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Spring Preparation
A happy tradition in the household as the last remnants of snow start melting away. When we moved to this house years ago, we set up our trampoline. The boys were quite young, and I remember telling them they could not jump out of our second-story window onto the trampoline unless there was a fire.…
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A Random Letter in my Path
You stumble upon a random letter on the path.You read it. It affects you deeply, and you wish it could be returned to the person to which it’s addressed. Write a story about this encounter. Today’s twist: Approach this post in as few words as possible. (75 words even) I saw a letter in my…
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My Buddy – Who Was – Yet Still Is
Write about a loss: something (or someone) that was part of your life, and isn’t any more. Well, he’s still part of my life, just not in a physical sense. I make my living using technology, and one of my greatest teachers/supporters/technological playmates was a quadriplegic named Buddy. Buddy went to school with my sister,…
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Three Songs – My Favorites – What are Yours?
Write about the three most important songs in your life — what do they mean to you? That’s today’s assignment. As a music-lover this should be easy-breezy right? Bet you thought I would say it was difficult! But actually, it was pretty easy for me. I have eclectic taste in music. I enjoy the Disney…
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Where Would I go?
If you could zoom through space in the speed of light, what place would you go to right now? That’s today’s assignment. My mind raced as I mulled that one over. A Janis Joplin concert? My perfect moment in the woods when I was a child? Ancient Egypt? Which adventure would I choose? When my…
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Writing 101 and my Stream-of-Consciousness
For Writing 101 at the Blogging University, we are instructed to do some stream of consciousness writing. It makes me think of all the different types of writing I’ve done in my past…My PopPop encouraged me, rejoicing with me as I won an award for writing in first grade. I think that was a poem…
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Spring
This Mommy-pot vase was made by the children of one of my dearest friends. And she made the basket behind. God gets the flower credit. Maybe I’m just getting old, but this winter felt especially brutal temperature-wise here in western New York. I always associate Easter with spring, warmth, flowers, and sunshine. A re-birth that’s refreshing…
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Larry Boy Greets my Boys
The other day I woke up with a VeggieTales song stuck in my head. Since my kids are 15+, this is not a common event anymore. It was a great way to wake up, though, and reminded me of one of my favorite interviews. Years ago I interviewed Mike Nawrocki (VeggieTales co-creator and voice of…
Word Quilt
I don't sew, but I write — patching together pieces of my life.
