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What is Circle Time? & Why did I decide to name this blog after it?... [C]ircle Time is an activity that is often done in the early grades (usually, from preschool/nursery school through first grade) where the students assemble in a semi-circle facing their teacher who will read a story to them; teach a lesson; listen to them read (either individually or as a group); or any other activity that is more effectively-done in an intimate setting than being spread out at their desks throughout the classroom. [S]tudents are often divided into two or three groups (in the case of working on reading, math, etc.) so that part of the class is being taught while the other students are doing busy work at their desks. [I]n some schools, students are grouped according to their progress -- I'm sure you've heard of those kinds of groupings that call each group by the name of a bird species -- but we were called in alphabetical order instead. [A]nyway...back to how this blog got its name... [F]or one thing (the most OBVIOUS thing), it's a blog that has been designed with using it to write something using prompts furnished by Blogging Circle of Friends  .[H]owever, a couple more reasons have to do with Kindergarten -- and, specifically, my Kindergarten days at 29th Street School in Anderson where I could be a handful at times. One shining example of this was how I met my friend, Patty. This story has found a place in my memoirs and has been given the following title: [T]his was an example of how getting in a little mischief sometimes pays off, because I not only satisfied my curiosity but, also, got a really wonderful friend out of the deal. You know something? I just used a word that reminds me of Patty, and I didn't even mean to do it. Anyway, that just tells me that I need to write a story and call it "Invalid Entry" .[A]nyway, I remember when Patty and I were out sitting on her porch, and she came up with this really neat game where she said that she would make a scribble for me to turn into a picture. After that, I would make a scribble for her to turn into a picture. And so on and so forth... [I]n a sense, those scribbles were prompts of sorts given by one person to inspire another one -- which is what's contained in this blog: getting inspiration from things such as quotes; clusters of words; videos; etc. that have been shared with us by another person to get our creative juices going. [I]nspired by each other's scribbles, Patty and I came up with some pretty unique pictures (at least in our early-grade-school minds). [A]fter learning this game from Patty, I shared it with some of my other friends and we played it. Quite likely, some of those friends shared the game with others. I have no idea whether this had been a game that Patty had come up with herself or if somebody had taught it to her. [I]t was, obviously, an activity that was worth sharing with others so that they could join the fun. I hope that reading what I write in this blog will inspire you to want to find out more about B.C.O.F. and join in the fun. [E]ven if you aren't interested in blogging with us, I hope you'll find this a great place to do some reading!!! [W]armly -- AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan!   [P.S. -- ] [B]e sure to check out the blog and the invitation below:
 And so ends the Introduction to the blog... Therefore, the next thing you might want to do is to start reading it... Does that make sense to you?... Hope so...  |
!?! PHIL !?! April 25, 2018 at 11:59pm
PROMPT:
Everyone has a favorite song. Except ...
Everyone has a favorite song. Except ...
!?! PHIL !?!
I actually met a guy one time who said that he hated noise and that music was noise to him so, therefore, he hated music.
He was really into guns, however, and said that he DID like the noise of a gun being fired.
He also said that he liked one song about The Civil War -- so even he had a favorite song.
If you're a music-lover like me, chec... [Read more] The Passing Of Time or Growing Older And (Hopefully) Wiser April 24, 2018 at 11:58pm
PROMPT:
Write about an experience that changed your way of thinking.
The ongoing experience of growing older and, hopefully, wiser has changed my life in some ways.
In other ways, it has left me the same...or, perhaps, not.
Even in the ways that I've remained the same, it's a more mature and weathered version of "the same."
I've just designed a sheet to talk more about this...
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PROMPT:
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Use these words to inspire your blog entry.
Here — for your listening pleasure — are some songs about Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.
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... [Read more] Patiently Plodding Ahead... April 21, 2018 at 11:47pm
PROMPT:
Creation Saturday: Use the following words in your blog entry: cheerful, ceramic, arrow, optimum, computation, project, rodent, witness, hibernation.
