stir what you got
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gurdonarkThe rain continued today. We went to SunCreek United Methodist Church. The sermon featured an anecdote unfamiliar to me. The story told of Andrew Eddington, the long-time dean of Schreiner College, in the Texas hill country. Mr. Eddington, a Presbyterian minister, reportedly liked a lot of sugar in his coffee. He found himself in a north Texas cafe, where a waitress gave him less sugar for his coffee than he desired. He caught her attention and asked for more. "Stir what you got", she replied, "stir what you got". I liked the story because in my mind, so many folks wish for things they do not (yet) have prior to giving something a try, when so often one just has to work with the tools at hand.
My plateau on my Weight Watchers program continues, as I was up a pound today. This reflects more about my exercise pattern than about
my eating pattern. This particular stasis has lasted now about 6 weeks. I am experienced with such stases, and know I will work through this one.
I got an encouraging e-mail from my physician yesterday. The ingredient that was a bit low proved to be an even smaller bit low on re-testing. I still will go to a specialist later this month to sort out the whys and whethers.
We took Beatrice for a walk this afternoon. We saw a boy grasping a snapping turtle. He advised that the turtle had been staying on the surface for some days. He was worried that the turtle did not feel well. I advised him that snapping turtles can do a good bit of damage
with their bite. The boy let the turtle slip into the water, but later, I saw he and his friends hunting for the turtle. The turtle appeared to be
a medium-sized alligator snapping turtle, which may be older than each of the boys. On our walk, we also saw a blue jay atop a chimney and a rabbit in our front yard.
In our back yard, lots of things are in bloom. The surprise bloom this Autumn is the little strand of milkweed which popped up,
a year after the prior planting died. I love milkweed. We did not draw many monarchs this year, but I saw lots of them yesterday at Loy Lake in Denison.
My plateau on my Weight Watchers program continues, as I was up a pound today. This reflects more about my exercise pattern than about
my eating pattern. This particular stasis has lasted now about 6 weeks. I am experienced with such stases, and know I will work through this one.
I got an encouraging e-mail from my physician yesterday. The ingredient that was a bit low proved to be an even smaller bit low on re-testing. I still will go to a specialist later this month to sort out the whys and whethers.
We took Beatrice for a walk this afternoon. We saw a boy grasping a snapping turtle. He advised that the turtle had been staying on the surface for some days. He was worried that the turtle did not feel well. I advised him that snapping turtles can do a good bit of damage
with their bite. The boy let the turtle slip into the water, but later, I saw he and his friends hunting for the turtle. The turtle appeared to be
a medium-sized alligator snapping turtle, which may be older than each of the boys. On our walk, we also saw a blue jay atop a chimney and a rabbit in our front yard.
In our back yard, lots of things are in bloom. The surprise bloom this Autumn is the little strand of milkweed which popped up,
a year after the prior planting died. I love milkweed. We did not draw many monarchs this year, but I saw lots of them yesterday at Loy Lake in Denison.
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Date: 2011-10-10 09:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-10-10 10:33 am (UTC)but I was more worried about the negative impact of his ministrations and about the fact that such a turtle can easily take off a finger or part of a hand.