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My thoughts released; a mind set free |
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These pages contain my thoughts, from meandering ideas and persuasions to deep cerebrations and serious mentations. Why, for what purpose? To release my mind and set creativity free. Somewhere inside the constraints of my mind dwells a writer, a poet, an artist who paints with words. In here I release those constraints and set the artist free. Perhaps, lost somewhere in the depths of thought, is a story or a poem, waiting to be written. |
| We took the dogs over to Maplewood State Park for the afternoon. We usually just drive into the main camping area and let them run while we walk the loop they maintain for winter campers, but with the weather as nice as it is, there was actually someone set up to camp. We parked opposite them and let the dogs out for a bit, but another vehicle showed up with the same plans as us. Our dogs listen pretty well, but we didn't want to risk the other dogs coming over, not knowing how well they would get along, so we packed up and drove to a secondary, non-electric camping area. The road was still closed, so we parked along side the main road and walked back in. There wasn't anyone back there, so the dogs got to run and frolic while we hiked the partially snow covered road. It was a bit more difficult of a hike, despite being a gravel road; some places had wet snow, other places it was ice, and still others were muddy. But it was a nice mile hike back into the camping area. By the time we returned the dogs had run themselves out and we were all ready to return home. I had thought about packing some food and having a picnic, but it's still not quite nice enough. Another week or two of this weather should open up the road and we can purchase some firewood and have a nice picnic while we enjoy a fire and maybe even roast sausages over the flames. |
| As you likely already know, we now have a Consistency Achievement for blogging which you can check on by going to your Achievement Page. I'm already listed for this first day towards my blogging badge, but it's for commenting, not for blogging. Yes you get the badge for writing blog entries or commenting on them. I would prefer to get the badge for actually writing an entry and not from just commenting, so I thought I better hustle my butt over here and write something. But, I also believe that getting the badge for commenting is also a nice reward to motivate others to leave comments. Also, I know how easily one can get behind in bliting (blog-writing), seeing how this cold has kept me from making any entries for a few days now, we can maintain the streak by leaving a comment as well as by bliting. I'm sure some will cheat and just drop a few words either in their blog or in a comment, similarly to how they post the day in the Newsfeed just to get the consistency badge. But, for us who actually write something, or leave a "real" comment, the reward is in knowing the badges are earned. |
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