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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. |
Prompt: What surprises have you discovered about your ancestors?![Merit Badge in BCoF 2
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Congratulations on your virtual blogging adventure!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-BCoF_2-1901868_14.gif) HI. I guess surprises is not the word I would use. Very little surprises me. I have not verified it, but I am thinking some of my relatives were catholic at one time. Now claim to be protestant. I also found out ancestors were involved in shipping from an island off the British coast. There was a partial name change when they moved to the new world. (what is now the USA). There are some good family stories. Maybe true maybe not. I would like to know more about European family members on both sides of my family. Some members of the family claim only one-sided history. I like family stories of years gone by. I bet they were all interesting people with interesting lives. Bye for now. |
It is said, the English language is very difficult to learn because of all the commonly spelled words there are. Do you agree or disagree? How many words can you think of that you think are easily confusing? And words that you think are commonly misspelled? Do you find yourself checking to be sure when you're writing or let spell check find them?![Merit Badge in Reviewing
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Ranked # 67 Public Reviewer for the month of July 2025 . For more details, please see [Link To Item #614925] .](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/general-Reviewing-2180.gif) Hi.I disagree. One of the classes I liked the most in my senior year in High School was English. Lots of words have to be used correctly, no matter what language you are using. Each word has its' own meaning. Here are some sound alike words: here and hear, to-two-too, then-than, won or one. Each word has its' own use. I like spell check. Even if you use spell check or the program, that follows you as you type, you have to know if the corrections make sense, with the way the word was used. I try to correct as I write, because it makes editing easier for me. I keep a handy English grammar book close, because I tend to punctuate the way I think, which does not always follow some rule, that a reviewer wants to see, in written works. It is my phone typing that can be aggravating, the spellcheck on it will literally change words if it does not understand the context of the conversation. Or change a sentence and write something I did not say? Or write something that has no meaning within the conversation. I always blame AI.  Bye for now. |
| Do you like to do word puzzles? What kind? Hi. Yes, I do. I worked on some different ones on my kindle for a couple years. I don't presently have any now. Now, I'm doing real puzzles. Both kinds take my mind off whatever I need to dump out of my mind for a few minutes or hours. Word connect, word search, word brain 1&2, word challenge. Also, like mahjong. Now there is something on my kindle called Brain Challenge which has different categories including math. Really busy now trying to write more and getting things done for winter. I expect a cold heavy winter this year. Hope I'm wrong. Hay is almost in for the year too. I only watched this year. Keep on keepin on. |
Did you read the book or watch the series? What did you think? "Game of Thrones" ![Merit Badge in Princess and Her Fox
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Congratulations on your promotion to Yellow! Always: Megan](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-Princess_and_Her_Fox-2228436_10.gif) Hi! Yes! I read the whole series. It was well written. It held my interest from beginning to end. I was disturbed by the focus. The focus was for the bad guy to always win. I think it is imperative, that the good guys should win. At least the majority of the time. I'm stuck in a systematic belief, that the good guys build, the bad guys tear down. Then, as I watched and saw, how popular this was, I wondered how it was going to affect society in the USA. I did not consider how it might affect society on the whole earth? Evil vs. right is always there in every society. For every action there is a question about what that action will accomplish? Good or bad results come from each pulse of motion. What people write may support the outcome of some thought or action put into motion. What people write may come from actions already in motion on the earth. I guess I felt undefined fear, when I read the series. Then, I saw how much publicity was attached to the series and how many people wanted to see it or read it. The fear persists. I guess this is what sociologists' study. The outcome of actions on society. What kind of personalities are affected by the thought, that the bad guys always win? I also think a lot about how to stop all war on the earth. So many people die defending freedom to think, write, and produce good actions. How will, "on earth as it is in heaven," be produced? |
