The Daily Prompt asks: We all get jealous from time to time — what wakes the green-eyed monster for you? Definition: jeal·ous ˈjeləs/ adjective 1.feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages. “he grew jealous of her success” synonyms: envious, covetous, desirous; resentful, grudging, begrudging, green (with envy) I have to honestly say […]
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Daily Prompt: Math: My Land of Confusion
The Daily Prompt asks: Which subject in school did you find impossible to master? Did math give you hives? Did English make you scream? Do tell! Math. My brain is just not able to make any sense of it. I managed to learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide, but pretty much stopped there. […]
Travel Theme: Statues
Travel Theme: Statues Peter Pan Bronze sculpture of Peter Pan made by Charles Andrew Hafner in 1928. It sits in Carl Schurz Park along the East River in Manhattan. In August 1999, Peter Pan disappeared. In a widely reported act of vandalism, the statue was dislodged from its base, to be subsequently recovered by the New York […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Street Life
The Daily Post- Weekly Photo Challenge Street Life Document the movement of a street: tell a story with your snapshot, capture a scene that reveals a bit about a place. The Diversity of Jerusalem, Israel
The Suit Fund
The letter arrived in the mail the other day. Just as it has in countless mailboxes for the last 60 years. Every year before the Jewish holiday of Passover the letter arrives from the parochial elementary school my husband attended, with a request for a donation to the “Suit Fund.” The donations are used to […]
Daily Prompt: Wash Your Troubles Away
The Daily Prompt today: We all feel down from time to time. How do you combat the blues? What’s one tip you can share with others that always helps to lift your spirits? Sometimes I just want to wallow in it when I am feeling down, just “let it be.” Think about what is making […]
Daily Prompt: The Great Pretender
Today’s Daily Prompt: The Great Pretender Are you full of confidence or have you ever suffered from Imposter Syndrome? “The impostor syndrome, is a psychological phenomenon in which people are unable to internalize their accomplishments. Despite external evidence of their competence, those with the syndrome remain convinced that they are frauds and do not deserve the […]
The Last Stop
I met her when I was 16. She was the mother of the guy I was dating, and was not so happy about the fact that we were dating and didn’t hesitate to hide it. Eventually she warmed to me, and we got along pretty well. I dated her son for many years and became […]
Share Your World – 2014 Week 12
Cee’s Share Your World Cee asks 4 questions each week So all of us bloggers can get to know each other better. What is your most favorite smell/scent? I love the smell when I first enter a bakery I usually just stand for a moment and breathe it in. I love the scent from a […]
One Word Photo Challenge: Black
One Word Photo Challenge: Black BLACK The Color of the Evening Join the Challenge HERE
Memorable Moments-Daily Prompt
The Daily Prompt : What are the three most memorable moments — good or bad, happy or sad — in your life? Go! There are so many memorable moments in a life… to narrow it down to just three is hard. Milestones we have reached, things we set out to accomplish and were successful in doing […]
The Art Of Conversation
I grew up in a house of talkers. We would sit down to the table on holidays and the din could be deafening. Multiple conversations taking place at the same time, people finishing other people’s sentences, massive outbreaks of loud laughter. It was an art to be able to keep track of a conversation that […]
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To Sleep, Perchance To Dream- The Daily Prompt
The Daily Prompt asks: What kind of sleeper are you? Do you drop off like a stone and awaken refreshed, or do you need pitch black and silence to drift off to dream? Sleep is elusive these days. I believe it has a lot to do with age. I remember years ago a friend who […]
International Happiness Day
March 20th has been designated The International Day of Happiness. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly on June 28, 2012. Based on the thought that the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human goal. I saw the following video this morning which made me think of those struggling in the world, who may have little […]
Daily Prompt-Happy Traveler-Not So Much
The Daily Prompt today asks: What’s your travel style? Are you itinerary and schedule driven, needing to have every step mapped out in advance or are you content to arrive without a plan and let happenstance be your guide? When I saw this prompt I had to laugh out loud…. as traveling is not one of […]
Daily Prompt: Love Story
The Daily Prompt asks: Think of your longest relationship: describe how your love has changed over time, did you go from the giddiness of infatuation, to mad passion, to deep respect, esteem, and friendship? Tell us about your love story. The first time I met him, let’s just say I was hoping I wouldn’t have […]
Sunday Stills Challenge: The Colour Brown
Sunday Stills Challenge: The Colour Brown Maggie’s Daddy was often hospitalized, but she always knew when he would be coming home and would wait by the window and watch for him. It always amazed us that she always knew. Join The Challenge
INSPIRATION- Weekly Shoot & Quote Challenge
ESE’ S WEEKLY SHOOT & QUOTE CHALLENGE Inspiration Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson Each day holds an opportunity for each of us to reach out, touch another person’s life, make a difference in their life. What we do for others […]
Sunday Post: Transport
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside
Weekly Photo Challenge: Inside A Hot Air Balloon
My Grandmother
Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She was born March 14, 1913, and died at the age of 62 in 1975. Although she has been gone for so long, the date never leaves my memory. She came from Germany at the age of 2 and lived in the Yorkville section of Manhattan, on the upper east […]
Daily Prompt: Something So Strong-Friends Forever
Daily Prompt: Something So Strong Tell us the origin story of your best friend. How did you become friends? What is it that keeps your friendship rockin’ after all these years? Alice and I met in Fifth Grade- the year was 1968. We had a few “play dates” after school, and I remember doing a project […]
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