A Smattering of Tho-dules

In case you're wondering what in the world a "tho-dule" is, don't bother googling the word. I made it up. If you DO google it, you'll discover that Thodule is a French given name for man babies. That is not how I discovered it. I essentially took the words "thought" and "module" and squished them together.

There are lots of thodules rattling around in my head at the moment, so I thought I'd let some of them spill out into this blog post. If my brain were a pan full of water, it might just look like this right now:



I've got some things brewing, it's true.

Do you ever come up with an idea for a blog post, and then take forever to write the piece well enough that you feel it is worth posting? Well, I have one that's been simmering for almost a month, and it has become an essay of sorts, the type that I wrote in English classes once upon a year gone by.

For now, to take up space until I complete that concoction, I think I'll post about thoughts that were spurred by random bits and pieces of recent events in my life.



1. Freshly picked strawberries. They are, in a word, delectable. My parents use strawberry plants as ground cover in their garden. This tactic serves many a practical purpose for them. I highly approve, mostly because we enjoy eating the strawberries every summer. About a month ago, I ventured up to my parental home for a night. My dad moved my car at one point during the visit, and when I left to go home, I found that he had stocked my little cup holder with freshly picked strawberries. Very sweet gesture, Dad!

Sometimes I forget what real strawberries taste like. It's true! There are so many strawberry-flavored foods out there, and I'm a consumer of them! Yogurt, ice cream, flavored water, soda, juice, gum, fruit snacks, syrup, and the list goes on. Sometimes it is nice to return to the source of the goodness. Sans added sugar. Sans added "natural" and artificial flavors. Sans those crazy dyes. Just the fruit that Heavenly Father created for us to enjoy.

2. Cool latin words that provide the building blocks of so many English words. For example, the word "expert" is derived from the latin word "experior." Experior means

"to try a thing; viz., either by way of testing or of attempting it."

It's always good to be reminded that the road to expertise begins with trying.

3. Really good laughs. I recently talked with someone who is exceptionally funny. He mentioned the fact that one of his natural responses to almost every type of situation is laughter. Not that he's laughing at PEOPLE, but rather finding the lighter and brighter side of things. He describes laughter as a cleansing mechanism, and I agree. As a person who is somewhat comedically impaired, this is a very important task for me! Now I just have to find a good joke....Any suggestions?

Well, that's it for my thodules tonight. Bonne nuit!