tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post7645002072955148492..comments2023-12-16T05:27:05.041-06:00Comments on mexpatriate — in the key of steve: little pleasuresSteve Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-80018319244068810272011-11-25T13:30:25.820-06:002011-11-25T13:30:25.820-06:00I enjoy reading it to feel smug about all of the n...I enjoy reading it to feel smug about all of the nonsense I am missing.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-87078214155414022462011-11-25T10:50:46.873-06:002011-11-25T10:50:46.873-06:00Good Criminy! You MUST be bored to be reading tha...Good Criminy! You MUST be bored to be reading that fishwrapper newspaper from this town! I certainly hope you're not a paying subscriber? Gayle from PDX Nopogaylenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-66678227542087715312011-11-24T21:12:11.328-06:002011-11-24T21:12:11.328-06:00"Hummingbirds of the insect world." I l..."Hummingbirds of the insect world." I like that.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-788810399642044152011-11-24T21:07:30.694-06:002011-11-24T21:07:30.694-06:00Boston is full of dragonflies in the summer, even ...Boston is full of dragonflies in the summer, even downtown, which is not where you'd really expect to find them. But they are without a doubt my favorite insect -- hummingbirds of the insect world. <br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving!<br /><br />Kim G<br />Boston, MA<br /><i>Where, after not eating enough all day, have now over-eaten.</i>Kim Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-73593227407385299992011-11-24T15:58:44.766-06:002011-11-24T15:58:44.766-06:00Thanks. Both Jupiter and Venus have been amazing ...Thanks. Both Jupiter and Venus have been amazing for the past weeks.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-67598870939216620022011-11-24T14:31:06.981-06:002011-11-24T14:31:06.981-06:00Hey Steve,
I agree with you re seeing what is the...Hey Steve, <br />I agree with you re seeing what is there. I have to tell you I have been reading your blog since I discovered it, about Jova time. It has enriched my visit to this area - from frozen centralish BC - and given me a quick daily check in while I am here. I am guessing that next week, back in winter, I will be looking to see what is up in your patch of paradise. And your blog will take me right back here. Now with that kind of power, how can you be bored? <br />Last night we were watching Jupiter with binos, after snorkeling in that worldA fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-86407219509848713652011-11-24T14:08:26.643-06:002011-11-24T14:08:26.643-06:00Thanksgiving down here without the family is hardl...Thanksgiving down here without the family is hardly the holiday I love to celebrate. I hope you have a great day, as well.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-23193352312740454012011-11-24T13:14:34.138-06:002011-11-24T13:14:34.138-06:00I pulled up your blog before retiring last night. ...I pulled up your blog before retiring last night. I viewed this beautiful dragonfly. It looks so delicate and peaceful. Thank you for sharing it with all of us.<br /><br />Today is Thankggiving Day. Thinking back to when our ancestors participated in the First Thanksgiviging Day, sharing their food with the Indians who had helped them survive that first terrible winter, and giving thanks to God for bountiful harvest. According to Adelia adnd Robert Notsom in Stepping Stones: The Pilgims own Story there were eighty Indians invited to the feast.<br /><br />That must have been some great feast.<br /><br /> "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord" Ps 92:1<br /><br />Happy Thanksgiving Steve. May the Lord keep you in the hollow of his hand. Mcottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-35706487039151739572011-11-24T11:32:42.128-06:002011-11-24T11:32:42.128-06:00I find the same to be true if I take a walk around...I find the same to be true if I take a walk around the laguna. It is a great world we have been given.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-60163053198173636372011-11-24T11:31:57.114-06:002011-11-24T11:31:57.114-06:00If I could just get over myself, I would avoid a l...If I could just get over myself, I would avoid a lot of boredom.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-19727699819621813862011-11-24T11:31:10.743-06:002011-11-24T11:31:10.743-06:00Ah, a situational remedy.Ah, a situational remedy.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-60192523209939905462011-11-24T11:30:38.822-06:002011-11-24T11:30:38.822-06:00Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday -- because it ...Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday -- because it is an opportunity for the family to gather. And ours is in three states and two countries. As you say, a typical Cotton holiday. Happy Thanksgiving to you, as well.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-28451108080104280852011-11-24T11:28:10.397-06:002011-11-24T11:28:10.397-06:00Now, if I can only follow my own advice.Now, if I can only follow my own advice.Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-65406875731097447852011-11-24T11:27:23.765-06:002011-11-24T11:27:23.765-06:00I often get stuck in the "do something" ...I often get stuck in the "do something" mode when I could simply "enjoy this."Steve Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-65634543948353782662011-11-24T11:00:20.177-06:002011-11-24T11:00:20.177-06:00Whenever in danger of falling into the self-pity p...Whenever in danger of falling into the self-pity pot, I just walk outside to see what's going on in this little ranch of ours. With one or more of our dogs following, I invariably find some animal, flower or landscape that will take my mind off my own self-importance. Thanks for your blog. <br /><br />al al laniernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-42774668270441496592011-11-24T09:22:07.181-06:002011-11-24T09:22:07.181-06:00Bored? Now if you were a homeowner you would have ...Bored? Now if you were a homeowner you would have tons of projects to tend to, and no time for boredom. Felipe's suggestion is also something to consider.....tanchonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-14657220826770376272011-11-24T08:03:35.804-06:002011-11-24T08:03:35.804-06:00Bored? You need a lover.Bored? You need a lover.Felipe Zapatahttp://unseenmoon.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-59085593954752905652011-11-24T07:50:19.747-06:002011-11-24T07:50:19.747-06:00Definitely no boredom here in Virginia. I’m up at...Definitely no boredom here in Virginia. I’m up at the crack of dawn chasing grandsons and trying to get a turkey in the oven. Christy is home working and Kaitlyn is at Berkley. It’s a typical Cotton family holiday.<br />HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVINGDarrel Cottonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-82210247076114279992011-11-24T06:42:33.587-06:002011-11-24T06:42:33.587-06:00Dragonflies are so pretty, I adore them. Steve, I ...Dragonflies are so pretty, I adore them. Steve, I too get restless, not exactly bored but filled with a need to create or do something just like you described. I like to pride myself on never being bored, but that is just hubris on my part. There is always something to do when you own an old house, it's just that I don't always want to do that stuff. Once I do start doing those things, I stop being bored and wonder why I resisted. <br /><br />"And if we live within the moment we have, it is excitement enough to <br />shoo off those little negative tendrils that slip into our lives." you are so right, those are words to live life by. Simple and so true.<br /><br />regards,<br />TheresaTheresa in Méridahttp://theresainmerida.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-50367463062497396902011-11-24T04:52:20.331-06:002011-11-24T04:52:20.331-06:00Thanks for the great moment. I have tried to spend...Thanks for the great moment. I have tried to spend increasing chunks of my precious life-time living in these kinds of moments. They are there, free for the finding, any time we want them. The more successful I am at that, I find the happier and more content I become.Marc Olsonhttp://marcoyucatan.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com