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Daily writing promptList your top 5 grocery store items.View all responses Shopping, it can be a zoo. We have two major supermarket chains and a local natural food store. And there are one or two rinky-dink places where you may need to sanitize anything bought there. We live in a reasonably cosmopolitan area, so why …
The self-made person is a trope that is always at least half a lie. There's something more than a bit off-kilter about the braggart who claims they alone are responsible for all their achievements. It's one thing to accept credit for hard work and achievement. But another to seize all the glory. Heck, we even …
Perhaps you like films. If so, you may have viewed the Sam Peckinpah classic, The Wild Bunch. The movie portrayed a Western gang on a final violent series of exploits in the American West and Mexico. The Wild Bunch 2023 lives with me. The gang members are Max, a cattle dog, and senior gang member; …
The other day, I was repacking some personal items and came across an old green woolen blanket. It had always been in my pack when I was on the road. If I were stuck out without shelter, I'd strike out into the woods. Out came the tarp and blankets. In a few minutes, I had …
Daily writing promptTell us one thing you hope people say about you.View all responses Let's see...things I've heard people say about others after they're gone. Let's start by excluding stuff they'll say at the funeral because we know people tend to run on platitudes - "She was always so..." or he " always did..." Consider …
Daily writing promptHave you ever performed on stage or given a speech?View all responses I had a foundation of public speaking class in college. It covered everything but comedy. Well, it did cover funny anecdotes to use, but not actual comedy. If you are going to get up in front of an audience and perform, you …
Daily writing promptWhat are your favorite physical activities or exercises?View all responses OK, how many sets of some obscure exercise can you do? How about Hawaiian pushups? I was fooling; I thought I'd made that up and Googled it, and there is something with that name. There are all sorts of ways to torture your …
Daily writing promptWhat is something others do that sparks your admiration?View all responses Like quite a few of us, I wander periodically into the world of computer games. No, not stuff like Tetris or solitaire. I like games like Civilization. For an hour or two, I can create a fake civilization. They develop from wandering tribes to …
Daily writing promptWhat's your favorite cartoon?View all responses "We have met the enemy, and he is us." The astute words spoken by a cartoon character seem to sum up my view on how people can seize disaster from the very jaws of success. No need to contemplate human frailty or the delicate balance of natural forces. Accept that if it is …
Daily writing promptWhat could you do less of?View all responses For many years, I worked as an anthropologist. But somewhere in the middle of those years, I took a detour into being a journalist. My paper was a neighborhood tabloid monthly. The paper's revenue came from grant money from the city, subscriptions, and ad revenue. Its …
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