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A Modest House in Blogville

by David McClain

Rated: 18+ · Book · Experience · #2129391

My 5th house in Blogville, located at the corner of Humor and Human Interest

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Above are links to four other blogs I've done over the years here at WDC.

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My reason for being. My one true love. My universe. Me and my bride, Melinda McClain

Welcome to my fifth home here in Blogville. Over the past two years I have gone through some changes. Widowhood, stroke, depression....all life stages of life I experienced. This is my attempt to move on, to get over it, to.....live again.

So now I have a new blog house here in my beloved cyber-city of Blogville and the intersection of Humor and Human Interest. Come by for a visit anytime you like, friends are always welcome. We'll sit a spell and talk.

I want this new Blog home to be light and airy so the topics I write about will reflect what passes for humor for me...most of the time. I will also write about a subject near and dear to me: Animals. All sorts of animals...great and small. That is not to say I won't get serious at times, I will, but one thing I won't do (hopefully) is write about politics. As Val Kilmer said in Tombstone: "My hypocrisy only goes so far."

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The Literary Penguin

Jan 15, 2019 at 4:55am
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I make no secret that my happy place is out in the wild, watching animals and the world go by me. As much as I love living in the city, I need my escape to help ground me, to help grow, and to just remember to live. Well written as always, my friend.

Voxxylady

Dec 27, 2018 at 6:45pm
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I also draw my serenity and strength from nature, and from my family. Those two things together are life for me. Between the two, the continuation speaks for itself...

Beautifully written.

Eric Wharton

Dec 23, 2018 at 5:43pm
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Nicely said, David. As a forester most of my life, the woods hold a special place in my heart as well. My desire to be in them is why I chose that profession to begin with. So I can say I honestly understand how you feel and couldn't have said it any better.

Scarlett

Dec 23, 2018 at 9:45am
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A beautiful philosophy, particularly at this time of year when humanity is generally overly busy with trivia and meaningless activities.

I think you nailed it here and the writing is exquisite.

I shall visit my special places, generally by water and trees to restore my soul once the hype is done and dusted.

Thank you for sharing such an astute piece.

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PlannerDan

Dec 22, 2018 at 12:01pm
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Well said, David. But, I believe our forests are all around us. Each person has a place to call his forest, a place where he can detach himself from the chaos of the world and regroup. You gotta have that place or else you'll go bonkers. Mine, well mine is a private place...I used to share it with an old black dog, but he's gone now. I just go there by myself now. Don't misunderstand me, Linda is my refuge and rock, always has been and always will be. She knows all about my place and approves.....she's got her's too.

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David McClain

Dec 21, 2018 at 11:19pm
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vivacious

It's not about being grumpy, though I gladly accept that title.

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vivacious

Dec 21, 2018 at 8:31pm
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All you need to do now is sit on your porch and scream “Get off my lawn!” at all the young whipper-snappers and your grumpy old man transformation will be complete.

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Voxxylady

Dec 18, 2018 at 10:23pm
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It ain't over till it's over, my friend. Even then, it's never really over when you've touched so many people.

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David McClain

Dec 18, 2018 at 2:36pm
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Many thanks Chewie Kittie

I'm still relearning my WDC stuff and it has proven to be quite the task for this old dog.

How's that?

Chewie Kittie

Dec 18, 2018 at 2:28pm
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It's easy. You just type { e:heart } without the spaces. I've memorized the emoticon "names" for several I use often.

If you go to Writing.com Tools in the left hand tool bar? You can find "WritingML: Emoticons" for a list of all the emoticons you can do this way. (There are a crapton.)

I like using them because sometimes

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August 1, 2017 at 10:40am

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Love Hurts

Ah, Romance! While it can bring you sweet memories and joy. It can also make a root canal without anesthesia seem like foreplay. If you don't believe me just ask the poor guy I heard about on my local news show last night. He met a sweet young thing on Facebook, started a torrid cyber-affair with her, and ended up eighty-thousand dollars poorer WITHOUT EVER MEETING THE LADY!

Not for the first time was I left shaking my head. How on earth can a person...man or woman...fall for a scam such as this? I will be the first to admit that I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box but this is one scam I can see coming from way down the road. Now don't get me wrong. I don't say that to brag, but from experience. Ever since my sweet wife died, almost two years ago, and I changed my status from "married" to "widowed", I have been dealing with "friend requests" from beautiful young women just like the one that hooked the poor sap on the news story.

The one thing I have that helps protect me from scam artists such as this is a little thing called "Common Sense." Thankfully, it takes over every time I get one of these requests. It yells at me: "Stop! Let's review the facts before we jump into anything." And I do just that.

. I have received a request for "friendship" from this smoking-hot, 20 something lady. The first thing I notice (besides her obvious physical attributes) is the fact that we have no mutual friends, either from the different writing sites I've belonged to or family members. Big Red Flag there!

I go to the lady's Profile page and see that it consists of three pictures. One of her in a very skimpy nightgown and two of her wearing a string bikini. Even larger Red Flag. While I admit she has a body that would make a dead man climb out of the grave and run a marathon, it doesn't answer the question of why she would want to be friends with me on Facebook.

Next I look at pictures of her other "friends" and there are only a few and all of them are men of my approximate age. This leads me to the only possible conclusion, Either this sweet thing has "daddy issues".....who am I kidding..."Granddaddy issues", or it is part of a scam to separate delusional old men from their money. Either way, it's a mud hole I don't need to step in so I quickly refuse the friend request, mark it as "Spam" and go about my merry way.
It really isn't that hard and I can't for the life of me understand how someone can fall into such a trap. Yet they do...every single day. One common sense rule that has saved me more than once: "If it looks or sounds too good to be true, odds are it isn't."
Please remember that when you're being social on Social Media.

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