Abstract Thoughts on a Saturday

I forgot to mention that May was National Depression Month. I'm glad I did my part. Yes, I gave! (Thank God that month is over!)

I went to an Art Show this afternoon. The guys around here decided to go to a baseball game. I chose the art show. I didn't buy one single thing. I did notice that nowadays almost anything and everything passes as "art" and  haven't decided if that is a good thing or not. I was drawn to the glass art. I also liked a booth that had paper art. The lady dyed her own paper, cut it in pieces making a picture. She had a beautiful large purple flower blosom. The jewlery all started looking the same after awhile. Nothing spectacular and very expensive.

Did anybody see Dateline this evening? It was about a serial killer by the name of John Robinson. He is from around here. Gruesome....

Did you see that Katie Couric is going to be interviewing The Runnaway Bride on Tuesday? I can't believe this woman will be profiting from her "adventure."  Some blogs have said, don't be so hard on her, but this is how I feel.....she has made it difficult for the NEXT missing person. There are many women and children (and men) who go missing every year and it is serious, but maybe police will remember this and think, "Oh well, probably another Runnaway Bride."  And the thought of her profiting on a large scale just makes me sick.

I want to do an entry for Judith Heartsongs June essay, but I can't pick a favorite color. Darn it, there are too many colors that I love. I do know the ones that I don't like too well.......and one of them is gray. Put me in a gray room or house and I will go MAD! I read a novel many years ago and a particular part of it talked about the colors of the school football uniforms, brown and gray. The next sentence in the book compared those colors to shit and death. I wish I could remember the book. I do remember that it made me laugh out loud.

I may be going to visit Isabella soon. That will be fun.....however Tucson weather will be about 108 to 112 degrees. I wonder if the pool will become the hot tub?

I want to acknowledge my husband and my sons for this Fathers Day. Many years ago, in anger, I told my husband he wan't a good father. I have regretted those words every since. (Remember words are powerful weapons.) He is a wonderful father to our sons and a fantastic PaPaw. He is  responsible for our boys getting healthy and for that I am very grateful. He is also responsible for helping me have a greater understanding and compassion for this world.

My one son is divorced and has 3 children. He lives close to us. I admire him because although he has a dissability, he is a stay a home Dad. He has done so much personal work to get himself in a good state of mind and for that I am grateful and it makes me proud.

Another son is celebrating the arrival of a daughter. When I called him the other night he was in the middle of changing a dirty diaper. I think it is amazing that nowadays Dads are changing diapers, taking off work when kids are sick, taking them to the doctors, picking them up from daycare, taking them to lots of activities, etc.  Men have stepped up to the plate and I love them for it. It has made their lives better too!

Years ago, I used to have a sign above my kitchen sink that said, I JUST LOVE A MAN WITH DISHPAN HANDS!

Somebody convience me that it is time to get a digital camera and that I will be able to not only understand how to use it, but will be able to download the pictures into my computer. Is now the time to tell you that I am a graduate of the Ray Charles school of photography?

Hope everybody is doing well and having a great weekend.

Let me leave you with this colorful thought.....

"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed ONLY if there is a light from within." Elizabeth Kubler Ross