It sounds idyllic, because I wanted to emphasize the beautiful part of that life. However, it was very hard. My father was a brute. He brutalized all of us, and left us without resources. We had to escape.

i rather like his 'pond people' outfit. 😄 I guess he did too!

We all have in inside and an outside self, don't we? It's just a matter of how extreme the difference is. Thank your for that sensitive response.

I was a child. My new home was a strange universe for me. I didn't understand my classmates anymore than they could understand my early life. I think it's great to move around, to see that people have

Hello community! This week's prompt called to me. I thought of an experience from years ago and wrote about that. My creative nonfiction story: A Little Bit of Country

I think one reason we can't 'talk' reason to some people is because they don't actually share our values. I used to think I could persuade someone that something was wrong because it was hurtful, or because

I don't know...you put so much love into that house. And yet, sharing your living space and resources with a data center. That wasn't part of the plan. Where I live, cell phone companies can't even get

😄 Really amusing. I love the aliens on a train, just chilling :)

I'm guessing your wife's parents are about my age (79). We moved at the end of '23 into a larger home, but we have family living with us, so our arrangement is a bit different. I'm happy to say I helped

I love the concept of the fairies traveling on the bee's wings. Ever so tiny, ever so light. Lovely. Thank you for participating in the contest. On behalf of LMAC I am gifting you 2 HSBI tokens. I hope

It does look real! A lovely interpretation. It 'feels' right. Everything does fit together. Thank you for participating in the contest, @atlantiss. On behalf of LMAC, I am gifting you 2 HSBI tokens. Hope

As always your collage is whimsical and full of surprise. It is a lovely interpretation of the template. Thank you for participating in the contest. I am gifting you, on behalf of LMAC, 2 HSBI tokens.

A lovely, peaceful image, @argeh. Beautiful interpretation. Thank you for your participation. I am gifting you, on behalf of LMAC, 2 HSBI tokens. Hope to see you in the next round!

How are you? Worried about you, @lizelle

They are a bit of a luxury! Funny. We had one because we were poor. We had a forest in our backyard so all we needed was an axe :))

I love your stove!!Something so cozy and warm about a stove. Plus, you're not dependent on someone else providing you with fuel. For most of my childhood our house was heated by a wood burning stove. Not

It's madness. I don't pretend to understand 'the markets', but right now I don't think anybody can see reasonable behavior in this market. My only guess is that people who know what's going on, people

Thank you very much for the support, @discovery-it. It's much appreciated.

Thank you for stopping by and reading :)

Thank you, @esther-emmanuel!