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Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

by Apondia

Rated: E · Book · Experience · #2050107

A Journal to impart knowledge and facts

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.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

about 13 hours ago
In response to "English Writing and Speech"

Ai is notorious for changing text messages.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Aug 6, 2025 at 4:28pm
In response to "Just games"

I've stacked hay bales when I lived in Maine, it wasn't easy. I escape into word searches too!

Apondia

Aug 6, 2025 at 3:25pm
In response to "Think about it."

Some years back Dune by Frant Herbert struck me as an allegory of some Catholic church doctrines. I was not impressed with that story either. Game of Thrones reminded me of Dune. Both books had their own story. Also seemed to have something else going on inside the story.

Tell me about the Bible being used as a weapon? I read it as a look into passed historical reality.

Muslims, Jews, Christians, women's rights, ageing populations, health issues, insurance prices, and others, all must be the targets.

Nice to know you read what I wrote. Write On.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Aug 1, 2025 at 9:16pm
In response to "Think about it."

I agree with Kåre เลียม Enga

sadly, the Bible is being used as a weapon.

I've never read Game of Thrones or watched the series. I did play Gaby's game here on WDC but didn't know any of the background.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 1, 2025 at 4:30pm
In response to "Think about it."

I never got swept up with GoT. Lord of the Rings? Read it in a weekend (I think) many years ago.

Do books reflect or influence culture? Of course. The Bible is still used as a weapon of war by many Americans.

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Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 25, 2025 at 8:50pm
In response to "writeless today"

You did just fine! They weren't easy word choices.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 24, 2025 at 2:35pm
In response to "July Sales"

I love the craft fairs but not shopping in the bigger stores. When I was laid up after my back surgery I watched a few Christmas in July movies on Hallmark.

Clothing is definitely more expensive these days, sales matter.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Jul 10, 2025 at 9:41pm
In response to "Grandma is at home today."

My paternal uncle lived near my grandfather.

My maternal grandmother lived close to family in the hollow.

My father's family tended to live close, even moving together to Oklahoma and South Carolina.

My mother's family scattered.

I wish... but we both know about wishes without wings.

My experience in Thailand was mixed, but I don't doubt that families remain close as friends often do. In Costa Rica it can be multi-generations living in the same area.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 10, 2025 at 8:18pm
In response to "Grandma is at home today."

And I'm spending a lot of time teaching my granddaughter sewing and crocheting, I love that.

Lyn's a Witchy Woman

Jul 10, 2025 at 8:17pm
In response to "Grandma is at home today."

I used to spend every summer with my grandfather and I loved it. During the school year I would spend weekends at my other grandparents and I enjoyed that time very much.

As a grandparent my older grandchildren would spend the summer with me. Then in 2021 when my daughter (my youngest) and her boyfriend split she asked for help, so we moved to Vegas. We share a house together, my husband, my daughter, my granddaughter and me. It works for all of us.

November 3, 2021 at 11:36am

#1020720

Just a Few Words About Habitat

You live in a tourist town. There's always an 'interesting' mix of visitors. But this year they are especially... different. In what way?

Did you notice the people running around in monkey suits on Halloween? There were a bunch of them staying at the tourist hotel by the lake.

I’m not sure they are human tourists. I saw one run up a light pole and sit on the top eating a banana.
There was a big Halloween party in a bar somewhere near here. Some one told me there were 50 or so different varieties of monkeys playing in the decorative vines hanging from the ceiling. When the party was over groups of monkeys were playing in the streets. I know one man said a big ape tossed him over its shoulder climbed a tree and threw the man in an eagles nest. He had to call the fire rescue squad to get him down.

You don’t believe that story do you? Sounds like someone drank to many banana daiquiri.

Maybe so, but Halloween is over. My cousin saw a troupe of them get off a plane at the airport. Spider monkeys live in evergreen forest in central America. Monkey habitats are disappearing all over the world. The habitats are being destroyed as people cut down forest to build homes and farms. Maybe they are looking around to find a new place to live? Maybe they are migrating?

As long as they are peaceful who cares?

Monkeys are usually peaceful. They just sit in trees and swing through the trees with their tails.

Do all varieties live in trees?

No. Some live on grasslands and in mountainous areas as well as in forests with different types of trees. They are omnivores, eating both meat and plants.

Nah. Your just funning me. There aren’t any real monkey tourists running around.

Really! What is that over in the peach tree in your front yard?

Hey, leave my peaches alone. I need those peaches for winter. Go eat a banana!

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Halloween is over so Happy Thanksgiving. Hope you started your Christmas shopping early.

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