday game!
June 20th, 2014 3:30 am
That’s a lovely thrush shot!