“My Mama always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes. Where they’re going, where they’ve been.” Forest Gump
I don’t know if Forest was wish beyond his years (I guess, it would actually have been his mama!) but …
If shoe really do make the man, I finally have worthy shoes.
Written for DAILY ADDICTIONS: DRESS (SHOES)
DRUM FILLS FOR THE DREAMER IN ME
I love music.
I love every style of music.
Playing the piano, a guitar, a trumpet, an auto-harp, a recorder, a ukulele, a bass guitar, and a banjo have all been attempted.
When several percussion players were sick, our band director even let me play the triangle in concert!
I even attempted paying a few notes on a tuba.
But I have never ever played the drums.
I wonder if I missed my true calling.
Written for DAILY ADDICTIONS: RHYTHM.
Biting Off More than You Can Chew:
A Retrospective
Change.
Change can be needed and invigorating.
Change can be cheerless and exhausting.
It doesn’t matter your personal preferences about change… Change happens.
Sometimes it happens fast. Sometimes slow, But change is an always a constant.
SO HOW CAN CHANGE BE ASSIMILATED MORE EASILY?
It can help as you are planning the necessities of change for you to remember these two postulates:
Just like in the game of Mother May I, baby steps are easier to accommodate than big leaps. Leaps usually have consequences, whereas baby steps- slow, methodical, and directed- will get you to your target.
Never bite off more than you can chew. Sure, you might be able to get the job done… but it will be messy!
Written for The Daily Post: Retrospective. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
Broken Goals
How many excuses can you name to not exercise?
Written for The Daily Post: Broken. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
Hobbies are wonder pastimes. I wish I had four-hours a day to pursue each of them!
Written for The Daily Post: Juxtapose. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
Share Your World
May 28, 2018
If you were to pack a basket for picnic lunch, what would be in your basket?
Easy-Peasy!
This week’s food group for my meal-planning were picnic items. My favorites…
Yum…Yum…Yummy! In two hours it’s lunch time! I can hardly wait!!
On a vacation what you would require in any place that you sleep?
If you were to buy a new house/apartment what is the top three items on your wish list?
(Yes, I know that this is four… but it’s my new apartment. I can ask for what I want!!!)
Written for Share Your World – May 28, 2018. Requirements: Answer the questions.
A Solemn Ceremony
I cannot listen to it without tears.
Written for The Daily Post: Ceremony. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
Famous People
People seem to go out-of-their-way for their fifteen-minutes in the spotlight.
YouTube seems to have allowed everyone their own personal spotlight.
The grand-finale last-second basket shots or the incredible last minute spin-kick-scoring soccer points… I enjoy.
The Reality-TV superheroes… not so much.
I really don’t know which is the worse: the people who star in shows like How I Fell in Love with My Parakeet and Divorcees- The Fifteenth Time Is the Charm or the people who are glued to their television sets or mobiles and watch the trash.
Written for The Daily Post: Famous. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
A Small Celebration
“I am sure it is a little premature to celebrate a grand book deal for my first novel, but maybe a small celebration is in order.
I do know who my main character throughout the story is now going to be.
I’m sure the rest will be easy-peasy.” said the first-time novelist who knew next to nothing at all about completing a novel or publishing one.
But he did enjoy a good celebration!
Written for The Daily Post: Premature. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
If Only Kindness…?
We have vaccines to stop chickenpox, measles, and whooping cough.
We have vaccines to prevent diphtheria, mumps, and polio.
We even have a tetanus vaccine for infections from accidents that have yet to have happen.
Wouldn’t it be great if we have a vaccine to encourage rational thought and kindnesses?
Written for The Daily Post: Infect. I have been having problems finding something of meaning to create an answer for the prompts this year. So I decided to strengthen and tighten my focus. My chosen topics are as follows: (Monday) Life in Retirement; (Tuesday) Hobbies: Archaeology and Astronomy; (Wednesday) Fitness; (Thursday) Chores; (Friday) Writing; (Saturday) Hobbies: Music and Photography; and (Sunday) Hobbies: Gardening and Birdwatching.
It's All in Finding the Right Words 