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Miscellany

Nature folklore and weather predictions

Old wive’s tales have some elements of truth

This past Saturday (21st), I heard the first cicadas in our area. I’ve marked the calendar for October 2nd, six weeks from then, to see if their prediction of a first frost is true.

And today I heard for every foggy morning in August, it will snow that many days this winter. Since I’ve been keeping track with the nature journal and phenology wheel, I’ll check on this next Spring.

Mushrooms

Small things to look forward to. 😊

What natural folklore have you seen come true in your area? Send me an email and let me know.

Foggy morning with Sissy

It’s a Swig Life™ for me

It’s a Swig Life for me

It may be Monday but I still have the Sunday-morning-coffee-by-the-campfire-on-the-river state of mind.

My mom gifted me this Swig mug and I love how it kept the temp hot until the last, well, swig. 😆

The company, founded by Tracee Mathes (@mzswig on Instagram) in 2017, offers premium drinkware with women in mind. It’s a Swig Life™ for me.

Mugshot Monday at the Sloane Gallery in Huntington, WV

Jim Hobbs at the Sloane Square Gallery, Huntington, WV

Happy Mugshot Monday from Jim Hobbs at the Sloane Square Gallery.

If you haven’t visited yet, head to the West 14th Street Antiques District in Huntington, WV for an amazing experience.

Jim is the decorator and designer while his partner, Jamie Sloane, is the artist. The gallery is a representation of the best of both their talents.

Jim and Jamie want everyone to come into the gallery and feel welcome and comfortable. They want to encourage people to be creative.

Cheers!

Start your day with some literary first lines

First lines of literature.

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”  —A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens

It’s Monday and what I consider the first day of the week. So what better way to start it? With first lines of literature.

A thank you to my daughter for this thoughtful gift from Philosopher’s Guild.

Answers to these and some of the other first lines are below.

Happy Mugshot Monday!

“A screaming comes across the sky.” —Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon

“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” —Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy

“124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom.” —Beloved, Toni Morrison

“You better not never tell nobody but God.” —The Color Purple, Alice Walker

“All this happened, more or less.” — Slaughterhouse Five, Kurt Vonnegut

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” —Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen

“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —1984, George Orwell