Playing Hooky....

....is sometimes good for your soul and psyche, isn't it?  That's what I did yesterday and I feel oh, so much better today!  I'm also doing the ostrich thing today and not looking at the news.  If the world is going to blow up, I guess I'll hear about it, but today, I'm going about the business of my own world and not letting the turkeys get me down today.  (Interesting, isn't it, how I've used two bird references this morning....The bluebird of happiness has paid me a visit this morning.  That should be a cardinal rule -- not to grouse about things and act like a clay pigeon waiting to be shot down.  Otherwise, the horrible news feels like an albatross.  I'd rather listen to the mockingbird and stroll down lover's lane.  People can parrot other folks' points of view all they want, but I'm gonna be a rockin' robin today and not listen.  I'd be cuckoo to swallow the bad vibes and not tern my head against them.  Okay.  I really reached on that last one :-)  Got a little carried away by bird-play.)

So as I was strolling through one of my favorite antique malls yesterday, one of the women who works there asked if I was looking for anything in particular.  I smiled and said, "Inspiration."  She looked at me for a moment and said, "I understand."  Things I didn't buy:  an awesome all-in-one salt-and-pepper shaker in the shape of a long black cat, its head salt and its butt pepper; a totally mod Peter Max anti-smoking poster that I can't stop thinking about; a '70s mirror with an orange butterfly that I keep eyeing; a pen-and-ink drawing of the sun that looks like one of Mom's pieces of art; a raccoon carved from a stone; a chair in the shape of a cupped hand; two plaster of Paris dogs all dressed up fancy that would go well with Tipsy, my plaster of Paris winking dog...and sundry other cool stuff that I made myself live without.  Actually, I'm really proud of myself for leaving empty-handed.  I just needed inspiration, not stuff.  

​I hope whatever you're doing today, you're happy and healthy and doing whatever it is that inspires your soul as long as it doesn't infringe on the soul of others.