“Our best course of action when grumpy shows up,” Urania capped her purple gel pen, “… is to invite him in and offer a cup of tea.” “And,” Thalia tied Typist’s bandanna, “to tell our readers he’s visiting. We have the best readers in the whole wide world. They seem to be able to pull us up out of whatever holes we’ve let our collective mind drop into.”
Okay. I know I'm double dipping today. (Huge eyeroll!) I want to tell you about a friend that drinks "warcoffee." (Eyes popping out of their sockets!) Relevance? Yaroslava Antipina, citizen of Ukraine/World is someone I've started following on Twitter. She shares her experiences in Kyiv, and now a small town northwest of there, as a way to seek connection with the world. She keeps a journal labeled #warcoffee and plans to see if she can publish it after the war. Why her? I think she embodies the skills paintist/typist shares and teaches in her own posts. Rather than moaning, "There's a war here," she notes the birds singing a Spring concert to her outside her window. She enjoys the simple joys of cherry flavored coffee from a shop in the small town where she is now. She notes that 700 shelters (not schools) in Kyiv have re-established WiFi so the children can resume their studies. And notes that her son's teacher let her know that there would be no charges for her instruction until "things are better." Yaroslava is no PollyAnna. Realistic yet hopeful. Grounded yet easily spots the good in her day. Asks her followers to send a picture of their coffee or tea cups for a sort of tea party. Big girl style. She'll mention sirens wailing or blasts off in the distance, but doesn't dwell on that part of her current life. Sort of an "is." The big deal of this for me is that our own fearless teacher, Gail, has kindled a better sense of the importance of developing a positive approach, and using it, in our daily lives. Looking for the good in others. Catching ourselves in the act of being Grumpy for no reason, looking for the place from which it springs, then starting over with a better outlook. I'm beyong grateful for all the connections here in 3mm and the world at large that Gail has facilitated for me. END
Okay. I know I'm double dipping today. (Huge eyeroll!) I want to tell you about a friend that drinks "warcoffee." (Eyes popping out of their sockets!) Relevance? Yaroslava Antipina, citizen of Ukraine/World is someone I've started following on Twitter. She shares her experiences in Kyiv, and now a small town northwest of there, as a way to seek connection with the world. She keeps a journal labeled #warcoffee and plans to see if she can publish it after the war. Why her? I think she embodies the skills paintist/typist shares and teaches in her own posts. Rather than moaning, "There's a war here," she notes the birds singing a Spring concert to her outside her window. She enjoys the simple joys of cherry flavored coffee from a shop in the small town where she is now. She notes that 700 shelters (not schools) in Kyiv have re-established WiFi so the children can resume their studies. And notes that her son's teacher let her know that there would be no charges for her instruction until "things are better." Yaroslava is no PollyAnna. Realistic yet hopeful. Grounded yet easily spots the good in her day. Asks her followers to send a picture of their coffee or tea cups for a sort of tea party. Big girl style. She'll mention sirens wailing or blasts off in the distance, but doesn't dwell on that part of her current life. Sort of an "is." The big deal of this for me is that our own fearless teacher, Gail, has kindled a better sense of the importance of developing a positive approach, and using it, in our daily lives. Looking for the good in others. Catching ourselves in the act of being Grumpy for no reason, looking for the place from which it springs, then starting over with a better outlook. I'm beyong grateful for all the connections here in 3mm and the world at large that Gail has facilitated for me. END
I love that suggestion. I admit to being a little forgetful about who is who. (Not you, Gail!)
As promised, paintist picked up her brushes today, stroked out a horse (a bad figure of speech), and offered verbal and color hints for the 3mm!
No Sleepy today, I see. I hope you have grand plans for your day today! Just keeping up with your Muses might be a fine challenge.
CURE!
SIGN: “Home is wherever my bunch of crazies are” 😁
(signs, buttons, t-shirts, whatever... quips are quips)
Can't remember the last time I gave you a hug. Doesn't matter. {*{*{*hug*}*}*}