Finding energy for the Hodgepodge

 

It's Wednesday again -- and time for the Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond, where Joyce writes the questions and bloggers provide the answers!  I'm summoning up the energy to join is again this week, so here we go ...

1. What gives you energy? What takes it away? 

Cool, brisk weather gives me energy.  Hot, humid weather absolutely saps my energy.

2. How often do you shop for clothes? What accessory do you always wear? 

I shop for clothes as seldom as possible.  When I need something specific, when a clothing item wears out and must be replaced, when I lose weight ...  Whenever possible I shop at a thrift store or by catalog.  An accessory I almost always wear: earrings.  (Occasionally I forget.)

 Above and below, some of the handmade earrings in my collection.

3. What's something free that you feel grateful for? 

Fresh air!  I am also grateful for being blessed to live in what still, in spite of all its problems, feels like the freest country on earth.  When one thinks that in some countries people are being jailed for their thoughts or even praying inside their own head, it makes one appreciate the freedoms that we still have here.

4. Breakfast, lunch, dinner...which meal of the day do you enjoy most? What's your go-to comfort food? 

We intermittent fast so don't eat breakfast in the morning, but foods like bacon, eggs, pancakes, etc. are still favorites of mine any time of day, and breakfast is our favorite meal to eat out.  I guess probably breakfast foods would be my most-favored comfort food, but another might be macaroni and cheese.  I find baked potatoes very comforting also.  And chocolate pudding.

5. This week the world remembers the tragic events of 9/11. Do you mark the day in any way? 

I don't really mark the day, but I do remember it, and sometime during the day I will think about where I was and the people I was with when we got the news.  And that we all sat down and spent time in prayer for the situation.

 How do historical events shape your perspective on your personal challenges?

Now that is a thought-provoking question.  I think they help me to look at the big picture, especially when I consider that people have died to secure the freedoms that I have.  They remind me too that with God's help, people have overcome much greater difficulties than the things that may be a personal challenge for me.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

It was so chilly this morning here!  31º which is quite unusual for early September.   We have been in a severe drought here too, which makes us wonder how the fall foliage will be affected.

Photo is from a previous year.

There's the Hodgepodge for this week!