Thirteener #1
Chelle at Ms. Congeniality recounts in “Conversations with random strangers” a recent conversation at a coffee shop that illustrates the charm of small town life.
Thirteener #2
Dewey presents a book review of Einstein’s Dreams posted at The Hidden Side of a Leaf. The book is a series of vignettes. For example:
In one dream, people at higher altitudes aged more slowly because time moves more slowly the further away you get from the center of the earth. This causes people to live on top of mountains, sometimes with their houses on stilts.
Thirteener #3
Shelly Kneupper Tucker presents This Eclectic Life posted at This Eclectic Life, saying, “The post is a story of my adventures (and mis-adventures) with feng shui combined with a favorite memory of my mother.” Shelly has a theory about paper clutter:
I have a theory about the “paper buildup” in my office. I stack a tiny pile of papers beside my keyboard and those papers create spores. The draft from the air conditioner picks up those spores, wafts them aloft, and deposits them on other flat surfaces where new piles of papers grow. That’s the only way I can explain why my office is such a mess.
Thirteener #4
Jenny-up the hill presents Baby Gonzalez posted at Up the Hill Gang. It’s a heart-tugging post.
Thirteener #5
Carmen at Gone To Plaid provides us a “Weekend Update With Carmen” about the trials and tribulations of the dating life.
Thirteener #6
A Gentleman’s Domain discusses the season finale of THE AMAZING RACE in “The Race Was Amazing.”
During the final scenes, when all the teams are congratulating the winners . . . I suddenly realise that that’s it. No more teams, no more Phil explaining what a Road Block is, no more following the players through the airports of the world as they try to find a flight that will get them to Warsaw or Guam or wherever, half an hour before the others.
THE AMAZING RACE is my personal favorite reality show. So I could identify with the almost sad feeling of seeing it end for the season.
Thirteener #7
Polli at Polliwog’s Pond wrote about Mother’s Day, and I think her words will resonate with many mothers:
It’s a funny holiday for me. I never feel like I ‘deserve’ to be celebrated yet. Perhaps I feel I haven’t paid my dues. After all, my kids are not ‘grown’ and there is still the chance that I may fail miserably at this! Being a mother is, without a doubt, the hardest thing I have ever done. There is this constant ache of love and worry and guilt and excitement in my heart. From what I hear, that ache will never go away.
Thirteener #8
Stephanie presents Which Way Does Your Ceiling Fan Turn? posted at Stop the Ride! You’ll learn lots about how ceiling fans work - and which way the blades should turn during cool weather and warm weather.
Thirteener #9
Norma at Collecting My Thoughts tells us that “Sometimes I have trouble with English, too!“ Here’s an example:
“it goes without saying,” I know that means “I’m going to say something you’ll agree with, but I’m saying it anyway,” but . . . it’s still confusing to say you’re not going to say it and then you do.
Norma includes other sayings that we hear all the time but don’t stop to think how absurd they are.
Thirteener #10
Green Tuna from Tuna News tells us about a family reunion in Mama Bread:
they were explaining the whole Grandmother - Mother - Granddaughter concept, but he still seemed a little confused so they started again and just said, “Daughter - Daughter - Daughter.” Then he smiled and we all laughed and decided that technically they were absolutely right. We were all daughter - daughter - daughters.
Thirteener #11
Claire at A Little Piece of Me presents “A Counseling Question” for us to consider. It’s an intriguing “what if” question that really makes you think. Check it out.
Thirteener #12
Barbara at Tidbits and Treasures Tells how “Laughter is the Best Medicine” and it’s all about the Thursday Thirteen posts she’s been reading.
Thirteener #13
YOU! Look over your recent posts and submit your favorite non-T13 post for next week’s carnival.
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