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 Wordle – Summertime

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

A scowl spread across her ivory face, surveying the shoreline, hoping it would not be another day of unbearable summer heat. The lavish sand however, transpired an ethereal mirage as the waves refflected more of the sun’s wrath. The clouds played cagey, always hiding on the edges, until later when they would show themselves in an afternoon thunderstorm. The brief lightning would stalk the beach with brittle flashes only to be waylaid once more by another beautiful sunset.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/09/12/wordle-287/#like-23911

The Sunday Whirl

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
There’s no regret or journey wasted as tenacious bees, agile in their pursuit, present themselves to the flower’s face. As they climb into the cracks of petals, into the tiny filaments of blooms, the teeth of anthers start rocking to and fro.

https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2022/09/11/wordle-569/

MLMM Saturday Mix

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Welcome to the Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 10 September 2022!

For this week’s Lucky Dip, I have reached into my mystery bag and pulled out a Quinzaine. The topic is up to you! You may be thinking to yourself, What on earth is Quinzaine?

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Life’s only what you make it

Which one do you choose?

Move or spurn?

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/09/10/lucky-dip-saturday-mix-10-september-2022/

Sammiscribbles Weekend Writing Prompt

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
Bandage my heart… please?
Wrap it up tight, I’m on my knees!
It has been used, abused and trodden
If it’s closed, things might be forgotten.
It needs a bandage, a cleansing of sorts
Where noone can get to it again, so I resort
To having it sewn up and taped up so tight
The darkness inside might turn to light.

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https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2022/09/10/weekend-writing-prompt-276-bandage/

Hallucinations

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

She watched in amazement as the shapeshifter displayed its multiforms, first an ant, a bee, and then a bird that flew to a tall branch. It seemed to foist itself out and upward showing luminous wings in various shades of red white and blue. When I looked closer I could see a tiny gold ring above its head. It couldn’t be…could it? A stylized bird form to commemorate the queen? I shook my head…shouldn’t have had that fourth glass of wine at lunch.

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http://cyranny.com/2022/09/10/commemorate-word-of-the-day-challenge/

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/09/10/three-things-challenge-m82/. Your three words today are:
BEE
BIRD
ANTS

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2022/09/10/multiform/

https://fivedotoh.com/2022/09/10/fowc-with-fandango-foist/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/09/10/rdp-saturday-luminous/

Adele songs

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

“Hello”, uttered with familiarity as they newly embrace. “A woman like me watched the skyfall with you, making love in the dark, when we were young. We were strangers then. That is water under the bridge, so hold on, now. I have been the person rolling in the deep and I want to rekindle that passion, set fire to the rain, again, so all I ask is, take it easy on me.”

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