On The Corner of HODGE and PODGE

#925846

December 26, 2017 at 11:58pm

PROMPT Was there something you did in 2017 that you may remember the rest of your life, and when you consider the rest of your life, what percentage of what you learned or experienced this year do you think will be useful to you? {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_65}I-65{/x-link} is the name of the superhighway that begins up in {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary,_Indiana}Gary, Indiana{/x-link} and travels south to {x-link:https://... [Read more]

#925729

December 23, 2017 at 11:56pm

PROMPT What are your favorite Christmas/ holiday goodies to eat? There are so many of them, so let me give you five: 1. Extra-large navel oranges that are sooooooooo juicy and loaded with both adult orange sections and baby orange sections. 2. Mixed nuts -- both the kind that has already had all of the work done for you and the kind you need a nutcracker to get into. 3. Christmas Eve chili and Christmas Day dinner that includes a main course of cube s... [Read more]

#925629

December 20, 2017 at 11:59pm

PROMPT Do you have a Christmas village you display? What kind of houses and shops are in your village? I am curious. I don't have a Christmas village, but seeing this prompt has inspired me to begin to share a story here about a very special angel named Brenda who always did. Due to my late start in writing this, I only have time to tell you a little bit of her story at this time but have created for the purpose of sharing more of her story in the day... [Read more]

#925577

December 19, 2017 at 11:57pm

PROMPT Prompt: “A character is what he does, yes — but even more, a character is what he means to do.” Orson Scott Card What a character means to do and doesn’t or does, did you ever consider that option in your stories? And doesn’t the same apply to us humans as to what we mean to do? What do you think? Once more, I have the perfect date to grand-open "THE BIG PROJECT" set in my mind, but will it happen? or Will this "perfect date"... [Read more]

#925534

December 18, 2017 at 11:58pm

PROMPT “Having fewer toys can lead a young child to focus and engage in more creative, imaginative play,” says a study in child development. What are your thoughts on the subject? https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/singletons/201712/new-study-underscores-why... My thoughts are that having a a variety of toys isn't necessarily bad for the imagination -- but that what's thought of as a toy shouldn't be a bunch of scripted toys that are played wi... [Read more]

#925348

December 15, 2017 at 11:46pm

PROMPT Gone with the Wind premiered on this day in history in 1939. It is the highest grossing movie in history. Did you see it? What is your favorite part of the movie? If you haven't seen it share with us your favorite movie and why. I saw this movie for the first time when I was fifteen years old. It was playing at the {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_Circle_Theatre}Hilbert Circle Theatre{/x-link} (which, at that time, was called the Circle Thea... [Read more]