We were to watch a movie and I was planning to do some ironing while watching the show. The film began when I was still getting my “ironing station” ready. The very first scene of the movie - the characters of the show exchanged the lines:
- “I am making coffee. Are you coming?”
- “No, thank you. I have some ironing to do”.
How did they know I was about to start doing the latter as well? It was a musical and had nothing to do with ironing. We just laughed and laughed at it.
The skies looked different on that day. The clouds were lower than usual, and seemed to be placed in void above our heads, just hanging there.
They appeared 3-dimensional and quite plump. Looking straight at them, you could see all other sides of those cloud formations, as well. In addition to that, unusually bright colors lightened up the clouds of many various, strong shapes.
We were on the road again. It was so nice to stare at those clouds and admire the beauty of the sight.
At some moment, we noticed a pretty rainbow in front of us, in the mist of the clouds. We were driving towards it. Both of us were amazed by the view and the sudden appearance of the rainbow. At the same time, we heard the words coming from our music player,
It all was quite heart-touching. What a breath-taking coincidence it was. We were astonished – the rainbow just in front of us and then, the lines of the song* played again,
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*The lyrics come from the song: “Never Ending Story”, made popular by Limahl in 1984.
Fort McKavett, built 150 years ago, is one of the most preserved military posts from the old days.
It was quite windy there on the day when we visited the site, and no other visitors besides us.
We spent part of our earnings in the casino. It was interesting to play the Faro game and break the bank, as well. I guess, I have played it in my previous life. The game dates back to 17th century, so who knows...
As you can see in one of the above photos, we spent our winnings at an inn, despite the innkeeper's effort - he tried to convert us to follow the temperance movement and even sang us a proper song.
Finally, we gave him all our casino money and kept on sightseeing.
While visiting the site, we came across an arrowhead diary. Do you know that some arrowheads, spearheads, and knives found in the Hill Country area date back even up to 7,500 - 10,000 BC. It is hard to comprehend how old some of them are.
It was quite sad that we were the only visitors at the place. You need to make a special effort to get there - it is situated rather far from a main road, nearest town.
More about Fort McKavett on their webstite.
Photos: June 2025
Do you ever happen to feel small and/or unimportant?
Think of this: There are no ordinary people in this world.
Even if your name is not a famous one and it is only known to your neighbors (or not even known to them), and you are far from being wealthy - you are special and your being here is important. Everybody has their given purpose in life, even when we do not exactly picture what it is. Where you are at this point of your life is not accidental. We all are where we are needed, even though we may not realize why exactly.
From my experience: I have noticed many people tend to associate/surround themselves with the "great and famous" only. Even if that fame is very much local, or a "great poet" has never published anything and is great in their mind at most (another example from real life). Such people are not attracted to so-called "nobodies". It is alright, though. Whatever resonates with others, does not have to resonate with you.
Once, while sitting in a waiting room, I noticed an elderly lady (possibly in her 80s or 90s). She was sitting opposite me, a bit to the left. The lady's daughter was accompanying her. I did not know who those women were.
The elderly mother did not speak. Suddenly, to my amazement, I could feel her soul glowing around her. It was like an aura (11 or 12 inches wide) all around her body. The aura was outside of her, but at the same time, it was coming from her insight. No, I did not see it, I just sensed it. The lady's soul felt extremely beautiful as it radiated with pure love. It did quite move me. I tried not to stare, but I could only precept her soul while I was looking at the very person. When the time came I was to leave the waiting room, I could not help telling the women they were beautiful.
Every person is a story and every life is full of stories.
All in all, every one is special - whether we realize it or not.
PS
Our thoughts and words are important. They carry energy most of us do not pay attention to. Our thoughts and words usually just come and go as we are more focused on the everyday life matters, situations we encounter.
Have you ever thought that it might be the opposite - that our thoughts and words create those circumstances?
Let us live our lives the best we can, be kind to others, and spread good. For our own sake.
It has happened to us quite a few times - while watching a movie or when in a museum - the time on the clock in a certain place was the same as on our watches/ or our clock.
These pictures were taken at Fort McKavett in May, this year. In one of the barracks - an officer's family house - the clocks in the rooms showed the same time as our watches - when we were visiting each of the rooms.
