HODGEPODGE MAY 22

 1. May 20th is World Bee Day...what's something that's kept you 'busy as a bee' lately? 

I am busy but not like a bee ! After all I live in a retirement home, where you have to rest !

2. Do you like honey? What's something you make or enjoy that calls for honey? 

Yes, I love honey, on a slice of bread and butter, and instead of sugar in my coffee, that's more healthy

3. "Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body." Proverbs 16:24

What's a proverb you love, or one that speaks to you or has helped you in some way? 

Once I read "your love was a gift that continues to shape who I am" and I thought this is absolutely right, and this one stands on my desk :

The Bible is full of Proverbs, a whole book in fact, if that helps with your answer. The word proverb is defined as 'a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice'. 

Long ago I read the bible like a book. Especially the first part and after JC's birth, I found it like a fairy tale. Having worked as a translator my whole life, I thought the bible was translated into more then 2000 languages and each translator could translate something he was asked for and not the original text. At that time people couldn't read or write the only one who could inform the population was the priest, and he did what he was asked for. Why should we eat fish on Fridays ? that was ordered by a King because he thought that people ate too much meat. It is very interesting to read about the bible and its creation. 

And then the second part, which Jesus' disciples wrote. It's full of contradictions. St. Paul wrote that a priest shouldn't marry, because he should devote himself only to Jesus.The other, St. Matthew, disagreed and wrote that a pastor should start a family and raise his children as Christians. That's why we have the Catholic Church and the Protestants today. It's all not very logical.

4. Tell us about a 'sweet' moment in your life recently that filled you with joy, gratitude, or peace. 

In my case it's a bit difficult to find joy, gratitude or peace, but I found it yesterday, I went to a friend, her cat had 4 months old kittens. They were so cute, two ginger and one grey, so we spent the whole afternoon playing with these little darlings, while mother cat was happy to have two "baby"sitters. 

5. When you were a child, what did you want to 'be' when you grew up? How close did you come to that?

Not close at all ! Because I really wanted to be a stage makeup artist. Invent monsters, make blood flow (ketchup), or make princesses look beautiful. But my father didn't like that at all, he wanted me to study medicine! I definitely didn't want that, so I went to business school first. My father picked the most upscale one so I could meet a rich young man there. They went to that school because they were supposed to take over their dad's business and were too stupid to go to university. I really liked it there, and then I ended up working as a translator, for German, English, French and Italian.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I believe that everyone has two persons inside them. At least that's how it is with me. I've been thinking the whole time about whether I should go on holiday. And where? To the seaside in any case. I would love to see the sea again. So why am I hesitating? The constant airline or train strikes. I can't see myself waiting hours for a plane or train. Then I think of Rosie, I'm afraid something will happen to her. 

My other person says, you're crazy, you never thought of things like that before, check out the hotels with SPAs and fly to Tunisia, or to the English coast to Eastbourne which I love so much. Everything will be fine. I have good travel insurance for vintage ladies. And so the two of us argue happily with each other, although I or I 2 will have to make a decision soon.