What’s in your jar?
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Good point, well made.
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Thank you Paulette. 🙂
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Haha, I never did anything like that. My mum would have never agreed to that…..
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It seemed so innocent (and in all honesty it was innocent, no ill will). We would take a jar and poke holes in the lid for air, layer grass in the bottom, and have a mini theater of lights. But…we had a grander theater to start with.
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yes, we all loved doing it, without considering the consequences
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Exactly. I would love to walk into a field of fireflies, at night, and just watch.
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Yes
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Yes, I cop to that act of childhood fascination gone an unnecessary step too far, MBC.
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I will say, we always emptied the jars at night. But what little part of their lives did we alter?
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Maybe they used that time to socialize, MBC?
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Ah….a positive thought for the day! Thank you MBM 🙂
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“Civilised society” intervention in all sorts of areas is very dubious indeed. This is a case of innocent childhood learning but we unfortunately carry on messing things up in later life!
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That’s it. It’s the not learning and applying the same thought….
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At that time, yes. We were definitely enjoying the moment.
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We really were. Unaware of the overall picture.
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Rightly said.
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As always, your poignant perspective cuts through all the layers of dust. Why do we need to “collect” and take “souvenirs”? I wonder if this is an innate need of our natures because we feel the need to control.
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Well that is a very astute observation. I would suspect there is some truth in that!
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You know, sadly I do not, Colleen. We don’t have lightening bugs in California, and I guess even in my travels I’ve never been introduced. I’ve always been curious, however. I can see me taking a trip sometime where I put lightening bugs on my list of things I must see!
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They are quite lovely Debra. Especially on a warm summer night, when as a child, they were better entertainment than any child today gets from the internet. 🙂
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I didn’t catch them in a jar, but I certainly enjoyed “lightning bug tag.” If you were tagged but had a lightning bug in your hands, you were free (and so would be the bug), but if you hadn’t caught a lightning bug, you were It.
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Oh that sounds MUCH better then putting them in a jar!!!!
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My brother was super creative at coming up with games.
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No kidding!
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