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

Simply Six Minutes

August 2, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

I told you, I am the man! Just follow my lead, dear! I don’t want to, give me a country hoedown any time, but a waltz? No way! Joe tries grabbing dear by the horns to make him follow, but fails. The quarrel goes on so long the highway department had to put up a warning sign to tourists. Eventually they stop fighting and decide to go their separate ways, Joe back to his tent, missing his old friend dear, who also went back to his lair in the forest nearby. Not all is fair in love and war.

http://christinebialczak.com/2023/08/01/simply-6-minutes-welcome-to-the-challenge-08-01-2023/

Flowers

August 2, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

There is no genuinely beautiful copy allowed

The sun kissed meadow revels in the instrument of sun’s heat

A houseplant in a window tries to compete

However it cannot bridle the enthusiasm of the beauty and scents of an outdoor reverie

Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Sun-kissed

RDP Wednesday – INSTRUMENT

Genuinely

houseplant

Your Daily Word Prompt – #Bridle- #YDWordPrompt August 2, 2023

3TC – Oops!

August 2, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Aradia, Gullveig, and Rhiamon stand around the cauldron, accusing each other of ruining the potion. “It’s supposed to be a poison, Gullveig, not a love tincture! Now up that bat wing portion and stir in some eagle’s eyes so we’ll be able to see our destruction of Snow White!”

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/08/02/three-things-challenge-m408/#more-98411 Your three words today are:
POTION POISON PORTION

Ronovan’s Ovi Poetry

August 2, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

The Ovi are in general, lyrical folk songs expressing love, social irony, and heroic events. They are written in the following scheme.

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.

Play

the children know how to have fun

streaming along a river bank

daring to attempt the high slide

grownups lose play ability

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http://ronovanwrites.com/2023/08/02/ovi-poetry-challenge-7-play-is-your-inspiration/

One Liner Wednesday

August 2, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

“Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

One-Liner Wednesday – Am I jinxing it?

Fandango’s Story Starter

August 1, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

This week’s Story Starter teaser is: “There is a difference between what you actually see and what you think you see,” he told her. “When under the influence of sleep, especially, a dream may seem real but it’s only in your mind.” She answers, “So that lipstick on your shoulder is just a figment of my imagination? And the wrinkled clothes you say you worked in all night…at the office, an illusion also? Get out Charlie, and don’t come back! By the way, that is what I actually said, not what you think I said!”