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 |  Re-dedicated - April 1, 2021, Brother Nature's views from the Winnipeg River SE Manitoba |
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My Writing.com experience continues...30 Day Blog Challenger, Andre the blog Monkey's Banana Bar Founder, Aging Baby Boomer. Here you'll find a warm welcome, maybe I'll make you laugh out loud - That's my goal. Thanks for visiting. |
 PROMPT May 22nd Write about the biggest challenge you have faced and how you overcame it. I believe my biggest challenge is yet to come. Maybe my/our biggest challenge is the challenge we face from the Global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 - 20??. Our recent move was quite a challenge. We had to move an entire house full of belongings (including a 24 x 24 garage full and a 10 x 10 shed full) a forty-five-minute drive up the highway. We had 30 days to do it and because of COVID-19 restrictions, we could not have any help. So Leslie and I did the entire job with a Ford F150 and a small car. We had two teenagers who helped for one afternoon with some of the heavy lifting. BUT WE DID IT! Now the challenge is unpacking, but we have the rest of our lives to do it. I may move again at some point, but I'm not taking anything with me when I go. This is it; this is where we make our final home. Bring on the next challenge. For the
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| Write a blog entry This is bad! I was so tired I filled in the title, then wrote that first sentence there, then made it 'PRIVATE', then went to bed. Yep. This is bad! |
PROMPT May 5th If your job gave you a surprise seven-day paid break to rest and recuperate, what would you do with those seven days? Funny!  I haven't had a day off since I first read this prompt 18 days ago. Okay, I'm exaggerating a little I did have 3 days off from work, but then there's that home-life thing that takes up a bunch of time, which could otherwise be spent writing a daily blog entry for 30 straight days.So we've had three days of rain now, which is good because we were heading for drought conditions and forest fires were becoming a concern. Besides that rain, means days off in the golf course maintenance business. So now I have some time to write and, oh yeah, The Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway, Go Jets Go! I have time to write, but I'm so far behind, the only way to catch up is to skip ahead. Sounds like a plan! See you in the next entry. For the
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PROMPT May 4th May the Fourth Be With You! Write about a movie franchise or book series that you love. Because I mentioned him as one of my idols on the May 1st prompt I will write about Douglas Adam's four-book trilogy 'Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy.' I was hooked on this series from the first chapter of the first book, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980), Life, the Universe and Everything (1982), So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (1984) are the other three books. I enjoy Adams' writing style and his creativity. I feel like saying, "I share his sense of humor" or something like that. He makes me laugh; I'll put it that way. The first book has been made into a movie, an animated movie, a radio play, and there are many audiobooks available. I know that most readers have read at least the first book, it's one of the few books that I have re-read. In case you haven't read the book, I won't write a spoiler. I highly recommend this if you're looking for a fun read. I've just discovered this audiobook, read by the author. [Embed For Use By Upgraded+] I'm going to give this a try later tonight. For the
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PROMPT May 3rd What was the best thing that happened in your life over the weekend? Looking at the week ahead, what are your goals and how will you motivate yourself to achieve them? It's always feast or famine, sink or swim, comedy or tragedy, nothing is ever easy, and then it starts to rain...whatever, life goes on, and now it's Monday again. The best part of my weekend was, I didn't crush the tip of my left index finger by dropping a loaded trailer on it. That was last weekend. This weekend I only suffered emotional injury, just as painful, but a different kind of pain. It's nice to have choices. |
PROMPT May 2nd What smell or sounds brings back great memories of your childhood? My dad's 1954 Oldsmobile Neighty Eight was a slick-looking car. One Friday afternoon he left me sitting in the passenger seat while he went in to rob the Royal Bank on the corner of Mountain and Main. The last thing he said to me before closing the car door was, "stay here and watch out for the cops." I sort of knew he was kidding about robbing the bank, but I figured I should keep an eye out for the cops anyway. I was so proud to be seated in that car; it had a three-color paint scheme (gloss white, light grey, and candy-apple red) and a lot of brightly polished chrome. The car was an eye-catcher and I was enjoying all the attention the car was attracting. All the other drivers who passed by looked intently at the car, even peering inside to see who's in the car... Me!  This was probably my proudest moment up to that point in my life. Turns out, dad never robbed that bank but he did leave me sitting in a running vehicle, parked at a bus stop during rush hour, and it did occur to me sometime later in my life that those people weren't actually admiring the beauty of the car as they drove slowly by. I've been looking around for this car lately or one like it. There is nothing like it out there, some come close, but none are identical. One thing I remember most about dad's Olds is the smell. When the heat of the sun warmed the leather bench seats the car had a scent that was like no other. It wasn't a particularly pleasant aroma, but it wasn't overly offensive either. The fragrance was a result of the exact mix of heated leather, dust, wax, hot painted metal, and a splash of leaded fuel, with a hint of hot rubber. It's that classic car scent, I can't describe it any better. I forgot about that car smell until many years later when I got into a late model vehicle and I picked up that very same scent and it took my memory right back to the day my dad robbed the Royal Bank on the corner of Mountain and Main. For the
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PROMPT May 1st Write about one (or more) of your creative idols. Who do you look up to? Whose work are you most inspired by? Why? There is a long list of people who have inspired me with their creative genius. I am most impressed with people whose creativity is used to entertain me by making me laugh. I'm not one to idolize people, I have a hard time picking favorites, but I believe strongly in giving credit where credit is due. The first person who comes to mind is children's author, Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Dr. Suess's poetic storybooks thought me that words can be fun, writing can be fun, words don't have to be properly spelled and officially recorded in the dictionary, words can be simply made up, just for fun, meaningless nonsense, because it rhymes. Dr. Seuss was the first author who inspired my creative spirit. I very much enjoyed reading his books and still do. Douglas Adams is an author whose creativity and humor inspire me. Another group of entertainers I enjoy and appreciate for the creativity they inject into their craft is comedians. Robin Williams, Johnathon Winters, Howie Mandel are a few who I find cleverly creative. I have a lot of respect for the comedians who excel at improv - Drew Carey Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Gilda Radner. If I were to idolize somebody, it might be someone like Edger Allan Poe, whose work is so creative and inspiring it's known around the world and transcends time. For the
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