Well, admittedly over the years there have been quite a few closed doors that I have gazed at longingly, regretfully, sadly, even wantonly, and one or two I still peek back at over my shoulder. But I do work at keeping my feet moving forward and my heart and head working to catch up. At the moment, I see a door that has opened and beckons me. The sign on it reads clearly: F A M I L Y and I am heading straight for it! Favorite Oldest Granddaughter is graduating from High School a week from today! How did that happen? And the BIG party for her will be the following weekend as other family and friends gather from near and far. And just after that a whole "just us" week here with my Favorite Youngest Granddaughter. We will have some memorable adventures! And, later this summer a family reunion with cousins at the beach [at which, some never fail to remind me, I am the oldest yet grant me no matriarchal power! lol]. In between there are other family and non-family events and meetings and general stuff such as my weekly live Evening Prayer and Compline on Facebook, feeding the birds, and the mundane parts of life.
*Alexander Graham Bell [1847-1922] - as if you didn't know - is credited with inventing the first
practical telephone. But maybe you weren't aware that he was a Scotland
born inventor, engineer, and innovator, and both of his parents were
profoundly deaf spurring his scientific interest in hearing devices
and elocution. He developed many other inventions in the
fields of optical telecommunications, hydrofoils, and aeronautics,
among others. He later regarded the telephone as an intrusion in his
scientific work and refused to have one in his study. Bell was a founding
member of the National Geographic Society in 1888.
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