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This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things
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| PROMPT September 17th What life lessons have you had to learn the hard way? Everything! 😩 1.When to keep my mouth shut. 2. Learn how to count to ten before saying anything in reply in an argument. 3. Never let a hairdresser lose with a pair of scissors. 4. Never have a perm. 5. Think for a few days before making that purchase. 6. Drive defensively 7. A dog is for life 8. So are children! |
| PROMPT September 16th What is your happiest memory? Describe it in vivid detail! There are so many to choose from. Funnily enough they aren’t the births of my three children. Of course meeting them for the first time was wonderful but the times were also painful, stressful, with an overwhelming feeling of responsibility. I do remember a moment when I was completely happy. It was surreal. My husband and I were in our fifties, we had gone to a remote part of Western Australia to visit our son who was working as a tour guide up in the Kimberley region. For a special surprise, for just the two of us, he’d organised a helicopter flight to a waterfall only reachable by helicopter. Mirri Mirri Falls it’s called. You can look it up on Google. The pilot dropped us off with a picnic hamper and a bottle of champagne. He left us there alone and said he’d return in two hours. There was no one else there, just we two. We swam nude, laid on rocks in the sunshine and toasted that moment in time as one we’d never forget. |
| PROMPT September 15th Have you picked up any new hobbies or interests since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March? In short, absolutely nothing, I’ve lost a few things, such as my weekly singing group. I don’t think we’ll get that back either until we have a vaccine. Apparently singing is the best way to spread diseases. You only have to watch a singer closely and you’ll see the spray of saliva. Fortunately all the things I love, like writing, visiting WdC daily and walking my dog haven’t been affected. I lost my chance to go to the UK to visit my family. I can’t see that happening either in the near to distant future. Things are getting bad again in England and we can’t travel out of Western Australia because it’s so difficult to get back in. There is limit to how many Western Australians wishing to return from overseas each week can come in. It’s about 500. Then they need to quarantine in a hotel for two weeks when they get here at their own expense of $3000. So, no, I can’t see me leaving here. Western Australia is isolated from the rest of the country, were the only state with no community spread of the virus. Our premier is paranoid. We had a person who tried to sneak over the border to avoid quarantine and they got jailed for six months. Another person who snuck out of their quarantine hotel now has to wear an electronic tracking device! |
| PROMPT September 14th You just woke up to discover you had dozed off in your 3rd grade class... how would you react realizing your entire life since then was just a dream? That would have been a very long nap! 💤 My first thought would be Mrs Stretten will kill me for going to sleep in class. Oh, my, she was a wicked woman. I don’t know how to answer this. If my whole life passed before me there would be a mixture of emotions I suppose. Excitement, apprehension, disappointment maybe, tinged with moments of terror.😱 |
| PROMPT September 13th Write about friendships that are more like family. What makes a great friend? I don’t describe myself as a great friend myself, but I have two amazing friends who would do anything for me. I’m in awe of their selflessness. I have known these two women for over thirty years, I met them at a playgroup. None of us knew each other until then. I was there with my granddaughter who was two years old and they were with their own kids too. Of course I’m a different generation being fifteen years their junior, but it made no difference to our relationships. At times I sought to let them go, thinking they are so much younger, why would they want to hang about with me. But... as I write this we’re planning a girl’s weekend away. So? What makes a good friend? I would say sustainability, concern, commonality, similar outlook, and above all a sense of humour. Above all, being there for each other, in good times and bad. |
| PROMPT September 12th Write about something you need to get off your chest. What’s pressing on your mind? I wouldn’t know where to start there are so many concerns bothering me at the moment. So many of my friends have become grandparents this year and when I see these beautiful innocent children I have to wonder what sort of world they are coming into. I’m usually an optimist and always view life as a glass half full, however this year has shook my confidence. I think it’s our world leader’s actions, or non actions as the case may be, which has my optimism fading. Climate change has taken a back seat through the focus being totally on COVID-19. Yet nothing has changed in that regard. Temperatures are still rising and we see the affects of that as California burns as it did last year. We in Australia will be facing the same in a few weeks when the summer arrives. We’ve become accustomed to see most of the World’s peoples wearing masks. What a horrifying scenario, isn’t it? And yet it’s becoming the norm. If we’d seen such a thing as the future a few years ago we’d have been horrified and yet we now accept it. I’m happy to be the age I am. I just feel for those little ones just starting out in life. There! I feel better now. |
| PROMPT September 9th Write a letter to your future self. Write the date you would want to read the letter again at the top of your entry (you can choose how far in the future this date is; One year, five years, twenty years, etc.) What would you want to tell your future self? What would you want to know from them? I’m struggling at the moment to even get the internet. We are camping out in the bush and although I’ve hot spotted from my phone everything is taking twenty times as long as it usually does. I’m signing off folks until Saturday. See you then. Cheers Sue |
| PROMPT September 8th What does confidence mean to you? Describe the traits of a confident person. Looking at the traits you listed, would you consider yourself a confident person? I feel I am confident because I’m self sufficient. I’ve never been great at being an amazing friend. You know those people who’ll go above and beyond for a friend. I know I’m not like that. I’ll do whatI can to help, but I’d not expect a friend to go the extra mile for me. From my adult children I expect nothing except concern for my well being. I don’t expect them to ignore their own children/partners for my welfare. I’m not their problem. But I do know people of my age who demand to be taken care of by their children. I was not always as confident as I am today. It’s been a slow journey. My husband and I have been married for 55 years. We knew each other for seven years before we were married. Eventually one of us is going to die, leaving the other alone. We speak of this often. I believe I would cope better than he would. I know I would be devastated but I have the confidence in myself that I would be okay. |
| PROMPT September 7th I completely rearranged my desk space yesterday! It was a much-needed change and has helped with my motivation. What does your desk space / writing space look like? What sorts of things do you need (or not need) in your work space to be productive and happy? Well if you could see me now as I write this, you will be envious of my writing space. I’ll describe it. To my left is a log fire, crackling away. To my right on the sofa, is my husband, fast asleep. On the rug in front of me is my big Weimaraner, Lucy, who is also dreaming, chasing rabbits by the sounds she’s emitting. Now to where I am situated. A lovely deep recliner chair, feet raised and IPad in hand. That’s how I do all my writing, one finger tapping away. No need for fancy desk or office chair. All I’m waiting for now is a cup of tea. Hubby will wake up soon and bring me one, hopefully with a square of his Father’s Day chocolate. |
| PROMPT September 6th Reflect on the last week. Write about something you did really well last week and something you could have done better. I wrote a story for the Anthology at the Dreamweaver’s Lounge and Grill. I enjoyed writing it and thought it was good (still do). I didn’t do a good enough edit and yet I sent my entry to Blimprider. I could kick myself because I rushed it. My aim is to get a five star review from him, let me tell you, they are hard to get. 🤔 I wrote a letter to my grandson. He is twenty three and in the army. He and his mum had a misunderstanding and my letter was the calming influence. I think I did well as an intermediary. I think I could have done better at my community writing group and said nothing🤫 Oh, well, you win some, you lose some. |
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Though I hear there are amazing waterfalls in Australia. 
