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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.

1 Like

Simply Me

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.

1 Like

Joy

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

Simply Me

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 Enga in Montana

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

2 Like

Simply Me

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!

1 Like

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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Simply Me

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?

1 Like

Simply Me

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.

1 Like

Simply Me

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.

1 Like

Princess Megan Rose 22 Years

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.

1 Like

Kåre Enga in Montana

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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May 10, 2023 at 10:46am

#1049427

Missing the Boat

Just what do you mean
I am not being allowed
to miss the boat?
Don't you know I already
missed it
as it passed me by
though I noticed
its huge shape
and heard its warning horn
and the captain's
desperate shout?

But knowing I'd miss
the boat anyhow,
I chose to drive
my own car
and waved goodbye
at the boat,
its warning horn,
and the frenzied captain
though I always fancied
the sea

Yet, as nothing goes
quite as planned,
who'd know I'd crash the car
and stand stranded
in the middle of the road
like the joke I am
dreaming of
the wide open ocean
out there
with the blues

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Prompt:
No one will be allowed to miss the boat. Write about this in your Blog entry today.

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