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 |   This stuffed Beanie Baby dog came tagged "tracker" which fits my search for knowledge. |
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Here are words I like to write All day long 'til it is night. Words go up and words go down When complete approve the sound. If you complete my little rhyme, Things will come your way in time.         
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| Saturday March 9, 2024 4:00 pm  Use these words in your entry today: literature, reason, coma, half, go, curl, and determine. For whatever reason, when I am given a prompt to use specific words in my blog entry, I make up a very short story with no planning and little editing. I must have been in a coma when the training on how to write from prompts was taught. All I had to do was curl my hair, go to class, and learn the reason for the word prompt type. If I checked even half of the literature available on how to respond to word prompts, I would determine that the way I just used the prompt is also okay. Whew! What would prevent one from writing a piece, and then selecting words that had already been included as words in the prompt? Would that be cheating or creative? |
| Friday March 8. 2024 12:30 am  Use these random words in your entry: tactic, soak, cow, issue, tax, heavy, and strong. Jim had to admit that he had issues that he was not going to be able to resolve in months much less before Federal tax day, the 15th of April. That gave him thirty-eight days to sell Bertha, his son's cow, a long shot because she was a special needs bovine. She was no longer strong enough to stand on her arthritic legs. He remembers the day he took Bobby to farmer Mac's place to buy Bertha. Bobby named her after his grandma. If that was not a big issue, the repair of the soaked barn was going to be expensive and with such extensive damage, it may be condemned and torn down. The rainstorms were so heavy the roof was bowed so low it looked like it would fall in at any moment. After a long day of chores and mulling over what he should do, Jim decided on the best tactic. He would have Bobby come get Bertha and sell her. Bobby could sell anything, a top salesman for Jones' Deere Farm Equipment in the next town. Jim was sure his son could take that burden off of his shoulders. For the soaked barn, he would call his college buddy, Johnny Decker, who was the best carpenter in the county. Johnny would be honest and recommend the next course of action taking the decision-making responsibility off of Jim's mind. He remembered his wife's former manager telling her to delegate, delegate, delegate! He chose tax day arbitrarily. As it turns out, all was resolved on April 10th, his birthday. |
| Thursday March 7, 2024 7:50 pm I wrote yesterday's entry after the deadline so it shows posted today. It is before midnight so I am using this as a note to myself that the Newsfeed can be a source of good stuff. Many, like me, pulled up a site where we could answer questions and it would tell us what is our style. I am an innovator. I think up cool stuff and then work to execute the ideas. That is hard to do consistently. My point is many took the quiz and shared their results. It was like being together in a group, sharing and getting to know each other better. It was fun...just like the Question of the Day can be. It can be too thought-provoking for my half-asleep brain in the morning. I don't go there every day as I used to. , Honestly, you have to pick and choose. I have been asked to do the Wonderland and Game of Thrones activities along with others. My thing is doing reviews. Being distracted with activities in February had me doing a few reviews. I like to do them because I feel like I make a positive difference with the writers I review. I get feedback as well. As a Quill finalist I want to set a good example. |
| Wednesday March 6, 2024 7:50 PM Prompt: “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai (1997- ), is a Pakistani female education activist, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. There is no question Malala speaks the truth. Look at what she did with her actions especially being so young. I would bet there is a leader in improved changes in the world for other issues. As grandiose as changing the world, the everyday mother and father, for example change the world of their children by teaching them life lessons. In turn, one of them may become one of those who changes the world. I have a couple of teachers who changed my world. Their enthusiasm for learning, and taking a direct interest in what I was producing in their class had me flying high. I am a person who craves praise. |
