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Everyday Canvas

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Experience · #2003843

Second blog -- answers to an ocean of prompts

"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself."
CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Sometimes it takes darkness and the sweet
confinement of your aloneness
to learn
anything or anyone
that does not bring you alive
is too small for you.

David Whyte

This is my supplementary blog in which I will post entries written for prompts.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Aug 31, 2024 at 9:10pm
In response to "By the River's Edge"

Nature does offer thrills in my opinion too. I love the soothsayers predictions.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 30, 2024 at 11:58am
In response to "Others' Faults"

And you have always demonstrated this special form of kindness, here at WDC. Thank you.

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Joy

Aug 29, 2024 at 4:33pm
In response to "Rumors and My Experience with One"

AnotherDreamer

That is funny although it may be embarrassing and tragic to you. You could elaborate and make a story of it in the comedy genre.
Kåre เลียม Enga

Yes, I can see how rumors can hurt a person. Sorry it happened to you, too.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:57pm
In response to "Corn"

Remember Children of the Corn? Yes, I was spooked by it.
Corn mazes are fun!

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Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:56pm
In response to "That Calm Center!"

I'm not a drama queen nor am I a calm personality. I'm high energy which some people find challenging. That energy level is what keeps me going. I agree calm centers can be quite deceiving.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:53pm
In response to "Rumors and My Experience with One"

I fell for a rumor recently. WHY I didn't fact check it knowing the source, I can't say. But, my brother, reading from his phone, said...."Now they did it."
Did what?
They put a male in the female boxing ring at the Olympics and he killed a girl."

"WHAT?"

I freaked out and wrote a letter to the board at the Olympics. A rant. After hitting send, I googled it. That never happened! The guy IS a girl.... and ....no one died.

Will I ever learn?

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:43pm
In response to "Imagine? Not Anymore"

The odd thing to me is we already are one but choose to forget it.

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AnotherDreamer

Aug 29, 2024 at 2:41pm
In response to "That Calm Center!"

No Drama? Ok, I will choose to set out any storm....the trouble gets tough when my umbrella turns inside out and I am pulled into it.

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Princess Megan Snow Rose

Aug 28, 2024 at 4:08pm
In response to "Imagine? Not Anymore"

It is a dream but it would be nice if the world could live as one. This song had hopes and dreams. I thought John Lennon wrote it. Good entry.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 27, 2024 at 11:13pm
In response to "Rumors and My Experience with One"

Hillary's emails are a good example of unfounded rumors based partially on truth (the emails existed) that made it even harder to debunk... even 8 years later. How much harm did it do? We'll never know.

I've been accused of this-and-that more than once. Folks tried to breakup friendships and labelled me in the process... I left after the third or fourth incident. I didn't go back.

The result? I trust strangers with greater ease than those who should have known me best.

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November 26, 2023 at 11:07am

#1060149

Sleigh Bells Ring

Prompt: Use these lyrics to inspire your entry today: Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening. A beautiful sight. We're happy tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland. Have fun!

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As old as I am, I never rode in a carriage with sleigh bells ringing. What did I miss? Where was I when the whole world was having such fun? These questions I ask myself.

Chances are whoever wrote this carol forgot about the cold of the winter, too, which I am not a fan of. Seriously!

Still, "Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane, snow is glistening" opens the door to a world adorned in the magic of winter. The scene is a tranquil field or a lane, where the snow lays like a delicate blanket, reflecting the soft glow of winter's light. Picturesque, right? Okay, again, what about the cold?

"A beautiful sight. We're happy tonight. Walking in a winter wonderland." Walking? In the cold? Why aren't they in the sleigh wrapped in blankets? Yet, the song has a punch to it spiced with merriment and celebration. In this winter wonderland, happiness abounds, and the world seems to pause, allowing those walkers, not me, to embrace the magic that unfolds with each step.

As much as this carol reminds me of the cold, it is a mood lifter and it does capture the essence of the holiday season when, even after the season is over, memories that linger keep running through our minds, especially because Johnny Mathis sang this carol so well, stretching each word in it in his inimitable fashion. Thus, I salute it, lifting my cup of eggnog to it. "Cheers!"

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