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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. |
Congratulations on making it to the last day of the competition! What was your favorite prompt from the last month? Did you learn anything new about your fellow competitors? What was the most rewarding aspect of participating in the competition?  Quote:“Human beings are destroying earth and the universe by abuse of numerology, what I will not allow by my deep spiritual responsibility.”― Petra HermansRefereence: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/numerology Born in Tilburg, Netherlands Website https://worldpoet546.wordpress.com Babaji538 Genre History, Spirituality, Poetry Member Since May 2016 URL https://www.goodreads.com/petrahermans I get rewarded when I blog by being allowed to sound off about so many different subjects. I liked most of the subjects we discussed this month. Also, reading other people's blog helps me know what other view points are about subjects. November 24 we blogged about numerology. It was a subject we had never hit before. I found this information about a Netherlands author on Goodreads. She writes poetry and other types of Genre. Sometimes the blog subjects bring out information I never heard before. For instance making manure piles to dry or to wet are suppose to kill the larvae of the house fly. Soldier fly larvae are actually used in the Southern states to eat and destroy pig manure. There are lots of different types of flies and I'm still learning about them and their joy in making a manure pile their special project.  Any Way. Merry Christmas. |
Write about gifting! What’s on your list? What do you have your eye on for yourself and what do you want to gift to your family and friends? Homemade or store bought? What was the best gift you ever received?  Gifts “What you are is God's gift to you, what you become is your gift to God.”― Hans Urs von Balthasar, Prayer Reference:https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/gift I usually buy myself a gift. It's always something I really want but, won't spend money on other times during the year. I started doing this year's ago when K wasn't giving anyone gifts. I like and have always liked Christmas. It's a birthday celebration to me. However, it has been a type of problem since I was young, in families of which I've been a part. When the children get older start to leave home have families of their own gifting becomes a strain as the family gets bigger. Some members of the family have more money than others. So, gifting becomes what binds the family Christmas together or finishes the scattering, so some members no longer want to get together. Really if I think about it, gifting is the excuse for a family break apart more than a real reason. The to gift or not to gift happened in my fathers family. Then it happened in K's family. And somewhat in my family. Although, having been through it in younger years with other families I made it clear that the reason for the season was to enjoy each others company and not to feel obligated to bring gifts. Now some of us bring gifts others do not. No problem. The other problem with gifting is when some people simply do not believe in Christmas as a holiday. Birthdays also suffer this phenomenon. I simply like to give things to people and I suffer from a monetary inability to give as much as I would like. This season, I chose to buy a particular gift that I am giving to everyone outside of K and I. I have one gift bought for the cats and one for K. All the children and grandchildren that consider me family are getting a gift from me. And, I had an idea about crafting something for the children who range in ages 19 to youngest is about 8. I'm going to spend sometime today on the crafting. The tree box is out of the closet and hopefully it will be down the stairs before the day is over. (I can't really tell what I bought family because of the blog) The guys are getting ready for the first day of deer season today. Left overs from yesterday are what we eat. We love Thanksgiving left overs here. I need to get my dog a coat I think he is now 10 so he seems to feel the cold more this year. There is breach in my family because my two boys from my first marriage do not celebrate with us. I would prefer to be able to gift for them and their families as well but, at the moment that is not an option. The best gift I ever received? Probably a collie pup. It wasn't for any reason just because. It was a surprise. My first son brought me a piece of wood from his trip down the Amazon river. I made it into a stool fro the house. Another good gift was; My second son brought a book home he wanted me to read. It was a story about how the Devil treats women. He had to return it because it was borrowed, but it was a really good book. I've been looking for a copy of it lately, but I'm not sure of Author, or title, because it was an old book and I only had it long enough to read it. Did not write down pertinent facts. Also, it was probably 30 years ago that I read it. My third son takes me to movies that I want to see on Mother's Day. My daughter always brought me good additions to my wardrobe. She has good taste in clothing. Now I'm looking for gifts people will find useful in today's tech age. Give a gift that's needed if it's possible!    apondia#1781748 |
| Intentionally enjoy your day before writing today’s entry. Be present with your family and friends or make an effort to do something you love. At the end of the day, when you are content and the house is quiet, write a maximum of five sentences describing the most positive thing you will remember about today. THANKSGIVING DAY It was a stormy day. We had everything planned. I was up by 5 a.m.,stuffed the bird and started it cooking, washed the potatoes and went back to bed to play kindle games until 8. Everything cooked and tasted delicious. k helped with fixings and furnace so we could watch the parade and most of the dog show in peace and quiet. |
