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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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February 22, 2023 at 12:02pm
February 22, 2023 at 12:02pm
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Prompt: What items offline or online do you read every day?

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I read every day. I download books and audio books from the local library. Sometimes I get books from Amazon. Especially books about some subject I may be researching. Or look up recipes for cooking.

If you read 3 chapters from the Bible a day you can complete the Bible in one year. I read 3 chapters a day from the Old Testament and 3 chapters a day from the New Testament. If I miss a day, I play catch up with 6 chapters from either book. I do this every year now. Did you know most of the things taught by Jesus originated in Old Testament writings? I think reading Church History and historical spiritual writings is important.

I also read nonfiction or fiction from my kindle most days. Although we do play the TV. It is not always on. Sometimes it is not on at all since we read more than we watch the TV. I can listen audio books while I do other household chores.

My most recent story was The Golden House by Salman Rushdie. I wanted to see why he always has to have a bodyguard. Now I understand. I have another of his books on hold in my local library. I often follow a really intense book by a mystery or lighter interest fiction. It keeps my brain from frying.

I have a daily bible study book I read from a couple times a week. It is called the Daily Study Bible Series, revised edition, volume 2 of the Gospel of John. By William Barclay. I finished volume I in December sometime.

I used to play Township on Kindle. I don't give enough money to kindle games so, they will often stop downloading if I don't pay them enough. (Their loss) *Smile*. Only a zillionaire could contribute enough to keep them satisfied.

Several times a week I also read my email and try to get onto WDC to read and write. I used to do this daily when I had my own computer but, someone hacked mine so I'm using K's. It curtails the time I can use online.

yeah. I'm the kind of person that reads the labels on things in the grocery store.

Have a great day.



February 22, 2023 at 11:52am
February 22, 2023 at 11:52am
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Day 5635: February 22, 2023

Prompt: “You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert

What do you think? Can you describe something beautiful in your life?

I have lots of beauty in my life. Right now, there is a new snowstorm moving across the area. The snow is coming down in a peaceful way. Large fluffy flakes covering the ground at a slow rate.

I have a group of pets that keep me company every day. They have sweet souls that take their naps near me, as I do online things or listen when I play music. It's a beautiful thing to know creatures other than people want a human's companionship.

Just before Christmas I restrung my guitar with new strings. The old ones were about 20 years old. I have not played in several years so, I wanted to find out if I still could. It took me almost a month to season and tune the new strings. Now I am practicing old tunes and it is really a pleasure to remind myself of playing faults and learn new tunes. We really never forget things we learn. Sometimes we have to take out old brain cells, shake them off like a dusty, old quilt and use them again.

Memories can be beautiful, sights out a window can be beautiful, reading new books can be beautiful, I guess it's true. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

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February 14, 2023 at 4:15pm
February 14, 2023 at 4:15pm
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"Andre The Blog Monkey's Banana Bar Request to Share the color pink for Valentines Day with BCoF and WDC Happy Valentines Day. Share the Love with Pink


Mary decided to help herself to something special for Valentine's Day. She jumped onto the internet to research some dishes for a party and invite the friends she knew would not have dates for the day.

wow! Look at these recipes: Chocolate filled ice cream cones, Chocolate layer cake with cream filling between the layers, and Allrecipes.com has a how to for cream filling. Look at this, old fashioned creme drops. Yum, chocolate creme pie. Oh, vanilla butter cremes. Then Mary found the chocolate wonder in her research. She found the website listings for buying chocolate in bulk.

By February 14, the dining area was decorated with red hearts, party favors of red cinnamon heart candies, streamers across the ceiling of white and red. Most of all 20 platters of chocolate creme foods were layed out on the table. Each platter held a different kind of chocolate creme candy or food.

When the guests arrived the types of food available all-in chocolate and creme, even Ice cream was the main conversation. Mary had a hit for this year's Valentine's Day. Every guest left with their own box of homemade chocolate cremes in flavor varieties.
THE END OF A VERY SHORT SWEET STORY.

February 10, 2023 at 3:30pm
February 10, 2023 at 3:30pm
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“February is a suitable month for dying. Everything around is dead, the trees black and frozen so that the appearance of green shoots two months hence seems preposterous, the ground hard and cold, the snow dirty, the winter hateful, hanging on too long.” ― Anna Quindlen

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Just not true for where I live. The days are getting longer. The sun is going to be able to reach us each day after the winter equinox with more rays. Not only that but, I was born in Florida, and I spent 9 years in Texas. When I came back to Pa., we were having long winters starting in November and snow then would last until end of March. I could not get use to the cold. Then, one day in January I found clumps of grass growing behind a piece of plywood that was leaned up against a building outside. I began to look around. I got a reality check. There was living greenery everywhere it could find to steal a ray of sun. Pollywogs under the ice on the pond, grass in the oddest spots sheltered from the ice and snow. Even flowers will rise out of the ground after a snowstorm melts and begin to grow even if they freeze and have to start again when snow melts again. Buds on the trees get larger a little at a time just don't burst into leaves until a certain time of spring is reached. There are always things growing around us we have to open our eyes and search them out.
February 10, 2023 at 3:11pm
February 10, 2023 at 3:11pm
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“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.” ― Cassandra Clare

