Cee from Cee’s Photography asks four questions of fellow bloggers each week. Here are this week’s. What object do you always have with you when traveling and why? I don’t really travel these days, but years ago when I traveled more often I found I always packed too much for fear I wouldn’t have the one thing I […]
Three Times Around
My husband has a friend, Mark, he has known since his high school and college days. They lost touch after those years ended, until they met by chance 20 years later in New York City. My husband and I were leaving a restaurant as Mark was coming in. My husband immediately recognized him and stopped […]
Travel Theme: Close-Up
Ailsa’s theme this week is Close-Up All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my close-up. Click to see Gloria Swanson in the final scene from Sunset Boulevard 1950 To See More Close Ups- Visit Ailsa’s Blog Here
A Word A Week Challenge: Watch
Who Is Watching Whom? Sue Llewellyn’s Word A Week Photo Challenge Watch Here are some more WATCH http://mukhamani.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-3/ http://bambangpriantono.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/a-word-a-week-photograph-watch-menonton/ http://shyraven23.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/a-word-a-week-watch/ http://angelocrux.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/a-word-a-week-photograph-challenge-watch/ http://worldwidesoulmate.wordpress.com/2014/05/03/a-word-a-week-photo-challenge-watch/
The Daily Prompt: Reason To Believe
The Daily Prompt: Reason to Believe In Reason to Believe, Bruce Springsteen sings, At the end of every hard-earned day, people find some reason to believe. What’s your reason to believe? I find reason to believe when watching the sun rise, the beauty of nature, sharing laughter with a friend, when helping someone in need, […]
Daily Prompt- Prized Possessions
The Daily Prompt asks: What’s your most prized possession? I have found that as I have gotten older I have begun to rid myself of some of my possessions. Unless they hold sentimental value, and have real meaning, I let them go. Some things I have given to my nieces or sisters. A few years ago […]
Navigating the World of ASL
I had wanted to learn ASL- American Sign Language, since I was in my 20’s and had seen a friend signing. I was fascinated by the idea of communicating using your hands and fingers. A few years ago I saw ASL was being offered through a local Adult Ed program. I figured this was my […]
Travel Theme: Glow
Glow Ailsa’s Travel Theme
Wordless Wednesday
Daily Prompt – Conflict
The Daily Prompt asks: How do you handle conflict? Boldly and directly? Or, do you prefer a more subtle approach? I try to avoid conflict if I can. If I disagree with the opinion someone is sharing, I will usually remain quiet. If it is something that I do feel strongly about I might offer […]
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Shadows
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Shadows Join the Fun!
Welcome Spring
After a relentless winter filled with mountains of snow that I never thought would melt, spring is slowly arriving. My perennials are peeking through the ground. Though the temps at night go down to just above freezing, they seem to be fairing well so far. Today my husband and I drove an hour South of […]
Decisions
I had dinner with friends the other night. The conversation turned to my friend’s job, he is a social worker in a hospital. He is a case worker for people who come into the hospital because they have had some sort of “mental breakdown.” They usually are schizophrenic or suffering from some form of mental illness […]
Liebster Award Thank You
Thanks so much to Kiwibee for nominating me for the Liebster award! What a nice way to end off the week. Here are the 11 questions I have to answer: What is the best part of being a blogger, writer and/or photographer? It challenges me to look at things differently. I love connecting with people all […]
Daily Prompt- Sweet Sixteen
The Daily Prompt asks: Tell us all about the person you were when you were sixteen. I was not an easy teenager. I had a strict mother who didn’t know how to handle a daughter with different ideas from her own. There was never a discussion, it was always black and white- yes or no. […]
Cee’s Which Way Challenge
Cee’s Which Way Challenge The traffic going in the opposite direction is seen in the reflection of the bus window. Asking the question, which way? Join the fun!
Daily Prompt -Dating Disaster
DAILY PROMPT – Third Rate Romance. Tell us your funniest relationship disaster story. Looking back, I still can’t find the humor in a relationship disaster story. I did have some really bad dates, which I would not consider “relationships”, but will share one here anyway. It happened over 25 years ago but will forever be ingrained […]
Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge
Max always liked to snuggle among his toys. How he managed to arrange himself around them was always a mystery to me.
Jakesprinter Sunday Post- With Musical Instrument
Jakes Sunday Post -With Musical Instrument I learned to play the guitar when I was 13. In High School my BFF and I tried our hand at “collaborating”- she wrote lyrics, I then added music. We called the following song “For Danny” Written for our mutual friend who was heading across country after high school. […]
Are You Decent?
My husband needed to drop something off at a friend’s house one day this week before going to work. He called first, as it was 8 o’clock in the morning, and said he’d like to come by, would it be okay. He apologized for coming so early, and then jokingly asked, “Are you decent?” To […]
Daily Prompt: Making New Friends
The Daily Prompt asks: Do you find it easy to make new friends? Tell us how you’ ve mastered the art of befriending a new person. I have always been happy with a small circle of friends. They do not overlap- they are my friends individually, they are not friends with one another. They have […]
Daily Prompt: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
Daily Prompt: Wasted Days and Wasted Nights Tell us your tried and true techniques for focusing when that deadline looms and you need to get work done. In other words, how do you avoid wasted days and wasted nights? If I have a deadline to meet- a definite date that something needs to get done […]
ESE’ S WEEKLY SHOOT"E CHALLENGE – WINGS
“I believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.” Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) Follow Your Ambitions and Goals Ese’s Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge – Wings
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Patterns Creating a Pattern Out of Pieces of Glass to Make a Dish – Before and After
Empathy-Learned Behavior or Innate?
Empathy is the capacity to recognize emotions that are being experienced by another, and feel for the person. Is it innate? Or is it learned behavior? Are some of us just “wired” to be empathetic, while others of us have to learn how to become empathetic? I thought about this while watching the behavior of […]
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