The Bag Lady

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Water is very important to me since I have kidney disease. I use glass bottles with secure caps and fill with water from the tap and put in my fridge. It’s rare I drink anything but a cup of coffee in the morning and water the rest of the day. I have an open shower with a bench and enjoy a warm shower but have no tub. I can’t get into and out of one. The showering sitting on a bench is not ideal, but necessary. In younger days I loved swimming, waterskiing, and wading in brooks. Today I would love to just sit by a stream and listen to the bubbly water.

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Fondness for Water

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Hotel? No way, too expensive! Camping? Okay. The night was coming fast. Sweaty, hot and tired, the tent was finally set up. The blow up bed topped with sheet and blankets was a respite, until about one in the morning. We were flat on the cold tent floor, freezing. Deflated rubber beneath us lent no heat. So hotel? You betcha!

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The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Sept. 6, 2025

Sue was frazzled as the county fair date approached. She entered roses in the flower competition, even won a medal one year, so doted on her rose garden ever since. Suddenly she heard a rain storm come with hail! Charging outside, saw her babied rose looking like a prune.

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Can You Tell A Story In…

I am angry in defiance of our current administration, and in awe of the unlawful actions of our president. I am longing for congress to listen to their constituents and do something!

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #397

Scurry

Autumn leaves

Crossing the sidewalks

Avoiding the coming mower

Escaped

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Tall grass

Still showing green

Shudder at mower’s whine

We never liked the crew cut look

Just trimmed

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MTB: cinquains revisited

Being in my element these days, and pardon me, but I find myself writing “these days” frequently. I guess it shows what element I’m really in – old! I don’t like to think it, but as I struggle to say a word I know, and will finally come to me in a few moments, I think, yup, old. And the older I get I feel more nostalgic for younger days, chasing my children in the park, and having family still alive, like my three older sisters. I get emotional too easily, an element I have been stuck with my entire life. I consider myself lucky to be able to blog and have my writings express what I hesitate to say out loud.

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Writing Prompts

I answer to Cheryl, Carol, Cheri, Cherry, GMA, Grandma, Grammie and my favorite, hey, ol lady! Always makes me smile.

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One-Liner Wednesday – Me from now on

Disney

Princesses dream

Always a magic wand

With words in song, “if you believe”

Comes true

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Cinquain Poetry Prompt 16: BELIEVE is your inspiration.

What is a hairstyle trend to me looks like I’ve been out on a windy day. My daughter came by as I was doing my hair and using a hot curler- I know that’s not what you call it these days, but she said let me try it. So she fussed around twisting my hair, etc and then said she was done. I don’t care for it, but I do see it on people these days. Some trends are not for the faint hearted!

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