| Write about a time when you 1st surprised yourself with your abilities. Is there a specific time you can remember when you were2nd convinced that you could not do something, and then you did it? Tell us! Quote: "Planning is useful, but the most interesting times in life come from moments that catch you by surprise." This is the opening sentence from: http://www.wiseoldsayings.com/surprise-quotes/ WHAT? Sure to the first part and maybe no to the second. It goes to the core of my being to look back and think about being convinced I could not do something. My mind was blank while I was growing up. If I had an urge to do it I probably did not fail when I tried. If the sparking urge wasn't there I probably walked away. When other people set me to a job I did not want I probably didn't participate in it with enough energy to care. If they set me to a job I did not want I'd walk away or tell them I couldn't do it. If saying no did not work and I had to participate I would know I was not responsible for the results. Men taught me things, because my Grandmother told me, late in life, that the adult females of the family made a pact not to teach me anything. This did not hold out to be true because even if they use you, you are learning good and bad things from people. Which people will help you in life; which people to be cautious around. My uncle taught me to drive a tractor, untangle yarn, and plant strawberries; my brother taught me to drive stick shift and scramble eggs, my first father-in-law taught me to use a hammer properly and showed me how to build a dog house; one of my daughters high school friends explained how the electrical systems on a car works, Richard J. taught me the way to change a tire and how to swim, K taught me to change the oil of vehicles, the drivers training teacher in high school was a man, a male math teacher in my son's elementary school class during a parents conference taught me new math, so I could help my son at home with his home work, My first riding teacher was a man from Ohio. All the farriers that I have known were males and knew hundreds of little tricks about horses, that they were willing to share. This is the short list. This is just to illustrate why I'm the way I am. I'm a women taught by men. They taught me, a pretty little girl, to survive in a man's world. I soon learned as I became an adult that changing the oil yourself is for the birds. Get a mechanic to do the dirty work. And, I refused to wear rags around the farm I insist on neat decent clothing. These things don't make me a man. They show me how to live and survive in situations, that women who grew up with mothers and females around them, maybe never needed to know. I learned about makeup and clothing by reading my cousins Seventeen Magazines. I was tough on my children because life is tough where we live. Not as tough as it was in the late 50's, 60's and 70's. Now, there are houses with running water, indoor plumbing, TV, WIFI, internet, cell phones. With all of this it's still difficult to heat homes because the commodities market keeps the prices so high and the markups are moved to the consumers, and good jobs are not easy to find. A lot more women are taking on jobs that once were only delegated to males. I admire women who joined the military and learned survival. I'm not surprised and I'm not a no-it-all. I just kept learning as time passed, and I aged. So, yeah, looking back, I'm a little stunnedby what I can do if I try. If it needs doing and I know I can manipulate the doing part. I'll work at it until I succeed or someone comes by to help. If life needs doing get it done. If it makes you cry go ahead, then get the work done anyway. I'll probably live to regret what I just said.BYE, Happy Thanksgiving  |
Thanksgiving is coming up later this week in the US. Today, tell us what you’re thankful for. Make a list describing at least five things you’re thankful for.  Quote:“Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labour when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off’rings, and a thankful strain.” – Alexander Pope https://www.keepinspiring.me/thanksgiving-quotes/ THANKFUL 1. Sunshine in the fall and winter months. 2. A Home 3. WDC helps keep me sane. 4. Turkey on Thanksgiving for me, bird seed for the feeders, hay in the barn. Harvest. 5. Health of body and mind You only asked for 5 so I'll stop now. However, there are lots to be thankful for each day, something new. BYE --HAPPY THANKS GIVING  |
If you could be a fly on the wall of any living person’s life for one day, whose life would you want to observe?  Today's quote: “To live will be an awfully big adventure.” -J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Fairies and Movers I'd rather be a fairy on the loose. But, if I had to be someone small and observing at this point- I would be observing, President Trump. You see I'm quite fed up with the discussions I watch on the news. I saw Candidate Trump speaking from somewhere on the news before he was elected. He was standing behind a podium , yelling I am a Christian. I turned to someone in the room and said, "Now there is going to be trouble." See if you say you are a Christian you are saying you believe in, follow advice from, and try to live for the glory of a living being, that is infinite in time. Someone braver, smarter, and more accurate than humans. Then, I read a book about President Trump's first few months in office written by a journalist. According to the author the whole Trump family including President Trump was sure he would lose? They weren't prepared.  If you sit back and watch the whole scenario. The country is just slowly moving on. Like, if you move into a new house and the movers know where to put everything and you're just in the way. You might say," no that box goes in the kitchen," but, the movers just set it down in the hall and go out to get more boxes. And, you look at the label and sure enough that box goes in the hall. So, you put it in the kitchen and the guy with the clipboard checking the labels on the boxes puts it back in the hall. duh! Efficiency reigns.  