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 |  Thoughts, we all have them. What is yours? |
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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 |
| If I had a choice of being either a 'that guy' or 'that girl' actor or actress, I would want to be Doris Day. Now there is a cutie. She has it all: looks, voice, talent. She has made many movies, and the leading man she got to act with: James Garner, Rock Hudson, Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable to name a few. I can remember when I was in sixth grade, there was this girl who looked a lot like her and she was a fan of Doris. She knew all of her movies and songs. Wow, I was impressed. Do I have a favorite movie? Calamity Jane. It is a fun movie to watch and I just love the song Secret Love that she sung in the movie: I can't think of one thing I didn't like about her. She even had a good cause she supported, Doris Day Animal Foundation (https://www.dorisdayanimalfoundation.org/about). The best thing would have been to have lunch with her and ask her about her career. She is gone though and I don't believe we will even have another female actress like her. |
| Yesterday was the first day of spring, March 20. I think of newness, refreshing ourselves, our homes, our personal belongings. I have an unwritten list like many of you. I want to clean my house, my yard (weeds); purge my closet, organize my playroom (I paint, write and it is unorganized). What do you need to do? I will start, and isn't that the hardest part, starting. I am having a landscape company coming April 3 to look at the front of my home. We have little palm trees, spider plants and they are fine. But, it is the other areas that have white rocks with many weeds. The rains have been too good to us. I want the rocks to go and more dirt and possibly blocks of some sort so the weeds do not overwhelm me! That is my biggest bug-a-boo! |
| Poetry has so much to offer. I use to think it was all about rhythm. But once you get into poetry, you see that there are so many different forms. I recently tried the pantoum form. At first, I wasn't sure I could complete my poem because of the unique structure that was required to pen your poem. Rhyming word, repeating lines and doing this in a certain order. It takes a little tracking. I am not sure if this is a left brain, right brain thing but my brain was feeling it. If you have not tried this particular form, I suggest you give it a try. Here are some links to its format: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantoum https://classicalpoets.org/2016/09/how-to-write-a-pantoum-with-example/ https://interestingliterature.com/2021/03/best-examples-of-pantoum-form-english/... Here is my poem about my little dog:
Have fun! That is what it is all about! Seabreeze P.S. If you wonder where I go for this great info on writing poetry, visit:
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| I love poetry and that is why I am here at Writing.com. I recently join The Poet's Place. Here we learn various poetry forms, which I had no idea there were so many kinds. Dave heads up the port and he is wonderful at it. I hope you will check it out. https://www.writing.com/main/handler/item_id/1937699-The-Poets-Place  |
| I was thinking about how lucky, no blessed, I am and felt to share them: 1. I am breathing (I am 79 soon to be 80). 2. I was born and live in America. I cannot imagine living anywhere else. 3. I have a wonderful son who gave me two beautiful granddaughters. The X-daughter-in-law I pray for. 4. I believe in Yahshua and the Bible is God inspired. 5. I was married for 42 years to a great guy that I lost to cancer. I met a wonderful guy who was married to his wife for 60 years and lost to cancer. We met and decided to marry; three years now. 6. I play music on a keyboard, can paint in watercolors, play chess, love playing cards and thrift shops! 7. I am thankful for the people I do know and can call friends. 8. I am thankful for having all of my own body parts. 9. I have a nice car, home, live comfortably in a nice community. 10. I belong to Writing.com. What are you thankful for? Seabreeze |
| If you have never listened to Jack Webb and Johnny Carson do the Clapper Caper skit, you are in for a treat! I research this now and then just to replay and have a chuckle, which I just did recently. I thought it would be a fun thing to share. Enjoy! Seabreeze |
| Are you happy about the new administraton at the Whitehouse? What is your opinion about the money fraud that is being unvailed? Share with me. I love the transparency. It is way over due. If there is fraud, let us see it. As far as sending monies back to the tax payer, I would rather they keep it. I want to see the IRS gutted. I want to see the tax portion required for businesses, especially small businesses cut. My son, who is divorced, has his own business, has two children which he faithfully supports, needs a break. Because of the divorce, the court decided that his x-wife should get all of the deductions. So my son cannot take the girls as a deduction. That needs to change. Why say you about all of this?  |
