Amanda the Great by Amanda El-Dweek for April 16, 2022

phew! We have a superhero. I’m relieved v_v

I think it was Annie Dillard who said how we spend our days is how we spend our lives.

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the Days of Our Lives®.

“And heroes don’t look like they used to./They look like you do.” a lyric from “Nothing More” by the band Alternate Routes

Ordinary people in extraordinary times.

You can’t see his cape, because he’s inside. Super hero rules!

I don’t know if the things I do can “change the world”…maybe my own little corner of it…

Holding a cat on your lap so it can sleep is one way of changing the world. (Think how horrid things would be if the planet was filled with tired, grumpy cats . . .)

I wonder if Mike Lowrey is related to Mark Lowrey, the man who co-wrote my favourite Christmas Carol, “Mary Did You Know?”. He’s a Christian comedienne with the Bill Gaither Vocal group. His comedic style is way out there! I think you’d like him Manders

I put some air in my tires. As usual my knees hate me for it.

@goboboyd — Actually, there are no ordinary people, either…!