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 First Line Friday 9-24-20. – This odd looking result must be the block editor?? I didn’t copy and paste, just wrote as draft. . .if so, I don’t like it.

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

The late morning was clear and crisp as Sawyer stepped out of the travel hostel. He had been looking forward to this trip for a long time. The humdrum office routine was starting to grate, and his psyche needed the fresh air. Sawyer also needed the alone time, “just me and the mountains” was his only thought.

Sawyer picked the medium trail to test his unused equipment. A few years ago trying the urban life, he had given his equipment to his younger brother, thinking the city would be a new adventure. He smiled to himself now, thinking how wrong he was. About half way up the mountain, his new boots were beginning to pain and he sat down to fix his feet and add another pair of socks. He didn’t notice someone near to him and stuck his foot out to stretch.

“What are you doing?” A female voice yelled at him as she was picking herself up from the ground. “If you wanted to meet me, you only had to say hello!” Sawyer suddenly realized he had been lost in the pain of his foot and didn’t see the woman.

“Oh, I’m so sorry, I didn’t see you there. I was concentrating on the pain these new boots are giving me.”

“Well you are new to hiking then. You never wear brand new boots. They have to be broken in!”

Sawyer didn’t want to admit he knew that because he had been a hiker, just not recently, but decided to keep it to himself. Laura offered him a hand up and they started a conversation. Laura also sought respite in the mountain air and the two had a long conversation as they continued on the trail.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/09/25/first-line-friday-september-25th-2020/#like-20647

Your Voice is Your Vote

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

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In a vehement proposal

The words he uttered today–

I’ll stay here as the king

No matter what the wave of ballots say–

We’ve got ourselves into a hole here in the USA.

https://cyranny.com/2020/09/24/wave-word-of-the-day-challenge/#like-54839

https://fivedotoh.com/2020/09/24/fowc-with-fandango-vehement/#like-47748

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/09/24/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-hole/

Cyranny’s 1MinFiction

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Insisting on shelving them

A sign of imperfection

Showing his collection

Ignoring her objection

The taste of every grape was meant as a reflection

Of their waning relationship, with sobering intention

Dreams of the impossible shown with no deflection

The corks a symbol of how disaffection

Can be revealed in circumspection.

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https://cyranny.com/2020/09/23/september-23rd-1minfiction-challenge/#like-54830

What night is it anyway?

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

It is 7:15pm on Wednesday. It’s a shame it’s getting darker earlier and sunny and bright later, but that’s beside the point. I turn off the sound on my phone about 11:00 but as soon as I turn it on in the morning I get texts, up to ten or more a day.

In these anonymous calls I am addressed as Steve and all kinds including obscene messages are presented to me. I block each number but they keep sending texts. I have tried to get help from my carrier with no luck. I wonder who sells the numbers to these perverts and scammers. It must be quite a lucrative business.

My other question is, who in the world answers these texts and why? My firefighter grandson says to change my number. Apparently people do it frequently. What a hassle but I may have to for my sanity’s sake.

Annoying sales calls are one thing. This is another. Btw, I just got another one. What in heck is this world coming to?

I get knocks on my door a couple of times a month late at night from someone. Of course I never answer it. My family knows to text or call before they come.

It is very discouraging to be in this time when people are crazy. I know you’ll think of course it’s nothing new, it’s gone on for years. But I think it is-at the level it is now, increasing all the time.

Disrespect, language, rudeness even from children, gestures, and I wouldn’t want to be driving now with everyone here having a gun in their car or carrying one in public.

So settle down, say your prayers and have a good night’s sleep? Is that what you do?

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