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Daily Cascade

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #2326194

A new blog to contain answers to prompts

Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas " became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.

Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

☘️ Richard ☘️

a day ago
In response to "Looking"

I agree that looking back isn't a negative; only by looking back can we trace and learn from our successes and, yes, our failures. Both have something to teach us and ignoring those valuable lessons is perilous.

Humming Bird

Mar 8, 2026 at 4:49am
In response to "The Detour"

Now that's a tour allright! I wonder what he did in the new city?

Witchy Yule Woman

Mar 7, 2026 at 6:43pm
In response to "The Detour"

Dinner with Maggie sounds perfect to me but then I have my moments of being a hopeless romantic. Very nice story, Joy,

Lyv's dance compettion was today and one of her performances was invited back to preform in the closing showcase. The musical theater routine was done to Haus of Holbein from the Musical Six. The girls rocked their dance.

Don't forget the clocks go ahead tonight.

BIG BAD WOLF is Lucky

Mar 6, 2026 at 5:38pm
In response to "Counting Sheep"

Interesting.

BIG BAD WOLF is Lucky

Mar 6, 2026 at 5:38pm
In response to "Counting Sheep"

Interesting.

Witchy Yule Woman

Mar 6, 2026 at 4:10pm
In response to "Counting Sheep"

Awesome poem/story Joy

Lyv picked two words that I added to the random word list this time. I can't wait to show her what you came up with. Lyv chose denial and normal.

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Jellyfish -STOP THE WAR!✌️

Mar 6, 2026 at 1:42pm
In response to "Counting Sheep"

That is a beautiful use of those random prompt words!

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Joy

Mar 5, 2026 at 4:00pm
In response to "Learning & the 21st Century"

Kiya, thanks.
With ai, I take what I am able to use, and leave the rest alone. It's going to change again, anyway.
If they leave bedside nursing to ai, they better do away with old folks like me ASAP. :D

iKïyå§ama

Mar 4, 2026 at 10:40am
In response to "Learning & the 21st Century"

So very true, Joy.
I'm just worried about how AI is taking over and how one is to adapt really.
I guess I'm lucky (?) to be in a job that might not be requiring AI to completely take over - well until they develop robots that can step in to do bedside nursing - but who knows how things will change anyway?
Being in the medical field itself is a learning process every single day - new diseases and medications are rolled out so much now, we have to try to keep up with all of that.

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BIG BAD WOLF is Lucky

Mar 1, 2026 at 4:09pm
In response to "About the High Cost of Liberty"

Always something.

December 27, 2025 at 2:17pm

#1104545

Life Is Like Riding a Bike

Prompt:
"Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." -- Albert Einstein.
Let this quote inspire your entry today!

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This made me grin, since in my case my bicycle can end up in a whirlwind. But, yes, I have to keep on moving, and that's exactly what I am doing now, while staying in one place at the same time. I guess I can say I am moving in place. This is because, sometimes, there's stability in motion.

Imagine a child riding a bicycle. The first time she is on a bike, the world feels unsteady. Her legs pump furiously, wheels screech, and everything around her wobbles as she fights the gravity. But once she finds that rhythm, when the pedals sync with her heartbeat, she realizes that stillness can mean a bad fall.

Not that I've fallen from a bike, at all. I couldn't have because I only knew how to ride a trike. Only because my mother forbid it, saying where we lived there was no place to ride a bike safely, despite the pleas of my uncle who wanted to show me how. Maybe she was afraid I'd take off on a bike and ride to the moon where she wouldn't be able to reach me.

Riding back to the quote, Einstein's words are not about overprotective mothers and bikes, but it is probably his manifesto for living, for adapting one's motions between the steep hills and smooth roads. In other words, life demands careful navigation whether one owns a compass or not.

I can't ride a bike, but I learned, like a cyclist would, to lower my head, bend, and keep on pedaling. The balance isn’t about rigid control but resilience. Motion means hope, and stillness isn't always still if it has something to do with reflection, such as a writer stopping to think how to put together her story elements.

Nothing really needs over-acceleration, especially if the ground is rocky. But we have to keep on moving no matter what. I know I have to. After all, it is okay to fall, from time to time. This is because falling is not failing but feedback.

Daily Cascade [18+]

A new blog to contain answers to prompts

by Joy