“When you wake up in the morning, Pooh,” said Piglet at last, “what’s the first thing you say to yourself?” “What’s for breakfast?” said Pooh. “What do you say, Piglet?” “I say, I wonder what’s going to happen exciting today?” said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughtfully. “It’s the same thing,” he said. (158)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh: Winnie the Pooh, by A.A. Milne.
It’s mid-October and Halloween decorations are popping up everywhere–and it’s driving me crazy. I’ll just be honest, I don’t like Halloween, and we don’t celebrate it. Costumes are all up my alley, but I don’t have any desire for ghosts–partly a moral issue, and partly because I’m more susceptible to creeps than most people. 🙂
And what better way to celebrate on a story-packed blog than with quotes? And what is the cheeriest, sunshiniest book on our shelves? The answer was obvious for me: The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne.
So, on all the rest of the Thursdays in October I’m going to post a Winnie the Pooh quote, starting now:
“Oo, Tigger,” he said excitedly, “are we at the top?” “No,” said Tigger. “Are we going to the top?” “No,” said Tigger. “Oh,” said Roo rather sadly. And then he went on hopefully: “That was a lovely bit just now, when you pretended we were going to fall-bump-to-the-bottom, and we didn’t. Will you do that bit again?” “NO,” said Tigger. Roo was silent for a little while, and then he said, “Shall we eat our sandwiches, Tigger?” And Tigger said, “Yes, where are they?” And Roo said, “At the bottom of the tree.” And Tigger said, “I don’t think we’d better eat them just yet.” So they didn’t. (229)
–The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
There’s a handful of guys who stand on a street-corner we drive by sometimes, with signs that say: “Honk for peace!” and the like.
I always thought it was ironic that they were trying to get people to be loud and obnoxious about peace–but that’s beside the point. I think they were the ones that really got me thinking about peace. What it means.
World peace. Imagine. Probably none of us have–thankfully–really experienced war. Probably none of us know so much that we truly understand what it means. But we know enough. Enough to know that it’s horrific.
Peace. Imagine it. It would be wonderful.
Because we’re human. Because we’re sinful. Because–
It needs but one foe to breed a war, not two. . . And those who have not swords can still die upon them. (937)
–The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
I think almost everyone, way deep down inside, wants peace. But down deeper there’s something they want more, and that’s why we have wars.
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This is probably surprising to some of you, coming from me. And I’m sure it’s controversial. But I know what I believe, and I’m not ashamed of it. I don’t believe fighting is good, but I believe it’s better than tyranny. Well, what do you know about it? you may be thinking. Not much. But I know enough.
I don’t mean I don’t ever have doubts or questions, everyone does; but I know what I believe, and it’s worth standing for. Worth dying for.
Worth fighting for.
J ♥ K
Mom and Dad were married when they were twenty-two, and today is their twenty-second anniversary. From now on out, they’ll have been married longer than not!
I love you, Mom and Dad! You are such a blessing to me!
We went to the Omaha Cystic Fibrosis (or CF) Walk on the sixteenth with some friends from our home-school group whose daughter has CF.
The whole family got T-shirts!
There were some little ponies there! Lucy was a little scared of them, but I think she enjoyed taking pictures.
We got Mama new mulch as a Mother’s Day present. We also added the rocks right here. I love the way they look!
We had some mushrooms growing in our yard.
I’m a fan of mushrooms. They’re cute. #IKnowImCrazy
And no, we don’t have different colors of mulch. It just looks like that in the pictures. 🙂
And we went over to our friends’ house last Sunday, and their daughter found a rabbit’s nest while we were there–with baby rabbits in it! We tried to count how many, but I don’t think we ever came to an absolute.
Their eyes weren’t even open yet! They were sooo cute!
Lucy tried on one of their dress-up dresses while we were there. It looked lovely on her, but this picture turned out blurry and the lighting was horrible. 🙁
We bought a professional popsicle mold. . .
. . .and Mom and Michael made popsicles today!
We ate them before they were really frozen! They were still good though! 🙂
I just noticed that older post I linked to up there included my first reference to The Sacrifice on here!
Mom and Michael cooking together a few days ago.
Mom’s pan. . .
. . .and Michael’s bowl. That’s water, elbow noodles, cinnamon, a few confiscated potatoes, and who-knows-what-else! 🙂 He likes to mix things–anything.
Lucy: Good job, Michael! Me: Can you say thank-you, Michael? Michael: Thank you, Lucy! Lucy: You're welcome Michael: You're welcome too!
Hmm. . . not exactly proper grammar, Michael! He likes to say you’re-welcome. 🙂
Happy Friday, guys! What have you been up to?
“Mystery Quote” time again! 🙂
Wow. I finally managed to ‘stump’ you guys (to quote Leah 🙂 ). Though that part of the book doesn’t have a lot to do with the problems being faced in the rest of the books and was left out of the movies, and isn’t as popular. Also, like I said, the second character only comes in in that chapter, so that probably threw some people off. Anyway, our next quote:
But when tomorrow came, the children had more than bread and milk, as you will soon see.
Hmm. . . this might be a hard one too. I know it’s a popular book though! Happy guessing!
P.S. Click here to read Spencer’s Memorial Day post. Just sayin’, it’s really good!
P.P.S. You should totally watch this! “Jesus Loves Me” in Chinese, with a little cartoon to go with it. It’s so cute! There’s also English, Spanish, and Russian versions by the same people you could look for.
Easter.
The Resurrection.
We ignore what came first as best we can. I tried not to this year, but I don’t want to undermine this!
It’s just too wonderful.
Our God conquered death. He defeated the grave.
We serve a God of love. A comforter. A Father.
But we serve a Victor. A Defender. A God who is fearless. Reckless. Uncontainable. We serve an awesome God.
“That you will. . . and no mistake. . . if there’s anyone who can appear before Aslan without their knees knocking, they’re either braver than most or else just silly.” “Then he isn’t safe?” said Lucy. “Safe? . . . Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. he’s the King, I tell you.” (80)
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis