Ponder My Meanderings

The wandering thoughts of a child of God, a wife, a mom to two homeschool graduates, one of which is a missionary wife bound for a foreign field, and a Grandma to the sweetest little girl! I'm a friend, a homemaker, a gardener, a woodwife of sorts, an aspiring herbalist, an artisan, crafter, and vintage gathering repurposer, the occasional writer of a fairytale or poem, lover of happy endings, somewhat of a hopeless romantic. I'm also interested in traditional, sustainable, homesteading skills.

July 9, 2011

The Wall #5

When I opened my eyes, the room was dark. I must have been out for several hours. Looking around I could see that my room had been ransacked! My head was buzzing and my hair felt sticky with blood. As I staggered to the mirror, I saw a small paper propped against the glass...and the sign read...”We have the key. Wait here until you hear from us.”

How did they know I'd found it...I hadn't told anyone, not even John. What did they want with it? I didn't know what to do next. Tears came hot and fast as I sunk to my knees.

Pondering My Meanderings,
Wanderer

16 thoughts about my meanderings:

Unknown said...: Aliens .... has to be aliens!!!! RIGHT?????; July 9, 2011 at 9:01 AM
Deborah said...: Ooh ... and then?
I haven't joined in for a while so had to read back. Very good!; July 9, 2011 at 9:11 AM
jeff campbell said...: Well written...such suspense..if you know where this is going, please share...Peace and blessings; July 9, 2011 at 9:14 AM
jfb57 said...: Wow! Cliff hanger, tension built throughout & lots of questions! Great writing!; July 9, 2011 at 11:06 AM
cj Schlottman said...: Fabulous continuation of this mystery! Your words are concrete, creating visuals that jump off the page.

"My head was buzzing and my hair felt sticky with blood."

Doesn't get more visual than that, and I admire your style.

Namaste..........cj; July 9, 2011 at 11:28 AM
BECKY said...: Oooh, what happens next?! Love it!; July 9, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Susan Anderson said...: Yikes. This really grabbed me!

GREAT job!

=); July 9, 2011 at 12:41 PM
Judie said...: It's just getting better and better!!!!!; July 9, 2011 at 6:34 PM
Kim Lehnhoff said...: Ahh, the beginning of a thriller!

Where's John?

I see a book here.; July 9, 2011 at 7:34 PM
Jo said...: oh ... the mystery deepens ... great take on the prompt!; July 9, 2011 at 9:33 PM
Dazee Dreamer said...: good heavens. the suspense of this is killing me.; July 10, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Daydreamertoo said...: Oooo, I want to know what happended next!! :); July 10, 2011 at 11:50 AM
Karen S. said...: If not aliens, maybe relatives that you never met before....oh yes the sweet taste of a mysterious tale unfolds before us! Great stuff!; July 10, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Ames said...: Key to what? I hope you'll continue this. I am listening... and waiting. :)~Ames; July 10, 2011 at 7:29 PM
Sharon said...: Thanks for the comments, folks! Hoping to keep going!; July 10, 2011 at 7:47 PM
Jenny said...: Oh no! What's happening here?

Oh no! Not sure how you're gonna keep this intriquing story going with my prompt from this week.

I'm sorry!; July 17, 2011 at 11:40 AM

What's this all about?

Keeping a journal or diary has never been easy for me. I loved the idea of it but remembering to do it daily was a problem. Then I'd feel guilty; procrastinating, thinking I'd make it up the next day only to find that a week had flown by without so much as a word from me! The worst part was that I couldn't remember some of the clever things I'd planned to say about the mundane experiences I'd had that made me...well, me. I think I'm a different person than I was all those years ago...expanding on old interests and learning new ones...teaching my little women and learning from them as well.

That time was longer ago than I care to think about. But the idea of putting down my thoughts where I can find them again has been ruminating lately so I decided to try it again in a newfangled context. What follows are the occasionally profound (said with tongue in cheek), often tedious, possibly interesting wanderings of a thoughtful mind.

Perhaps some of the musings that pass this way will inspire you, touch your heart, or brighten your day. So keep an open mind as you ponder my meanderings.

Ponderings of others

"If I'd never met you, I wouldn't like you; and if I didn't like you, I wouldn't love you; and if I didn't love you, I wouldn't miss you, but I did, I do and I will."

"A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous." ~Ingrid Bergman

"A true man does not need to romance a different girl every night. A true man will romance the same girl for the rest of his life." ~Ana Alas

"Love grows by giving."

"The love we give away is the only love we keep."

"The only way to retain love is to give it away." ~Elbert Hubbard

"A smile is almost always inspired by another smile." ~A

"For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul." ~Judy Garland

"Love can make you do things that you never thought possible." ~Phil Collins

"The kiss~a sweet discovery of oneself after a long search." ~A
"Love is, above all, the gift of oneself." ~Jean Anouih

"If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me."~W. H. Auden

"Love is the only true adventure." ~A

"If you think you've given something your all, but your all is all about you, then you haven't truly given anything." ~A. Gimbledorf

"You don't love someone for their looks, their clothes or their fancy car but because they sing a song that only you can hear."

"Unless your heart, your soul and your whole being are behind every decision you make, the words from your mouth will be empty, and each action will be meaningless. Truth and confidence are the roots of happiness."

"Until one is commited, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness...." ~William Hutchinson Murray

"Life is confusing enough; Let's try not to muddy the waters with obscure statements that make folks scratch their heads in bewilderment." ~A. Gimbledorf

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