On The Corner of HODGE and PODGE

#990155

August 6, 2020 at 11:43pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What was the last thing you ordered off the internet? That's easy to remember. The last thing I ordered off the Internet was a three-month extension to my membership subscription at WdC along with $25 worth of GPs. Great choice! Sweet deal! Written By For: ... [Read more]

#989624

July 31, 2020 at 11:59pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What do you think is the key to networking as an author? I believe that the key can best be summed up as staying alert for ways to mix and to create ways to mix. Check out some of my examples: {x-link:https://twitter.com/AJ1952Chats/status/1288803843468296193}A Look Back At... [Read more]

#989406

July 28, 2020 at 11:44pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT At the end of the play Oedipus Rex, Oedipus blinds himself possibly out of guilt as he realizes he is the one who has bought ruin to Thebes. What do you think makes people punish themselves, knowingly or unknowingly? Is it always out of guilt feelings? I was around four when I bro... [Read more]

#989068

July 24, 2020 at 11:44pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Use your favorite song title to inspire your entry today. I chose this single-word song title because you can go in so many ways with it. It's not my only favorite song title, as I have several of those that inspire a lot of thoughts. But, when we allow ourselves to IMAGI... [Read more]

#988994

July 23, 2020 at 11:10pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT "A cup of tea is a cup of peace." What is a cup of peace for you? Thinking of tea gives me a feeling of comfort and peace while I count the memories. A cup of tea isn't the only drink that triggers comforting and peaceful feelings in me, but it's the one I'm g... [Read more]

#988908

July 22, 2020 at 11:46pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT "The business of life is the acquisition of memories." Carson, Downton Abbey Season 6 Use this quote in your Blog entry today. "The business of life is the acquisition of memories." Carson, Downton Abbey Season 6 I'd love to have more money. Actually,... [Read more]

#988780

July 21, 2020 at 11:39pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT When you revise a piece, what are the steps you take, and where do you stop? Do you stop when you think you are making things worse instead of improving them or when you are sick of working on the piece or when you think you’ve done the best and this is it? Believe it or not, th... [Read more]

#988442

July 17, 2020 at 11:51pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT " Writing is thinking out loud. Blogging is thinking out loud where other folks think back.”~ {x-link:https://www.successful-blog.com/aboutme-liz-strauss/}Liz Strauss{/x-link} What are your thoughts? It varies with me. Some of my blogs have comment sections while other... [Read more]

#987872

July 11, 2020 at 9:52pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Tell us about your writing space. Where do you write your blog posts? My home office and my bedroom are the same. My computer is on a table beside my bed so I can stretch out when I write and do other Internet activities. Since I have lymphedema, this is the best kind of set-... [Read more]

#987770

July 10, 2020 at 8:34pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Write an anecdote. According to Merriam-Webster.com an anecdote comes from the Greek word anekdota, which means unpublished. It is defined as a short short story concerning a funny or interesting occurrence or event. What first comes to mind when you think of a sneeze and a toot? ... [Read more]

#987691

July 9, 2020 at 10:05pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Write down a few memories from last week that made you smile. There were a lot of very happy moments during my mini-vacation that I ended up taking last weekend -- among those were finally getting some things done that I'd meant to get done such as getting a whole bunch of mail ... [Read more]

#987594

July 8, 2020 at 8:32pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What is the most independent thing you have ever done? I've done so many independent things in my life that I can hardly decide on which one. Here's a real doozie that I'll be writing about sometime when the time is right. I have the framework up for it now. A... [Read more]

#987520

July 7, 2020 at 11:51pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT “Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat-watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance,” says {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Greenburg}Dan Greenburg{/x-link} . What other excuses like cats make your mind wonder and take you away from your writing? ... [Read more]

#987422

July 6, 2020 at 9:04pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT “We may be totally unaware that many of the challenges in our lives are not our issues. They are our parents’ issues,” says {x-link:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/297673.Shirley_Rose}Shirley Rose{/x-link} in her book, {x-link:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48923643-integration... [Read more]

#987140

July 3, 2020 at 12:47pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What are your plans for the 4th of July with all that is happening? When The 4th Of July gets here, I'll find out. I'll likely be right where I am now unless I happen to get enough money to have some kind of mini-vacation. Originally, when I thought that my minivan woul... [Read more]

#987010

July 2, 2020 at 7:43pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT An island rose from the sea. What happens next? An island rose from the sea. Why did this happen? Likely, because the water-level has gone down for some reason. It's not really an island rising but, instead, the water-level sinking, exposing the island that has been hid... [Read more]

#986900

July 1, 2020 at 6:29pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What was your favorite childhood vacation? I've had all kinds of happy memories of childhood vacations, so I've created a sheet where I'll be sharing several of them over a period of a few years: These memories were all special for so many different reasons. ... [Read more]

#986789

June 29, 2020 at 5:02pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT For everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven-- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Since it is so, spiritually speaking, why do you think our planet now has this Covid 19 pandemic? One reason why the COVID-19 pandemic is worse in some areas than others has to do wi... [Read more]

#986306

June 23, 2020 at 12:03am

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Taking off from the saying, ““you only get one chance to make a first impression” logic, why, do you think, a first impression, a first line in an article, or the first paragraph of chapter in a book can be the most important? Making the first line/paragraph of a story or ... [Read more]

#986041

June 20, 2020 at 11:58pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What are your plans for the weekend? The weekend actually began yesterday, as Friday is considered to be part of the weekend. The weekend is usually Friday, Saturday, and Sunday even though Friday is the last day of what is referred to as the work week. But Friday is like a ... [Read more]

#985977

June 19, 2020 at 11:48pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Discuss this quote “There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” ― {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurell_K._Hamilton}Laurell K. Hamilton{/x-link} There are wounds that bleed -- with some bleeding so much ... [Read more]

#985950

June 19, 2020 at 12:01am

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Do you like being alone or do you like being around people? It all depends. Let's take driving. When I get my minivan road-ready again, one of the first things I'm going to do is to take a road-trip and explore places that it's been forever since I've seen an... [Read more]

#985745

June 15, 2020 at 11:58pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT Prompt: “Loss sets its own clock. It distorts time and memory, makes days and years short and perpetual all at once.” From {x-link:https://www.amazon.com/How-Fires-End-Marco-Rafal%C3%A0/dp/1542042976}How Fires End{/x-link} by {x-link:https://g.co/kgs/LYne9R}Marco Rafalà{/x-link} How... [Read more]

#985373

June 11, 2020 at 12:11am

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT You open the last book on earth. What is the book about? will answer the question. Due to a lot of Murphy's Law, I've run out of time to write everything here and am even turning this in late now. Hopefully, I'll begin to catch up with myself... Written ... [Read more]

#985143

June 6, 2020 at 11:56pm

{dropnote:"Meet my kitty-cats!"} ( Meow? ) Curious? Go Ahead {x-link:https://tinyurl.com/ybsprk3h}Take-A-Peek{/x-link} !!!!!!! PROMPT What song tells the story of your life? It's up to you, pick a song yourself or check out the link and see what it picks. https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=what-song-tells-story-your-life-1 Since I have so many songs that I associate with various parts of my... [Read more]