Bloggie Award!

Susan Kane, a very good writer, conferred upon this blog the award tagged above.  I am very grateful, and have, in this opening sentence, satisfied rule #1. So far, so good.

The rules:

1. Thank and post the link of the person who nominated you.

2. Share 5 facts about yourself to your readers.

3.  Nominate 5-10-20 blogs and notify them (when you make comments on their blog posts).

4. Pass on the rules.

Now it is time to address Rule #2. Here are five facts about myself:

#1:  According to Aesop, "In critical moments, the very powerful have need of the weakest." I have no idea what he meant by that but it is a favorite quotation because I see myself on the humbler end of it. To say more would be an ostentation of modesty. The most critical junctures of my life have, it follows, been rife with self-criticism. A second favorite quote comes to my rescue. Harold MacMillan said criticism is never inhibited by ignorance. Took a load off me, I'll clue ya.

#2: You may surmise by the phrase closing #1 that I spent some time in the American South. Philogically, "I'll clue ya" stems from outdoor gatherings with relatives. Huge quantities of food were consumed by huge relatives who said, "sure is good, I'll clue ya." I would scamper under the picnic tables with other small creatures to avoid being eaten by mistake. I have no photos of these frolics but have since observed similar scenes among other life-forms:

#3: Although situated around the world, all my relatives are human. I take measureless pride in humanity but find its opinions are often unstable --inherently subject to error. Good thing too. I'd hate to think I was right about being wrong, vice versa or both.

#4: There are great enigmas surrounding humanity's place in the universe. One is its infatuation with Now. People tell me to quit worrying about the past and future, to live in the moment. I have nothing against the present moment but sure wouldn't want to be stranded in it. What if I need to find my pants or plan mischief? One needs a continuum for that --which brings us to #5.

#5: Above clip (featuring one of the world's handsomest conductors) is what a continuum sounds like if it takes over three minutes to pass a given point. The continuum may contain a freight train you're waiting to cross the track. It may be a marching band on parade. It may diagram coordinates of someone enjoying the moment, stopping to smell the flowers, then realizing somebody had to plant the flowers in the past and tend them into the future. I gardened public places over 30 years and it was I --and others like me with single window-sill pots or a string of campuses to care for-- who planted and tended. On behalf of gardeners everywhere, our pleasure, you're welcome.

Now for the Third rule, nominate 5 (etc.) blogs for the award, I'll go look for exceptionally creative blogs that I haven't yet nominated on other occasions. I shall add more by and by:

Life 101
What Lena Leaves
Tom Cochran/Light Breezes
auto de fey
Dr. Kathy McCoy: Living Fully in Midlife and Beyond
Gwynt
 
Lone Wolf Concerto
Standing Into Danger
Dear You (Joy of Living)
A Geriatric Grandmother
Life by Chocolate, Robyn Alana Engel's Blog
Old Geezers Out To Lunch
Leaves On My Tree
Under The Porch Light
Wishbone Soup Cures Everything
Starting Over, Accepting Changes-Maybe
I Think; Therefore, I Yam
The Armchair Squid
Victorian Scribbles
Looking For Jack
fishducky finally
About Life And Love
Cherdo On The Flipside

As to #4. Pass on the rules:  As its temporary plenipotentiary, I'll declare this an award of elective compliance and leave recipients to decide whether or not to take a pass on the rules. I always do.