seasonal
Happy Friday BFN Friends,
Have you ever experienced an internal change of seasons?
You’re aware it’s coming, but have no idea how much sunshine, lightening, or wind velocity will usher out the old to make way for the new?
I’ll suggest that our individual seasons are very much like Mother Nature’s — exciting, varied, and personalized by our perspectives.
Okay — Enough writerly metaphor stuff.
I have a recognition that my life in the blogosphere is shifting from “Hey! Look at me!” to “Hey! Look what I found! You might like…”
As some of you are aware, I stopped writing 3musesmerge almost two weeks ago. And although I cried the morning I sent Cal, Tal, and Nia on vacation… I was over it the next day. 🤷🏻♀️ The only constant in life is change?
All of the lessons the trio taught me are rooted firmly in my being.
Now that my heart, head, and the bridge between are on the same page, I’d like to extend a hand up to anyone else making a similar journey. One of the ways I can do this is by supporting and highlighting the work of creators — and WE ARE ALL CREATORS.
Today please let me introduce you to Sharon Marie Buckler who is singing like a spring robin at Sharon’s Substack. Her escapades resonate because she is honest and authentic. She reminds me of what it was like to step into publishing my inner thoughts — to step up and over the fear of what others might think.
Go Sharon!
A reminder that Elaine Pardi RN, Katie Goldhagen, and I invite you to join us on Wednesday, May 22, 2024 for The Power of Online Connectication at 2 pm CT.
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WE made an interesting OBSERVATION…
Serenity AND Scribe had fun with this one! 🤩
Words are powerful things!
“lightening”
According to Etymonline:
Lightning:
lightning (n.)
visible discharge of energy between cloud and cloud or cloud and ground, late Old English, "lightning, flash of lightning," verbal noun from lightnen "make bright," or else an extended form of Old English lihting, from leht (see light (n.)). The Old English word also meant "dawn, daybreak," and in Middle English "light of the sun, intense brightness, brilliance; the radiance of Christ." Another Middle English word for it was leven (mid-13c.), of uncertain origin, with no apparent source in Old English. (Old English had ligetung "lightning," from liget "lightning, flash of lightning." "Lightning" also was a specialized sense of lihting "lighting" and beorhtnes "brightness.")
Lightening:
lightening (n.)
"the shedding of light," mid-14c., verbal noun from lighten (v.2). Meaning "alleviation of weight" (literal and figurative) is from 1520s, from lighten (v.1).
also from mid-14c.
This ⬆️ is the part that caught my attention…
Like shedding or discarding rocks from a backpack 🎒 that no longer serves us…
"alleviation of weight"
Light as a feather 🪶…
FREE like a bird…
Except when ensuring the survival of the species…
Nesting 🪺
AND…
From Collins:
nesting
in British English
NOUN
the tendency to arrange one's immediate surroundings, such as a work station, to create a place where one feels secure, comfortable, or in control
Interesting 🧐
“to create a place where one feels secure, comfortable, or in control”
Hmmm? 🤔
What a cute Robin! Thank you for sharing the photos, Gail. :) I'm bummed I won't be able to attend the event. Pick up for kids is at that time.