tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36649732063670285892024-02-02T13:00:54.252-08:00Life is about reinventing yourself: My JourneyQueen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-15526783728483939642013-07-12T10:21:00.000-07:002013-07-12T10:21:53.279-07:00Today I noticed that the grasses that usually grow on the house side of the pond were gone. Maybe the grass seeds and then dies. And I noticed that on the woods side of the pond that there was an oily sheen that collect debris and touched the shore. I also noticed that there seems to be fewer tadpoles and a lack of frogs. I heard them with their plucked banjo call, but I didn't see any mature frogs at all. I wonder where the oil came from. What can I do about it? Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-15412650588706668072013-06-30T12:10:00.000-07:002013-06-30T12:10:34.441-07:00Wet SummerAfter a few days of gloomy wet weather I took a soggy (the ground was squishy) walk to the pond (now full up to the moss). Nothing has changed that I could see. As I pondered at the pond, watching ripples, I wondered if all ripples are in the shape of a circle? I couldn't make any other shape, no matter what I tossed into the water. Hmmmm...is there a mathematical reason? Perhaps, but why bother with math when you can just enjoy the ripples. Then I took pictures and slogged my way back. I've always wanted to post the tombstones in the backyard for all to see and of course, a new picture of the house.<br />
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Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-19467579749772269012013-06-27T11:21:00.000-07:002013-06-27T11:21:23.774-07:00Today I learned that it is not wise to wash dishes when you are wearing a poncho. I've also learned that I waste a lot of food mainly in left-over bites. One person can make a lot of trash in a few weeks. Everything is bagged, wrapped or surrounded with cardboard. It all adds up to 2 bags full. I've also learned that my quiet place on the hill is not so quiet anymore. Across the street, they pile up dirt, move it around, and constantly back up with their beeping machines. It can become annoying if you stop and listen to it. The beeping joins in with the humming of the old refrigerator and the spin cycle of the washing machine. A virtual symphony of sounds. I personally prefer the harsh caws of the crows and the bluejays. I have also learned that keeping a garden for just 7 or 8 weeks a year is a battle against weeds and the weeds are winning. The peonies have blossomed and they are gorgeous. Makes the fighting the weeds worth it, but really, am I that crazy to think that a part time garden is a good thing. The trouble is that when I look at the garden, I see a manicured english cottage garden without the weeds: I don't dwell in reality here. I keep thinking someday!! I should get a tattoo that says SOMEDAY on my left wrist because that's what I always think when I think I should do something that is good for me and it takes effort, Except for writing.<br />
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As I walked by my bedroom window, a small movement caught my
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captured a bee in its web. She nimbly moved around the bee spinning unseen
threads, wrapping the bee, and anchoring her web. She would quickly spin with
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is the spider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder where it went
and why it left.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last rainstorm
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Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-28752975301101295542013-06-24T09:22:00.002-07:002013-06-27T10:30:41.471-07:00Writer's NotebookToday is the first day of TeachersWrite! and we are writing about Writer's Notebooks. This is something that I have kept for about 6 years. I started journaling when my first grandson was stillborn. I didn't know how to grieve for this life that I had never seen, touched or felt. It was just an abstract concept that hurt so deep in my soul. I knew my son and his wife were hurting and I didn't want to add to that sorrow so I started writing about it. Just putting down my feelings. Soon I was drawing and finding comforting poems to add to the pages. As I wrote, I found affection for George Everett and could honor him with thoughts. I kept on writing and took this habit into my classroom and taught the students how to keep a "DayBook". That's what I like to call it- a Day Book. I have begun keeping a zentangle notebook, an inchie notebook and a daily diary in which I write down the Daily Rock from Patti Digh and the Daily Be from Facebook. I live in my head, so writing is something I must do to unravel the tangle of thoughts. I really hope that someday I can write something that will live on. I believe that that's how we live forever: through our written words.<br />
