WORDS, Part Two

WORDS, More

Very important words that have been largely forgotten in our society:  PLEASE & THANK YOU.

Your Queen has noticed how frequently these little words would just make everything so much more......kind.  Little changes with a huge impact.  Try it.  Let it become a habit.  It'll even make you feel better.  Especially, especially important to those around us everyday, for just little things.  Example:  "Please pass the salt."  "Thank You".

Way, way overused.  "Like"  This is so pervasive that people who do it don't even realize it anymore!  Eeeeeeeeeekkkk!

Overused that often doesn't make sense:  "Basically"  usually doesn't turn out to be basic at all.  Very pervasive in the media.  Officially:  In the most essential respects; fundamentally.

Queen's Pet Peeves:

Anyways:  Didn't used to be accepted as correct speech.  (Still not preferred)  It has grown in usage and, according to the dictionary, is an informal or dialect form of anyway.

These ones.  HELP.  We think if we hear this one more time........!  There are 'these' (plural, more than one) and 'this one' (self-explanatory)  There are not THESE ONES, actually there are rarely ONES, except in the case of and twos and threes, etc.  Pleasepleaseplease make this go away.

Enough for today.
Just this much made the blood pressure go up.....

Your Queen

BOOKS. SURPRISED?

BOOKS YET AGAIN,

As you should be well aware by now, your Queen has a 'thing' about books.  Love to be surrounded by them, see them, have them in our hands.  And........read them?

We do have to admit to finally giving up our compulsion to finish each book.  Too many books.  Too little time.  Whew!  (Have to look up that 'formula' again that has to do with age as a yardstick of how many pages to read before you can stop.......Very freeing.)

First.  Just finished "The Help"  by Kathryn Sockett.  This was hugely popular not long ago and we took a look and passed.  Well, it came up again on our trusty Kindle one night after finishing one book and......no book to start!  This is a totally unacceptable state.  One of the best reasons to have Kindle.  We were a little surprised at how much this book engaged.  And not to mention we actually remember these events.....We just didn't want to be disappointed by the ending.  And were.  A little.  In thinking back, it is logical.  Maybe there should be a sequel.   ugh

Still worth the read.

Next.  As your Queen was out on one of her favorite pastimes (shopping, remember?) she spotted a used children's book with the title "If I Were Queen of the World"!  How fast did that book jump into our hands?  The story is simple and good.  The illustrations are fabulous!  Actual oil paintings!  Copyright 1997.  Written by Fred Hiatt.  Incredibly illustrated by Mark Graham.

And that's it from the Queen's Library.

Hummingbird Save

Today your Queen held a hummingbird in her hand -- for the second time.  The thing is one can barely tell since they are so light.  We just hope that when it zipped away outside it didn't die of a heart attack.

We sometimes like to have the porch door open to the fresh air and this is the second time one of the little birds has flown in.  Then they beat themselves silly trying to get out a window.  A light weight dish towel thrown over the silly creature works to capture this amazing bird to take it back outside.

And amazing they are.

Humbled Queen