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

Poetry Challenge – Puzzle

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

I love a good puzzle, don’t get me wrong

It keeps my mind healthy and hopefully strong

The largest puzzle I have ever seen

Is the destruction of a utopian dream

Why do we always shoot ourselves in the foot

Why keep anxiety inside, remain moot

I blame it on parents, especially those older

Blindly accepting and not questioning bolder.

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This is my first attempt at this challenge and find I had trouble keeping it to 60 words, but hope it’s acceptable. Thanks!

August 2023 Poetry Challenge

Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
Wouldn’t it be funny; wouldn’t it be sad, if Trump and brainwashed minions decided to outsmart all of us? You know…US? The supposedly enlightened, liberal community that believes in our forefather’s ideas that made them risk their lives to come to a foreign piece of land across a treacherous body of water, to try to build a more equitable life for themselves and their families? What if his projected stupid behavior is actually a ploy, a secret strategy to follow in the likes of Adolph Hitler, and we have blinders on thinking, of course— “never happen!”

Weekend Writing Prompt #323 – Outsmart

Fandango’s Flashback Friday

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Picture Prompt-9 – 12-13-16

The quietness of the ripples, the colors of the sunset

Serenity lingers here in quiet conversation

A father and son, hushed by the stillness of the water.

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https://allaboutwritingandmore.wordpress.com/2016/12/13/daily-picture-prompt-9/

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/08/04/fandangos-flashback-friday-august-4th/

Daily Affection

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Joe did the usual sweep of the showroom, making the old place optimal as a storefront could be. He would banish every cobweb, polish every tarnished silver item that the dampness created. The antique shop was his late wife’s creation and now it was Joe’s haven of memories of her.

Your Daily Word Prompt – #Haven- #YDWordPrompt August 4, 2023

creation

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/08/04/three-things-challenge-m410/#more-98418. BANISH TARNISH POLISH

http://fivedotoh.com/2023/08/04/fowc-with-fandango-optimal/

http://cyranny.com/2023/08/04/sweep-word-of-the-day-challenge/

Wednesday Hodgepodge

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Hello August. What’s one thing you’re looking forward to this month? My granddaughter’s 17th birthday❤️

What are you doing to beat the heat right now? If you live in the southern hemisphere are you enjoying cooler temps or counting the days until summer? I live in Wyoming and as thunderstorms occur every day for weeks, it is much cooler.

How do you see the world? I see the world in trouble with climate change that everyone seems to deny and apathy for our fellow man.

What food product do you think is better store bought than home made? How about something you refuse to buy because it is so much better homemade? I don’t care for store cookies, the flavor just isn’t there, but all types of bread are easier than making at home for me.

Are you easy to get along with? This is a hilarious question because everyone thinks they are😂

Insert your own random thought here. Hmmm, my current random thought is I am getting really tired of these thunderstorms 😵‍💫

http://www.fromthissideofthepond.com/2023/08/hodgepodge-homemade.html?m=1

Cyranny’s 1MinFic – Spell Check

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Let’s see, one pound of bacon, two pounds of pork ribs, ummm I can’t really figure out what the next thing is, oh well, I think it’s pig’s feet? And two pounds of pig’s feet sir! He then texts his wife to be sure. Pig feet? Pig feet? Are you crazy? It’s figs—ripe and sweet!

http://cyranny.com/2023/08/02/august-2nd-1minfiction-challenge/