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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
In your entry today, write about silence. Consider silence in both your personal life and in your writing. What messages can be conveyed through silence? Is there power in a person being silent? When is it appropriate to be silent and when is it not? SILENCE I was digging a ditch yesterday and this morning along one side of our woodshed. It will drain storm water away from the shed. So, if I did not write at all silence would be my statement for the day. Truthfully, I'm happy I can still type. Digging ditches is not part of my normal daily duties. It's one of the draw backs of a virtual meeting place. The silence makes you wonder where the person is who should be communicating. Deliberate silence of one party or another in an other wise close relationship is sometimes used to intimidate or hurt mentally. Silence can be used as a power then. Some times silence is just an avoidance of a situation that may get out of hand in any other way. I think it is appropriate to be silent if the other party is deliberately misunderstanding a statement of situation. Silence can be a way of holding a line. At this point I would not want to confuse silence with a person withdrawing from a given situation bodily in a deliberate manner in order to save themselves from intimidation. So, an inappropriate silence example would be a teen who would not answer a parent who was trying to communicate some life lesson. O.K. I'm off to rest up for tomorrow's fall work load. I'm going to attempt some changes to the dog run that is attached to the house. My dog is happy when I work outside because he gets to go along and check out the wildlife close to the house. If it rains I get a day to read or write. Happy writing, stay safe. ![Merit Badge in Job Well Done
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