Getting what I want

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Sunday, July 19, 2009: “Write about a time you got what you wanted.”

There is an old saying that goes: "Be careful what you wish for, you might get it!" I wished for a full set of teeth and I got my wish. I have a full set of teeth, which I take out of my mouth each night and put in a glass.

I got what I wanted. I got what I wished for a complete set of new teeth. I'm having difficulty getting used to the lower plate. I do eat with the teeth in my mouth most of the time. I'm going to conquer. I'm going to learn how to eat with my new dentures.

Be careful what you wish for,

you may get it!

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Life a free-for-all

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Sunday, July 26, 2009: “A free-for-all”

We are born into a chaotic situation wondering what's going on in the world around us. We spend the first twenty-five years attempting to figure it out. We spend the next twenty-five years thinking we have the answer to the question. About age fifty, a person realizes that he or she had it all wrong, that the conclusion one jumped to concerning what life is all about are mostly wrong. So we spend another twenty-five years attempting to answer the question again.

Somewhere around seventy-five, we begin to realize that we asked the wrong question. Instead of asking, "What is life all about?" we should have ask "What is my purpose?" The important information is why we were born on a specific planet at a specific time in its history. Once a person realize his or her purpose, then life is no long a free-for-all; no longer a chaotic situation.

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At the end of a busy week

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for no longer having a hospital bed in my dining room. The company picked the bed up Monday. Now I can get the dining table back where it belongs.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for chocolate. I bought two bars of chocolate from some kids who came to the house last week. This morning Mom and I had the chocolate for breakfast.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for my mother. Mom and I went to her doctor yesterday. Mom seems to be doing all right, of course we haven't heard anything about the blood tests the doctor order.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful that this is Thankful Thursday because I need to find stuff for which to be thankful.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful I have a doctor's appointment on August 6 because I will get a new prescription for my meds.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for the percolator I use to brew coffee.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for life.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for the cloths line I use to dry cloths.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for sunshine.

At the end of a busy week, I am thankful for my cats.

The Hospital Bed

The hospital bed, big enough to hold only one person, was slightly larger then a normal twin bed. The two-pronged electrical plug gives the bed the ability to move either the head or middle up or down; the mattress cover is a gray thick plastic mattress cover. One can raise or lower the bars on each side of the bed, which prevents the patient from rolling out of bed.

That is not an interesting description. That is not going to catch a reader's attention and draw them into the story, perhaps if I described the location of the hospital bed rather then starting with the bed itself. Normally, one would think a bed like this would be in a hospital room, but not in this case.

This hospital bed is setting in some one's home. Nor is the bed in a bedroom, all right that is where people usually put beds, even hospital beds when they have them in their homes. This hospital bed is not in a bedroom.

For the last couple of years I have had a hospital bed in my dining room. That was the only room easily accessible for that type of bed, so that is where it went in my house. In the story, I could put the bed in the living room, in the library or in the dining room. It really does not matter which room I put it in as long as it is not a bedroom. I am not sure yet where I am going to put this bed.

Write about asking for mercy

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Saturday, July 25, 2009: Write about asking for mercy.

Mercy's prayer is
intoned in tears and despair
beginning forgiveness.

In silence mercy's
prayer receives an answer
tranquility comes.

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At the beginning of a new writing week

It's Sunday morning
a new writing week begins
the sky cloudless blue.

I have a busy week planned. Monday I can' leave the house until after 12 noon because I'm expecting someone to pick up the hospital bed that' in my dinning room. Tuesday I have to take the car into the mechanic to see why the taillights aren't getting power. On Wednesday, my mother has a doctor's appointment at 9:15 AM.

Monday I can get on line early because of staying home. On Tuesday, I won't get on line until afternoon because it takes about 3 hours to investigate the issue with the car. I have no idea how long the doctor's appoint on Wednesday is going to take. The doctor will want blood test, so I can plan to wait about an hour or two for that. This is a busy week, so I'm going to have to get started in order to finish everything by Friday or Saturday.

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In a State of Disarray

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Friday, July 17, 2009: “In a state of disarray”

In a state of disarray,
my garage waits for spring
and spring cleaning.

