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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. |
| Day 3760: June 7, 2023 Prompt: What is your favorite summer time activity? Describe in as much detail as possible.   I don't really have just one activity that is my favorite. One thing I really look forward too is opening the windows. In the warmer weather I can leave them open all night. I can hear the sounds of the peepers (small frogs) on the pond. Crickets are one of the first sounds to herald the summer into place. I can hear the sounds from the beaver damn out in the woods where Canada Geese nest in the summer. I have not walked out there for several years. The pond of the damn creates marsh grass, a couple of foot high, around the edges. Canada Geese do some chatter when the area is disturbed. I always wonder if a bear or human is prowling near the dammed-up water near where they nest. Bull Frogs croak loudly in unison, Croaking in a deep resonating tone. This sound also is from the beaver damn. It is actually a kind of disturbing sound and probably would help some muse write a thriller. And of course, there is the wonderful fresh air replacing the stale air within the house. We have so much cloudy weather in winter. In summer sunshine flows across the floors from the windows. The dogs and cats nap in the sunshine. We all get more exercise by walking outside. It helps us be more relaxed. Bye, bye cabin fever, hello sunshine, the smell of green from grassy fields and leafed out trees. I can sit on one of the porches and read. The roads are dry and clear for driving. I think missing all these small but necessary parts of summer is what sends people from the North to the southern parts of the country during the winter. Even so, winter also has its' blessings. |
prompt: "on the last day of May, 2023" 6 a.m. to 12 p.m. ate breakfast. 1. cleaned in my bedroom. 2.worked on laundry 3.Completed exercises and took the dogs on a long walk 4. Added to my blog on WDC. 5. Read part of a book by Nicole Krauss "Forest Dark" after lunch I plan to: continue with laundry. work on crochet projects while I listen to audio New Testament Scriptures. practice arpeggios, lessons, and music on my guitar. Then the rest of the day just read and play games on my kindle This is a typical type of day for me. Although somedays I refuse to do anything but read which catches up my energy reserves. |
| Prompt: Have you ever seen a falling star? Did you make a wish? Write about this in your Blog entry today. I always called them shooting stars. Yes, I have seen a few in my life. Not in the last couple years because I don't actually spend much time viewing the night skies. I don't remember ever making a wish. Or, I don't remember anyone saying you could make a wish. I made wishes at thanksgiving with the turkey wishbone. And there is the blowing out the candles on the birthday cake wish. I've participated in that idea. The longer I live the more I see the benefit of reality. Knowledge is important to make good decisions. My life became a whole lot more relevant when the "age of information started." I can see how I actively was seeking to make life better when I pushed for our family to get computers, internet, kindles, phones, and corn burning heaters. Every modern thing that comes on the market is not what I want. I like the objects that make life easier and give us knowledge. If I ever made wishes, when I was a child, I can't say they came true. I have experienced the fulfilment of honest talents. Mostly, other people were involved in helping get things I wanted or needed to fulfil my life. My life ambitions are not necessarily accepted by the people who I live with or worked with at any point. |
Prompt: Your Country What do you think is the most misunderstood thing about your home country by other people in the world: its culture, education, wealth, friendliness of people, or anything else you can think of?  I immediately think of freedom when I read this prompt. We are not free to inflict damage on other people's rights. We are free to grow in knowledge, actionable reactions, and individuality. We have laws which control the way freedom is used improperly and to help people reassess their definition of the word freedom. Just keeping an eye on the situation in which the word freedom is being used helps understand the definition of freedom. We watched the Memorial Day concert in Washington D.C. We do this on Memorial Day and on July 4th. I was thinking of the Ukraine during the whole concert. Remember the USA is a complicated country. A melting pot of ideology and sociology. Our congress, president, and legal elders have to make decisions for everyone to abide in a peaceful manner. |