I want to know why the Electoral College put him in office? Why he is using up people as advisors and quickly throwing them away? Someone told me he is running the country like a corporation. Is that the way to run a corporation? I don't have an opinion of what is going on.Just lots of questions. And, what happened to the troops he sent to Saudi Arabia? And why did he send them there if he did send them there? Watching players fumble the ball isn't fun is it? I want to be an accurate observer and relate the truth. I've heard several people say the Republican Party is on it's way out. If it's a two party system who is going to take it's place? I say there! Life is change. We can do it. On the other hand, it's kind of dangerous in the White House right now so I guess I'll just stay home and muddle along like always. Silence is golden. This is where If the blog is going to come up missing this is the one that it should happen too.edit! (to which it should happen.) THE END  |
What numbers hold special meaning for you? Consider dates, times, ages, years, or anything else you can count.  WRITING AND ME Since I missed the blog yesterday let me just say I learned a lot about organized writing from the courses I took on New Horizons Academy. Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and journalism all have their own writing style. Every thing I learned from New Horizons was adding to my writing knowledge. NUMBERS Assigning numbers to every random event can cause a lot of stress. It's also a way to avoid the day to day living that is necessary for survival. Placing faith in numerical patterns is what causes a cult rift in numerology, which is normally considered a science. There is a lot of historical writings about numbers that are really interesting. One of the ones I remember reading about is the historical violent happenings that occur on the 11th day of the 9th month Since reading about it, I have a tendency to watch world events around 9/11 every year. Using numbers to try to predict future events though is kind of maddening. I believe it is tied to other cult undertakings. I don't look for special meaning in any special number. Although, people who are into numerology will assign numbers to different people they are trying to figure out. Nature seems to be balanced properly with numerical patterns. Quote from: https://www.livescience.com/37470-fibonacci-sequence.html Discovered by Leonardo Fibonacci == Nature's Secret Code: Each number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers that precede it. So, the sequence goes: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so on. The mathematical equation describing it is Xn+2= Xn+1 + Xn BYE |
| Blog About Missed Connections: {{center}image:2172134} Missed Connections Missed Connections as a subject is usually loosely defined , as two people meeting quickly by chance and then losing the opportunity to continue to get to know each other. A glance on a bus, bumping grocery carts in a store, eyes meeting as you cross the street going in opposite directions. Lots of other scenes. The theme is used over and over by authors and artists. Missed Connections is a movie, the subject is used in a NY theater production called Vignettes, and a group called The Upright citizens Brigade” uses the subject as comedy in their songs. It’s a very well used subject in music. Frank Sinatra sang, Strangers in the Night. Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote about the subject in a scene from South Pacific. The song was called, Some Enchanted Evening. Since it can be a real situational, situation, news media and websites have taken on the task of reuniting missed connections. Craig's List has moved their Missed Connections to the community section. London’s Metro Newspaper has a section named “Rush Hour Crush.” Where you can look for a Missed Connection. And, of course a website, www,gumtree.com, exists to help the lost find each other. Don’t leave out the obvious, Face Book, which is a great place to reattach people who have lost each other. Personally, if I’ve missed a connection with someone, I don’t know it so the other half of the connection will have to make themselves known. As for this blog, I won’t be online long today. We are experiencing a very overcast day with winds. The electricity has already blacked out once today and may again so I will post and be gone for the day. Electricity turning on an off suddenly is a danger of computer loss. Reference: www.Wikipedia.com Turkey Day is One Week Away. |
| What do you value most in a job/career? What about a job makes it satisfying and fulfilling? If you currently hold your “dream job,” what makes it perfect for you? If you are still seeking your dream job, how will you know when you’ve found it? If you are retired, think back to how you felt when you were working. “There's a world of difference between a dog that is off the leash and a dog that is trained to be off the leash.”― Don Sullivan reference from: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/dog-training What do you value most? What makes it perfect? Satisfaction and knowing that to succeed is to make something better for someone else. Whether you are helping people learn to control a horse, live with a dog, or buy the donut that will make their day. It does not matter whether you are writing for a publication, selling something, or training an animal. You are working with people who need something or want something more out of their life. One of the most fun jobs I had was as a kennel worker. It did not pay a lot but it was enough to cover the expense of driving to the job and bought extra things for my family, that they would not have had. I fed dogs, bathed dogs, played with dogs and cleaned kennels all day. It was a 35 mile drive both ways.  I've worked in a Pizza parlor as the cleaner for the store after hours, as a dog groomer, kennel worker, the sales person in a second hand tack shop, a horse trainer, and teacher of riding, and worked counter help in a donut shop, I worked in a furniture factory running machines that shaped pieces of wood. As a senior in high school I worked in an office taking dictation, processing payroll, typing letters, and I helped publish the school newspaper, also worked as the secretary, to the school chorus leader, and ran the school switchboard. In college, I accomplished an internship with the Purple Martin Association. I wrote articles about purple martins and submitted them for publishing. It was a learning experience for sure.  The End  |
