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What is on your mind? I love all type of topics and will talk about almost anything! So, what is happening with you lately? Come, tell me about yourself. What excites you about writing? What other things do you do: Art, music, animals?  Photo: The Huntington Japanese Gardens, photo by Seabreeze |
| Prompt #19: Who inspires you? Give a quick overview of the person and why you find them so compelling. I was inspired by the president of a company I worked at for ten years. The individual, Terry, was a man that everyone respected. He was the type of guy who walked the company, saying good morning to all the workers, which at the time I started were about 50 employees. And, even after we grew to over several 100 employees, he still did the same greeting in the morning. He was a man who would not be opposed to making coffee when we were a young company. And, if you did something that wasn't considered your job, he would be sure to recognize it and make a nice compliment. He took time out of his busy schedule to recognize new employees to the organization. Yes, a big company would have your name recognized maybe in a newsletter or bulletin. But Terry went just a bit further and would be sure to locate that employee and say hi. When we grew to over 1000, he was there at the welcome orientation to say hi to the new hireries. This man had a funny side to him and loved to show it. I had been promoted to be his secretary. One day he called me in via the telecom, to his office to take dictation. As I opened the door, went in took a seated, he had his back turned as if he was reaching for something behind his desk. As he turn around, he had a rubber chicken in one hand and he face contorted and he looked like Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy team. With the other hand he grabbed his tie and flicked it about. I thought I was going to die. He looked like Stan Laurel a little anyways. All my years of working in the office of many companies, I never experienced such an executive as Terry. He was a jewel. One of a kind. I understand that, he was very good at golf and could have been a pro but decided to work in the health care industry instead. So many people became lucky to have him do so. My hat off to you Terry. Seabreeze 5.2.25 |
Prompt #18: If you could switch places with someone, would you choose someone based on the person you would want to become, or based on the person you'd want to experience your life? Who would that be? I think I would like to trade for one day with Doctor Ben Carson. I would like to do so when he was in surgery. I would like to know what that experience is like, to see in the brain, to help someone in pain and help the family of that person. I have such respect for Dr. Carson. Seabreeze 4.28.25 |
| Prompt #17: If you had the opportunity to meet an infamous criminal, would you want to? Who would it be? Yes, Ted Bundy, serial killer. Dr. Dobson did get to interview him before he was executed and for the same reasons I would want to. Try to understand what drove the man to do what he did. Some things that came out of the interview was that Bundy was into pornography at an early age. If i remember correctly, he came from a normal family; not history of abuse. He just seemed to have drifted into un-natural situations, testing things, pushing to see how far he could go. He seem to be a polite individual, very intelligent they say, but not sure a lot of it wasn't an act at the interview to get sympathy. All I can say is, how could an individual that did all that he did be "normal"? Seabreeze 4.24.25 |
| Prompt #16: Make a prediction for the future and explain your reasoning. There is only one prediction that I could seriously make and that would be that I believe Christ will return. Anything else, well there is too much other stuff going on in the world to even choose. When you have people wanting to kill our newly elected President of the United States; when you have people who some how believe that they are no longer a male and want to be a female; you have those who think we now have 100 plus pronouns, I mean, where would I start. I am a believer in God and that His son will return to take care of our planet, people will be accountable for their actions and those who believe will be in a better place with Jesus. I really don't have much more than that to add. Blessings to you, Seabreeze |
| Prompt #15: Challenge a popular opinion. This is a challenge as there are so many popular opinions and it is hard to know where to start. Let's look at global warning? I am not a scientist nor do I have statistics or facts on the subject. Personal opinion is that what I have read, there are just as many scientist that disagree with global warning as there are those we believe in it. We know how they say the earth is really old; millions upon billions years old. We know that there are cycles in the weather. I believe what we are experiencing is just that. If it does exist, it is very, very, very slow. You would have thought that all the ice caps would have melted by now. But there are a lot around. God provides rain and cold weather to freeze areas. I am not a big fan of statistics especially if they are just produced by Government agencies. So, it is a trust situation for me. I also believe that God is in control and I believe His son will return. Yes, it may be with a catastrophic situation, but we will have little control over it. I do believe we should do what we can to take care of what God has put in our hands. Polution is a problem and we need to take care of our technology, improve it, especially where factories and other industry is causing problems. But, unless we can get other nations to join us, what little we can do is just that; to little to make a difference. I guess you would say I am on the fence about it all. I wish I had better faith in the whole system of controlling or correcting a subject such as Global Warming! Seabreeze 4.21.25 |
