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meme [mēm] NOUN an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation. a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc., that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users. Back in the day those of us that were new to blogging wrote using memes as our inspiration. What happened to all that? I liked that a lot. It was an exchange of ideas on the same subject. Anyone have a good idea? b+

My Impatiens have quit blooming. It is driving me nuts. I can't explain why this sort of thing is important to me but it is. It is not that I cannot live with flowers that do not bloom...it is that I cannot stand not knowing why. I have a testing device that tells me if there is too much rainfall which is tainted with carbon dioxide resulting in carbonic acid in that rain, sun and wet soil. When I tested, things were too wet and the pH is so low I am surprised that plants grow! Knowing is a good thing. Less water, more sun and a good dose of something, maybe garden lime. Using the Irish proverb as my guideline, I know what I can and cannot do...moving the sun, for example is impossible and we have less and less control over acid rain. But, I do have a sack of garden lime (if that is what I need). So how does this all relate to the comics...let me see if I can explain the connection that I see. Do you read Doosesbury? If not you really should find last Sundays strip. Here is a smal...

Or do you even have one of those. Around the campfire the other night my daughter asked my granddaughter what her word bubble would say if we could see it. I had never actually thought about my word bubble. But I am sure I have one because I know I am generally not thinking about what I am saying or doing or looking at. There would be a lot of words up there. My granddaughter looked puzzled. She did not know what she was thinking. She was, in fact, simply living. Living in the Moment Meelie thinks about what she is looking at or saying...period. Adults have a hard time doing that. What she does is called living in the moment. Hard as we adults try, thoughts about past things or future problems fill our minds. Actually totally enjoying the moment is hard to do. So, my thought is, in our effort to live life in the now, we need to take a lesson from an 11 year old. The tree, the cabinet or even the tv show is about the now...enjoy the now. The past does not exist and the future is unknown...