The door won't close,
so the entire neighborhood can see
what a lousy garage keeper
I am.

In a state of disarray,
recyclable bins wait
for the next scheduled
recyclable pick up.

The only things removed
were a couch and love seat,
which now set in my breakfast room
and an old refrigerator
that the power company picked up.

In a state of disarray,
my garage waits to be cleaned,
waits for the soda machine
and the old dryer
to be taken to the curb
for someone to pick up.

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Nothing to Writing

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." — Ernest Hemingway

Hemingway is right about writing. The difference today is that instead of sitting down at a typewriter, an author sits down at a computer keyboard. Of course, a hundred or so years before Mr. Hemingway, an author used pen and ink.

The technology of writing has changed in the past hundred years, but the emotions an author puts into his or her writing has changed little. A writer needs to be in touch with his or her emotions because those can make a story. The best instruments a writer can have is mind and soul.

This is the reason I leave my lights on, lock my doors and have an alarm system

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Monday, July 13, 2009: “Write about a theft”.

Some people can go through there entire life without having their house broken into or their car stolen. I am not one of those people, which is why I leave the porch light and the patio light on at night. These are also the reasons I have an alarm system and lock my car (even when I leave in my garage with the door closed).

The two events occurred several years apart, but the feeling that resulted from the thefts was the same. I can use the emotions I felt in my writing, which does give me some closure. A writer has her stories and poems to use when expressing emotions like this.

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Write about a conversation.

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Friday, July 24, 2009: “Write about a conversation.”

Writers need to know how to write conversation, which sounds authentic. Even if you write fantasy or science fiction the conversation has to sound real within the context of the story. Another things writers have to watch out for is redundancy when characters speak to each other.

There is an exercise that helps writers write conversation. On of them is to write the discussion between two characters using only the conversation itself, no explanation and no words out side the quotation marks.

This exercise goes something like this:

"What's that you have in your hand?"

"The gem of immortality!"

"Really, Joy? It looks like an ordinary green crystal to me."

"Well, Sam, it isn't! It's the emerald of eternal life and owning it gives me immortality."

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No matter what anyone says, there is a difference between a spelling error and a typo. A typo occurs when the writer inadvertently strikes the wrong key when typing a manuscript. A spelling error occurs when the writing does not know how to spell the word and spells it without checking a dictionary.

Normally, the spell check or grammar check picks up the misspelling and gives the writer a choice of words. However, sometimes the writer spells the word so badly that the spell check cannot find the proper spelling. I have found the solution to this problem is to spell the word phonetically.

Spell checkers do not hold the proper spelling of every word a writer uses. That is why a writer needs a dictionary close. If a writer does find a word that is not in the spell checker, then the writer can add it, which I recommend because chances are if you use the word in one manuscript then you are going to use it in another.

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Writing about what I see in the dark

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Sunday, July 12, 2009: “Throw away the lights, the definitions/ and say of what you see in the dark." (after Wallace Stevens)

I haven't read this particular poem by Wallace Stevens, but I suspect he was talking about a person's soul. That part of an individual that hides beneath the layers of acquired fears and material desires.

When I turn off the lights
I see the pear of my soul
polished by the tests and the difficulties
of daily living
shining in the night.

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A Writer’s Midweek Reflections for Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The past seven days have been interesting, that is a good word for the happenings in my life. The drip coffee maker worked three days out of those seven. Since I have not bought a percolator yet, I had to be satisfied with ice water to drink rather then coffee. My Social Security check hit my account this morning, so I am going to buy a percolator today.

I completed the fantasy newsletter I edit once a month and posted it before I received the second reminder. I did several reviews of stories and poems. I am planning on doing more reviews today. I did not do any reviews yesterday because I was unable to sit at the computer for any length of time without discomfort. As a result, I went to bed early last night, but this morning I am feeling 100% better.

I have to get a blood test today because of my thyroid condition. I will make an appointment to see the doctor after the blood test. Before I see the doctor again, I will make a list of my symptoms. I know it probably means more tests, but I am tired of having to put off doing things because of the extreme discomfort I feel.

Write about packing a suitcase

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Tuesday, July 21, 2009: “Write about packing a suitcase.”

