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What is seen in the light

picture by frail0124 via photobucket.com The other night I decided to do an experiment.   Not out of boredom, but for a purpose.   It’s blog writing time.   On several occasions in the past I’ve asked for input from my Facebook friends as research for whatever topic I’m focused on.   This time I decided to do my own research for a change.   The topic for the week?   What is seen in the light.   My research experiment?   Shut off the lights and put on a blindfold, then write my post.   Yes, fellow ponderer, I typed blindfolded.   And I did pretty well, too.   I say that not to boast; it’s because I have used my typing skills almost daily over the past manymany years, and I don’t like having to go back and edit any more than what is necessary.   Here are some of my reflections of my time in the absence of light.   I have left out some of what I wrote, simply because the thought was too random, or the flow of thoughts di...

And they all lived happily ever after...

Just a few weeks ago, the entire world had their eyes turned to England for the wedding of Prince William and the young Kate Middleton. Well, maybe not the whole world. I did not stay up late or wake up early to watch what was happening across the pond, but I did manage to see some of the highlights of the festivities. Events of such a grand scale and exquisiteness as a royal wedding may be excessive, yet people are obviously drawn to them. I pondered, what it is about these two young lovers tying the knot that holds millions of observers with no connection to them completely agog with every detail of the day? And I came up with a couple of theories. We like to see good news. In our present day, we are inundated with news stories of natural disasters – earthquakes, tsunami, tornados, flooding – where hundreds of thousands of lives are impacted in the blink of an eye. Not to mention the devastation mankind brings upon itself, through war (even when it is for the right reasons), cri...