SYW: Holiday Cookies, Drinks, and Magic

Melanie has a new set of holiday-related questions for her weekly Share Your World. What is your favorite type of cookie (they’re called biscuits in Europe I believe)?If you mean Christmas cookies, it would be a tie between the sugar cookies in different shapes with frosting and a brownie with peppermint candy frosting (not technically […]

SYW: Breakfast, Clever Answers to Mindless Questions, and Cat Preferences

Monday = Melanie’s Share Your World! I haven’t posted much lately, but I always look for Share Your World! This week’s questions: Is cereal soup? Why or why not? What an odd question! Of course cereal isn’t soup, unless you like soggy cereal drowning in a bowl of milk! Actually, I rarely eat cereal with […]

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 […]

SYW: To Be or Not to Be: Is That the Question?

Here are my answers for Melanie’s weekly Share Your World challenge. Questions: Are we “here” or do we just think we are? (A metaphysical question today folks.) Can you prove your point of view?I think we are here and our existence on this tiny blue dot of a planet in the solar system is real. […]

SYW: On Beer, Age, Dead Bodies & Halloween

Monday = Melanie’s Share Your World! Here are the questions: When was the last time you tried something new? How did that go for you?This would have to be before Covid. Last year, our library book club read a book called The Lager Queen of Minnesota. It was about three generations of women in a […]

SYW/HP: On Household Chores, Love & Marriage, Speaking One’s Mind and Happiness

Here are Roger and Melanie serving up some interesting questions this week in Share Your World Meets Harry Potter. Roger’s Magical, Mystical Questions: You have just been gifted a magic wand that specializes in completing household chores. You can request the completion of only two household chores. Which chores would you assign your wand to […]

Throwback Thursday: Obsolete

Maggie at From Cave Walls hosts Throwback Thursday question challenge. She writes:Yesterday I read an article about things that are facing obsolescence due to the pandemic. I starting jotting down things that have been and gone out of frequent use in my adult life even though some may actually still exist. I know the list […]

Truthful Tuesday: All Good Things Must Come to an End

I’ve never participated in this challenge before, because I just found out about it today (thanks, Fandango!), so even though it’s Wednesday, I’m going to join in. Truthful Tuesday is hosted by PCGuyIV. What’s something that seemingly everyone else just can’t stop talking about that you just never got in to, and why not?I feel […]

SYW: On Waiting, Refrigerators, Speaking, and Elevators

I love starting the new week with Melanie’s Share Your World! Questions: WHERE DO YOU NOT MIND WAITING?I don’t mind waiting almost anywhere if I have either a charged phone or tablet, or a book with me. If I’m in the middle of a good book, I actually LIKE waiting, so I have a good […]