I never pack a suitcase the same way twice. I know there is a specific way to pack a suitcase so that everything fits without wrinkling the cloths. I have never figured out how to do that, my cloths always come out wrinkled. When I go to repack the suitcase, I have problem getting everything back into the suitcase.

Another thing I have problems with is closing the suitcase. The issue with closing the suitcase occurs when I am ready to return home. I always leave home with fewer items then when I return home.

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Write about an epiphany

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Tuesday, July 14, 2009: “Write about an epiphany”

I had an epiphany yesterday, when I plugged the coffer maker in. The coffee maker does not work and I have not had coffee for two day. The red light that indicates the automatic part of the coffee maker is working comes on. The problem is the green light that indicates the coffee maker is brewing or keeping coffee hot does not come on.

My epiphany: Every coffee drinker needs to have two coffee pots in the house. The first is a drip coffee maker and the second is a percolator. I used to have a percolator, but when it broke, I did not buy another one because I had the drip coffee maker. I am going to have both types in my home from now on. Unfortunately, I have to wait until tomorrow to buy the percolator.

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Writing about that kind of day

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Wednesday, July 15, 2009: “It was that kind of day”

Proclaiming, "It was that kind of day" usually get knowing nodes and sympathy from everyone else, but two types of days are "that kind of day". The first type of day is when everything goes wrong, the kind of day you wish you had called into work ill and remained in bed with the covers pulled over your head.

The other kind of day is when everything goes right. It is one of those days when a person can do nothing wrong. True these types of day come perhaps once or twice a year, but they do occur. It is this type of day a person cans joyously proclaim "It was that kind of day". Then proceed to explain about the wonderful day.

Remembering Apollo 11 forty years later

"What were you doing on that day?" I was watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on television.

On July 20, 1969, America put men on the moon. Instead of talking about "the man in the moon" we were talking about "the men on the moon". Neil Armstrong left size 91/2 human footprints on the lunar surface. He planted an American flag on the lunar surface.

Today we worry about gas prices, terrorist, and global warming. In 1969, we worried about receiving a raise, finding a respectable college or getting a decent job. Some still worry about those things, but today most of our worries concern are items affected by the global economy and everything that influences the planet.

The world has changed in the forty years since a man walked on the moon. Earth and humanity are in the process of transformation. The planet and humanity will survive this crisis; we have to have faith and work toward solving the present problems.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not get to the moon simply because someone had faith that it could be done. The walk on the moon occurred because of faith and work. The work included creating the technology and training the astronauts.

I looked like rain today in Las Vegas

It looked like rain today in Las Vegas, so I did not do laundry. Since I have to hang the cloths outside, it did not seem like a good idea. It did not rain, but the sky was cloudy all day. I checked the weather report that comes to my e-mail box and there were storm warnings.

I saw lightning in the southwest last night before I went to bed, but I have not heard thunder today. All I did today was finish writing the fantasy newsletter and submit it. Since that is accomplished, my next project is to catch up on some writing projects.

Write about a recurring dream

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Saturday, July 18, 2009: “Write about a recurring dream.”

I have a dream that is recycled every few months. The setting is my Grandparent's house in Blackwell, Oklahoma. The main characters are my mother and I. The supporting characters are various family members, but never the same ones. We are in Blackwell for a memorial service for my Grandparents.

My Grandparent's house in the dream looks much as it did when I was a child, a kitchen dining room combination, a laundry room, one bathroom, two bedrooms, a living room and a storage room. There is a garage and chicken house in the backyard and a cottonwood tree in the front yard.

In the dream, Mom and I are preparing to return to Las Vegas, Nevada. We have packed everything up which is going to be shipped to Las Vegas and we are flying back. Sometimes, we are unable to leave the house for no apparent reason. Sometimes we are looking for something we cannot find. Sometimes we have forgotten something that we need.

You would think a coffee drinker could spell percolator

Experience has taught me that there are two types of misspelling errors. The first type of error concerns commonly misspelled words that almost everyone makes. The second typ of error concerns words that the individual makes. I seem to have a problem with the word percolator. Instead of spelling it percolator, I want to spell it perculator, and I am not sure of the reason.

