The Bag Lady

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Well if I was a Czech chess master competing in an English master tournament and succeeded in checking my opponent, I might receive a hefty cheque for my efforts.

But since I’m not, I will just wish you all a pleasant and joyful weekend.

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS July 25/2020

This is a reblog of an SoCS prompt in 2017:

Projecting yourself into a project takes determination, strength, perseverance, and talent. Whether it be writing, painting, learning something new, or completing a recipe with a delicious result. It takes work. The important thing is to start and finish. I’m not especially good at the finish part. I have projects I started, got discouraged, or bored, and left them unfinished. However, I’ve also completed some important ones with great success. The best thing about all of it was I wasn’t afraid to try.

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https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/07/24/rdp-friday-project/

This is my confession

Written with slight omissions

Sitting here with no ambition

Mostly due to news attrition

Causing a halt in any submission

Of worthy words in composition

Yes, I blame the oppression

Here, no hope of ascension

Falling into mild depression

With no relief succession

And may I also mention

This prolonged detention

With no malicious intention-

The unbridled extension

While provided as prevention

Is beyond my pretension

Chalked up to misapprehension

I say with no condescension

Is causing me more tension.

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https://rugby843.blog

She looked down her nose, with eyes on the hose

“How crude!” she spewed and spouted so rude

Saw the stockings blue net, looked almost wet

Clinging as they were to the lady’s derrière

“My gawd”, she exclaimed as if she was maimed

By the other’s appearance causing much interference

But the net legged lady wasn’t bothered, but ready

With a handy witticism to answer the criticism

“You may think I’m contrary since your clothes never vary

But I like the contemporary. You may think arbitrary

You should try it sometime, and not think it a crime

I dress as I will. . .I like to thrill

And am not willing to fill

Your expectations.”

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https://fivedotoh.com/2020/07/24/fowc-with-fandango-arbitrary/

Good morning from nicely cool, Wyoming! I wish we had a long soft rain to go with it, but you can’t have everything! I hope you all have a great start to the week! Ceenphotography.com has more interesting questions for us, so let’s get started! Thank you again, Cee, for giving us this fun quiz each week!💓🌸As I’m writing this, the Thunderbirds are practicing above me. I love them! They perform here for Cheyenne Frontier Days. Spectacular!

1. List some of your favorite types of teas.

I have a British friend who states there is only one TEA. I love Earl Grey, hot, but in summer, I like Bigelow Plantation Mint, iced of course – it has a very cool and refreshing taste, and Peach. Tea and lemonade combined I also like.

2. If you had to describe your day in a traffic sign, what would it be?

3. What are a couple of things someone could do for you on a really bad day that would help you?

Talk to me, go out for a meal, go to a movie I wouldn’t usually go to, like a cheesy horror film? Sometimes I just need to be alone.

4. Regardless of your physical fitness, coordination, or agility: if you could be an athlete, what would you do?

If it has to be a sport, a long distance runner. Otherwise, a dancer.

I am grateful that I had time with my family this last week. This week I’m looking forward to getting some Palisade peaches from the Grants Farm market here. They were supposed to be in on Saturday. Below: Palisade, Colorado

http://ceenphotography.com/2017/07/24/share-your-world-july-24-2017/

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Fandango’s Friday Flashback — July 24

Asking for forgiveness is a “hard pill to swallow (plural hard pills to swallow) (idiomatic) Something that is difficult to accept.“

I like to be right, and some of the time I like to argue if I think I’m right. I look at as a fun thing and I learn more about the issue, myself and the others in the discussion. Lately it’s no fun at all.

About a year ago I displayed actions when I thought I was right, and it was directed at no one in particular, but I ended up apologizing to the person I was with. I won’t go into details because they do not matter. The fact is I was wrong to voice my frustrations and had to admit it. I asked for forgiveness from my companion, and of course I received it, but even now, months later, I think, why did I do it?

Since 2014 when my life changed completely, and I had to accept that was going to be the norm, I have been depressed and sometimes angry because of it. Rarely, thank heavens, such in the case above, it shows its ugly self with my voice. You may think I sound preachy at times, but I only want you to appreciate what you have because it may all be gone tomorrow. Asking for forgiveness won’t kill you but the lack of doing so will definitely hurt you.

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/tale-weaver-285-forgiveness-july-23rd/

Darkness may loom in the distance

Dark clouds will pass

Don’t be afraid

So many pleasant trails ahead

Keep your eyes on them.

https://scvincent.com/2020/07/23/thursday-photo-prompt-darkness-writephoto/

http://fivedotoh.com/2020/07/23/fowc-with-fandango-precocious/

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Cloudy morning

Grey beginning

Waiting for the sun if there is one.

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https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/reenas-exploration-challenge-145/

There are many forms of grace.

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A four year old

Wearing a tutu

With ballerina dreams

Finds it’s not easy as it seems.

A racing horse, a

Beauty on the run

Long legs leaping faster

Roses only go to one.

Infant water babies and

Tan bathing beauties dance

At the pool on summer days

Synchronizing movements in the waves.

Meadows struck with breezes

Make flower petals bend

Waving to and fro

Wishing summer never ends.

https://talesfromthemindofkristian.wordpress.com/2020/07/22/grace-2/