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Reflections and ruminations from a modern day Alice - Life is Wonderland  Welcome to the place were I chronicle my own falls down dark holes and adventures chasing white rabbits! Come on In, Take a Bite, You Never Know What You May Find... "Curiouser and curiouser." Alice in Wonderland    |
Blog Harbor Challenge - Week 1, Day 2 Prompt - Day 2: This time let's discuss that one show, with the character that just doesn't seem to fit. You wish you could just pluck them out of the show and replace them with someone else. What show is it and why don't you think they fit? I'm not sure I watch enough TV to be able to address this question. I tend to be selective about what I watch to begin with and if I thought a show was miss cast in anyway, I might not even continue watching it. Thinking back over the shows I do watch, the series I binge-watch more accurately, I'm not sure I could name one character that seemed out of place. The only thing that oddly comes to mind is the Wiggles. It was an Australian children's show my daughter used to watch when she was a toddler. It was filled with all the typical fodder aimed at preschoolers and featured four men who were supposed to be the Wiggle brothers. They were defined by the colors they wore, purple, red, blue and yellow and from time to time one or two of the "brothers" would be swapped out for a new cast member. My daughter never missed the changes no matter how subtle the show tried to be. The Wiggles always made a point of talking directly to their audience, connecting with all the kids who's parents would shed out big bucks to go to their shows when they came on tour. The kids would wait anxiously to see their favorite Wiggle live only to find that the Red Wiggle Greg they were expecting, had an entirely different voice and face. For some reason the revolving door of cast changes always bothered me, like the musical dance numbers would somehow mask the fact that these were just actors doing their leg of a tour of duty singing silly nursery rhymes until something better came along. Silly maybe but that's about all I've got on topic today. |
| "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" DAY 1568 Prompt--April 3, 2018 Prompt: What does the idea of global living mean to you, and do you think it is wise and doable? Global living in my mind means living in such a way that you are mindful of that sustainability of the planet. You live a life dictated by active conservation. You live in such a way to minimize your own carbon footprint and work toward preserving the planet's resources for the global community. Do I think this is wise...absolutely. Do I think it is doable? That is a harder question to answer. I would like to think that the evidence of a world in decline; massive floats of oceanic trash, rapidly diminishing polar ice, depleted farm lands, fish populations and mass extinctions, would be enough to encourage a massive human shift in behavior. Sadly, those things are largely ignored by the general population, and worse, labeled part of an elaborate hoax perpetrated by liberals by the political elite. The truth is, most people are just out there trying to live their best lives, myself included. They make choices of convenience that often fly in the of practices that are better for the health of the planet. They may want to do the right thing. They may be diligent recyclers, they may use organic produce, fertilizers and cleaning products. They may get a water cooler in their home rather than buy cases of bottle water. They may elect to observe Meatless Mondays and drive a hybrid car. Every day they might decide to make a series of small changes that may not seem to have an impact, but combined with others, over time...could have a huge influence over the future of global resources. "Blogging Circle of Friends " DAY 1965 April 3, 2018 Think about the last time you traveled to a different state and write about some part of the trip. This past August we took a family vacation to Cape Cod. I had my reservations about going there during the busy summer months but the lure of the National Seashore and the relative proximity to home outweighed the majority of my concerns. The trip took just about three hours to get to the town of North Truro where we were staying at a bayside, beachfront family resort. Everything about that trip was just amazing. The morning we left for home I felt a pain of withdrawal that has never quite left me. We had planned the four day trip to include all our favorite things to do including one full day out at the shore, or as I told my daughter...the real beach. Herring Cover beach is one of several in outer cape. It is a wide stretch of soft sand, punctuated at low tide by a tidal river that runs mid-beach and up to 3ft deep in portions. My daughter delighted in exploring the sun-warmed band of water almost as much as she loved playing in the surf line. Despite it being August and the height of tourist season, the beach seemed to be less densely populated than any we had back home. You could easily stake out a spot of your own and not feel the crush of people on top of you at every side. The waves were moderate that day and it took very little effort to coax my timid daughter into the rolling swells. It was much harder to get her back out. Even the bright purple flags warning of potential shark sightings proved to not to be a deterrent. She loved those hours spent in the sun on the most perfect beaches in our part of the world. |
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