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What is Circle Time? & Why did I decide to name this blog after it?... [C]ircle Time is an activity that is often done in the early grades (usually, from preschool/nursery school through first grade) where the students assemble in a semi-circle facing their teacher who will read a story to them; teach a lesson; listen to them read (either individually or as a group); or any other activity that is more effectively-done in an intimate setting than being spread out at their desks throughout the classroom. [S]tudents are often divided into two or three groups (in the case of working on reading, math, etc.) so that part of the class is being taught while the other students are doing busy work at their desks. [I]n some schools, students are grouped according to their progress -- I'm sure you've heard of those kinds of groupings that call each group by the name of a bird species -- but we were called in alphabetical order instead. [A]nyway...back to how this blog got its name... [F]or one thing (the most OBVIOUS thing), it's a blog that has been designed with using it to write something using prompts furnished by Blogging Circle of Friends  .[H]owever, a couple more reasons have to do with Kindergarten -- and, specifically, my Kindergarten days at 29th Street School in Anderson where I could be a handful at times. One shining example of this was how I met my friend, Patty. This story has found a place in my memoirs and has been given the following title: [T]his was an example of how getting in a little mischief sometimes pays off, because I not only satisfied my curiosity but, also, got a really wonderful friend out of the deal. You know something? I just used a word that reminds me of Patty, and I didn't even mean to do it. Anyway, that just tells me that I need to write a story and call it "Invalid Entry" .[A]nyway, I remember when Patty and I were out sitting on her porch, and she came up with this really neat game where she said that she would make a scribble for me to turn into a picture. After that, I would make a scribble for her to turn into a picture. And so on and so forth... [I]n a sense, those scribbles were prompts of sorts given by one person to inspire another one -- which is what's contained in this blog: getting inspiration from things such as quotes; clusters of words; videos; etc. that have been shared with us by another person to get our creative juices going. [I]nspired by each other's scribbles, Patty and I came up with some pretty unique pictures (at least in our early-grade-school minds). [A]fter learning this game from Patty, I shared it with some of my other friends and we played it. Quite likely, some of those friends shared the game with others. I have no idea whether this had been a game that Patty had come up with herself or if somebody had taught it to her. [I]t was, obviously, an activity that was worth sharing with others so that they could join the fun. I hope that reading what I write in this blog will inspire you to want to find out more about B.C.O.F. and join in the fun. [E]ven if you aren't interested in blogging with us, I hope you'll find this a great place to do some reading!!! [W]armly -- AJ wants U 2 meet The CanMan!   [P.S. -- ] [B]e sure to check out the blog and the invitation below:
 And so ends the Introduction to the blog... Therefore, the next thing you might want to do is to start reading it... Does that make sense to you?... Hope so...  |
Potential August 13, 2019 at 11:44pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change. {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Covey}Stephen Covey{/x-link}
What do you think?
This is something we all have, but it's better developed in some than others. However, it's there wait... [Read more] August Happenings (or) Quack! Quackity-Quack! August 12, 2019 at 11:54pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Write about August - the good, the bad, the ugly, or the beautiful.
I'm using the month of August to play a lot of catch-up. This is a sampling of what I'm up to...
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... [Read more] Time Out! August 10, 2019 at 11:45pm
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August 10 is National S'mores Day and Lazy Day. Pick one or both and give us some insight on the proper way to make S'mores and/or be creatively lazy.
I'm taking a Time Out of sorts in my life where I'm staying in, gradually catching up with my life, and resting.
If you want to find out S'more about that, watch me build this over this month:
Especially check out the pe... [Read more] Yes & No August 9, 2019 at 11:46pm
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PROMPT:
Do you communicate differently online than you do in person?
Yes & No
Yes -- I use a keyboard online and my voice offline.
No -- I'm the same person with the same thoughts -- that is, what you see is what you get whether I'm online or with you in person. I'm just me.
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... [Read more] 60 Minutes August 8, 2019 at 11:34pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Would you rather read only one book for a year or only watch one television show for a year, and which book or show would you pick?
I would go with a TV show with that TV show being {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60_Minutes}60 Minutes{/x-link} .