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Trying to reinvent yourself<br />
is trying.<br />
<br />
It's a moment by moment struggle<br />
breathe, inhale<br />
<br />
Changing how thoughts form,<br />
Changing your reaction to life,<br />
Changing your bleeding heart.<br />
<br />
breathe, exhale<br />
<br />
It's like trying to lasso<br />
Clouds with<br />
Threads of thoughts.Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-13065140590376913812012-09-30T13:13:00.000-07:002012-09-30T13:13:13.382-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A wee talisman that travels everywhere with me. A constant companion that keeps me grounded.Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-38973031844891347342012-08-13T17:58:00.002-07:002012-09-30T12:54:48.012-07:00Possibility<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unfolding slowly<br />
A process of creation<br />
Ideas unfurl<br />
Wings expand and iridescent in the<br />
Cool morning light.<br />
<br />
Standing hestitant<br />
On the edge of possibility<br />
A breeze carrying you forward.<br />
An urge to fly<br />
Into the vast unknown.<br />
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Now is the time<br />
To let the words take flight.<br />
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A
poem came out of my reflections on reflections. </div>
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Opposite
self, glimpsed in reflections <br />
fleeting ephemeral images floating on a surface. </div>
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Contradictions revealed, naked and raw, <br />
images of reversed polarities, causing transient confusion. </div>
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Echoes of past thoughts imitating wisdom,<br />
light bending back truth to reveal the emotions beneath. </div>
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Another glance reflects reverberations, <br />
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Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-56667808013686863582012-07-30T05:24:00.002-07:002012-07-30T05:24:50.054-07:00Love Letter<br />
At night I worry if I cannot hear you breathe,<br />
In the morning I'm annoyed with your growling.<br />
Sometimes it drives me crazy when you can't sit still<br />
You're always moving, running, fixing.<br />
Can't you see that I need fixing?<br />
<br />
How often does my name fall from your lips?<br />
Does my shadow cross your soul?<br />
You are a constant in my mind,<br />
The one thing that I can cling to when I fall.<br />
I breathe you in, you are life, love, all. <br />
<br />Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-25294483527405133392012-07-28T17:02:00.001-07:002012-07-28T17:02:11.350-07:00A Teacher's Confession<br />
<br />
Parent complaints cut me to the quick,<br />
Making me cringe and hang my head in shame.<br />
A throwback to my younger years as a child<br />
Assaulted by torrents of angry words<br />
Because I didn't measure up to some unknown standard.<br />
<br />
The shame grows inside devouring my soul,<br />
Leaving me feeling hollow and unworthy to teach.<br />
Making me afraid that angry words will<br />
Spill out of this shame and<br />
Smother the fragile egos offering their trust.<br />
<br />
I fight this shame with positive affirmations;<br />
Build a solid wall to imprison the inadequacies,<br />
Fortify against a new assault.<br />
Yet the cycle is not yet broken,<br />
And I enter the room wounded and worn out from the struggle within.Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-27695583174361648562012-07-28T16:51:00.001-07:002012-07-28T16:51:15.371-07:00Newspaper Inspiration<br />
<br />
Drop us a line,<br />
The paper said.<br />
It's so easy to do<br />
These days. Words<br />
Fly through the ether<br />
Faster than light if<br />
You're in a hot spot.<br />
Words that quicken<br />
The heart with<br />
No voice to give them life.<br />
Briefly seen on a<br />
Small screen or garbled<br />
Sounds passing by.<br />