It is possible the problem is the way I am pronoucing the word. I have an Oklahoma accent and sometimes I pronounce words differently from people with other types of accents. I noticed the issues with percolator in my last post. I had difficulty saving and publishing that post because of an issue with the telephone lines. When I read the published post and compared it with my MSWord copy of the post, I noticed the error. I thought I had published it with the corrected spelling. I had to go back, correct the spelling of percolator and then republish the post.

There are other words I have issues with, as well. Two of the words that gives me problems are then and than, I have to be especially careful with those two words. I am not sure how careful I have been with those words in my recent post, but you can be sure I will look closer at upcoming posts.

A writer needs to know his or her weaknesses when it comes to spelling and word use. One of the reasons for making a blog entry is to practice the art of writing. There are other reasons, of course, but this specific entry concerns typos or spelling errors. Therefore, I will not discuss the other reasons for making blog entries in this post.

Before Sunrise on Friday, July 17, 2009

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Thursday, July 16, 2009: “Half an hour before sunrise”

Half an hour before sunrise, I woke up, extracted myself from my bed, walked into the living room and found that the electricity had gone of during the night. I took my thryiod pill, turned on the computer and then went into the kitchen to make coffee.



I was delighted to find that the coffee maker worked. When we attempted to reheat some coffee on Wednesday the red automatic light came on, but the green light would would not work. I presumed there was a problem with the coffee maker and did not attempt to make coffee on Thursday. However, everything worked properly this morning so I make coffee.



I decided to get a percolator to reheat the leftover coffee. Every coffee drinker should have two coffee pots. A drip coffee maker to make fresh coffee every morning and a perc0lator to reheat any leftover coffee or make fresh coffee, when guest are in the house who drink coffee.

The Garden Gate stands open

Daily writing practice prompt for Wednesday, July 8, 2009: Write about a gate.”

The garden gate stands open
you can walk right in
inhale the fragrance of the flowers
of pick the fruit
and then walk out again.

Or you can stay in the garden
and cultivate the plants
prune the trees and plant the flowers
you never have to leave again
because the garden gate stands open
inviting everyone in.

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Writing is hard work, of course, nothing worth doing is easy. Actually, life itself isn't easy. It takes work and persistence to survive. Writing is mental work, thought work; a writer can write a specific amount of words before mental fatigue set in.

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Nobody sends postcards any more

aDaily writing practice prompt for Friday, July 10, 2009: “Write about a postcard.”

"Nobody sends postcards any more," Lara sit staring out the kitchen window watching the limbs of pink oleanders blowing in the morning breeze.

"That's not true, Mom," Clara studied the expression on her mother's face. "I received postcard in my e-mail box yesterday. It was from Uncle Joe."

"I'm talking about postcard sent through ordinary mail, not over some electronic device." Lara sighed, "If more people sent postcards through the postal systems then the economy would improve."

"How do you figure that, Mom," Clara smiled as her mother poured coffee into their cups.

"Well," the sound of mail falling through the slot in the front door interrupted Lara. Getting up, she walked into the entrance hall and picked up a postcard off the floor.

"Who's it from, Mom?"

"It's from your Uncle Joe!"

"Uncle Joe? Mom," Clara took the card from her mother's hands, "it can't be from Uncle Joe. He doesn’t use snail mail any more!"

A Beautiful Summer Morning in Las Vegas

Kamál (Perfection), 1 Kalimát (Words), 166 BE – Monday, July 13, 2009 about 6:01 AM Pacific Time

It's a beautiful summer morning in Las Vegas. I've said part of my morning prayers. I just finished my first cup of coffee. My washing machine finished its first load of cloths. I've checked the my bank account and my PayPal account.

I'm feeling a little better this morning then yesterday morning. I don't ache all over, all though my knees hurt when I got up this morning. The pain in my knees is a normal part of my morning. It goes away once I start walking around and getting a little exercise. My exercise routine is to walk.

Yesterday the temperature in Las Vegas rose to 110. I haven't checked my e-mail to see today's forecast. I don't have a working T.V. in the house so I have to get all my news and weather from the newspaper or off the Internet. I'm going out to get the paper as soon as I put my teeth in my mouth. At 62, I have enough wrinkles with my teeth in my mouth; I don't want anyone to see me without my teeth any more.