| Prompt: pathological liars Have you ever met a pathological liar? How do you think a pathological liars talk with other people? And could they have any good friendships that last? Yes. The one I know will lie about anything to anyone, even friends. They enjoy lying and seem to like fooling people with lies. It is narcissistic behavior. They can get angry if you don't believe them. And seem surprised when someone corrects their lies. Refusing to accept the truth about something they lie about. Pathological liars are also very nice to their victims as long as the victim believes their lies. Prompt about Crafts: This prompt was also marked for May 23. Maybe it was meant for May. 24. I do different kinds of crafts. I'm pretty good at crochet. I used a pattern to make a Stetson (summer 2022) to wear when I'm out on walks with the dogs. I have done some beading for Christmas ornaments. I sew some of my own clothing and made a few dog beds as a specialty item for my dogs. 2022 I made my dogs winter coats. Other dogs I have sewed coats for are already moved on to heaven. Also, I have been a dog groomer for years and know lots of different patterns for different breeds of dogs. When my daughter was young, I made cabbage patch dolls. I could not afford the ones in the stores but was able to find a pattern for them. Years ago, when I was going to church and was in charge of a youth program, I made large arm puppets for a show the youth program put on for the congregation. My whole family was involved in designing and building wooden crosses with leather necklaces for sale in the store where the church camp was located. They were very popular in the area at the time. Most of the time I just see something I want to make before I get involved in any crafty projects. I read more than I craft now. |
| Day 3746: May 24, 2023 Prompt: What is your favorite snack? Why do you like it? Unfortunately, I'm a snack hungry girl. I like all kinds of snacks. Cookies, especially the ones I make myself because I use less sugar in the recipes. I like peanut butter cookies the best. Or, off the grocery store shelves, fig bars with a piece of cheese. My dad used to eat these, so I learned the habit from him. Many different kinds of nuts. I probably eat a pound of peanuts a month. I guess my favorite is potato chips, served with cottage cheese or dip. I try to curb my intake of these. Not only are they expensive they feed my craving for salt. I did not eat a lot when I was younger. I guess the thing I should never have learned to do is eat more. Now I try to eat less. |
Prompt word to use: Peacock feathers, forest, dinner, bridge, and rope. A part of my pet family includes a Cockatoo: Although peacock feathers are beautiful I don't have any. Cockatoo feathers help bridge the gap between forest birds and caged birds. Cockatoos shed feathers regularly by the day or week. They have a special powder on them that stops vermin from attacking the bird. I put my cockatoo's shed feathers outside, which the wild birds incorporate into their nests. There is a rope in my bird's cage which it uses to ring a bell to get my attention. Now it is dinner time. Hope your day is just right. Bye. |
 Laundry: Prompt: What do you think about doing laundry in general? Did you have any unusual experiences with it? And what do you think the idiom "airing one's dirty laundry" came from? In general, doing laundry is not difficult in the present century. I'm using Earth Breeze. I like the way it cleans our clothes. It's also helping alleviate the recycle problem. I'm happy to recommend it to others. I looked up "airing the dirty laundry," It is a French proverb used by Napoleon when he returned from exile in Elba in 1815. It was normal at the time to hang out laundry to dry in the fresh air and sunshine. Hanging out dirty laundry would not have been a normal situation. The use means to tell things that are personal secrets which should probably be kept private. In todays' world. Often people don't want to be drawn into controversy's which are alive in other people's families. Nevertheless, sometimes secrets should be revealed in order to stop abusive actions from one person to another. I think it is a good thing that organizations have sprung up to give women and children shelter when it is needed. If someone in a family is revealing secrets, it is necessary to get both sides of a story. Unless you are willing to do face to face confrontations that is not an easy thing to do. Good judgment is a cultivated crop. |
Not a dream a plan:  Every year I learn or relearn something. When I relearn something, it is usually to upgrade my knowledge about a subject I am already familiar with, like the year people started giving worming medicines to their horses instead of calling the Veterinarian to do it. Our minds never totally let go of the knowledge we learn. But when new knowledge becomes available on any subject, we need to upgrade just like a computer upgrade of windows or other tech. I used to play classical guitar. This year I am upgrading my playing abilities with knowledge of musical theory for guitar. I took a course in etss (ear training and sight singing) where we learned theory as it pertains to piano about 25 years ago. I also took courses in human biology a couple times during my lifetime so I'm going back to studying human biology this year. I have a restless mind I need to keep it actively learning. I'm actively seeking recommendations about books read about human aging. Let me know if you have read one. |
| I'll make me a sound and an apparatus and they'll call it a Fog Horn and whoever hears it will know the sadness of eternity and the briefness of life." by Ray Bradbury “Under the thinning fog the surf curled and creamed, almost without sound, like a thought trying to form itself on the edge of consciousness.” ― Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep References from: {link: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/fog} For Prompt about metaphors: Sometimes fog is clear enough to see through other times is is so thick it obliterates whatever it covers. People who rewrite my postings to suit themselves are not able to see the individuality of the human mind. Hope you are having a good day. Keep on Keepin on. |
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