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 – Colors

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

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I am red.

I am the color of soft satin sheets of seduction.

I am the prominent color of a hot summer morning sunrise.

I am the beauty of a single perfect rose.

I am the red hot chili pepper spice in your food.

I am the mouthwatering sweet flesh of fresh fruits.

I am the six inch stilettos worn by a female impersonator.

I am the flame that burns too hot.

I am the dark sticky residue sprawled on the street after Jack the Ripper’s work.

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https://dversepoets.com/2021/02/16/poetics-true-colours/#like-21350

Tuesday Story

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

I’m excited to go. Last time she went on vacation to the mountains I was small and I loved it. You stayed at the vet, remember?

Uh, no, she’s taking me this time, you are the one staying at the vet! She has a surprise for you, but don’t worry, you’ll feel much better soon. Heh heh.

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https://lightmotifs.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/tuesday-story-11/?like_actor=102337606&like_hmac=b96f010280ba9c7c12ee7f287e90018b&postid=28296&like=1&source=sub_email

Books!

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Time was short and I didn’t want to be late. I gathered my book bag, my cell and my umbrella, just in case, because it was going to be a wonderfully long day with the club. It had been a while since we had gathered for an outing like this and I wanted to be prepared for anything.

Just thinking of visiting the original book store on Baker Street with the vellichor atmosphere surround, caused a smile on my face. The club had managed to secure a private session with the first owner’s grandson to give us a tour.

We were all looking forward to it except one odd member we knew would not attend. She preferred pristine hardback copies of our club choices, straight off the press and would repudiate any volumes in this store. Most of us bibliophiles loved the musty smells of leather bindings and parchment of ancient first editions, but never Michelle. She thought them laden with germs, however she did love to read and was welcomed in our club.

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https://cyranny.com/2021/02/16/vellichor-word-of-the-day-challenge/#like-56763

https://fivedotoh.com/2021/02/16/fowc-with-fandango-repudiate/

https://thedailyspur.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/club/#like-2356

MLMM Sunday Writing Prompt 2-14-21

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

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It was a casual atmosphere, just me and a bunch of girls from work enjoying the outdoor evening. Nothing spectacular in the surroundings, only a field surrounding a sport event.

It was then I spotted him, for the first time, and it was love at first sight–that inexplicable attraction no one can explain. It was not a candlelit room, across a dance floor with romantic music sweetening the mood.

It was not the childhood fantasy from well read books or black and white cinema. It was sunset, hot and muggy, and still. But then, my heart’s reaction wasn’t a fantasy, either, it was very real and lasted 47 years.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/02/14/sunday-writing-prompt-14february-a-story-of-love/#like-21300