| Prompt #14: Rant about something that can't be changed and how you wish it could be. My rant is community growth. No, it is not because I do not like people. I love new people, new neighbors but I do not like the congestion it brings; traffic, more traffic, more congestion at functions, more at my local Walmart! OMG, shopping. We use at lot of home deliveries. It is expensive but time is important and more so at my age, 79 and my husband at 91. Standing and looking for items in the market is a bummer. Today, my husband and myself had a bad experience going to an appointment at the VA Hospital in Tampa, Florida. We could not find a parking place. We were told by letter to part in the garage. I went to the garage and drove around and around and around and finally decided to leave. Then we were told by workers at the hospital that we could use the valet parking and that it was free. I would have paid. So we get in line with our car, waiting to be addressed by an individual to park our car and we are told since we don't have a handicap sticker we can't let them park our car. No sign was posted and nothing on the letter that came from the VA. We tried again to find a parking spot and out of frustration decided to go home. We lost our appointment and hour and gas of our time. I love people and everyone should have their time on earth, however there is too much traffic! Seabreeze 4.16.25 |
| Prompt #13: If you were to run for political office, what position would you run for? Walk us through your campaign strategy and policy positions. I would not ever run, BUT, if I did it would be for a local office where I live. Let's say, I want to run for Mayor. First, I would want to be sure that I introduct myself to not only adults but to the youth. They are the next voting generation and I want them to respect the office and respect that the office cares about them. I would like to get them to participate in the "running for office" experience and would see if I could get some help from a few young people. Once I have completed that task and have a small crew, I would sit down with them and ask them some questions about how they could participate in their city. They could help with flyers, helping me at an introduction booth, help with signs and so on. I would try to have a town meeting where folks could come to me. There would be a question and answer period. I would try visiting businesses and finding out what their needs were in the community. I would check in with entertainment within the area and see if I might have a few minutes to speak. I would be as transparent and reachable as possible. I would visit as many as possible of our First Responders and thank them for their service to the city and find out what they need and help if possible. To me, this is the best political office you can get involved in and learn. Seabreeze 4.14.25 |
| Prompt #12: What's your favorite historical event or time period, and why do you find it so interesting? It would be the turn of the century, 1890s on. I love the excitement that it brought to America. It just takes us out of the Wild West into the beginnings of so much industry. We have cars, phones, electricity and so much more. The clothing will start to change. Women are working. Large cities are amazingly complicated. We are atarting to see true traffic. Tall buildings going up. Street cars start to replace the horse for travel in the city. I would have loved to have traveled back in time to New York and ride a stree car down Main Street. Or take a ferry out to see Ellis Island and the Lady herself. Aspirin is invented. Mark Twain wrote an essay titled Concerning the Jews. What is not to like about the Victorian Era? The dresses were still to long but I would love to dress up in one for a costume party, just once. And the homes that were being built; check out author John Steinbeck's home:  These are just a few of the things that could take me back to the 1899s. Seabreeze 4.13.25 |
| OMG, I am getting behind in my blog. I had a set back in activities. For one, I got a new phone and yesterday was a big disappointment in installing or transferring everything over to the new phone. Mostly it worked but my goodness, how many times do they have to ask you the same questions and you have to confirm the same questions. I was loosing my mind. I could not get Yahoo to accept my password on the new phone. I checked and double checked and my password and email were rightly entered but Yahoo on my new phone wasn't having anything to do with it. I could not get into my mail by phone. I had to go back to the old phone. Facebook was ok, except I thought it would transfer my photos, but no and not my friends either. WTF!!! Oh, then the big disappointment, my GPS isn't working. I had a clinch with the location. I went in and double checked the location setting and it was as it needed to be but GPS was not working because of the location. So I think I might go to the dealership where I bought the car to see if they can help. I was really to pull my hair out (I don't have that much as it is). So, I am behind in any of my writings as I have lost a few days to my phone and another project I had going. So much for trying to stay on schedule. 4.10.25 |
| Prompt #10: Describe your favorite place to write. At my lap top on my desk in my play room. It is so nice to have a place to go and just chill out, write, paint or read. That's my place; my girl cave. I some times come to my room when I get an idea or need to do research on someting. I usually try and make entries eveery day in Writing.com. I like blogging and love the fact that Writing.com has a lot of blog support. I keep a pad handy to make notes or write forms for poetry. But for the most part, I enter my writings directly into Writing.com or Microsoft Word. The best motivation is a sunny rooom with my little dog named Little Guy. He is my side kick. He follows me everywhere. Seabreeze 4.6.25 |
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