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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
Prompt: What do you hope the world will be like in 50 years? Write about this in your Blog entry today.![Merit Badge in BCoF 2
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Congratulations on your virtual blogging adventure!](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/group-BCoF_2-1901868_14.gif) Hi." All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is built on our thoughts, it is made from our thoughts."quote from: "Breakfast with Buddha" by Roland Merullo Hope is a thing thought of and wished for, many times to make something better or easier. I once read that the first 30 years of every new century is when the most progress in society is made. The rest of the century is basically getting used to the new progress in whatever form it takes, If the new agreement between Israel and Lebanon holds, perhaps it means civilization will turn to making the earth a more safe place to live, Blowing up cities with bombs affects the entire earth. I would like to see human rights made worldwide, countries working together to solve health issues and environmental issues. Ideals that got knocked off track lately in the USA. There are 4 more years from 2026 -2030, maybe the war machine prevalent in the Mideast is part of a new age coming toward us.  A lot of changes can work out in the next 50 years. Maybe you will need a pilot's license to drive to the grocery store. Or, everything you buy will be delivered to your home. |
| What are your writing goals for July? Hi! "Everything else you grow out of, but you never recover from childhood." Beryl Bainbridge (1933) American writer My writing goals are not very specific at this date. I have been trying to get here to write a blog as often as I can during the week, I have actually been making it in more often than anytime the last couple years. I have looked at a couple writing contests just have not pushed to enter anything yet. I like the idea of the 30-day returning but have to do more writing on more days in order to get into a good form again. I really have to keep working on writing. Thought of some articles I might research. I have a lot of home obstacles to anything I might attempt, as well as writing. Will continue to put home situations in perspective and Write ON!  |
Prompt: Unwritten--- what's unwritten but assumed in your life. Hi! "We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour,in other words we are the hero of our own story. {MARY McCARTHY 1912-1989}By Me? That I will continue in the daily living that I now achieve, until I cannot do it anymore, I like to read and learn and keep organized. Basically one day at a time. By Others? That they will find a way to stop me before they die. Doesn't seem to be a necessity to elaborate on this statement.  Keep safe. The vote just changed from against to for war, in the congress. What next? |
| Write about a walk in the park, the forest, or around your block. HI! "True enthusiasm is a fine feeling whose flash I admire wherever I see it." Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) To walk around our block is about 4 or 5 miles, If you look at the block as a rectangle? Both ends are paved roads. Both sides are gravel roads. Just not a good walk. No sidewalks just deep runoff ditches. No park near us. There is a walking, biking, Amish buggy trail built into a town near us. I used to take my bike there and ride it. The trail is about 2 or 3 miles long and part of it runs along the bank of a lake where people in the area go to fish. There is also a gazebo there nice to sit and read or watch trail traffic. Most of the time I walk my dogs. Sometimes all at once and sometimes just one at a time. If I take them one at a time I get a longer walk. I have a 20 foot leash which gives them room to sniff around bushes and check out trees. We have a leash law so, I don't turn them loose. We might see rabbits, red squirrel, chipmunks, or deer. Or the neighbors cat. At a certain time of summer we can get a look at snapping turtles in the pond. A couple of the dogs can get excited but, they know better than to think I will let them harass the local wildlife. We might see blue heron, a murder of crows, Canada geese in the upper field by the pond or turkey vultures riding the wind currents. If Drifter smelled a deer trail he might be inclined to take off, follow the trail. And there are lots of deer around. It is against game laws to let your dogs run wildlife. And, in any event it is a good way to lose a dog in the woods. Some bear or bob cat might get the dog. The deer visit the bird feeders now and again. And use our property as a crossroads from one stand of trees to another. The land around here has been rocky over many years so there are small stands of trees where past owners have cleared rocks out of the fields and stacked them in piles. Trees grow up in the rock piles leaving lots of places for deer to take a nap out of sun, wind, or weather. I have a regular way to walk. I spin down into the front lawn, or around the back of the barn and then around the house. Now, summer mowing is putting trails around each of the hay fields so we might go down one trail or another and back up to the house. It depends on how long I want to walk. This winter there were extreme ice storms. Ice was so think around the house I used ski poles with sharp edges just to walk out to the bird feeders and back daily. I played ball throwing games inside with the dogs to keep them exercised and they have 30 by 60 foot dog run for just getting out a few minutes at a time. Ice did not seem to phase them much. I clocked steps and during the winter I often spent time reading and just chores around the house. Not more than 5 or 6 hundred steps a day. When spring hit I can clock 3000 a day if I am doing outside work and inside work. A lot of things to see when I am outside now. Summer birds are here, and green foliage everywhere.  time for cup of tea. See ya.apondia#1781748 |
