Tag Archive | Reading

Daily Prompt: On the Edge

Oct16

We all have things we need to do to keep an even keel — blogging, exercising, reading, cooking. What’s yours?

Photographers, artists, poets: show us ACTIVITY

Things that keep me having an even keel… “keeps me balanced”…

You mean, “Things that keep me from going crazy!”…

Blogging

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Best stress release I have found since I started in 2011…

Blogging friends to talk to… Just a few words to perk a person up… How neat is that!

Exercise

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My swimming aerobic class at the YMCA…

Have met such nice people… even made a new friend… Will be doing for two years as of Jan. 2014… just keeps me moving… a good thing…

Reading

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I read more on the internet than books lately… but, a book once started… is wonderful…

Cooking

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More like baking… I’m better at that… but, I love trying new recipes… and YES… keeps me busy and even…

Crafts

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and redoing older items… a favorite thing of mine… When busy with a project I’m a happy camper…

Friends

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Hearing different conversation… Gives your mind some new things to ponder on…

Phone

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with sister… friends… cousins… Leaving my worries behind… Concentrating on them for a while…

Grandkids

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Listening to them talk… playing with them… shopping with them… No better way to keep me happy!

Clubs

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BUNCO (2)… TOPS Group…

Talking… learning… preparation for programs… Definitely… a mind stimulator…

Thrift Store

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Actually looking and looking… for that special “treasure”… like a hunt… that makes you smile when you find it!…

I guess I have lots of things that keep me on keel…

so, maybe I won’t go too crazy!… or get too off-balance!

Daily Prompt: Keep Out

Jul10

Who is the one person you hope isn’t reading your blog? Why?

Photographers, artists, poets: show us OUTSIDE.

Some say I let people know too much about myself…

Maybe so…

I personally think it’s OK…

I write for myself and mostly about my own experiences…

You either like who I am or not…

But, I know I have sometimes written about things in people’s lives I shouldn’t…

I should have asked their permission…

I should have respect for that person’s wishes…

I don’t lie about them… I just say the truth… and the truth can be hard to handle if you haven’t faced your demons or have hang-ups…

There may be truths “I wouldn’t want to face”… or maybe there are things people see in me that I don’t…

In fact… I do have a couple of (hidden) secrets that I wouldn’t want plastered all over…

I’m sure that perked up some ears of my followers or family members…

So… I would say YES!… There are people I wouldn’t want to read some of my writings… because it contains things about them that are private…

and I in turn wouldn’t want someone writing about my inward thoughts and reading about it unaware…

My mind has started spinning around on this topic…

Time to consider my source of writing materials for sure…

Because I wouldn’t want to hurt anyone … and I don’t want to be hurt!

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Time to Read…

Jul29

Gift…

I pass by these books daily… and see them again before I go to bed… I have collected quite a few… and they all look quite interesting…

I love to read…but, the starting part gives me a problem sometime…

I think of myself sitting in one place… not being active… not being busy… just being “still”… and I have to admit it doesn’t sound appealing…

The covers have great art work… enticing titles… and these authors make the stories so real… You would think that would make me pick up one…

I’m busy most of the time… Going places… cleaning … doing a project… entertaining the grandchildren… Even if on the computer… your mind is busy… and I know inside… reading is the same way … but, I find myself saying, “Tomorrow … another time… I’ll pick up one of those books and begin it” … but, summer is getting away and they are still there!…

Is that the problem?… It might be… Maybe when I’m stuck indoors… when it’s cold outside … I’ll pick up one of those enticing books and snuggle in with a blanket and a cup of hot tea … and really enjoy this “still” time… That does sound much more appealing…

So “Nora Roberts” … “Iris Johansen“ and “Harlan Coben” … I will read your words… but, probably not right now… I’ll probably pick up “The Killing Game“… or “Live Wire” … when the cold winds are blowing… and when I start I’ll not be able to put you down until every word is digested…