Each week, there would be new subject matter instead of its coming to an end like a book. I could then still be able to read an unlimited number of books and... [Read more] A Loaded Peanut Butter Sandwich August 7, 2019 at 11:39pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
If you could only eat one thing for breakfast for the rest of your life, what would you choose?
Decisions...Decisions...Decisions...
If you mean that I could only have one item for the entire breakfast, I would make it a loaded peanut butter sandwich.
Spread two slices of bread with peanut butter and stack the following items on one of the slices:
Kosher dill slices
banana chips
dried apple pieces
tra... [Read more] It's A Learning Experience That I'm Still A Part Of August 2, 2019 at 11:52pm
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PROMPT:
What is something blogging has taught you about yourself?
I'm to the place where I'm writing something even if it's very short.
Blogging is a record of my life and where I'm "at" right at the given moment where I have a lot more to say than I'm writing down due to limited time -- but, at least, I'm writing something.
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our rema... [Read more] Once Upon A Time There Were Three Bears With Kind Eyes... August 1, 2019 at 11:52pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Are you more like your mother or your father? Or maybe you aren’t like either of them? Tell us why.
When we were all on the same side of Eternity, my folks and I were The Three Bears.
Even now when it's just me left behind, we're still The Three Bears.
My eyes are a blend of my dad's eyes that were so dark that they were almost black and my mom's eyes that were a kind of mix of gray and bl... [Read more] So Many Choices...So Many Reasons... July 30, 2019 at 11:46pm Have you visited lately ???????
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July 30 is {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/yyt8qjw6}International Friendship Day{/x-link} .
To celebrate let us know what country you would like to visit and why. What do you find special about a country, besides the one you live in, that makes you want to visit it?
I want to begin this entry with a present for you (which will also be a present to me in the future):
https://tinyurl.com/yyt8qjw6... [Read more] Bye-Bye, Bedbugs! July 29, 2019 at 11:57pm
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PROMPT:
Over the weekend, Las Vegas was invaded by grasshoppers. Write about an invasion of insects or some other creature that disrupts businesses and peoples lives.
Don't even get me started on bedbugs!
Expect to see something I've written about them written in a special one-week series I'm doing in this blog this week:
I'm happy to say that I'm free of them for now but that there&... [Read more] At Just The Right Time July 27, 2019 at 11:36pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Juxtapose. Let this word inspire your blog entry.
I wonder why it was that, in all the times that I drove along North Broadway, I never noticed Larry standing out on the sidewalk waving at the people driving by and making both his day and theirs.
When I have more time (and I'm getting close to that time of having more time), I'm going to write about the parts of my life that were juxtaposed with his ... [Read more] Faith, Hope, Love, & Action July 22, 2019 at 11:44pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Use these words to inspire your blog entry: faith, hope, love, action.
I can HOPE I can get something done that I'd LOVE to have done and have all of the FAITH in the universe that it will get done. However, most times, one needs to take some sort of ACTION to bring this about.
As a rule, for example, the dishes don't get washed unless you're washing them, and that article you want to wr... [Read more] About That CanMan... July 20, 2019 at 11:57pm
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Sooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Stinkingly
Cute
Because they describe my favorite CanMan!!!
More about him later...naturally!
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... [Read more] Expanding The Pen July 16, 2019 at 11:58pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
"The pen is the tongue of the mind" {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_de_Cervantes}Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra{/x-link}
What do you think? Do you use something besides a pen to compose your writing?
During the time of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, the pen was the main communication instrument of writers.
In time, we had the typewriter at our disposal, too.
Yet, we also continued ... [Read more] IKEA And Ike July 15, 2019 at 11:45pm Have you visited lately ???????
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Prompt: Pick out one of these facts {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/y3xxqpr8}200 OMG Facts You Didn’t Know… Until Now{/x-link} . Write a story, poem, rant, monologue, or opinion about it.
I was going to write a much larger blog-entry, but have run out of time, so I'm going to do a short one here and write a longer one to go here later:
You will find it here when it's finished.
