Joining the MP3 world later than some, what may be new and exciting to me, may be old hat to many of you. In fact, that very expression ‘old hat’ may be old hat to you, and cause you to run screaming from this blog. I hope that’s not the… Continue reading
My father had some great ways of looking at things. I asked him once about the whole glass half empty versus half full metaphor for life. His answer wasn’t what I expected. He just matter-of-factly and confidently stated his wasn’t either one. His glass was completely full. He had this great grin on his face. So peaceful. He refused to accept that things were limited, or at least that’s how I interpreted it. Continue reading
Welcome to blog post number 31. Elizabeth Ely dot Com began one month ago today. Time sure has flown by, and I hope you are enjoying it so far, and will continue to far into the future. And if there are ever any topics you’d like explored, or you have… Continue reading
“For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: ‘It might have been!’” ~ John Greenleaf Whittier We make choices. So many choices. Some just seem to happen, almost without our knowing, and others we weigh back and forth, and back again. Some things over-thought, some… Continue reading
It never ceases to amaze me how we never stop learning. I don’t mean just book learning, but the kind of realizations and lessons, that only time and experience can bring. It seems no matter how old we get, we can always look back and marvel at how little we… Continue reading
Someone asked me the other day why I choose to write about both serious and silly things. A lot of blogs have a more specific focus. I guess for me, I find myself wanting the variety. I want the balance that I seek in life to be reflected in this… Continue reading
They say there are two sides to every story, or so the saying goes. Others say, and rightfully so I think, that there can be many more than two. I think there’s usually at least three. What’s that other saying? Something about the truth probably be somewhere in the middle.… Continue reading
I saw a commercial today that actually made an interesting point. It spoke of the much greater frequency of the question, “What’s for dinner?” rather than, “What’s in dinner?” Change one simple little preposition and the entire meaning changes. While advertising a product I would still not consider all that… Continue reading