It was as if …

Daily writing practice prompt for Saturday, July 11, 2009: “It was as if ...”

It was as if a giant hand had swept all the houses off their foundations and scattered their contents across the city. I'm not sure how old I was when the tornado struck Blackwell, Oklahoma. I know I was in grade school. I remember huddling in our storm cellar as the tornado passed.

The tornado didn't touch down on my side of town. It touched down around Aunt Ida's house. Aunt Ida was my grandmother's sister. Grandpa took us to see the destruction and visit Aunt Ida. I remember the house next door was completely destroyed; the only thing left of that house was the foundation.

Aunt Ida and her husband rebuilt. The foundation of the house next door remained empty and weed covered. I don't know why the family never rebuilt, I don't think Aunt Ida ever said.

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The pain of writing

Sometimes writing can be a pain. I am talking about physical pain and not the pain of bloggers block, writers' block or rewriting. Normally, I feel more body aches and pains in winter when the cold penetrates my joints; however, on this beautiful summer morning I am noticing aches and pains that were not there yesterday.

I have knee pain all year round. I wake up with it everyday. The pain in my knee goes away for a little while during the day. This morning my neck and shoulders ache, which could be the results of the way I slept last night.

This morning the pain seems to be waiting on the edge of consciousness for me to let down my guard. I am having a psoriasis flare-up, so that could be part of the problem; if it is then I just have to deal with the psoriasis and not worry about anything else.

I don't like taking medication for pain. At the moment, I don't have anything in the house except prescription pain pills. I'm not going to use them during the day because I don't like the affect and the pain is not that bad.

I have to make an appointment with my doctor, so I will discuss the issue with her. I doubt that I get any answers except suggesting tests or x-rays. Perhaps the pain is just a part of the aging process and something I am going to have to deal with the rest of my life. Well, I am not going to let it stop me from writing or doing anything else I enjoy. I will just deal with it.

Talk about Junk Mail

Talk about junk mail, I have a full set of dentures and I keep getting offers in my e-mail box about tooth whitening products. When I had my natural teeth, I didn't buy that type of thing. I always figured if it isn't in the toothpaste then I it was unnecessary.

The one good thing about junk e-mail is that trees aren't killed to send it. Junk e-mail you can just delete without having to take a pair of scissors or use a shredder on the envelope. I do have a mail shredder, but I don't have an outlet in the entrance hall where I need the shredder.

My snail mail arrives through a slot in my door, so it lands on the floor. In order to shred the junk mail I have to carry it into another room and plug the shredder into an outlet. It's easier to keep a pair of scissors and a trashcan in the entrance hall, then I don't have junk mail in other rooms. Of course, with the amount of junk mail we receive that trashcan requires emptying every day except Sunday.

A Writer’s Frequently Asked Questions

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Thursday, July 2, 2009 was “These were the frequently asked questions.”

Who,
What,
When,
Where,
Why,
and How
these are a writer's FAQs.

A writer always asks:
Who is involved in this situation?
What is the situation?
When in time and space does the situation occur?
Where does the situation occur?
Why are the characters involved in this situation?
How is the situation resolved?

Write about a voice

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Saturday, July 4, 2009 was “Write about a voice.”

I remember the picture of a dog listening for his master's voice. The picture was on a plastic record. The picture of the dog was on all the records my grandparent played on their record player-radio combination (I think it was called a Victrola).

Grandma like records singers, but Grandpa liked both instrumentals and vocals. Grandma had a pleasant singing voice, while Grandpa had a strong singing voice. The only time I ever heard my Grandparents sing was in church.

My Mother has a pleasant voice. My mother chants and her voice echoes through the house. Mom's voice reminds me of Grandma voice. I enjoy hearing Mom chant because it is a spiritual sound.

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Write about the inevitable

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Friday, July 3, 2009 was “Write about the inevitable.”

I've always wondered about the inevitable. People talk about something being inevitable, but often what is referred to as "the inevitable" doesn't occur. I recently found out how to tell if something really is inevitable.