Here'... [Read more] More Than One Mrs.Zion June 28, 2019 at 3:59pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Do you have any pets? Share a funny story about them.
My widowed aunt, her son, and their dog had just moved into the apartment we'd built for them inside of our barn.
This was a bank barn (built into the side of a hill at basement-level with the main floor and a loft area up above), and the basement part was where the pigs were kept by the original owners.
Anyway, Aunt Ruby and Phil discovered that a s... [Read more] It Varies... June 27, 2019 at 2:23pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Do you make your bed in the morning or leave it unmade? What do you think this says about you?
Right at this time, my bed is a mattress with no sheets, pillows, blankets, etc. Just a comfortable place that serves its purpose well.
When I had a bed with sheets, pillows, blankets, etc., it would vary.
If I wanted to make it look attractive, I would make it up.
Most times, however, I would either make it v... [Read more] In No Particular Order... June 26, 2019 at 3:36pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Top ten foods you could eat for the rest of your life.
1. Fruit salad
2. Loaded chef's salad
3. Peanut butter
4. Sausage gravy and biscuits
5. Fried green tomatoes
6. Wild mushrooms
7. Samplers like companies such as Hickory Farms and Figi put out
8. Ramen noodles
9. Trail mix
10. Avocados
P.S. Must we stop with ten!?!
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ring of writers!!... [Read more] Sun Tea June 22, 2019 at 11:58pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Ice cream float, lemonade, sun tea. Pick one or write about them all. Have fun. Be creative.
Did you know that you can make sun tea where the sun never shines?
That's right!
You can make it in your refrigerator.
I do it all the time by just adding water and a teabag or two to a former peanut butter jar, closing the lid, and placing in the frig to steep.
Sweeten to taste in a couple of hours and en... [Read more] Adult Coloring Sheets June 21, 2019 at 11:56pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Happy Midsummer's Eve, or Midwinter's Eve
Summer Solstice or Winter Solstice depends on where you live and how you see the day.
Does color change your mood? Which colors affect you the most if they do?
I enjoy taking an adult coloring sheet (generally, a white sheet of paper with an intricate design sketched on it in black) and applying colors to it.
There are so many different directions... [Read more] A Fly On The Wall In 1947 June 19, 2019 at 11:57pm
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PROMPT:
If you could time travel to any year, which one would you visit? Why?
I'm building an extended-play blog-entry that will be getting added to until next Monday Night (June 24, 2019) and will be going into more detail not only about 1947 but, also about various other things.
Click here to go there:
For now, here's the short version...
I would like to be a fly on the wall in several places and ... [Read more] Monday (or Whenever...) June 17, 2019 at 11:44pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Motivational Monday: “Mondays are the start of the work week which offer new beginnings 52 times a year!“ ~ {x-link:https://twitter.com/bocarealestate?lang=en}David Dweck{/x-link}
Write about New Beginnings on Monday.
This is a great way to think about not only Monday but ANY day that you want to choose to say that, from this day forward, things are going to be better because (insert reason... [Read more] Me Time Cinquain June 15, 2019 at 11:57pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Write about "Me Time".
Me Time
is a time to
get in touch with myself;
sort things out; live life on my terms;
and shine!
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... [Read more] Cashew Nuts To Wait By & Orange Parties At Night June 14, 2019 at 11:51pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
Father’s Day! What is your favorite memory of your dad?
I had lots of happy memories with both my mom and my dad, so it's hard to pick a favorite one.
However, I can share a couple of happy memories associated with snacking.
If we went somewhere such as to have the car serviced where there would be a waiting period, we'd go into the waiting room to sit. At some point -- if there were vending ma... [Read more] A Lubbock, Texas Memory June 11, 2019 at 11:53pm Have you visited lately ???????
PROMPT:
An excessive heat warning has been issued for Las Vegas this week. We will be having triple digit temperatures. How do you keep cool in triple digit temperatures?
When Uncle Kermit was teaching at Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, my folks and I were visiting him, and I decided to go off on a walk. The temperature felt very pleasant -- like a day in Indiana when it was in the late seventies or early eighties.
I... [Read more] |
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