FPQ: The Good Life

Fandango’s Provocative Question #52: What does living “the good life” mean to you? Do you think that you’re living “the good life”? I am definitely leading the good life. I am retired so most days I don’t have to get up early to go somewhere. I live in a senior community where everyone is friendly […]

Cashews, Chocolate, Clowns and Other Topics

Melanie B. Cee created 11 questions to fulfill the requirements for the Sunshine Blogger Award and has opened them up to whoever wishes to answer them. So here they are, followed by my answers. 1. Have you ever made a decision that changed your entire life? Yes, (and at the risk of sounding cliché) deciding […]

SYW Holiday Edition: On Beating the Holiday Blues, Jolly Jolt, Jesus’ Birth, and Christmas Music

Melanie’s weekly Share Your World this week is about celebration of the winter holidays. Questions: What’s your remedy for the Holiday blues? Sing carols or if singing is not your thing, listen to cheerful holiday music. Go to a light show at your local botanic garden or zoo or wherever there is a holiday light […]

FWWTW: Thanks, Adam!

This is in response to Fandango’s weekly “Who Won the Week” challenge. My vote goes to Adam Schiff, who spent the whole week exercising extreme self-control while sitting next to Devin Nunes with his ridiculous invective (and Schiff probably wanting to strangle Nunes!). Finally, in his concluding remarks, after we had heard the riveting and […]

SYW: On Plagiarism, Pets & Pet Names, Dancing and Thanksgiving

Questions: Is copying and pasting images or information off the Internet plagiarism? Do you credit those whose work you ‘borrow freely’ or do you think the idea is repugnant? (Credit for this question goes to GC and Sue) It’s not plagiarism if you specifically state that the work is not your own. Ideally, you should […]

SYW: On Disagreements, Politicians, Idyllic Gardens and Trick-or-Treating

Melanie B. Cee hosts the weekly Share Your World challenge; this week with a nod to Halloween! Questions: Where’s the line between respectful disagreement and being downright mean (bullying) to someone? I think it is when insults and name-calling begin. This is not only mean but also indicates that the person disagreeing no longer has […]

The Daily Four: On drinking coffee, being honest, buying records, and noise

A Guy Called Bloke has questions for readers called The Daily Four. Today is Game 16. Here are the questions and my answers. At which point of the day do you achieve the ‘Ah yes that hits the spot!’ with your hot drinks? Usually it’s with coffee first thing in the morning, usually freshly brewed. […]

SYW: On Facebook, keeping old stuff, holiday decorating, and gratitude for my life

Melanie B. Cee’s Share Your World this week has some interesting questions. Social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat) a good thing, a bad thing or a mixture of both? I have to say a mixture of both. Isn’t this blog part of social media in a way? I love posting and sharing my photos and […]

FPQ: From Evolution to Technology

Fandango’s Provocative Question #44 is What do you think was (or is) the most significant event in the history of the human race? Please explain. The most significant event happened millions of years ago, when our homo ancestor evolved to walk upright. Although homo erectus was named for a human ancestor that walked upright, this […]

Life Lines

For Becky’s October Square (lines & squares) and Nancy Merrill’s A Photo A Week Challenge: hands, I decided to take a look at the lines on my palm. Analyzing these lines is called “palmistry” and while I consider this to be superstition, much like astrology, it still somehow interests me. I guess it has to […]