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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 November 18th An easy prompt for tonight. I'm tired, don't want to think much, so an easy one. What did you do during the 'Great Shutdown For The Upgrade' of WDC today? Tell us all the 'gory' details! Ahh š“ sleeping I guess. When was it? Never noticed. |
| PROMPT November 17th You have been invited to a posh dinner party hosted by one of the wealthiest people in your small town. When you arrive, your host is does not greet you, and the butler informs you they have been missing last night. A quick search by all the party goers finds him/her dead. Their body is in a small clearing in the woods bvehind the mansion. Being a modern day Nancy Drew/Joe Hardy type of person, you begin your own investigation. What do you find that leads you to the murderer. Who is the murderer? How was the host killed? I call his phone, it rings but thereās no answer of course. I dig in his pocket. The murdered man must have been suspicious his life was in peril because heād put his phone on to record before he answered the door to his killer. A manās voice said, āYouāve had enough time. I need you to come with me, now.ā āThereās no need to point that gun at me. We can discuss this like two reasonable people.ā āThe boss is waiting for you in the car. Move it!ā The sound of the door closing and footsteps walking down the gravel driveway. Then a car door slamming. The car drove for a short way, until stopped. āGet out!ā āIām begging you. Give me another week. Tell Jack Reacher I promise to get his cash then.ā The sound of a gun firing and a car speeding away. |
| PROMPT November 16th This one will cover one of my favorite subjects, Food. Do you follow a certain regimen/diet when it comes to eating? Other than something you might be allergic to, are there any foods you avoid or limit yourself to? What's your favorite meal to prepare. Share your recipe if you like. (I have a 'killer' chocolate recipe!) Oh, it will be nice to talk food as John and I are on a āten day lose ten poundsā diet! Weāre only on day three. John decided he was getting a bit of a belly, I think itās because of the hormone therapy heās on for prostate cancer. However because heās always been slim, heās not happy, so Iām joining him. I can always do with losing a bit of weight. Normally we eat a Mediterranean diet. Very little red meat, more chicken and fish. Loads of fruit and vegetables. John does have a sweet tooth though and we arenāt allowing ourselves any chocolate biscuits with our coffee. No alcohol š³ I HATE dieting! I used to enjoy cooking for the family but now itās just us two I donāt get the same pleasure out of it. Thinking of what to eat everyday and planning meals gets tedious. Iāll eat anything anyone else will prepare and serve me, just for the joy of not having to cook. When my husband was working away from home for eight months I almost lived on Subwaysš¤£ |
| PROMPT November 15th You and your two best friends are going on a month-long road trip. Where are you going? What three items must be in your luggage for this trip to abe a great experience for you. This would be the road trip that was cancelled owing to you know what. 2020 was to be the road trip around England. Back home to see my family. But they were told it wasnāt just a trip to visit them. No, this was to go to all the places I never went to when I lived there for 28 years! This wasnāt a time to waste catching up and drinking tea, ( although I really wanted to do that too) After a week of catching up and drinking šµ we were to go to London. The tea drinking had been in Derbyshire. Tower Bridge, the Crown Jewels in fact all the places I had seen once but that was when I was a kid. I needed to see them again with the appreciation of adult eyes. Beefeaters, Guard changing at Buckingham Palace, all the touristy things, I was going to lap it up. Then from there Stone Henge. Yes I know itās not as big as I thought, but I donāt care. Then the Lake District, Wordsworth Country. Thatās a place I hadnāt been to. How crazy is that? Iād like to think Iād take a sketch pad and pencil to sit and draw and absorb these things and places. But, Iād probably wouldnāt. Money. Thatās what Iād need to make these things special. Then I could stay at beautiful old Inns and hotels. I could experience everything, do tours with knowledgeable people, not have to pick and choose what I could afford. Iāve been to Shakespeare country before, seen his cottage etc but it was rushed. This time I was going to really take my time. Go to theatre shows, go to the Globe Theatre, absorb it all. Alas it wasnāt to be and now Iām not up to the long haul flight when and if itās safe to fly. |
| PROMPT November 14th A Mystery Genre prompt tonight. You are researching your genealogy and find that ancestors from a different generations and different countries made visits to the same remote place. Tell us about this remote place. Why were your ancestors going there? Funny this should come up today, my son has decided to take up genealogy and wanted to know birth, marriage dates etc. Also yesterday we were discussing all our myriad of video tapes. Some of them date back over 40 years. I want to get them put on to USB sticks but my husband says itās a waste of money and that no one will care about them when weāve gone. I think theyāre a treasured archive of our lives. Surely someone will care? Wonāt they? As to the prompt, my family all went down the coal mines. Dirty stuff coal. Especially with global warming being so prevalent on everyoneās agenda. Maybe there was more than coal down there. Those men used to go down the shaft for ten hour shifts, generations of them. It was certainly a secret society, no one ever really knows what else went one, beside digging for black gold. |
