We’ve had a few days of showing our friends from Southern California around our parts and even took a little trip into Canada with them. I’ll share all the fun in a future post.
Time for the first Hodgepodge of November, thank you, Joyce!
1. Besides Thanksgiving, something on your November calendar you’re looking forward to?
We have been gifted tickets to the Nutcracker and we are also going to enjoy a performance of the Messiah in Spokane.
2. Dictionary.com’s word of the year is ‘6-7’. Huh?
Is it even a word??? I had to consult the internet to find out it’s meaning because apparently I’m old and this particular slang is not part of my vocabulary. Is it part of yours? According to the article I read, it’s a viral term, more of an inside joke with an unclear meaning driven by social media.
What do you think? Oye is what I think.
Dictionary. com says it’s selection each year is a ‘linguistic time capsule reflecting social trends and events, but they also admitted to being confused by ‘6-7’. Some say it means so-so and is sometimes accompanied by the up and down hand motion we associate with the phrase so-so.
What word do you think would have made a better choice?
3. What’s a food, trend, activity, or thing people love but you think is just so-so?
Cruising on the high seas in a little city called a cruise ship! Specialty coffee drinks. Sushi.
4. Are you a tea drinker? Hot or cold? How do you like yours and at what time of day? Do you like flavored teas or teas billed as calming, energizing, healing, etc?
These days I’m a morning coffee drinker. I’ll enjoy teas if I go to high tea or other tea experiences but tea is not an everyday thing for me.
5. The November Hodgepodge has always included a weekly gratitude question. Here’s the question for today-what are three things that make your heart sing?
- Being with family, part or whole.
2. Listening to a sermon from the Word of God. Here’s a quote I saw on Sunday at Tim Challies Blog;
“Preaching is the miracle of God communicating himself to a fallen world through the words of a fallen man.” Brian Edwards
“Each Sunday, he (God) communicates to fallen men through fallen men to save his people and to sanctify them. What a miracle!” Tim Challies
If you are interested in reading the whole article, click on Tim Challies Blog, above.
3. Trips to the United Kingdom.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
We have adopted the first line of the Guy Fawkes Rhyme and repeat it on November 5th because it was on November 5th of 2022 that Greg had his stroke. By God’s providence. Greg survived and he survived well. There are lingering difficulties as we continue to live with the ‘thorn in the flesh’, but we thank God that Greg’s life was spared and trust God with our future.
Here’s some history about Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night in the UK the Rhyme is included below.
Remember, remember, the 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason
Why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ’twas his intent
To blow up the King and the Parliament
Three score barrels of powder below
Poor old England to overthrow
By God’s providence he was catch’d
With a dark lantern and burning match
Holler boys, holler boys, let the bells ring
Holler boys, holler boys
God save the King!
The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
That is a great picture of your husband- he looks like a good and godly man. I don’t know how a picture shows it but to me it does :). Praise the Lord that he recovered well from his stroke. I like your answer to question 2. For sure “Freedom” would have been a great word. I think most dictionaries are pretty woke nowadays unfortunately (I’ve heard, for example, that some have changed their definition of the word “woman” to reflect the left’s ideology). The first picture in your post is amazing, too- that waterfall! So pretty!
…the image of the waterfall is spectacular.
Love the waterfall scene, great photo of your husband! Take care, enjoy your day!
Glad you had some fun outings with friends. Such a pretty waterfall! I don’t think I knew the Guy Fawkes history until we lived in the UK. My sister’s birthday is today and I always say the rhyme for her but change it up a little to include her birthday. I like your word a lot. Hoping it’s in the dictionary still, but you can’t be sure these days. I’m glad your hubs is doing well. Happy November!
Ah yes, the 5th of November. As I love British history, I have read some about that time period. And I agree that visit to UK make my heart sing, too. And I to am thankful that Greg is doing so well after his stroke– three years and going strong!
Word of the year? Makes no sense to me.
Glad you enjoyed the wonderful time with your SoCal friends. Willow
Hello, I enjoyed your random. Continuing to pray for your husband.
It sounds like you have some great plans for November!
Freedom would have been a much better word of the year!
Your answers for question 5 did make me smile.
Oh gosh! Sending love and hugs. I am glad Greg is doing well now. I’m from the UK and only actually knew the first 5 lines of that rhyme.
How time to get those tickets. Good answer for #2. I haven’t been on a cruise and I don’t care for sushi either. Yes, being with family is great. ((Hugs)) on your random thought.
Loved YOUR word for Dictionary.com as opposed to the one that they chose. I should have asked our grandson about 6-7 when he was here. He’s probably right in the age group that he’d know why its used.
So thankful that Greg is doing so well. God be praised.
Greg is looking very healthy these days (photo)! I know you thank God daily that he has recovered – even with some residual “thorns.”
I am so glad that this day, the 5th of November, has become a time of remembering our Lord’s mercies and restorative power with regard to your husband’s health.
Gregg looks well and happy!! The power of prayer!!!
That waterfall is so beautiful!
You’re absolutely right – freedom would have made an excellent word of the year, and I feel like the world would be a better place if more people focused on positive things like that instead of nonsense and negativity.
So glad Greg recovered well from his stroke and that you continue to celebrate this blessing in your lives! God is so good!
I am very thankful that Greg recovered from his stroke. He looks so good in his photo. Way to go Greg, so many blessings to be thankful for. Great Hodge Podge Ellen!
Ellen – we are in the same “boat” in a number of ways – avoiding cruise ships AND traveling to the United Kingdom are two of them! Greg looks amazing! What a blessing! Of course I am very familiar with Guy Fawkes – if we were in the UK we would have been at a bonfire or fireworks night to “celebrate”!
Can’t believe it was three years ago that Greg was in hospital. He’s certainly looking good in that photo. B x
I always enjoy learning a little more about your life from these unique questions! Blessings to you!
I continue to rejoice with you at Greg’s remarkable recovery from his stroke! How different things could have been, and yet, in God’s plan, Greg was spared. So thankful!