Six Impossible Things, Abstractions, 101 Dalmatians, Being Thankful

Is it really the last week of January already? One twelfth of the year is coming to a close. Wait! Stop the world, I want to get off! Last week was a rough one, but I'm not going to get into the particulars. Suffice it to say I'm glad it's over with, hopefully, better days to come.

Because of this, it's the perfect time to think of Six Impossible Things.

The White Queen, in Through the Looking Glass, said to Alice: "When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." 

When life gets you down think of, or believe, six impossible things before breakfast. Take a deep breath and close your eyes. If you are aren't smiling by the sixth thing, think of six more. Keep thinking of impossible things until you smile, or until you understand that life itself is impossible. Yet here we are.

Here, for your entertainment, are Six Impossible Things. You can believe them or not as you wish.

1. Cheese and wine with Joan of Arc.
2. Being able to know what redwood trees think.
3. Tea and poetry with Emily Dickinson.
4. Breathing under water - without the aid of scuba gear.
5. Sailing with Darwin on the Beagle.
6. Discovering the cure for the common cold.

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ABSTRACTION

An abstraction is a concept that acts as a super-categorical noun for all subordinate concepts, and connects any related concepts as a group, field, or category. (Clear?) An abstraction is a word like love, hate, joy, beauty, cunning, disgust. In this game we turn them into a kind of poetry or a piece of flash fiction.

The rules are simple. You can change them around.
 1: Abstraction plus verb plus place
 2: Describe what the abstraction is wearing
 3: Summarize the action

Today's ABSTRACTION is:
Prayer, wreathed in incense, calls to our hearts as she kneels at our feel.

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Today,  One Hundred and One Dalmatians is 55 years old. You can find out more about the film HERE.

I have fond memories of seeing this movie in Puerto Rico with my cousin, JohnJohn. We were twelve. While my sister, Erva, and his sister, Frances were watching Ben Hur, we were at the matinee, where the movie ran continuously. One price, stay in the theater and watch it til your nose bleeds. And we had to stay there until we were picked up.

First time through we were cracking up. Second time through we were splitting seams. Third time through, we moved to the front row and were just about rolling on the floor.

One of my favorite scenes is with Horace, Jasper, and the cat.

I still love it.

Being Thankful
Today I'm thankful for prayer in all the many forms it takes.

What are you thankful for? Care to share something impossible to believe in? What about an abstraction? Do you remember seeing 101 Dalmatians?

Six Impossible Things

This is an Occasionally Random Post

It was the White Queen, from Through the Looking Glass, who said:

"When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

I'd like to thank everyone who stopped by Monday-Wednesday to give me words of encouragement and virtual hugs. It means a lot.

You see, my childhood best friend is dying and the news has taken me by surprise. We met right around the time we turned eleven and were an instant dynamic duo.

In honor of Jay, I've decided to believe in six impossible things. It is something he would definitely approve of.

1. I'm sure the Magic Pool is real because it took us to many fantastic places where we had many fabulous adventures.

2. It is possible to make a perfect score with a Kurplunk Bomb.

3. We will have lunch with George Harrison and Jimi Hendrix.

4. Someday, everyone in the Bish Mob will being together again and we'll stage another mock fight at Trunk Bay.

5. I'll win a round at the Annual Coke Bottle Cap Batting Contest.

6. I'll remember everything and forget nothing.

And this bonus.

7.Someday  I'll be funnier than you.

Nope, sorry, that last one truly is impossible. 

Jay, making me laugh, like always. Around 1978.

It's okay to leave, my friend. I'll breathe your air for you.

Random Thought Thursday

Sing like there's no one listening. Or write, or paint, or dance like there's no one watching.

Be you, be free.

And remember what the White Queen said to Alice in Through the Looking-Glass, "Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!"

Here is today's list of six impossible things. (This will be a random reoccurring list.)
1. Sliding on a rainbow.
2. Having tea with George Harrison
3. June arriving in January
4. Dogs meowing like cats
5. Tadpoles turning into birds
6. Seedless strawberries (although I suppose they could be genetically altered)

Got any impossible things you'd like to share?