| PROMPT November 13th A Science-Fiction type prompt tonight. In your world, all citizens are temporarily neutered at birth. When you want to become a parent, you must prove to the government that youāll be suitable caretakers and providers before you are allowed to procreate. How do you 'prove to the government' that you'll be a good caretaker/parent. Iām not sure you can prove you would be capable of raising a child. I absolutely agree though there should be mandated parenting class for everyone thinking of pregnancy or adoption. I assume nobody looks at that newborn and says āyou know what, baby? Iām going to make your life a misery!ā But thatās what does happen to so many children. Despite their best intentions, parents often struggle and find it difficult, if not possible, to raise a happy child. If I was trying to prove to some panel of judges that I would be a good parent, I would first demonstrate my ability to create a peaceful and harmonious partnership with whoever I was intending to parent with. Perhaps there would be a stipulated time together before being allowed to apply for a parenting pass. Children need happy parents. I would need to prove we were financially stable. Not rich but certainly not living in poverty. Children require parents able to afford to supply their needs. |
| PROMPT November 11th A reminder I could say to myself before Iām tempted to respond to anger with anger, to fear with fear, to negativity with negativity is... Always count to ten. Remind yourself this is just one personās opinion, you may not agree with something that someone says to you but theyāre entitled to say it. Again, count to ten. Itās amazing just that small space before answering makes all the difference to oneās reaction. It gives you time to walk away from a situation if thatās whatās called for in the heat of the moment. Count to ten. This gives you time to repeat in your head whatās just been said. Did they really mean to insult, anger or distress? Quite often they didnāt. |
| You are desperate to use the bathroom. But, you share this with several others. It's down the hall (waaaay down the hall), and it's cold despite the heat being set to the 'normal' temperature. Being an older person, your legs and ability to hold it ain't what it used to be. How do you handle this dire situation? Well really itās a no brainer. Iām old enough to know about toilets being waaaay down the backyard, never mind being down the hall. What did folks do then, especially in the middle of the night and the snow is six inches deep? Has everyone heard about a chamber pot? Also known as a guzunder (goes under the bed) Maybe the receptacle you would have to utilise in this prompts scenario isnāt made for purpose but Iām sure one could find something? When youāve got to go, youāve got to go. |
| PROMPT November 10th Your neighborās hay crop is ready to harvest. Everyone in their family is sick and their Combine is broken. How do you respond to this situation? Is my Combine still working? Well, hopefully I would have the time in between getting my own hay crop in to bring in my neighbours too. Whatever Iāve heard about the farming community then there wouldnāt be a farmer who would watch a neighbours harvest go to waste. They pull together, for who knows whoās the next to need help. It may be me? Looking at this prompt makes me think of my neighbourhood. I know there are at least three of my close neighbours who would come to my aid if so needed. It goes without saying my husband and I will help anyone who needs us to help. No man is an island, as the saying goes. We all need help from others at sometime. |
| PROMPT November 9th You are having a very realistic dream. In this dream, you are approaching a castle. What unusual reason do you have to be at this castle? What do you say to the two guards standing outside it to gain entrance. The two guards are wearing bearskins on their heads, so I must be in London. The Queen is in residence, I know this as the Union Jack flag is flying full mast. I need to tell the Queen something really important. If only I could remember what it was I was supposed to tell her. I only know that the fate of humanity depends on my memory. Well, I could have told whoever it was that gave me this job, not to depend on me. My memory is getting worse. Iām sure I wrote it down, but I only find a shopping list in my hand. Tea, bread, dog food. I donāt suppose this is what the Queen needs to know? I stand at the gate and plead with the soldiers. āLet me in!ā I scream. āThe Queen will want to know thisā The soldiers stare. They are inscrutable. Am I invisible? āYouāll be beheaded, you fools.ā I jump up and down. Checking my pockets for the message I discover I have no pockets in this suit. , āOh no! Iām naked.ā |
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