Do you remember your first friend? Under what circumstances did you become friends? Are you still in contact with them or any of your other childhood friends?  Quote: “It's the worst part of seeing old friends: when your rose-colored memories become undone by reality.” ― Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/old-friends FRIENDS? OK here is the gist of the story. After my mom died we moved to a different town to live with my aunt who was going to help dad take care of us kids while he worked. When I was in second grade there was a boy who was in charge of the boys in the class at recess. The boys use to harass the girls when we went out to play. When the girls gathered at recess to discuss the reason the boys were so mean on the playground I took charge of the meeting. I don't remember everything about this except that the girls ended up as a gang that gave back to the boys harassment for harassment. So, we became a gang of girls against a gang of boys. The leader, (I'm not going to divulge his name) would come to me and say, "we won't bother you any more if your girls will quit charging us on the play ground." I would say OK we will quit. Then he would go back and tell the boys we were going to leave them alone. While the boys were gathered together discussing this deal I would yell charge and we would sweep over into their midst and push and shove them, then retreat down the playground to our spot. The boys gang leader would come back for another parley, complete with white flag, which pretty much happened over and over. It was deal, charge, deal, charge over and over. until the boys were fairly exasperated with the situation. I think it stopped after one day. My aunt or my dad was told.....I was reported to parental authority that year for more than one problem as I recall. The teacher and I did not get along. And, the boy and I started walking to school and home together it was only a couple of blocks. We had some good talks as I recall. My brother got into some scrapes as well. That's when my dad decided to move us to Gram-ma and Grandad's farm, where I still live. On the farm for awhile there weren't any other kids close. The adjacent farm had my aunt and uncle living on it and dad would drop us there in the morning to catch the school bus. Their family had a girl cousin that was about 9 months older than me, same school class. We spent a lot of time around each other growing up. It was a rocky friendship. Her parents thought we should be friends so they pushed her to interrupt my solitary lifestyle with friendship. The last time I was in contact with her was hmm...2007 or later? It is what it is. She can no longer lead me I've developed in my own right and all our parents are dead. I don't attend family gatherings; which I guess are reduced to about once or twice a year. There are a lot of things about the cousins I don't appreciate. Besides, I was always a tell it like it is person and they are all Masonic or Eastern Star. Many different brotherhoods and sisterhoods are the state of the surrounding communities. There were several girls in my class I liked as friends. Girls I talked to sometimes but living on the farm, we were not a social family. My dad was not masonic; but he had some friends somewhere, that advised him sometimes. I spent a lot of time with my female cousin in my teen years. She had a morning paper route. when I stayed over at her house we went to movies and got up at 5 to do her paper route in the early morning hours before school. I liked the paper route. My dad discouraged my school activities. One or two girls, my age and classes, rode the bus with me. They were nice girls but, I don't think I realized what social life is suppose to be like.One of the girls who I rode the bus with came to me for advice when I was a senior. We use to sit together a lot on the bus. I was startled when she told me she thought I was smart. It was a rough type of life in this area. Sometimes, I don't think people in this area for about 50 miles around are very civilized. Then, I think it has to do with the split between the brother hood societies, who own most of the stores, companies, jobs, and the non brother hood societies, who are the workers, and followers. Once, I talked to one of my sons about some of this. His children are in lots of sports and activities. In a different area and school district. Their parents encouraged them to be active so they would be socialized. Since leaving the church (we use to go on a regular basis). Church around here has been the basis for most social activity if you aren't a member somewhere you pretty much don't have a social life unless you make it some other way. Volunteer fire departments or other community service can bring you into contact with people. I made friends in Panama Canal Zone, and Texas but, lost contact with them years ago. Long distance friendships are difficult to maintain. I like people. On the other hand, I spent a great deal of time in life with dogs, cats, parrots, and horses. They take a lot of time to care for. I did community service when I was younger now I blog, read, clean house. Sometimes I think there should be more. I could not get a job after college. The bush years and the economy was shutting down. I lost the financial ability to keep my own car. That's a pretty big loss when the nearest social outing is 5 miles or more away.The nearest silver sneakers is 17 miles away. So, I use the SS app to do exercises. I could probably make more of an effort to get out but, I don't. I'm someone who can be alone in a crowd. THE END |
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