I jumped in this week. The story ran a little long...but it's trimmed from an original 3500+ words! Just proves, we really don't need all those words to say what we want, sometimes. My story for Prompt

I have no pictures, except those in my mind. I had taken my mother to Vienna, in 1972. She was losing her eyesight and wanted to see Europe while she could. Vienna was on her wish list. While we were there

For the first time in over thirty years it feels like the end of the road for my days of collecting. The itch to find “that next watch” has been satisfied. The burning desire to acquire different and rarer

I think we are paying a heavy price and this Iran war could lead to a global financial meltdown followed by a complete economic reset. It also could deplete our resources to the point we can't defend

so I’m hoping to make a few quid by growing it and selling it to him. 😄 I like cauliflower. Certainly a lot better than broccoli. I am awestruck by the energy and skill evident in your garden. Quite

I try to keep a healthy balance. Make dinner. Take care of the dog. Watch a movie. But it's hard to keep this out of my peripheral awareness, all the time. There's talk about gas prices, like that's the

I think a lot of people just conjure and search for excuses/explanations to support their belief system. That's why I meticulously researched this blog. I wasn't looking for affirmation of my beliefs.

I hope this war is different from all other wars, that it does not have a will of its own. Unfortunately, I was correct. The war is spiraling. He has not control. No idea. What a horrible place we are

resistance means refusing to play the game at all I don't think that will work for me. That's what a lot of people in this country do. Then the monsters take over. Somebody has to speak up. Somebody has

How do you cope? Family, pets, and blogging. In that order :) BTW, @ericvancewalton: Wrote the review tonight. Amazon says it's live but I don't see it there. I guess it takes a while to post with the

didn't have anything like it when I was in school I was a bit eccentric. Didn't train to be a teacher (although I did get certification), so I had unorthodox methods. The kids loved my approach...the other

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Hope you like it. When not, just skip and move on to the next post on your list 😄 I love maps. That really makes me 'see' a place. The pictures are great. Maybe because of the map I had a feeling of actually

forcing the war in Ukraine with Russia ???? That's fodder for another blog...I hardly believe Russia was forced to invade Ukraine. But we'll save that discussion for another day :)

Oh, so predictable. If only we had leadership, if only we had a citizenry who read history, who at least took a glance back to see what has come before. It's all there. You lay it out so clearly, it breaks

You could be right but that doesn't make sense to me. He has weakened the USA greatly with this and other misadventures. We are less able to resist, let alone subjugate, anyone now than we were when he

Every now and tne I have to pull a lever and vote for someone. Every now and then I express an opinion. I'd like to understand the positions of the people I vote for, and don't vote for. When I speak,

What a beautiful setting. The decor in the restaurant is consistent with nature. Very soothing. And I cannot believe you got a steak for $3. Definitely not a U.S. restaurant :)

We had a rescue beagle!!I don't know where the beagle came from. She was about 3 when we adopted her from Last Hope animal shelter. She had already had puppies. Kudos to the rescue team. We don't even

they can always have underground hidden labs and such You don't trust last year's bombing to have neutralized for a time their nuclear ambitions. You don't think diplomacy works, because there's always