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

dVerse Poets Quadrille

July 24, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

New to the Q? Here’s what to do:
Pen us a poem of exactly 44 words, including some form of the word water, and post the poem on your own blog with a link back to this post. Link your poem up using the Mr. Linky below. Then make your way around the web to visit the waterways other poets have shared. Remember: the Quadrille is open all week, so be sure to float on back here to read – and write!- some more.

Dwarfed by water’s power
Sitting precariously
On slippery boulders
Smoothly carved by constant moving water
While feeling the humid air
Admiring the mountains
Distanced from her now
Lake Tahoe looms large
Blue waves ever seek the shore
Blue on blue on blue
So delightful.

https://dversepoets.com/author/whimsygizmo/

MLMM Wordle

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

You are no knight and that is not a four wheeled carriage, it’s a wagon! In my generation (her grandkids mumble “ancient”) we used to know how to obey a woman’s request! No such maverick as you, sir, would be giving orders! Men were humble and courteous.

It was the anniversary of Lady Dunbar’s wedding to Sir Chiles, and she had squeezed herself into her old wedding gown, not realizing the back was wide open to accommodate her inflated size. A wool charcoal wedding suit was laying on the bed. She looked around for anyone to wear it, as it had been packed up with the dress. Sir Chiles had been gone for twenty years, but Lady Dunbar insisted on celebrating each year, regardless.

You there! The Lady pointed to her grandson Charles—you can wear it, it is reusable of course, so let’s see it on. The reluctant young man did as he was bidden.

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/19271780/posts/4818430777

Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt

July 23, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Thought of as a renegade, his being of poor family, and no means, answering to no one; he thought highly of himself regardless of actual circumstances. Unfortunately for village parents, each daughter of proper age seemed attracted to him. It was no surprise as he strode from country lanes with a confident although arrogant manner, and naive girls could only see his beauty—wavy black hair with a carefully placed curl on his forehead—flashing his blue eyes made girls swoon.

Weekend Writing Prompt #321 – Renegade

Cyranny’s 1MinFic

July 23, 2023July 23, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

“Why is everything pink?” Did we come late and is this after the bomb? After settling in with popcorn and drinks, Joe was puzzled by the screen showing nothing but pink! Joe was a victim of “barbenheimer”.

***Barbie’-‘Oppenheimer’ Double Feature on Opening Weekend

http://cyranny.com/2023/07/19/july-19th-1minfiction-challenge/

Six Sentence Story

July 23, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Rules of the hop:
Write 6 Sentences. No more. No less.
Use the current week’s prompt word.
Link up at Wednesday’s post. Link goes live at 6:00 pm through Saturday late…
Spread the word and put in a good one to your fellow writers.

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Mind the grid. Mind your step. Mind your instrument. Mind the cadence. Dress right, dress. Be loud and proud!

Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

PROMPT WORD: GRID

The Sunday Whirl

July 23, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Chilled teeth chattering absentmindedly as her tear dabbed face trapped in a tattered scarf, Mary squinted through cruel flecks of salty fluid that never seemed to cease. She didn’t want to see it, but necessarily came upon the grave just as a squirrel skittered across the sodden mound. The hem of her ragged woolen skirt seemed to drag along beside her, a witness to these events that caused her such sorrow. It seemed as if the dirt mound had been scalded of all the former flowery framed tributes, and now laid naked as if to say, I’m done, take me.

Wordle 614 – A Baker’s Dozen

Public Media

July 19, 2023 by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

The U.S. House Labor, Healthb and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Subcommittees released its draft fiscal year 2024 appropriations legislation that proposed to zero out federal funding for public media.

The bill eliminates funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), public television and radio’s single largest source of funding, and Interconnection, public media’s distribution network that enables viewers and listeners to receive programs and emergency alerts.

Let us be clear: Without federal funding, there is no public media. Multiple studies confirm that ending funding would devastate, if not destroy, public media, resulting in the loss of programs and services or stations going off air.

Americans consistently rank federal funding for public media as one of the best investments the government makes. For about $1.40 per American annually, almost every community has access to programs and services that educate, inform, and inspire.

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