Your opinion matters,<br />
If only for a moment.Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-79639098844441229192012-07-28T16:47:00.001-07:002012-09-30T12:55:10.065-07:00Clouds in Maine<br />
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A bowl of blue crowded with lumps of white<br />
Rough edges blending together<br />
Blocking the noonday sun.<br />
Clear liquid notes of birdsong<br />
Pierce the quiet sky,<br />
Soft mournful cooing falls from the trees.<br />
Dancing with unseen winds,<br />
The clouds embrace then part<br />
In vast doe-si-does.<br />
Clouds blanching the surface of the dark water,<br />
A poor reflection of the sky's grandeur.<br />
Greyness grows until it release tear drops<br />
That ripple the surface with sorrow.Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-181733769822512062012-07-28T16:42:00.001-07:002012-07-28T16:42:02.181-07:00Original poetry by Queen Bee<br />
<br />
Spaces<br />
<br />the spaces between<br />
where words hide<br />
upspoken<br />
unwritten waiting for the thought<br />
that will bring them into the world<br />
<br />
words seeking the proper moment<br />
to inspire<br />
to flatter<br />
to defeat<br />
to maim<br />
to be alive<br />
for just a moment<br />
or forever<br />
<br />
words dangling by golden threads<br />
floating<br />
drifting in wide open spaces<br />
ready<br />
to seed fertile minds.Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-63913891608946184762010-12-15T11:04:00.000-08:002010-12-15T11:04:29.496-08:00Inspiring QuotesFrom my Secret Santa: You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Mahatma GandiQueen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-28065487137590134122010-12-14T17:47:00.000-08:002010-12-14T17:47:47.394-08:00First StepsToday was my first step towards a new me. I talked with the doctor about my commitment to weight loss. He gave me some information and asked me to join the support group that meets every Tuesday night from 6 to 7 in the Lobby of Graybill. So tonight will be my first night. AND I started my own exercise program---walking around the block with Buddy. Tonight it took me 13 minutes and I was huffing and puffing and so was Buddy. This will become a habit daily after work( instead of snacking).<br />
I had blood work done and tomorrow I will have an EKG. AND I will schedule a pap smear and a mammogram. It is a beginning. Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-64579998311945062852009-01-14T10:19:00.000-08:002009-01-14T10:43:06.528-08:00A Worker Bee original poem.<span style="font-family: lucida grande;"> Beautiful Image<br /> The hot wind riding through the air<br /><br /> Beautiful Image<br /> Thin breezes passing every car<br /> Brightness shining down like a shiny warm blanket<br /> Cold in the morning<br /> Steaming in a heatwave<br /> <br /> Beautiful Image<br /> Russling in the wind<br /> Crushing of the leaves like the whispering of secrets<br /> <br /> Beautiful Image<br /> Indiscribable things<br /> Being concerned of this place<br /> Many amazing colors<br /> And impending destruction near. <br /><br /> <br /><br /></span>Queen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3664973206367028589.post-20347195299928754142009-01-13T20:50:00.000-08:002009-01-14T10:18:52.483-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRK-rN0YmsPaJx32eTudMSYfzhRiqqeXeHgOCV_ITQg0spMcnb00LqQ1Su1ElM0XeCT51QzCQPQ9Om9P2QSLmOO563jyBgoxaPCcy2EQZ0rDvC4XiMAhpuZ3cdLPfunLPKrFWS3PZzM2o/s1600-h/CIMG0965.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRK-rN0YmsPaJx32eTudMSYfzhRiqqeXeHgOCV_ITQg0spMcnb00LqQ1Su1ElM0XeCT51QzCQPQ9Om9P2QSLmOO563jyBgoxaPCcy2EQZ0rDvC4XiMAhpuZ3cdLPfunLPKrFWS3PZzM2o/s320/CIMG0965.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291009100989294994" border="0" /></a><br />Life the way it should be. Living, loving and learning. These are some of the things I learned last summer on Everett's Pond. I learned why you should buy oars with long handles. I also learned that you should turn the boat over if it is going to rain a lot. I also learned that the pond is only about 15-20 ft. deep. Rowing takes coordination and is hard work. But the effort is worth it, since once out in the middle of the pond, you can think, ponder, or just look at the clouds in the sky. Meditating in the middle of a pond on a summer's day is life the way it should be.<br />Mrs. WohlhieterQueen Beehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17325785251012777858noreply@blogger.com0