Hello, Readers!
Eloise here,
reporting in from the wintery
Great Lakes Region!
Normally the space around us is all white,
but we are in a January thaw--
so brown is what you get this week.
Mr. Snowman can't stand up
without the space around him packed with white.
It's windy here,
lots of power outages today.
A few Readers asked if my Gingerbread Man
blew away.
He didn't.
Mr. Lamp Post nailed his a$$
to the Greenhouse this year.
This is what the shoreline ice looks like as it is breaking up.
The only white spaces left on the school playground
are the remains of snow people
built with happy little hands.
I looked around for Karen crying
but she must be in the North Pole.
Don't worry everyone--
Erieites know that the open windows
are only temporary.
Lots more of the white stuff ahead.
That's probably why I'm making a stop
at my favorite local bookstore,
Werner Books,
to purchase their Winter Book and Drink Pairing!
Thank you, Teacher Amy for the tip!
I'll have to read about winter serenity and joy
so it can balance my mother's winter driving reports--
at 7:30 am.
Nothing like your 80 year old mother
out ahead of you in the morning.
A little humor mid winter,
never hurts anyone.
Consider it the white spaces
between the storms.
I found some white spaces in the night sky this week.
It was the Super Moon, I think--
and this is how it appeared with cloud cover.
Eloise loves the sunrises and sets.
There is a softness to the sky
the white spaces around the day.
I got the term white spaces from something I read this morning.
It's from my new little practice I'm forming.
Allow Eloise to explain.
When recording in my weather journal each morning,
I also record the Fun Holiday
found on the Time and Date website.
The time period from after Christmas
to when the weather is consistently warm
is a long stretch for Erieites.
To break up the monotony,
I decided it would be fun to recognize
some Fun Holidays.
Check it out if you clicked the link.
There are lots of interesting things on the black bar
below the time and date logo.
Here is a screen shot of some of them that have passed
already this year.
Sam was very bothered that he missed
January 3's Festival of Sleep Day.
I did eat beans on Bean Day.
Grandma--
when not drive testing icy roads,
is a Trivia Queen.
She missed her celebration on January 4th.
As you go through the year,
you will see some have two recognized celebrations,
others none.
There are FOUR Fun Holidays to choose from
on January 17th:
Soup Swap Day really caught my eye for next weekend.
Would any local Readers be interested in a Soup Swap?
Message me if you are
and we can set something up!
Today, January 9th
there are two things to celebrate:
I read about Static Electricity--
a little blurb that is quick
and fun to read.
I like to read about the holidays
early in the morning
so I feel like I accomplished my ongoing goal
of learning something new each day.
My focus today, though,
was Word Nerd Day!
Hip Hip Hooray
for Word Nerd Day!!!!!!!!!
Here is the specific page for Word Nerd Day
Origins of Word Nerd Day are unknown.
I also learned this really interesting tidbit:
I actually considered making
BOOKKEEPER
the title of this week's blog.
Until,
however,
I read this.
Being the Word Nerd that I am,
there was something
musical in this description.
the smallest meaningful unit.
When written,
it has
white space
at its beginning and the end,
but not the middle.
White space at the beginning and the end of a word.
It's the pause before the power,
the buffer before the hurt,
the swelling of the heart prior to an expression of love.
Words are powerful.
Use them well
and for the Greater Good,
Dearest Readers.
Another powerful depiction of white space:
The buffer between the chatter of college boys
home for college break,
and Gus,
the resident library cat.
I'm convinced her reads my books
when I'm not home.
Message me if you are in for Soup on January 17th
and I'll figure something out.
Eloise
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