Posts by Pat:
“We” Invented Hot Blue?
Hot blue, sadly, is not born of the natural world. There are no hot-blue vegetables or flowers, no hot-blue fruits or whole grains.
Actually, there is no actual blue food. Even blueberries are actually purple! I don’t know why they are called “blueberries” but they are purple. (There are indigo purplish-blue fruits though.)
And scientifically speaking, the lovely rose can’t be 
any shade of blue-hot, cold, frozen, or otherwise-due to the limits of genetics and natural variation, a mystery that reminds us there are still things out there in the universe to contemplate and spend our lives chasing.
So we learned to dye white roses blue! And in 2004, researchers used genetic modifications to create roses that contain the blue pigment delphinidin. We wanted blue roses!
So blue roses were invented by mere mortals like you and me!
And Crayola was on to something with its 19 variations of blue since 1903! 
Knowing this provides us with an unexpectedly welcome flash of insight on these weltering, sticky, humid summer afternoons. 
And that’s because on such days we can head out to observe a couple of kids ordering 100% artificially azure snow cones.
We can allow ourselves to suddenly comprehend that yes, being a human is challenging, but there are distinct benefits!
We can make impossibilities possible with only syrup and dye! We can bless ourselves with a mouthful of frozen, sweet, idealized sky!
And what else can we invent?
Whatever our imaginations allow!
How about these blue light slippers?
How about this delightful shampoo cap?
Or…
did “we” invent anything really?
Is it possible that the creative power in the universe is what does it all through our human imagination and skills?
Does our imagination and vision come from something other than our “minds”? After all, is inspiration a talent we have or a gift we receive? And if received, from where?
A look at the night sky might inspire us to think outside of ourselves, to agree with Hamlet when he said,
“There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” ― William Shakespeare
After all, the ancient and hottest stars are blue or blue-white, and just perhaps there is more to the creative and inventive process than we have previously acknowledged.
We are blessed with life, with energy, with creativity.
What “hot blue” ideas do you have
for either the universe or you yourself to create?
Think on these stories…
Don’t be like the man who joined a monastery in which the monks were allowed to speak only two words every seven years. After the first seven years had passed, the new initiate met with the abbot, who asked him, “Well, what are your two words?” “Food’s bad,” replied the man, who then went back […]
Quotes for July
There are always So many ideas… So many thoughts… So many feelings… So many quotes! I love deciding each month which eight quotes I’ll post. I certainly accumulate them faster than I post them! Do you have any new favorites? (I’m always happy when folks share their favorites with me!) […]
Scratch Your Head Over These!
Ever wondered why some of these sayings don’t seem to really make sense? And how about plastic glass, a definite maybe, or military intelligence! Each of these is called an oxymoron. A dictionary defines them as “a combination of contradictory or incongruous words.” Still another dictionary defines an oxymoron as a “wittily paradoxical turn of […]
Is Your To-Do List Ruining Your Life?
There was an interesting article that suggested that to-do lists don’t work, that they make folks so stressed that they die an early death! (okay, that’s a little over the top) But because I’ve always done to-do lists, it certainly raised some questions in my mind. One of the reasons they don’t work well, that I […]
Four Words You Can Say to Jerks
The four words are simple, they are easy, and they are not that fancy. Whenever someone is being a “jerk” you can say “You might be right.” This accomplishes a few things: It admits that maybe they are right. You make mistakes. Maybe you did something wrong. Could this person have brought it up […]
Got a moment?
Ever been told to “just wait a moment…” What is a moment? It’s really an extraordinary thing, more so than we usually realize. We usually use the word “moment” to mean a very short amount of time, maybe one or two seconds, and therefore rather negligible. But we’ll never find a moment on a clock […]
Restore Yourself to Your Factory Default Settings!
Ever had your connection to the internet suddenly stop working? I have, and when it does that I’m completed frustrated. Putting my “deep technological know-how” to work (haha), I mumble, stumble, and fumble with the various buttons and keys. Closing all the applications and rebooting still doesn’t work. Turning the computer on and off several […]
Two days to be worry-free
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry; two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension. One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. YESTERDAY has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the […]