| I love trees. But, I believe the tree I love the most is the California Pepper Tree. It is an everygreen tree that is of the species Schinus Molle. It is native to the areas of Peruvian Andes to South Brazil. It has such beautiful leaves and red berries when in bloom. It can grow tall but what I remember as a kid, as it branched out, with the branches low, it was easy for us kids to climb the tree. We used the berries for all kind of fun things. We would use them to line out our house area where we played. We used the berries for play food, but of course did not eat them as mom said they were poisonous, which I found out later was not true. The California Pepper drapes beautifully like a Weeping Willow. Some regard it a messy tree, especially if you have sidewalks or driveways where your trees grow. I understand this species has become invasive in Florida and in some places in California. What is fascinating is that the berries are sweet, can be used to make a tea like drink. Also, in past history, the leaves were used in mummification. The plant is very aromatic and you can purchase medicinal oils under the species' name Molle. If you are interested in more information about this tree, there is a short, but informative video: https://youtu.be/MT5-lt016kU?si=OM1vO_o7Vn-Fzrex.  What's your favorite tree? |
| DOGE. Department of Government Efficiency. Don't you just love acronyms? Well, I think DOGE is a wonderful idea. I certainly want to know where my tax dollars are going. And from what I have heard so far, I am not a happy camper. But, I am not surprised either. Anyone with half a brain knows there is waste in the government. So, why all the cry babies? I also do not believe that Elon Musk is a threat. At least not to me as I have nothing he wants that isn't already out there in the big WWW. Ops, another acronym. If any of congress is opposed to Elon's looking into the books, well, they must be afraid as to what he is going to find. Maybe it will be what congress has approved; especially if individual congress personal get found out by their constituency. That won't sit well come re-election day. One item found was: $4.6M contract to coordinate zoom and in-person meetings. I guess they need that for the employees who work from home. Have often do you hear about folks who want to volunteer their time to help discover what is wrong with the Government? Just think of the money that is being saved there. Or, maybe not because Congress has not been doing the job and they still get their paychecks. So, money still out the door. What do you think about DOGE? https://doge.gov/ |
Little Guy is my adorable but strong willed Jack Russell/Chihuahua mix. He loves me so much that it gets to be a problem for me. I love dogs and have had many in my lifetime of 79 years. But nothing compares to the attention this little fellow gives me. He is always at my feet, which can be dangerous for both of us. He gets stepped on and I may trip! The attention he gives me has been somewhat puzzling because he has not always been my dog. Little Guy came with my newly married husband. He was Fred's dog and even Fred's beloved wife who passed away several years ago. I could see that he might be associating me to the female he lost, but they were never really good friends. Well, at least I understand she didn't like him. Little Guy has issues. We think he is about 8 years old and seems to have joint issues. From X-rays taken at the vets, he has previous signs of injury. So, I try to take that in consideration when working with him. However, nothing about this little fellow stops him from playing. He loves to rough house a little, but you must be careful as he has sharp teeth. When he gets excited, he gets the zoomies. He will run around the house two or three time. He is always looking up at me, but what else can he do as he is so close to the floor. He weighs about 7 pounds, pear shape. He is a "kick" to watch. He has an attitude that I am trying to understand. He talks back. Seriously! If you tell him no, or try to correct a bad habit, he talks back with a screeching bark. He is very clever how he does it. He barks and backs up then moves forward and then backs up again. It is hard not to laugh at him. So, I have become such a fan of Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisper. I am trying my best to pickup on his dog and human psychology. Periodically, I will check in and let you know if I make progress. How about you? Do you watch Cesar? |
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