Prompt: In our lifetime, we've experienced different modes of transportation--- tricycle, scooter, bicycle, cars. motorcycles, trains, planes, or boats. Which mode of transportation inspired your favorite memory? Hi! Life never becomes a habit to me. It's always a marvel. {Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923)New Zealand}Answer=Horses. Went on several overnight 50 mile long trail rides. Lots of fun memories. There are Amish homes near us. We often pass buggies on their way to work or going home from a shopping trip. Always careful not to spook horses. Always remember those horses are doing their work for the day. 🐎 🐴 Have a great day. |
| Revenge HI!Romans 12:19 teaches that Christians should not seek personal revenge, but leave justice and vengeance to God, who promises to repay wrongdoing. from copilot search: bible verses about revenge I don't believe in taking revenge on anyone. Over many years people have been trying to take revenge on me for things I did not do. A lot of paranoia and superstition are to blame for many instances of revenge. I consider this a deep subject because there is so much information about psychology and sociology available to the public now. You have to take into consideration exactly what someone else is experiencing, in their lives. What is their background in physical and spiritual growth. There are mistakes, there are deliberate actions. Another thing I know is, I read, "The Little Book of War." It pretty well lays out what happens to start a war. If you start one how will it end? If someone is out to get revenge on someone, what is the action that caused the problem. Are you positive it was caused by the person you are blaming. We have eyes, ears, and brains. Causes and affects of actions count. Some other scriptures to look at: Deuteronomy 32:35//Leviticus 19:18//Matthew 5:39//1 Peter 3:9 There are a lot more you can find them with a search. We may not trust our neighbor. We can trust Yeshua. "Deliver us from evil,"  This book is still a guide. |
| Prompt: Hero!!! HI! We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are. by Anais Nin {{American French writer {{1903-197 {embedhttps://youtu.be/Hq5mVt-iozQ?si=1Z2uZviTLWht_0fi} Hero's are created by man-made circumstances. They take action in a given situation ignoring fear and danger to aid others. Stories in books and movies create heroes and make them someone to remember. Sometimes being a hero or heroine means getting up day after day and doing the work for that day. We know lots of heroes and heroines on WDC. Write ON!  See Ya!apondia#1781748 |
| Write a midweek reflections on gratitude. Hi! Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive." – Unknown. from goodgoodgood.com I have a lot to be grateful for everyday. Today, I'm able to get to WDC more often, because I was able to set up a positive place to write again. There are lots of changes being done here before winter. And, I started using a little saying that is keeping me focused on the changes that need to happen in order for winter to be more comfortable this coming season, than last season was. My saying is "Make every day count." When I wake up and can not decide what to do for that day I say this to myself and it actually moves my mind into get it done realm. Winter January to spring 2026 was cold here. Next year should be better with the changes I am working on. One day at time is also part of Make every day count. Basically I spend a lot of time alone so I need to keep myself focused.  one more finished household change. See Ya! P.S. Grateful to hear 30-Day- Challenge may resume. |
| "Better to trip with the feet than the tongue," Zeno Prompt: use words time, cat, day and night HI! "A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit." ProverbsI'm thinking tripping with your tongue can bring all kinds of problems. You will take on all kind of different thoughts in other peoples minds. Some comments may seem too, cat like. You may wish you could wake up again and start the day all over. You cannot take back words. Tripping with your feet may mean just walking on a little more careful, but you won't necessarily have to recall it over and over. Unless, of course, you trip and fall off a cliff. Then even the word Help yelled really loud won't put you back on the path. We must be familiar with Aristotle today. Or is it game play day?This time I looked up Zeno. Good night! There were more than one of them so I'm not sure which one made the quote,  See Ya! |
| "Everything we hear or see is a perspective, not the truth" Marcus Aurelius Does this quote make you feel uncertain about what we see or hear? Or else? What do you think about the quote? HI! "Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth." - Buddha by way of: BrainyQuoteI'm bumbling around on the internet today like I've not been here before. Perspective is a way of presenting something. It can have various opinions within and about any thought or subject. Real truth is absolute. You can change the meaning of something by adding content to the subject. The sky is blue. Is this true or just a scientists perspective of the way we see the sky? NASA + 2 :by way of Copilot The sky appears blue because molecules in Earth's atmosphere scatter shorter-wavelength blue light more than longer-wavelength red light, a process known as Rayleigh scattering. How Sunlight Interacts with the Atmosphere: Sunlight, which appears white, is actually a mixture of all visible colors. When it enters Earth's atmosphere, it encounters tiny gas molecules and particles. These molecules scatter light in all directions, but shorter wavelengths like blue and violet are scattered much more efficiently than longer wavelengths like red (NASA Space Place, Science Notes, Royal Observatory) This scattering redirects blue light across the sky, making it the dominant color we perceive during the day. Some of the thoughts we have are true and some just a perspective (parts), of the subject we are thinking about. It is why we learn and study to find truth. Perspective can have more than one opinion. I really think Marcus Aurellius was just not living in the year 2026. He was speaking from the knowledge he had about subjects known to him. There is some possibilities listed that he was interested and friends with a known Rabbi of Jewish descent. He attempted to understand the environment in which he lived. He was educated in Greek and Latin. Which would show, that he was a thinking person interested in what makes why, why? There is a book written about his meditations. Interesting prompt. I learned about a Roman Emperor today.  |
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