Author: rugby843

I am a widow since 2013 and live by myself in a small apartment. I use a wheelchair to get around, but I wouldn't consider myself disabled. I'm 11 years away from having bladder cancer resulting in a urostomy and I'm doing well. This cancer was a result of having radiation in 1995 because of uterine cancer. So have faith in yourself, a cancer diagnosis is not a death sentence. My first try at blogging was an attempt to help other people with my condition. I am a mother of three married children, and a grandmother to eight gorgeous kids, featuring them often here, and a great grandmother to two as of today, 6/7/25! I enjoy exploring my feelings and like to try the challenges. I like humor, music, movies, games, and some sports. I absolutely appreciate your reading and commenting on my blog. I am happy to read all of your blogs and learn more about you. Please comment however you like, ask whatever, and I'll answer honestly. Thanks for reading! Cheryl

Tales From Glasgow

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“Gardening is always a chore, just one more job I had to do. Never mind the cooking, washing, cleaning that’s required inside the house, but the outside too? The garden had a few flowers to make the planting, weeding, and harvesting more pleasant, but it took time. Time away from my husband whose job was taking him away till the weekends, time away from my children, and time for myself. What was that? Time for myself. I hardly believe I even thought that. This is my life, I wanted it, and now I unfortunately realize a woman’s place is right where I am.”

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A Woman’s Place

Black and White

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I first think of newspapers and then crossword puzzles, they still come in black and white I think. Remember getting black ink on your hands reading a fresh newspaper? It is nostalgic if you can find a good old newspaper anymore. We have a local one but it seems to repeat stories – sort of like google…I used to sign my letters with “all the news that’s fit to print” from an editorial in 1896 “New York Times”. It became the NYT motto. And then there’s the NYT crossword puzzle, known as the most famous, especially for one published on Election Day, 1996. It had clues that could be interpreted two ways depending on who won, Clinton or Dole. Currently the NYT crossword puzzle has the easiest solution on Monday, the hardest, on Saturday. Do you read an actual newspaper or do a crossword every day?

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Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Black & White

The Writers Workshop

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Number 3:

Something that’s hush hush here in Wyoming is the state of our country. Defunding FEMA in hurricane season? Wise move. But it should be discussed and I’m happy to see all the protests around the US, big and little cities, even in Utah for heaven’s sake…that was not a pun or slam on Utah. Here in Wyoming you don’t talk about it or the good ol boys might pay you a visit. And now we have ooen carry without permits needed gun control. So yes, I believe we all should be discussing the lack of laws, but no one dares to.

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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts – July 3, 2025

SoCS 7-5-25

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Something that opens…say it’s my mind. Stream of consciousness right? So my mind opens when I’m still in bed, turn over and grab my phone to see if the world’s on fire. Well today it’s not, on fire anyway. If google ever updated their “stories” I might find out but I choose CNN or NPR for news. It would be nice to know if there was a good news outlet that didn’t charge you or have ads all over the actual news so you could read it, but no. NPR is the one that’s still hanging in there. PBS is another one we may lose to “budget cuts”. I believe of course these outlets will be defunded because they do not agree with the current US administration. Consciousness, see? That’s plenty open today!

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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 5, 2025