| Prompt: Secrets What do you think about secrets and keeping secrets? If a secret would be against your morals or beliefs or if it was about hurting someone or a group of people, would you still keep it? I believe that openness and truth clear sin. If I knew it was a secret and keeping it would not endanger people, I might keep it. This would be necessary for a judgement call concerning what would happen if it were told. This is such a prompt without specifics. Christmas gifts or birthday presents are one kind of secret. Murder and mayhem are another kind of secret. Whether I would keep it or not just depends on the secret. On another point of view, I am prepared for people to tell anything they know about me, as well as how they know it. How you get to know information may be firsthand or gossip. If you know a secret analyze. How did you get to know the secret, how are people being hurt by the secret, should you talk to the subject of the secret. I find that most people never actually get to the heart of anything that is being passed around about an individual. Because there is no actual person to person discussion by individuals actually involved in situations. The USA has so many brotherhoods and sisterhoods and trouble is made for a lot of innocent people. |
| Prompt: Random words- have fun with : deadly, wing, navy, cruelty, guard, evening, costume, tidy, and quarrel. Hi! I just read these words, and I just can't write about them. the word deadly scares me, my parrots do have a wing on either side, my brother was in the navy, I dislike cruelty in any form, guard your thoughts, It will be evening soon and I can't think of a thing to write, I bought two new pair of slacks which will be fun to wear a new costume to shop in, my kitchen is tidy today so, I won't quarrel with my habits. I'll think of something to write later.  bye. |
| Do you go to Christmas in July sales? Craft fairs? Watch Christmas in July movies? HI. I don't presently spend a lot of money. I did attend some July 4 sales to buy some clothing. I have not spent money on clothing for several years, so my wardrobe is suffering. If I'm going to spend money it will probably be on sales. At one time I appreciated Christmas in July sales, because I like to buy Christmas presents early. Anyway, the explanation of Christmas in July that I heard lately sounds like fun. Merry Christmas. |
| Prompt: A Pew Research study reported that extended family households are the most common type of households worldwide, with 38% of people living with extended family. Nearly half of people in the Asia-Pacific area live with extended family, while only 11% of North Americans do. How do you feel about living with your extended family members yay or any? Are there advantages in doing so? And what potential disadvantages? Hi.Asia-Pacific families have a different type of lifestyle. North Americans seem to have left this kind of family arrangement behind. Except I think some time ago maybe about 10 years ago some parts of the country had trouble with younger generation who did not get an education and could not find jobs that paid enough to start homes and families. Also, commitment to solid marriage became less of a reality. More children moved back home with parents as a monetary need to get help raising children or making end meet with income. Personally, I like it when there are more family members around. Most of the grandchildren I have are well insulated by their parents. As young children I baby sitted a lot, but then when school age hit children became involved in school activities that required them to spend more time in their own homes. Now/ I baby sit my children's dogs' when they go on vacation with or without their offspring. Which I like to do. My children's dogs are kind creatures and are used to popping in to see Grandma now and then for a week or a weekend. The grandchildren I know about, are grown and have their own homes or do not live near enough to me to spend time here. I think the Asia-Pacific lifestyle has some positive aspects as elderly people can give advice from experience gained from life. I remember as a child and into my early 20's spending time with my grandmother and an aunt and uncle which gave me some special knowledge to use in my life as an adult. The End. apondia#1781748 |
| Let July be July. Let August be August. And let yourself just be even in the uncertainty. You don't have to fix everything. You don't have to solve everything. And you can still find peace and grow in the wild of changing things.”~ Morgan Harper Nichols Hi. I have a lot of peace. Just also have a lot of things to fix. And, I don't mind fixing the ones I can fix. I have lots to do before winter hits. Lots of getting it done pleases me, because down the road of time I will be able to just read again. July is July so, I am starting it new. Happy 4th of July to those who celebrate it. |
| " Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago." -Warren Buffett = Prompt Hi! Trees are on my mind this summer. We want to plant a orchard of fruit trees. I have a couple small apple trees growing in pots. Maybe I will get the orchard started. Last year and now this summer I noticed how heavy the foliage on the trees is presenting. Last winter was far heavier than several years before. Now I wonder if the heavy number of leaves and needles on the trees is a sign of heavy snow and cold this coming winter season. Looking out my window the deep green of herbs and foliage behind the hay fields make it seem as if the wilder forest would like to overrun the open fields. Makes me think of how the forest walked in one of the "Hobbit" wars. Hmm. Overcast skies, daily thunderstorms Maybe I have a touch of cabin fever.  apondia#1781748 |
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