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If weak-minded means lacking emotional strength, determination, or intellectual ability I think there are other reasons some people resist reading, or a desire to learn. literature and poetry influence both. Plus, sometimes reading is influenced by what you like to read about. Poetry is an amazing visual of emotion. Again, what do you see when you read it?

I think of lacking emotional strength as people who have been broken by abuse. Determination has to be taught by backing up people, who learn to handle the problems forced into being by society. Intellectual ability is only nurtured by the niche we live in.

The use of the words weak-minded does not reveal the behind-the-scenes actuality of human mental formation.

February 10, 2023 at 1:45pm
February 10, 2023 at 1:45pm
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Personal Prompt 2: Highlights of Salman Rushdie


I first heard about Salman Rushdie in the news, when there was a contract put out on his life for writing "The Satanic Verses". Just recently news about Rushdie is, he is still healing from the latest attack on his life.

Even though "The Satanic Verses" is a fiction story it was considered an embarrassment by some Muslims who put out a contract on his life in 1989. On August 12,2023 Rushdie was attacked when about to start a speech in Chautauqua, New York. The attacker Hadi Matar was arrested and charged with assault and attempted murder. Rushdi was seriously injured. He is recovering from the attack.

Rushdie's writing is historical fiction and magical realism. He has written 26 books, 5 of them are nonfiction. His writings also contain short stories and musical lyrics.

Rushdie was born into a Muslim family in India. He is a citizen of the United Kingdom and holds a degree from King's College, Cambridge.

Awards to Rushdie's books are many. "Midnight's Children" won, Best of the Bookers/ "Shame" 1983 awarded from France, Best Foreign Book/ St. Louis Literary Award, as well as 10 Best Books of the year, and a Commonwealth award of Distinguished Service.

Personal comments: I read the story about Salmon Rushdie's recovery from a news site online. It made me realize I have read other stories about him being in danger from terrorists. I've never read any of his books, so I looked him up online. I was interested to find out how diverse and well known his work really is, but I've never read any of his writings.

Off to the library I went on my kindle. sure enough, there are copies of some of Rushdie's books in the library I use. "The Satanic Verses" is there. Even though it shows two copies, you still have to put it on hold to get it, and it is a 3 month wait before my turn would come up.

I was able to start reading "The Golden House" which gained an Andrew Carnagie Medal Nominee in 2018. The book was published in 2017. Different reviews of this book say it deals with American lifestyle and culture. I'm through the second chapter. The character descriptions paint pictures. Which means, this is my book for the weekend.

Read On!

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References:
Bing information look up.
www.wikipedia.org.
www.salmanrushdie.com

February 9, 2023 at 10:47am
February 9, 2023 at 10:47am
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MY CHOICE 1: An example of Artificial Intelligence on the move.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a technology moving toward machines, that process large amounts of data,and are able to do tasks that people normally do. Programmed to think like humans and immtate the actions of humans these machines will be able to step into places humans now fill in the job market. It is considered a fact that these machines will create new jobs.

Some of the relevant categories of software for machines, are Narrow AI, Artificial Super AI (ASI), and Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).

In the world of computer searches Google has reigned at the top for many years.

Bing, used with Microsoft Edge is going to make a try to gain some respect in the field of information searches. Microsoft is trying out a new OPEN AI's ChatGPT tool. The new Bing presents written summaries of the search results along with references. The search can be extended with a chat to ask questions. You can ask the chatbot to shop for a new appliance or write an email for you. It may be able to plan meals and menus. Other types of information to make life easier will be available as you learn to ask the right question and rely on the AGI Tool.

If this is a competition, Google is still in the game. Their Chatbot is named Bard. Like ChatGPT, BARD is going to chat about the searches being made. Both Chatbots will use your specific language to respond to questions.

Presently, a new Bing will be released from Microsoft. It will contain the new OPEN AI CHATGPT TOOL. You will pay to get it.

When Google releases Bard it will be free and integrated into the Google system. Bard uses LaMDA technology. Presently, Bard is only being used by testers trusted by Google.

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References:

Definition of Artificial Intelligence from Bing
www.cnn.com: article about Microsoft's new OPEN AI CHATGPT TOOL
www. tomsguide.com: article about Googles Bard
February 8, 2023 at 2:25pm
February 8, 2023 at 2:25pm
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P14: Should education always require learning a second language?

