We celebrated our nation’s independence on Monday. An independence that allows us so many freedoms.
This graphic from Holly Gerth makes a wonderful suggestion about how we should use those freedoms. Hope you agree.
Thanks to Graham Swift and Writerswrite for reminding us.
Our flowers are coming to life here in the mountains and their appearance coupled with the longer days does indeed feel fresh.
This Honda ad is a speed reading test with great motivational words.
Give it a try and listen to the words. Warning the words do go FAST!
No, I won’t get a kick back from Honda if you decide to test drive their car.
So…
If you’re a writer, grab and pencil and get to work.
Even if you’re not, find a pencil and write a journey entry or short note to someone you love.
Today is the last Wednesday in March will end the Irish sayings, quotes, toasts, and wishes. I hope you’ve enjoyed the witty Irish sayings as much I’ve enjoyed sharing.
This final wish (blessing) is one of my favorites. It hangs in my guest bedroom for all my house guests to read.
Do you have a favorite Irish saying you’d like to share?
For years a lovely plaque with the words of this fun Irish toast hung in the guest bathroom at our house. I cannot tell you how many people came out with smiles upon their faces. And, reading it always brings a smile to my face.
It’s a fun toast, should you have need for one.
Wednesday is words of wisdom day on the blog. For March, I’ve been sharing Irish blessings, curses, and sayings.
Today I’ve a chart of Irish slang for you. The Irish do have a way with words.
| a useless fellow | He’s fit to mind mice at a crossroads. |
| someone who committed some small fault | ‘Tis only a stepmother would blame you.’ |
| a tall, large woman | That’s a fine doorful of a woman. |
| a gossiper | She has a tongue that would clip a hedge. |
| a poor, thin creature | The breath is only just in and out of him, and the grass doesn’t know of him walking over it. |
| a coarse, ill-mannered person using poor language | What would you expect out of a pig but a grunt? |
| trying to change a stubborn person’s mind | You might as well be whistling jigs to a milestone. |
| very bad music | Aw, that’s the tune the old cow died of. |
| one who overstays their welcome | If that man went to a wedding, he’d stay for the christening. |
| a talkative person | That man would talk the teeth out of a saw. |
| a person who paid too much for a cow | He bought every hair in her tail. |
| a clever thief | He’d steal the sugar out of your punch. |
| praise of strong whiskey | I felt it like a torchlight procession going down my throat. |
| a woman who made a bad marriage | She burnt her coal and did not warm herself. |
| bad aim in shooting | He wouldn’t hit a hole in a ladder. |
| an impish child | That one suffers from a double dose of original sin. |
| an unfortunate one | He is always in the field when luck is on the road. |
| very wet weather | It’s a fine day for young ducks. |
| someone who always plans carefully | If he’s not fishing he’s mending his nets. |
Find anything you could use?
Last Monday we celebrated President’s Day. Most people look at the day as a tribute to all who have ever served in the office of the President.
Those of you as old as me will remember we used to honor only two presidential birthdays in February — George Washington on February 22 and Abraham Lincoln on February 16. Modern day President’s Day falls between those two birthdays.
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Yesterday was Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s birthday will be Monday, I offer these Wednesday words of wisdom from both two presidents.
George Washington (1789-1797)
“Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for ’tis better to be alone than in bad company.”
“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”
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Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.”
“A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.”
–September 30, 1859 Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
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