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

MLMM Summer Solstice

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Summer solstice doesn’t mean much to me in the climate I live in. Yes it is hot today – 90F and that is unusual for us here in Wyoming. Most of the eleven years I’ve lived here there is cold winter and the other three seasons seem to fade together. The growing season is so short you can’t plant till late May or June and then autumn seems to skip right into winter and your plants barely got a chance to bloom. Then of course an occasional rain or hail. But enjoy your lake front picnics and beachy bonfires. Do I sound jealous? Um, well….

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6/20/25 – 6/29/25

Summer Solstice

First Lines Friday

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Happy Friday & welcome to First Line(s) Friday. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
It’s time to grab the book nearest to you and share the first line or lines. 

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First Lines Friday (June 20, 2025) 📚💞

NTT 6-19-25

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Two cave men were having a quiet conversation while waiting for their prey to stop roaring: “Think he’ll shut up soon? We’re going to be late for dinner.”

“I doubt it Joe, he loves standing up there pretending he’s king.”

“But you know the girls – they hate eating late…maybe if I run back and offer them some grog from my hidden stash…”.

“What stash! I didn’t know you had a secret stash! Where is it?” Meanwhile the lion hopped off the ledge and went back to his lair. When the two men realized their catch was lost, they slumped back to their women. Joe made sure to get his friend to bring grog to appease the girls.

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(Any similarity to loud speaking (kings) is intentional.)

No Theme Thursday: 6/19/25

Friday Fictioneers

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Just as every day, Joe starts the morning admiring his works of art. The one time love from years gone by…he often wonders where she is now. When she left, he looked over all the sketches he had drawn and his paintings of her. These few were his favorites. Her beauty evident, but the fun they had that summer was depicted on this wall. A summer romance after college graduation was brief but remembered here.

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20 June 2025

Esther’s Writing Prompts

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Needing a Break

“Get outside, now!” That was the harried mom’s yell. She was trying to feed three month old twins and sitting between them, first a spoon in the boys mouth and then a spoon of mashed potato for the baby girl. Not many mothers can handle two small babies, a five year old and a seven year old, but she is managing. Summer heat and no break in school time, she manages. After the first two times she says “it’s time to go outside” doesn’t get their attention from their tablet games, she occasionally raises her voice.

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Writing Prompts