For quite some time now, I've been working on something I keep referring to as "TheBig PROJECT ", and I think that people are starting to wonder not only when I'll be getting it done (meaning to the stage where I grand-open it with its final name) but, also, if I ever will get it done.... [Read more] I Used To Be A Tree That Lived Many Years & Grew Very Big... April 20, 2018 at 11:49pm
PROMPT:
A tree narrates a story about its life.
Once upon a time, I used to be a tree that lived many years and grew very big.
When I was born, Jesus hadn't been born, and the land on which I stood wasn't called California at the time.
I spent many years just growing and growing while weathering the storms of life.
I wasn't the only tree that got to be very big, but I was one of the ones that got so big that, after cars had been invented, part of me... [Read more] One Of My Calming Rituals Is Strolling Down Memory Lane April 17, 2018 at 11:53pm
PROMPT:
What are your calming rituals?
I have lots of things I do that are calming to me.
Any kind of communicating with God is calming, and there are many ways to do this from the more traditional to the more outside-the-box ways.
Then, there are adult coloring books and puzzles.
Listening to music on YouTube or watching Game Shows on TV are a couple more things that are calming.
When my minivan was working, Just getting out and driving with no particular p... [Read more] Appearing To Be Lacking In Words... April 10, 2018 at 11:40pm
PROMPT:
Let this Writer's Block Quote inspire you: “Who is more to be pitied, a writer bound and gagged by policemen or one living in perfect freedom who has nothing more to say?”
― Kurt Vonnegut
If I were bound and gagged by policemen, my brain would still be working, and I would be planning what I was going to say just as soon as I got free — not to mention that my brain would be very active in trying to figure out the best moves to make, when to make th... [Read more] The American Dream April 9, 2018 at 11:54pm
PROMPT:
Let the following quote inspire you.
"May the saddest days of your future,
Be the happiest days of your past."
Chicago Hope
This sounds like another way of describing what has become known as "The American Dream" in spite of the fact that this desire is something that happens in more places than the USA.
It's about how parents often move heaven and earth to try to make sure that their kids have it better than they did while, at the same t... [Read more] Autumn April 8, 2018 at 12:01am
PROMPT:
Describe your favorite season using all five of your senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, smell.
This poem I wrote:
does a great job of engaging all of the senses in the description of my favorite month.
I will give you an example of each of those senses here as well...
sight
The beautiful and various colors of the changing leaves
sound
Songs being sung by people taking a hayride
touch
A caress by a gentle breeze
taste
... [Read more] In Loving Memory Of Richard G. Kolczynski April 5, 2018 at 11:59pm
PROMPT:
In a blink of an eye ??? I don't know, you tell me what happened.
I was going to write more but have been busy with other things today, but I have a tribute to a friend which proves how suddenly life can change.
This is what I wrote in Richard's guestbook...
I'm late at entering this, as I had to go back and edit it to make it look better.
Here's what I wrote for my other prompt blog -- which I actually DID get turned in on time...
On Mon... [Read more] April In Anderson, Indiana Here In 2018 April 4, 2018 at 11:49pm
PROMPT:
April in [insert the name of the city your live in or the one you were born in].
April in Anderson, Indiana here in the year of 2018 hasn't exactly been typical when it comes to our weather for this time of year — though, again, is there actually such a thing as typical weather here in the Hoosier State?
All I know is that April is only into its fourth day, and we've had everything from sunshine to clouds and various types of weather that has been e... [Read more] Warning: TMI April 3, 2018 at 11:50pm
PROMPT:
Think about the last time you traveled to a different state and write about some part of the trip.
I'll never forget the last time I traveled out of the state of Indiana. It was in July of 2011, and I was *so* ready for a vacation!
There is actually a longer story to this, but time is too short tonight to tell it all. That will be coming up in the near-future.
However, I'm going to give you the short version of the ride home.
Summed up in one sentence:
I... [Read more] Poetry In Motion April 2, 2018 at 11:49pm
PROMPT:
Poetry? Yes or No. Why or Why not.
My answer is definitely...
!!! Y E S !!!
What would you expect me to say when I write it!?!
Go to the following places to read some examples:
Since I want more time to elaborate, I've even created this:
Since time is growing short, I'll sign off for now...
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