Smile..................

If you smile at them.....they will smile back....
Who are "They"................................................
            Just about everybody..................

Try it....and see........
Take care and see you in the funny papers.....
                       Louisa.................

A poem by Louisa...........

God didn't make flowers plain...He gave them colors galore...with strips and polka dots...
and much more...with pedals all in a row...and pedals full and lush...with scents on some...so sweet...
and deep...you want to bottle it to keep...have you studied an orchid of late...it's beauty is hard to take...the design so intricate and amazing...only God could make it so...only God could make it grow...all His flowers...He gave to us...look at them close...for they will give you the most heavenly
lift...it's all for free...for you and for me...we mustn't forget to see...a rose...an impatient...a snapdragon...a cosmo...a carnation...sunflower...a violet...sweetpea...lily of the nile...all will make you smile...thank you Lord...for your flowers divine...for knowing how much we needed them...at this time...as for me...I'll never be without a flower...there's one waiting to be admired...that little tiny
one over there...insignificant...perhaps...until you look at it closely............................
That's it folks....see you all in the funny papers.............................Louisa..............

Conscious with heart with love..................

Saw an interview with Melissa Gates....Good to see that her and Bill
have a heart for philanthropy as big as their income...I believe that most
very wealthy people give back...I think this is true....I admire that..Oh
that I could win the lottery....so much money to pass out to so many causes
of consequence...of major importance.... of humanity...what a lovely day dream this is and
has always been for me....my family/friends...and then all the needs out there
that could be helped by the gargantuan amounts involved in these lotteries, etc.
Yes that would be a dream come true....
Well my vast and ever faithful readers of Louisahere....I'm not often on these
days...but I will probably continue as I "Totter into Antiquity" this line I
stole from Peter O'Toole...cuz I like it...Thanks Mr. O'Toole...
See you dears in the funny papers........................Louisa

My special mother...................

Read about a women in Nashville who was down on her luck and close to losing her home in
foreclosure...she came up with this idea to try to make extra money and help her situation...she
made cupcakes by the hundreds...sold them everywhere...enough to buy gas now and then...eventually she was able to catch up and save her home...this women has Determination...resilience...fortitude...these are the same words I always use to describe my dear
mother...When I was a child we lived in Mexico City for a time... our finances were becoming
very bleak...mother turned us over to her oldest daughter and everyday she went out to her counter/shop (like a kiosk) on the street to sell her home made jewelry and other trinkets...she did
what she had to do and during the course of her life...she worked (sometimes two jobs) and was our
rock and our amazing provider...these later years taking place in Calif...she passed away in 1982...
I miss her still and will always admire her...more than mere words can express...Here is a favorite
picture of her in her youth..............