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Daily writing promptWhat's your definition of romantic?View all responses It's damn unlikely to change! Go ahead and convene a Blue Ribbon panel on it. Print a sizeable multi-volume report. Go ahead; you won't change anything. It's Romance—the single ( in my reasoning) biggest reason for relationships going south. For some odd reason, he thinks snuggling up on the loveseat …
Daily writing promptHow do you express your gratitude?View all responses A gift of craft is not always the way to show gratitude. I've been a woodcarver most of my life and made at least part of my living doing that for years. I've fashioned many a gift for clients. Here's the thing: a handcrafted gift …
Daily writing promptWhat makes a teacher great?View all responses I worked as an applied anthropologist for a few years and was far from academia, with no expectations that I'd ever teach at the college level. Leaving grad school before I completed my Ph.D. pretty much severed me from the regular academic possibilities for employment. I …
Daily writing promptHave you ever had surgery? What for?View all responses Surgery is one of my favorite topics. I spent years in operating rooms passing instruments and sutures, holding retractors, and eventually doing some assisting. To me, it's a bit more than a necessary intervention of a bloody nature. I guess it's because of the enthusiasm that …
Daily writing promptWhat are your daily habits?View all responses Habits are a funny thing. Some are age-long, and others are created and shed in a few years or months. As an undergrad, I cared for a retired doctor. He was a person of unalterable habits. Daily he needed his tea, newspaper, radio news, and then …
Daily writing promptAre there things you try to practice daily to live a more sustainable lifestyle?View all responses I was a " Pious Itinerant" for much of the 1960s, A Folkie ( not a hippie), and definitely a member of a part of the counterculture. My friends and I lived an extremely frugal lifestyle through …
Daily writing promptWhat's the most delicious thing you've ever eaten?View all responses Delicious? Best? It has to be homemade maple syrup over vanilla ice cream. It's hard to romanticize something that is already quintessentially incredible. I know, I know, I'm a bit over the top on this. But there you stand, finishing up the last jars or …
Daily writing promptIf you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?View all responses I haven't always been such a lion of sartorial excellence. If you dig into the far recesses of the closet, there are some well-cut and expensive silk and wool sports jackets and maybe even a …
Daily writing promptHow important is spirituality in your life?View all responses I’ve had friends taken up, almost literally, in spiritual ventures. That’s right; cults, churches, movements, rites, and rituals. I was active in some regions of what we used to call the counter-culture. Sooner or later, many of us took the plunge into some religious …
Daily writing promptHow do you waste the most time every day?View all responses Xenia here. The humans are asleep. I was on the prowl at 3:30 this morning to guard the house, and they wasted the entire night in bed. They don't realize how much I sacrifice to keep their home safe. There was that time when the …
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