Category: Just Life

At Least 100 Words #13

Some days I am great at writing these entries, days like today I am having difficulty.   There is a plethora of reasons, I am not going through any them today.  This is going to be a sprint to at least 100 words, so I can “do as I says, and says as I do”. 

What is planned for this week?  I have several half-written reviews that should see the light of the internet.  I was also considering reviewing audiobooks because I have been a member of Amazon owned Audible since 2011.  I remember borrowing books on CD and tape from the library and yes, I bootlegged them for personal use.  To get a book on CD and tape was ridiculously expensive and it was always cheaper to buy the book or get it from the library.  Technology changed the world for everyone.    Now I can stream all the books for a small monthly fee. 

There will be reviews in the future. 

As October draws close, I have thoughts on what I will be doing in November.  I might talk about it in another entry.   I used to feel giddy for the upcoming events. I can’t feel like that because of the growing sense of uncertainty with the world.  I can feel my pessimistic mind, rolling around and spewing unneeded thoughts.   I also feel the optimist in me, fighting back with whatever it has.   Because this is Monday, I am hoping that everyone has a good week.   We are going to bulldozed with negativity, but I don’t think we have to succumb to it.  We should do something nice for someone else and do our best to be good to ourselves.  Remember that we are not alone in this world. 

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Photo by Brett Sayles on Pexels.com

Sunday Post #4

Many years ago, I wanted to write a story about a character in a group called the Black Lotus. I looked up the lotus flowers and lilies, their mythologies, and meanings. I downloaded a lot of flower images. I took the flowers- the blue Egyptian lotus, the black princess lotus (actually hot pink), a white lotus and a peach lotus as signatures for my blog accounts.   That was before the quickening, where there could only be one.

 The Black lotus story never really developed past one page and then there was a fire. It got lost in the ashes. I never got rid of the flowers I liked. I even expanded with tulips, sunflowers, orchids, zinnias and mushrooms. I know mushrooms are not flowers. I started to collect nice pictures of flowers, mushrooms, space and alternate world/alien landscapes. I mostly use the sunflower as my personal icon, my final acceptance of the color yellow. This was over a decade ago. I was making the sunflower famous before the song.

I have yet to decide if the Sunday Post is going to be a review of last week or an optimistic preview of the week ahead, both have their pros and cons.  Due to the lack of focus, this entry has been seriously delayed.  Last week looked promising almost everything scheduled was posted.  The result was a satisfied sense of accomplishment.  There are two essays and a review due for this week and there are the writing projects.  The week ahead looks promising.  There is also one overall goal, that I seriously need to work on for this blog.   This week is going to be a lot.  But I’m ready for it. 

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P.S. Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

At Least 100 Words #11

There are times when I choose pictures that I think match the topic I’m writing about.  There are times when the picture does not match.  It was just a picture I liked.   In AL1W #9, I did mention a turtle on its back, but the turtles with strawberries picture was just appealing to me.   I collected several turtle pictures that week and they were good pictures.  Thank you, WordPress, and Pexel.   

An idea came to me to start looking for season related pictures. These leaves represent fall colors.  I’m feeling autumn and the weather is compliant because it is beginning to be chilly at night.  It may not have been mentioned before but I live in New York City and I have been so used to warm Septembers, this September feels unusually cold.  Which does not bode well for me, it feeds one of my worst fears, getting sick again.  It is not in my plan and I am doing all the things to heal.   Despite how I think it will make me feel, I am listening to the news to know what is going on around the world.   I prefer listening to the news instead of watching. I don’t think visual is better than audio, I just find it better to absorb.  Now that I think about it sounds a little weird.  I don’t go around yelling at my streaming service like I do at my tv.  So, win/win? 

Most of my day is spent listening to something, music, audio books, podcasts.  I take breaks and look at quick videos on YouTube. I will only watch a film or tv series at night.   When I say day, I mean daylight.   This is my attempt to realize which time of day is better for me to write.  Full disclosure, I’m a night person.  I find it extremely easy to be up all night.  If I can sleep at 6am and wake up at 10am, I could do this all week.  Since I am recovering from an illness, I know this is not healthy.  It is a struggle I go through most of the week.  I think it taxes my creativity.  Which bothers me the most.   I want to use my time wisely and produce good for my reader out there.  I want to put stories out in the world that can be remembered for a little bit of time.  It would be great if my estate has to fight for my copyrights.  I got some feedback recently, it stated that my words tend to end on a negative note.  I apologize.  Because that is not my aim.  The one of the intentions of this blog is to inspire.  Writing about writing, the writing life or not writing, can be the most frustrating practice.   At Least 100 Words rolls in it like snow.  I hope these words, let other creative in the headspace realize they are not alone.  I hope these words help someone who is not.  I hope these words inspire some kid like myself to write me out of the box.   I want to be positive, which is better than optimistic.  I want to keep a healthy mindset.  Not planning to write about the opposite.  Everyone if Monday was not good, you have 5 more days to fix.  Stay positive. 

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