FPQ #91: Liars, Deceivers and Enablers

Fandango’s Provocative Question this week is about lying:How many times have you heard the expression “honesty is the best policy”? We are taught from a very young age to not lie. We are reminded that the key to trust is honesty. And yet, most people lie, whether it’s a “little white lie,” a lie to […]

FPQ: Self-Control in an Out of Control World

Fandango’s provocative question #88 is this: To what degree have you been able to control the course that your life has taken? Or is being in control of your life just an illusion? I watched a science program the other day that discussed unanswered questions posed by quantum physics, such as the possibility that everything that […]

Irreconcilable Frustrations: Based on a True Story

I felt guilty even as I was dialing my sister’s phone number. This was the first time I had called her since the pandemic started, but what better day than on her birthday? She answered on the third ring, saying, “Hello” in the way she always does, as if it’s a final statement, not a […]

FPQ: Dream a Little Dream

Fandango’s Provocative Question #86 is about dreams: What has been the strangest, weirdest dream that you can remember? What do you think triggered that dream? I’ve had many wild dreams in my life! In periods of creativity, my dreams also become creative and I have been able to remember a few of them quite clearly. […]

FDDA #31: September

Fandango’s last theme for his Dog Days of August is “your plans for September are.” Do you have any? If so, what are they? They can be anything, from posting more (or less) frequently on your blog, taking a trip, learning a new skill, getting married, engaged, or divorced, getting more exercise? Or are you […]

FDDA: Quotes

I don’t generally search out quotes, but today Fandango’s Dog Days of August is asking to share our favorite quote. So I looked in my old Pinterest account (which still exists, although I never add to it anymore) and found these gems. These are all meaningful to me and precepts I try to live by.

FPQ: Best and Worst of Book-to-Film

Fandango’s Provocative Question this week is: What movie adaptation of a book you have read before you saw the movie has done the best job when it comes to casting the actor (or actors) in the movie to match your image you had of that character (or those characters) in the book. Conversely, what movie adaptation has […]

FDDA 22: I Write Because I Must

Faandango’s Dog Days of August 22 prompt is: Why writing matters to you. Why do I write? I always have and probably always will. I blog, I write a journal (although far from daily), I write poems, essays, and autobiographical pieces mostly. When I hear something about Trump that is particularly egregious, I will expound […]

FPQ /FDDA: Our Tech-Driven World

Fandango’s Provocative Question this week has a lot to do with what’s on a lot of WordPress bloggers’ minds these days: Do we control technology or is technology controlling us? There are humans out there that control technology – they are the technology inventors, software creators, Silicon Valley movers and shakers, and the people in […]

FDDA: Him 1

Fandango’s Dog Days of August continues with today’s theme: “your first love.” It was 1964. The Beatles had just come to America. I was in 6th grade and I sat behind Steve in school. Steve was nice to me and traded Beatles cards with me. He had a huge collection of Beatles cards! I didn’t […]