The Bag Lady

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It was paramount in Joe’s mind. He could not stop thinking about the speeches of this facilitator of violence. And more to come in the debate, hopefully showing proof that this candidate is unworthy. Never remorse in his constant accusations and lies, and in every rally his voice rings out loudly to his followers. It is as if he is the inventor of untruths. The crowds grow more violent, nonsensically argue about falsehoods, and then settle back into their ignorant, unworldly lives.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/06/24/share-your-world-24th-june/. Your three words today are: SETTLE ARGUE REMORSE

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Here are this week’s questions:

1.  What do you miss most, if anything, about your school days? My two friends I attended all twelve grades with.

2.  Did your school have its own sports field or swimming pool? We had no pool but the sports field was across the street.

3.  What was your favourite day on the school week? I probably had no favorite, I loved school.

4.  Did you have one teacher for a variety of subjects, or separate teachers for each? One teacher for 1-8 grades and then different ones for different subjects in high school.

Gratitude: I was lucky as a child to have a loving caring teacher from 1-6 grades in a one room school house. And always, I am grateful for my family!

Share Your World 24th June

My image frozen for all time

A moment of indecision

Vision not concentrated

Voice not spoken

I hesitated…

My undoing

My response stilted

My answer too drawling

I paid the price

A mask of molten gold

A crown of gilded metal

A facade of beauty punished.

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What do you see # 242- June 24th

Sue was always aware of her friends’ needs, for money, for a good home, not just a temporary house in which to hardly unpack her stuff. Julie could not secure a paycheck with her career in dance and then there were the children to consider. They were too young to play at home alone and not of school age yet. Sue’s home was small but she decided to fit in Julie and her two children, until Julie could find a permanent job.

This scenario often plays out in today’s world of high rent payments, unaffordable housing, painting a sorrowful picture of the void between the “haves and have nots”

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MLMM Monday Wordle #378

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Thank you again, Kevin for beautiful images:

No Theme Thursday: The Return

Greetings, everyone!

Today, for Sunday’s Confessionals, I would like you to create about the saying ‘putting one’s hand on the lit stove to check if it is hot’ from the prism of personal experience.

Please feel free to create in any media that inspires you, and do not shy away from sharing previously created work that touches on this topic.

Once you are done posting, please link up via the comments section and check what others had to offer.

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I have to say this is a weird one, MLMM! My interpretation is relating to politics and the way citizens expect change will come about if they do nothing. You don’t have to put your hand on a hot stove to feel the heat emanating from the burner. You can stand there and feel it coming next to your hand even if you don’t fully place your hand on the stove. The heat you feel is your warning. You can choose to ignore it and place your hand anyway, but don’t blame the stove for your ignorance.

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Sunday Confessionals : Heat-lesson

Belief

In the cradle of dry plains lay an oasis, an ancient site with waters that rained down from a large outcropping of stone. People would travel long distances to see the weeping veins in the stone that magically appeared on holy days. The believers would cup their hands to taste the glorious liquid and it seemed to briefly cause fluttering heart beats. They thought this meant the spirit was temporarily flowing through their bodies. In truth, the anxiety and excitement caused their hearts to react.

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Wordle 660

It was with ragged desperation that Julie lifted the hormone medication to her lips. Every last nerve of her body quivering, she suddenly had to sit down on the edge of the bathtub, feeling faint. She had to do it, every day, to make sure she would not get pregnant. She looked at the symbol on the medicine package and started to cry. She wanted a baby, a child to raise, just as her sister before her. Julie loved her nieces and nephews and spent loving times with them. Her family didn’t know Julie’s secret, that her husband was a sociopath. He was a good looking man exuding charm when needed and her family loved him. Once home alone with him, Julie saw his actual personality. There was no way she was going to bring a child into this unpredictable home.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2024/06/23/three-things-challenge-m734/Your three words today are: HORMONE MEDICATION NERVE

FOWC with Fandango — Desperation

RDP Sunday: ragged

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I look at your portrait

Often as it’s by my bed

Sleepless nights lend to memories

Another life, possibly

Would it be different?

If we met again

If there is an afterlife

If there’s another dimension

If it were possible

We might start anew

Keep old vows naively made

Have old dreams become real

Possibly?

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