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SYW August 12, 2024

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

Here are this week’s questions:

1.  How many times have you moved house? 16 times so far.

2.  What are your priorities in looking for a new home? A new home is out of the question now as I have been in a new apartment I call home for two and a half years. I had a house/home till about ten years ago. I miss having an actual “home”..

3.  Have you ever ‘down sized’? Quite a few times of course and with every move.

4.  Have you ever had to move because of your job? We moved multiple times with my husband’s job at the time, a geophysicist. I remember starting a new job myself and overhearing a coworker tell someone else, “she won’t be here long, her husband’s an oil man”.

Gratitude: I am very grateful to have seen family members I’ve missed yesterday at my granddaughter’s 18th birthday celebration. Her birthday is today, thus the earth cake above!
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Share Your World 12th August 2024

MLMM Wordle

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
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Joe submitted the custom check to the court bailiff. The check had shown Joe’s new address. He hoped it would not be contested and the judge would allow the payment to clear. Joe was trying to change his pattern of cut and run when it came to court fees, a challenge at best. Joe’s work history was as a coffee shop host and he had received some praise for fitting well into this type of job, but they just didn’t pay well. Bills accumulated over time and now he was threatened with jail time. He thought maybe he should just hang out a shingle on his new apartment door, saying, “any job, anytime”. He smiled at that thought as the judge declared, “fines paid in full” and banged the gavel.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #385

“The Dispatcher”

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
I am currently rereading/listening to the Dispatcher series, three books so far, in audio form. Written by author John Scalzi, and narrated by Zachary Quinto, it offers an interesting concept in a future that defies death. Two reviews online are harsh, but I enjoyed the books and author and the narrator make you like Tony. John Scalzi is a well known author with “Old Man’s War”, “Redshirts” and “Starter Villain”, a few.

“The Dispatcher was followed in 2020 by Death By Other Means and in 2022 by Travel By Bullet. Like the original, the sequels follow Dispatcher Tony Valdez and were initially released exclusively on Audible, both still narrated by Zachary Quinto.”

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? (August 12, 2024) 📚📚

dVerse Poets Prosery

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The lines I have chosen for you to include in your Prosery are:

“And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
with the photographs there and the moss.”

Here’s how to take part in Prosery:

Write a piece of flash fiction of up to or exactly 144 words, including the given line in the order in which it has been given. You may add or change punctuation, but you may not add words in between the given ones. Post your Prosery on your blog and link back to this post. Link it up to our Mr. Linky. Don’t forget to check the little box to accept use/privacy policyVisit other blogs. Enjoy some amazing writing, and don’t forget to comment – and have fun.

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“And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
with the photographs there and the moss.”


A warm day, rain hanging in clouds, ready to burst once the sky darkens a bit more. A time to ponder, as I am this morning, with time to think. Days of muted sun cause a melancholy and I often sit too long with my thoughts. Today is a concern for a grandson, living about five hours away now, away from family that he needs, and wants to return to. An adult now of course, but still…


I open the well worn book and see pictures of happier days when grandchildren flocked around, eager to see what’s in the cookie jar, or at the park asking for one more push on the swing. So I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photographs there and the moss.

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Take This Waltz

The Sunday Whirl

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Not a novel concept, unable to face the world alone, always prevalent in the vast darkness of a sleepless night. When Sara wakes, her routine of walking the beach begins. Sara silently offers a prayer to keep the river of guilt far from her mind. Seeing the waves every day is a haunting ache, a reminder of what she did, and what she failed to do. Sadly, keeping those secrets will never end, just as the sea flows constantly over the sand.

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https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/

Salem’s Secret

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized

A joyful stroll down a quiet street
In town known for Christmas treats
There is no joy for Halloween
Never a ghost or goblin seen,
Yet underneath the righteous church
Held in cages made of black birch,
Lawmen’s watchful eyes are at work.

See only the peaceful view of town
Villagers don’t venture down
Underneath the snowy streets,
Where the law and evil meet.
Secrets there in dungeons dark
Are quite a contrast to snowy parks
Where people stroll on sidewalks, clean
And under the church is never seen.

Wealthy holiday visitors are invited
Holidays show above town exciting.
Down in the bowels beneath the crosses
Pain and death cause many losses.

Women are held in cages strong
Women held many years long
Lawmen keep their distance, safe
When by the “witches”, quicken their pace.
Above a peaceful white Christmas card
But under is blood red and survival hard.

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No Theme Thursday: 08.08.24

Wolfie Woes

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
Howling at the moon does not make a pleasant evening every single night, but I have no choice. In the morning I am tired and my throat aches. Being a young werewolf is my lot and I can’t blame anyone in particular. I was about thirteen when I found out it was a family “tradition”. Yeah, that’s what my family named it, and it is only a rare exception if you don’t get the gene. My friends don’t know. In fact I always join them to make fun of the werewolves when they see them in movies or stories. If only they knew! I pack my bag every day before school with a change of clothes and wipes and a wet towel…I never know what my wolf-self will consume in the night and my mom continually mends my ripped clothes. I have yet to come upon one of my friends while in wolf form and that’s lucky for them. I don’t always have control over my animal instincts. Well, see you later, I have boring classes to attend like a normal boy.

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No Theme Thursday: 08.08.24

MLMM Saturday Mix

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Use this as an open-link opportunity and forum to share something…anything… of your own.

  • Share smiles 
  • Share snapshots
  • Share successes
  • Share sorrows
  • Share stories
  • Share suggestions
  • Share solutions

Whatever you like, the floor is yours!

I’m going to share some great news from “Stars and Stripes”:

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Showcase & Share – Saturday Mix, 10 August 2024

SoCS 8-10-24

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Is it me or did we just sail this ship a day ago? Time is passing fast, look at the date! Me and the years are like ships in the night—okay. That wasn’t even funny or interesting. My writing talent ship has sailed. Okay! No more! I’m actually having a great few days as it has been raining! That’s an oddity for Wyoming and my patio plants are loving every drop of it. And it saves me multiple trips with a gallon jug of water in my lap going from the kitchen sink to the patio. On an even brighter note, my granddaughter’s 18th birthday will be celebrated on Sunday, so 🥳YEA!

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Aug. 10, 2024