My opinion, the word require is the point. I'm not a trained teacher so I don't know how students are scored to pass or fail any given class or year in school.

Languages are easy for some people and not so easy for others. To require someone to learn a second or third language may be pushing on their freedom and rights. Some parent is bound to object.

To offer language at an early age is a good idea. It might kick their minds into a second gear. so they would see the value of education. As society becomes more diversified, a second more common language like Spanish would be an asset as the child grows, I don't think schools today are afraid to offer higher education at an earlier age.

I've seen how society easily grabbed on to tech toys. I'm thinking job markets are going to involve more advanced technology as years go on. Computers, software, automobiles, farm equipment, transportation, surveillance, heating, pets; I can see parts of all these subjects becoming a part of higher technological job markets. The job market is already. changing.

I can hope for a day when education will be affordable or free. If I had the money, I would go back to school.
Someday, taking a class will be as easy as having communication tech. This is already true in part. Covid was a bad scene, one of the changes it produced was the drive to communicate through technology.

Diversified societies will live more peacefully together, individual languages could become part of a diversified society. If your new neighbors speak Swahili, will you learn to communicate. Or maybe just keep a handy tech translator around.

All Word Count on WDC:302
February 8, 2023 at 1:15pm
February 8, 2023 at 1:15pm
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P5: Depth of WDC. What have you experienced on WDC?

I have been around for a while. I've dipped my words into a lot of different places. I spent a lot of time on the Reading Challenge, writing reviews of books I read. Some are still in my portfolio. I think that is the first place I really settled into doing anything on a regular basis. The second place I fixated on at particular pace was the 30-Day Challenge, which is now on Hiatus. Through that Challenge I somehow found myself writing blogging challenges on Andre' the Blog Monkey's Banana Bar.

There is not any particular time or way to figure all I have experienced in a particular rhythm. I took 3 different courses on WDC.

One was about poetry since I do not have much of a background in poetry. While accomplishing the material, our teacher stopped the course about halfway through, but left me with work to finish, so I could continue to learn some of the material. The other two courses I finished. One was nonfiction writing and the other was a very informative course on reviewing on WDC.

I wrote a story entry for Short Shots called "Mushrooms On the Trail" #2058309, Once in a while I remember to welcome newbies, Recently, I am writing blogs for Blog City and Blogging circle of friends, I wrote for Journalistic Intentions one month, which I really enjoyed and may do some more writing for the contest.

Now I write comments in Question of the Day, stop regularly in the Newsfeed to check out what is there, and sometimes comment on entries, enter the monthly challenge in the Senior Center Forum now and then, I was blogging with "Take up Your Cross for a while, "

A few years ago, there was a scavenger hunt. I was on a Wi-Fi that kept dropping me but, I did as much of the hunt as I could. It was fun and a good way to learn your way around WDC.

I have email at WDC, so I sometimes get to talk with people who are acquainted with my blog. I check my notifications daily, except weekends.

The last year I have not been able to get on WIFI weekends. I try to get in to check up on everything during the week and meet most writing deadlines during the week.

I just checked my community recognitions and found some I did not know I had. There are 8 trophies in my trophy room, 62 collected trinkets, 99 merit badges, and 72 recognitions. I did not count the blogs on Tenacious Tidings. I've been here 14 years. One day at a time. I've learned a lot about writing here. I hope I can continue to be here for days ahead. WDC gives me an opportunity to continue to write and chat with other people. Very *Cool*.

All Word Count on WDC:479

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February 8, 2023 at 1:02pm
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P7: Interesting discovery in your closet or cupboard (go look and find something)

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Found


I found a knife when I was insulating the living room. It was inside a wall where studs rest.

The handle is 4 3/4 inches long. It is made of walnut wood.

The blade is fastened into the handle on a 1/4-inch slant with two copper rivets.
The blade is serrated. It has a width of 1/2 inch at its' thickest place. The blade curves to a point. It is very sharp. It is 8 1/4 inches long. On the blade is a very small, (EMBLEM, EKCO STAINLESS USA, EMBLEM) writing.

I checked with some family members. Noone claims it. It presently is in the silverware drawer with other odds and ends of knives, can openers etc. When the original paneling was placed in the original kitchen no knives were left in the wall. I have never had a set of knives or a single knife that matches this one. Where it came from is a mystery. How it got into the wall is another mystery.

When the house was first built, the walls of the house were wood paneled. There was a kitchen in one part of the area. Later we removed the kitchen and put in a bedroom. Years later, we removed the bedroom making the whole area into one large living space.

I found the knife several years ago when we started to change the house around. It is perfect for cutting insulation to fit. I'm sure it is not its original intended purpose. When it was first built the house did not have insulation in the wall where we found it.

If you know someone who lost a knife out of a fancy knife set, let me know.

All Word Count on WDC: 306

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