SYW 11-11-24

NASA Earth Observatory

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Here are your questions:

1.  If reincarnation exists, would you like to come back as a domestic pet or a wild animal? A wild animal, maybe a wolf.


2. Do you think Zoos are a good idea? 🤷🏼‍♀️🙍🏼‍♀️


3.  Have you ever been to a safari park? Yes in California and Wyoming


4.  Have you visited an oceanarium? Yes, in Boston, MA, CA, TX.

Gratitude: I’m grateful to have family that are helpful and loving.

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Share Your World 11th November 2024

Limerick Time

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There once a woman named Jess

Her love life was always a mess

She picked the worst guys

And never knew why

Personality woes…my guess.

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The school board was a woeful mess

Angry with the low scores of tests

The parents were mad

The grades were so bad

Caused teachers to drink to excess.

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Laughing Along With A Limerick

Veteran’s Day

I use this Colorado photo for both Veteran’s and Memorial Day. The graves surrounding my granddaughter are family members who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam era. My husband’s five uncles all served at the same time. My veteran family members are in New England sites. Whether serving now or in the past, we all have a deep appreciation and respect for military service people.

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NTT Past and Present

I hope you like this image, it’s from years gone by.
When kids could play in the streets
and time came easy by.
The sign says 1940, I was a born a few after,
And as a child my life was full of laughter.
My early youth was dreamlike
but nightmares did come later.
Between wars I was born,
too young to notice men forlorn
as more conflict newly worn.
Today this photo is the ideal,
a warm presence and lesser fears.
Only idyllic for some and then all disappeared.
Progress came on many fronts,
women and civil rights were fought…
Finally some equalness to celebrate
then rich and powerful changed our fate.
Today the year is 2024,
we should have freedoms…more
and yet it seems we’re taken back
to times when freedoms were in lack.
I hope the laws put in place
by even-hearted way back in that race
Will stand and we can call ourselves
The human race.

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Thanks again Kevin, many ideas from your images this week!

No Theme Thursday: 11.07.24

MLMM Sunday Confessionals

Apartment living is pretty great
That is until you have to wait
For repairs
Sitting close to my fake electric flames
I have one necessary aim
Getting warm
It seems the heater that provides warmth
To fend off the cold from the north
Is broken
A week ago when it was warmer
Put in a request to fix the former
Nothing done
If barbecues were allowed
Or even candles, I’m not proud
Could use them
Alas, no news when it will be repaired
And I have no long haired
Furry companion
With whom to share
A blanket, flared
Watching the snow fall
In a moonlit glare
No icicles yet formed
On my hair
At least it’s a comfy chair
And soon I’ll repair
To my bedroom lair
And hope it’s fixed tomorrow.

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Sunday Confessionals – Self-portrait

OLWG

This week’s prompts are:

  1. living with your ghost
  2. he fell asleep and didn’t put out the candle
  3. will it always be this hard?

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Joe was exhausted after the day’s shopping trip. He fell asleep and didn’t put out the candle. His wife Mona loved those Bath and Body three wick candles and had them all over the house. This night one had burned hot on a stack of crumpled writing papers Joe was supposed to have put in the trash bin. A horrible happening from a careless act made Joe’s wife a widow in nothing flat.

Joe’s wife Mona was trying to be a writer. She thought joining a book club would be an inspiration. She loved meeting with the club. When Mona came home from her book club she found her home up in flames. The firefighters could not save Joe and Mona was devastated.

A few months later Mona met with her book club again, and remembering the last time they all met, the fire, etc, she started crying and asked her friends, “will it always be this hard?” There were no answers that consoled her.

That same night Mona was fitfully trying to sleep. She was housed in the guest house on their property that was saved from the flames. Mona tossed the pillows on the floor and sat up frustrated on the edge of the bed. She felt a presence next to her and an arm around her shoulders. “No, Mona, it won’t always be this hard. I’ll be here when you need me”. Then suddenly the presence disappeared. Mona found that if she thought hard enough, Joe would appear and that’s how she ended up writing a book about her circumstances entitled, “Living With Your Ghost”.

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OLWG# 391- Thirsty Sailors

Six Sentence Story


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.
PROMPT WORD:  BOND

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The bond between family is the strongest one I know. Moms and dads together, sisters and brothers, have a special one. Love creates this bond and it won’t stay strong without it.You may develop a sturdy bond with a friend, but nothing surpasses a family bond. I felt a new surprising bond when my grandchildren were born, because I never thought I would feel a more impelling connection than to my own children.

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Sunday’s Six Sentence Story Word Prompt!

The Sunday Whirl

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The ancient ruins lay ahead of me, and I lace up the stitched cloak tighter around my neck. Icy winds continue, curling around on the ground causing small sandy whirlwinds. The drive from the local village is not so far away and I’ve made this trip many times. In the wintry atmosphere, I feel the spirits more clearly, as if they wait for the summer visitors to leave, and are then unafraid to commune with me.

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