by Norma Thatcher | Dec 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Go outside and play!” was an admonition we heard when, as children, we were making nuisances of ourselves to our mothers. I actually did play outside most of the time, and it’s likely that many other baby boomers did as well. The weeping willow tree in Grandma...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 29, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
The old house had stood abandoned for far longer than when I first encountered it thirty-five years ago. The windows, boarded up tightly against the elements, caused the house to appear sightless. Then last week I saw as I drove by it that something appeared to be...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 20, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
When I awoke this morning, the word “chains” was on my brain. I tried to recall what dreams I might have had which would have produced that effect, but nothing came to me. But all day, my thoughts kept returning to why chains would be important. Don’t bother Googling...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 7, 2021 | Inspirational, Thought provoking
Fictional homicide detective Harry Bosch has a poster on his cubicle wall that says this: Get off your ass and go knock on doors. Perhaps I should have cleaned that up and said rear. Or butt. Or keister. (But then my weird memory recollected that President Ronald...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 31, 2021 | Interesting information, Thought provoking
I wish I had a dollar for every time someone has told me, “I’m just not creative.” (I used to charge only a nickel, but with inflation…) Having new and creative ideas excites me! Are all my ideas genius ones? Of course not. Have I followed up on every single one?...
