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

Ovi Poetry

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
Ovi Poetry Challenge 50: FOOD is your inspiration. Ronovan Ovi ChallengeIndia, Marathi Language Poetry, Metre Poetry, Poetry Challenge, Syllabic Poetry, Writing Challenge

4 line stanzas, as few as one stanza and up to as many as you like.

8 syllables or less per line

Rhyming is AAAb. The second stanza would be CCCd. The third, EEEf. And so on. Meaning nothing in one stanza must rhyme with anything in the previous stanza. The fourth line does not rhyme.

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For a summer treat, can’t be beat
It’s lemon tart and meringue sweet
A tastier food you’ll not meet
Now I need a piece of pie!

Ovi Poetry Challenge 50: FOOD is your inspiration.

WordPress – Why can’t you leave well enough alone?

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Below is an example of the frustration writing a post here. This lovely symbol pops up, the screen divides and if you want to make a change, the keyboard pops up over the post so you can’t see what you’re writing. If you click on the mini keyboard to put it on the bottom, the whole screen goes wonky! 😳🤯😵‍💫😖

Fandango’s Story Starter

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
Only this morning, the alarm went off at one instead of one in the afternoon. He was going to start a new job working nights, and this was his first day. Exhausted, turned on the tv. His studio apartment was small enough so he could lay in bed and watch tv at the same time, and hoped it was mind numbing enough to get back to sleep. Of course he forgot to reset the alarm and continued sleeping till five in the evening. When he woke up, he glanced at the clock and just felt it was a sign. Another sign, another failure, another job lost. Walter just curled up under the bed covers and a tear fell on his pillow.

Fandango’s Story Starter #151

Wildland Firefighters

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

As wildfires burn in Canada and Mexico, U.S. fire officials are concerned about the upcoming wildfire season. 

Upwards of a quarter of the government’s wildland firefighting jobs are vacant. Pay is low — especially for rookies — and the risks are high.

Forests are overgrown, and rising heat and drought add to the dangers. Many who take the firefighting jobs can’t afford to live in the places they’re working.

The labor shortage isn’t new, especially since the pandemic, NPR’s Kirk Siegler says. The federal government will likely continue using private contractors or borrowing crews from Mexico and Canada — strategies Siegler says are “not ideal.”

**https://view.nl.npr.org/

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Ode to the Pop Tart

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

I may be wily, even smart

As I pen these words about pop tarts

Since I broke my leg 11 weeks ago

Now wearing a boot to see how it goes

At night it pains so I get no sleep

No pain killers allowed to keep

It from stabbing me and waking me up

So I get out of bed and find something to sup

Cold water is fine

But I want to dine

Not a big meal

But something I feel

That soothes the soul

Pop tarts sol-ution!

I hear you laugh

That I must be daft

Honestly, they were a years-ago fave

And the last couple of weeks I find I crave

The plain ones, strawberry the best

So at night when I can’t sleep I digest

A single pop tart or maybe two

Seems to chase away the blues

While waiting for Tylenol

To fix it all.

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The photo of filling is slightly exaggerated 😳😎😂

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