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I think that looks like a half moon.
Does it look like that to you?
It’s not.
It’s a full moon.
Halfway through a lunar eclipse.
Which is a good example of what we think we see is influenced by what we already know–that which is familiar to us.
And that happens with more than just the moon.
TTYL,
Linda
…having everything you want.
I have been everywhere I wanted to go.
I have done everything I wanted to do.
I already own everything I need.
No wonder I feel the happiest I have ever been in my life.
No more striving.
I am content.
TTYL,
Linda
“If I were you I would”…
…is a common phrase but it is never true.
The correct statement is “If you were me” because only if you were me would you do what I would do.
If I were you I would do what you would do.
TTYL,
Linda
I recently read a blog using the phrase “preaching to the choir” that asked if that was wasted effort since, hopefully, all the choir members are already believers.
I see it differently.
A good preacher will help me see something old in a new way.
We are all familiar with the phrase “an eye for an eye” which meaning people use to justify their own bad behavior. But, a preacher posited the idea that what it really means is that the punishment should not be worse than the crime.
I think there are lot of people in prison today who wish the people who put them there understood that principle.
TTYL.
Linda
Dave recently discovered an app called Knot Words. This is a crossword puzzle game but not one of which I’ve ever seen the like before. In this one, they give you the letters and you have to decide how to arrange them to discover what the words are. But…
They don’t give you all the letters for one word. Instead, they give you a section of the puzzle and the letters that go in that section.
For instance, the letters might be o s n t and they fit within a 2×2 grid. Attached to that grid might be additional spaces going up, down or sideways making some of your letters part of additional words.
Let’s say two of the horizontal spaces are a stand alone word. Now you have to decide if that word is so, no, to, or on. You make your best guess then try to fill in nearby spaces to help confirm or deny your guess.
If you truly get stuck you can get a hint. The hint is for an entire word just like in a normal crossword puzzle. When you ask for a hint the game will show you arrows indicating which words you can choose from to get your hint. You are allowed a maximum of three hints per game so choose wisely when to use them.
Oh, and you only get one game per day.
Except, when we started there were several days in April available to play, which we did. But, at the beginning of May all the April games disappeared. So, if you start today, you can play the May games as long as you do so before the end of the month.
If you decide you don’t like the letter blocks of this game, in the options menu you can choose to play whole words instead.
So, go. Challenge yourself to this new game. I dare you.
TTYL.
Linda
