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.

September 3, 2011

The Wall #13

Here's the latest from the Saturday Centus writing prompt created by Jenny! Up to 100 words plus the 7 word prompt (in purple). Read the ongoing story, if you like, by clicking on The Wall page tab at the top of this blog. Click on the Saturday Centus button above to join the fun or read how others used the prompt to inspire a thought or story.

~I was surprised to see his wife behind him smiling timidly as he handed me the tray. She quickly dismissed him, as only women from the old country can do, and came in to see that I was comfortable.

The heavenly aroma from the tray made me realize that I was famished! What I saw, when she lifted the cloth, was a large slice of oily dough covered generously with bits of feta and mozzarella cheese, black olives, marinated artichoke hearts, fresh tomatoes and red onions! I thanked God for this blessing and dug in. Between bites, I asked, “What kind of a pizza is this?”~

You can find the recipe for this pizza on my other blog, The Woodwife's Journal. Enjoy! It really is delicious!

20 thoughts about my meanderings:

Bookie said...: Sounds delicious...makes the reader hungry first read of the morning!; September 3, 2011 at 7:59 AM
Lynn said...: I like it! The pizza sounds great too:@); September 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM
cj Schlottman said...: You made me see and smell that pizza! This little story really feeds the senses.

Namaste..........cj; September 3, 2011 at 8:40 AM
Barbara F. said...: That pizza does sound delicious! Visiting from Saturday Centus. xo,; September 3, 2011 at 9:56 AM
Annesphamily said...: Excellent story! I always enjoy visiting Jenny's writing friends!; September 3, 2011 at 10:50 AM
Susan Anderson said...: How can my mouth be watering for pizza this early in the morning? Good job!

=); September 3, 2011 at 11:13 AM
Ames said...: Just thinking about it makes me hungry!~Ames; September 3, 2011 at 11:31 AM
To the Toy Box and Beyond said...: sounds yummy I will have to check out your recipe; September 3, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Karen S. said...: Oh yeah....I can just tell it's got to be yummy!; September 3, 2011 at 1:23 PM
Bethe77 said...: Clever!
Blessings; September 3, 2011 at 2:41 PM
Judie said...: I had almost this exact pizza last night, except it had fresh spinach on it as well. It was YUMMY!!!; September 3, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...: surprise, well done.; September 3, 2011 at 7:36 PM
Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...: This one made me salivate like no other centus post. Great description of the pizza. It does sound delicious.
xoRobyn; September 3, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Jenny said...: Yum! This made me hungry! What a wonderfully visual description!; September 4, 2011 at 12:35 PM
Dazee Dreamer said...: I'm not a pizza lover, but wow, your description sure made me want to be.; September 4, 2011 at 10:37 PM
Jo said...: oh that sounds so yummy! I will have to wander over and check out that recipe ... and again, amazing that this story is working out so well!!!

I just posted my centus, i hope you can give it a read!; September 5, 2011 at 3:54 PM
BECKY said...: MMmmmm, makes my mouth water! Great job!; September 5, 2011 at 10:42 PM
Tina said...: oooh yes sounds delicious I can picture ths in my mind and i'm already eating it lol; September 6, 2011 at 9:45 AM
Tgoette said...: Yummm! You're speaking my language! Great job!; September 6, 2011 at 10:15 PM
Sharon said...: Thanks so much for all your lovely comments! It warms my heart to realize that folks are reading my silly lines!; September 7, 2011 at 7:14 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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