| Wednesday March 6, 2024 5:00 pm Happy birthday dogpack:saving 4 premium: DWG  Prompt: "A weed is but an unloved flower." Write about this in your Blog Entry today. I love dandelions. I used to make chains with them. They are weeds but are nice bright yellow flowers. Wildflowers are weeds. A blanket of wildflowers is one of the prettiest sites. There are annoyingly ugly green weeds. I had some take over my backyard once. They had sharp parts and were attached firmly to the ground. I pulled every one of those by hand. It took me about a week. They grew back after the next rainstorm. I hated those weeds. |
| Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt 2/28/24 Prompt: “Even though February was the shortest month of the year, sometimes it seemed like the longest.” I am not of the opinion that February ever seeming like the longest month. January, for me, drags on as a let down from Holiday filled December. I consider February to be short and, if anything, shorter than the short month. My grandmother's birthday was on February 29th. I don't remember when or if we celebrated. I assume we did. A long while back, I read an article about parents who have children on the 29th. They have been known to have the legal documentation changed to the 28th or hold up the delivery until after midnight with whatever it is that can do that. I am trying really hard to remember a time when February seemed to last the longest and can not think of a single time. It was a good prompt. |
| Tuesday February 28, 2024 6:35 pm Where did the day go? Oh yes, I arose shortly after noon. That's where. Prompt: What are 3 things you appreciate about nature? I often wonder for as long as I remember we list three things; not two or one but just three. Narrowing down to 3 is a huge undertaking. 1. Fragrant smell of flowers including their luscious brilliant colors. 2. The big tree stands; Sequoias and Redwoods. Put all firs in this answer. Pine smell while camping in a forest toasting marshmallows. 3. Regardless of human abuse, nature keeps rejuvenating every year. That is until it can't anymore due to climate change. With that, I defer to the thousands of other things I appreciate about nature. |
| Monday February 26. 2024 8:10 am BLOGGING CIRCLE OF FRIENDS PROMPT Day 4025: February 26, 2024 Prompt: “It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.” Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Where is your desk located? If you don't have a desk, where do you write? Does the location of your desk encourage or discourage your creativity? Anything to do with Stephen King, I am in. I read "The Stand" before it became a classic. My favorite was that one until "Misery" where once you read the book, the movie is practically scene for scene exactly like the book. I loaned my copy to my brother-in-law. Probably a year later we were at his house. I asked him about my book. He said he had his own copy and never borrowed mine. Neither a borrower or lender be. Oh, this was not the point of the prompt. Honestly, the point flew right over my head. |
| Give me midnight overtime. Some hours in between 12 am and 12:01 am. Bonus time. Enough time to read untold number of emails. Correspond with my friends. Initiate new ideas. Write something unique. I am tired but a happy tired. Happy to be here. Happy to have my new and former friends. Happy to pick and choose what I want to get involved in. There is no shortage of choices. tracker  |
| My blog entry just disappeared. I am done trying and will try for tomorrow. or the next day, or the day after that. I should write an emotional poem about hitting an errant key and wiping out what I have worked hard at. I know I should put it in Notepad or Word or somewhere as Dave Ryan  gently reminded me the last time this happened. I can become impatient when I have a list as long as Santa's to get through. There are always tasks left over. When I worked as a manager in customer service, my long-time director was adamant about doing what you could without staying after work to keep plugging away at things you think have to get completed. It helped be better at time management. I am still mulling over how I want to make a special page with my favorite MBs displayed. Not that I don't appreciate all the new ones Writing.com support is providing but there are some exclusive ones I have never seen. They please me. I would like to have them in one place. I believe I visited Princess Megan Rose GOT Fox  to see how hers are displayed.I will take some time tomorrow to visit the place where the yellow case recipients hang out. I was happy to see several people I have grown close to in the Class of 2024. I reconstructed this blog entry after all because I put out an invitation for visitors. It is not as brief now as it was. If you read through to here, let me know so I can acknowledge you. tracker  |
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I haven't tried it with a blog, but with book entries you can click the gear in the upper right corner of the entry and then hit Edit. Then you should be able to edit, not just the words, but also who can see it. Just change it to For My Eyes Only. 
And I find it adorable that you didn't know how to tag yet. 
