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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...  |
My Thoughts Exactly!!! May 28, 2018 at 11:56pm
PROMPT:
“We are stardust, we are golden, and we got to get ourselves back to the garden.” Joni Mitchell Let this quote inspire your blog entry.
This song has come to mind to me often when I think about how wise we were in the Sixties (Sure! We had our blemishes, but we still had a wonderful vision!) and how it seems as if several people ended up losing sight of this beautiful state-of-mind.
I'm glad that several of us are getting ourselves back to the garden a... [Read more] JELLO (Or Reasonable Facsimile) May 25, 2018 at 4:52pm
PROMPT:
Write about the life of a box of Jello.
I'm going to have to make this quick, as I'm hurrying to get ready to leave for a mini-vacation of sorts.
You'll be able to read about that when I return and write about it in this special summer-long blog entry that you can find by going here:
I'll also be writing some J E L L O memories here:
For now, I'm going to leave you with a couple of things to look forward to with ... [Read more] Turning The Corner... May 23, 2018 at 11:39pm
PROMPT:
Use these Credence Clearwater Revival song titles in your entry today.
Proud Mary, Lodi, Someday Never Comes, Up Around the Bend, and Bad Moon Rising.
Have fun!
Please remember this:
Even if it seems as if you're dealing with yet another Bad Moon Rising in your life, and you're feeling as if you're stuck in your own personal Lodi and are just spinning your wheels, not moving forward, and getting more and more stuck in the mud, DON... [Read more] In Tune May 22, 2018 at 11:55pm
PROMPT:
May 22 is Buy a Musical Instrument Day. Do you play a musical instrument? If not, would you like to learn a musical instrument? What is your favorite musical instrument?
I actually play several musical instruments, and each one has traits that would make it a favorite for one thing or another.
A keyboard might be a favorite in the sense that it allows me to play even musical instruments that I DON'T know how to play and to do it well and as easily as... [Read more] An Entirely Different Day May 19, 2018 at 10:36pm
PROMPT:
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. – Marcel Proust
Let this quote inspire your blog entry.
Today was an entirely different day than I'd had planned for a lot of different reasons.
For one thing, I'd planned on getting a a whole lot more things done online than I did, but I was barely on the computer today because I kept finding new things to do without even going beyond the front porch of my apar... [Read more] Debbie The Cat: Daughter Of Mrs. Zion & My Partner-In-Crime May 15, 2018 at 11:49pm
PROMPT:
Write about a pet that you have, have had, or want to have.
I'm in the process of working on a story about three generations of a cat family that will, among other things, answer why/how my cats got such unusual names and how Debbie and I were partners-in-crime...
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... [Read more] Paths Of Beauty May 12, 2018 at 11:56pm
PROMPT:
The Path of Beauty
It's Saturday, May 12, 2018, and I wanted
to share a poem with you that I've posted online
in one or more places but can't seem to remember where
right at the moment.
Anyway, I went ahead and created a place for it to go
when I find it again. I've already included a beautiful video
there, so it will be worth your time to go over there and check
things out...
Anyway, there are so many beautiful paths, and I&... [Read more] If I Had It To Do All Over Again... May 10, 2018 at 11:52pm
PROMPT:
You are thrown back into your past, but you find it totally different than what you recall. Are you happy or do you try to solve it and put your past back as it was?
When I looked at today's prompt, I was
reminded of the following song:
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If I went back in time and found out that I was
growing up in an entirely different life, I would
make the choice to look for and return to the life
that I lived the first time a... [Read more] Time Flies... May 9, 2018 at 11:54pm
PROMPT:
Let's have some fun with these words. swallow, formal, march, danger, coma, and essay
It's a very hard pill to swallow ...
If you were to ask me what this pill is, I would tell you that its the way that time seems to march to a different drummer — a drummer whose beat seems to make the day fly by as if it had sped up so much that the formal time of 24 hours allotted for a given day has become informal to where some days such as this one m... [Read more] My Serendipity Life (or) Spot-On, Mr. Ray Bradbury!!! May 7, 2018 at 11:53pm
PROMPT:
"Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way." —Ray Bradbury
What are you're thoughts on Mr. Bradbury's advice?
I definitely believe this, as my life takes many twists and turns to where I actually surprise myself re: how the day I plan actually ends up being — and this includes what I write, how I write it, and when I write it.
Here's a bitem and an entry that will give you a look at my life:
It's all g... [Read more] Getting My Act Together... May 5, 2018 at 11:55pm
PROMPT:
Use these words in your blog entry: robotic, lottery, jigsaw, blueberry, back, gray, confidence, colt, garage.
At this time, I'm putting various parts of my life together like a giant jigsaw puzzle, and I have confidence that the pieces will fall into place at the right time.
Each day can be like scratching off a lottery ticket and seeing what I've won — and, unlike with scratch-off tickets and/or numbered balls selected in a robotic way, I w... [Read more] |
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