I've procrastinated about upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 for a few months. Yesterday, July 6, 2009, I upgraded my browser to Explorer 8. I upgraded because my system is set to download automatic updates. I'm glad my system is set that way because if it wasn't I would still be putting off upgrading to Explorer 8. It was inevitable that I upgrade to Explorer 8.

"The Inevitable", therefore, is something that happens even if you put the decision off. In fact, that sounds like a good title and plot for a short story or piece of flash fiction.

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So it has come to this

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Monday, July 6, 2009 was “So it has come to this.”

So it has come to this, hanging my cloths outside to dry. When the dryer's heating element went out I had a choice. I could get a new. I could get a used dryer. I could wash my cloths at home and then take them to the laundromat to dry. I could buy a hexagon outdoor dryer and 50 lbs. of quick drying cement. I picked the last option.

Now I wash my cloths in an automatic washing machine and hang them on the line to dry. My grandmother washed her cloths in a washing machine with a wringer and hung them on a cloths line to dry. I remember watching her wring the cloths between cycles and then helped her hang them on the line.

I could use a washing machine with a wringer. In fact, my grandmother let me use her washing machine a few times. I remember she always worried that I would get my fingers caught in the wringer. Eventually, my grandfather bought her an automatic washer; however, she never had an automatic dryer. Grandma always hung her cloths outside to dry.

So now it has come to this, I have come full circle. I am washing my cloths and drying them, the way Grandma Newland did after Grandpa bought her the automatic washing machine.

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Writing about a good time

Daily Writing Practice Prompt for Tuesday, July 7, 2009 is “It was his idea of a good time.”

I could take several approaches with this prompt; most of them acquired by experience. The one thing I have learned in the past 62 years is that everyone has a different idea of a "good time". I have also found that an individual's concept of a "good time" changes as the person matures.

It was his idea of a good time, sitting in a motor boat with a fishing pole in the water waiting for a fish to strike the worm dangling on the hook.

It was his idea of a good time. Sitting on a bar stool holding a cold bottle of beer and listening to country music playing on the jukebox.

Two completely different approaches to the same prompt. Two complete different stories or slice of life essays. The genre depends on whether I want to write a personal essay or a short story. Alternatively, I could write a poem using either approach.

Since I do not intend to write a slice of life or a personal essay. I have to decide between a short story or a poem. No matter which I decide to write, I am going to have to add more description and action.

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Happy 4th of July 2009

Independence Day 2009.
Happy 4th of July
a day to celebrate
with barbecues,
parades,
fireworks lighting up the night.

I think we should start a new 4th of July tradition,
I think we should tell the story of America's Independence,
I think we need to tell our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren
about the on going struggle for Independence.

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Write about high tide

Daily writing practice prompt for Monday, June 29, 2009 was “Write about high tide.”

I have never see a high tide in person. The only time I witness this phenomenon is during movies about the ocean. I visited the beach in San Diego a couple of times when my brother was in the Navy, but I never arrived at high tide. In fact, I never even thought to ask about the high tide when I was in San Diego.

I would like to see high tide in person. I want to do many things before I die, I need to go back to my "Things I want to do before I die" list and put see high tide on. I have to rework that list because there are things on it I no longer want to do.

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Discovery Long Afterward

Daily writing practice prompt for Tuesday, June 30, 2009 was "Long afterward, I came upon it again..." (after Colette)

"Long afterward, I came upon it again..."

I opened a drawer and discovered the piece of silk I bought at a garage sale or a yard sale. I still have not did anything with the silk, except put it in another drawer and forget where I put it. Now I am going to have the joy of discovering it again.

The joy of discovery is what life is all about. We spend half our life pursuing a goal and then during midlife we discover that we wanted something else. We get whatever we were pursuing only to find out that we wanted something else instead. The results is a midlife crises because we discover that we were pursuing the wrong goal.

Now that I have written random thoughts on the joy of discovery and its relation to a midlife crises... I need to figure out where I put the piece of silk and decided what to do with it.

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Endless Possibilities

Daily writing practice prompt for Wednesday, July 1, 2009 is “The possibilities are endless.”

Endless possibilities exist

throughout the known and unknown universe

and in our lives as well.

Endless possibilities exist

for use to achieve our dreams

we must have the eyes to see them

and the courage to pursue

the dream.

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