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Knock, knock!
Who’s there?
Justice!
Justice who!
Justice as I thought, you don’t remember me!

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.”
― Ernesto Che Guevara

“Few will have the greatness to bend history itself, but each of us can work to change a small portion of events. It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
― Robert F. Kennedy

Martin Luther King Jr.

“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.
I thought these said more than I could have on this rather brain-dead day.  (Been very busy trying to get the room ready for my son. Happy Martin Luther Kindd, Jr. Day— for justice!


Complete this sentence: I’m looking forward to….

Though the circumstances are rather sad (their father is very ill and they need to move him closer) I will get to see my offspring this week end as they move my oldest in to live with us. There goes my music/hobby room but I mostly work here in my bedroom. The piano will move into the living room. Even so I look forward to seeing everyone even for so short a time. Just praying the snow isn’t a problem. We’ve had weeks of fairly nice weather but the news is predicting winter weather in the next few days. After they are all safe and sound in their own homes the weather can do what it wants.

What is your favorite comfort snack food? 

With the stress of my ex being ill and worrying with my kids about their father and the next steps, I have been craving Pringles. Luckily there are none here so not able to binge. Yay! Me!

What was one of your first moneymaking jobs (other than babysitting or newspaper delivery)?

Well, that is the main thing I did as a teen and young adult. I have a lot of cousins so I was always babysitting. My first real job was as a cosmetologist. If it hadn’t been so painful for my back I would still be doing that as I loved the creativity of working with hair.

What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

I shared yesterday the Heart to Heart answer to I can’t: “Show me the hard part.” These words not only can help a young child, but I think it meets the frustration in all of us.

Share Your World is the brain child of Cee’s Photography. Thanks!

 


This is directly from Linda G. Hill’s blog:

Your prompt for January 14th, 2018, brought to you by a new-to-me blogger, Itinerary Planner, is “Ultimatum.” Use it any way you’d like in your post. And make sure you visit Itinerary Planner at her blog, “Travel Itineraries: Travel the World for Less” (sounds good to me!) to read her post and say hi! Here’s her link:  https://traveltinerary.com/

I think of myself as a rather peaceful person. But I have a serious rebel side. And to see that an ultimatum is announced. ‘You will do this, be this, or ___ will happen.’ You know often _____ is often a better result than complying. In fact, it has often been life-changing.

I spent all day trying to tell the story to back it up but I can’t without involving someone else and I don’t want to do that. Well, and I have had one shiny thing after another today. But I think I made my point.

Has anyone watched Pirates 5? That was one of my distractions today. Talk about ultimatums! Oh, and we started the series Disjointed. FUN! I needed the laughs that came from that.

Another distraction, my 44-year-old son is coming to live with us this next weekend. Now I have to clear out a room for him and figure out a lot of logistics. If you could climb into my head right now, you would see a knotted bunch of yarn trying to break out!


              

 

Saturday is a different animal in the Just Jot It January fun, Saturdays are always, Stream of Consciousness Saturday. Still, both prompts and rules can be found on Linda G. Hill’s website. Come join us with your own versions!

I went to the library today. It is not a thing in other areas I’ve lived in that I get two calls in a week, from the librarian just checking up on me. I had nothing checked out so there was no other reason. So on this second call, I knew I ought to go show my face. I love our little library and the librarian. It is the knowledge center of our tiny community. We have a lot of churches here, but no bars or other places of gathering. The library is it! So after a delightful chat with the few that were there and her majesty Julie, I decided to check out a few picture books and a book that looks like I could read it.

That is the book I reached for to pick the sixth, seventh, and eight word as the prompt suggests. I didn’t want to use the beginning of the book. I just opened where it fell and found on page 133 of Bittersweet by Susan Wittig Albert. The words were: “the sound of”. The next word is gunshots but I thought that would be cheating so I won’t follow that path.

Because the newest Pirates of the Caribbean is on Netflix we are watching our set of four DVDs before watching the new. We have the first three fairly well memorized so I often find I get napful.  So I drifted off to sleep to the sound of “Why is the rum gone?” and the marvelous music by composer Klaus Badelt and producer Hans Zimmer … That is the thing that pulls me in on these films. I love the stories and the actors but the music… It is my music of choice when writing. During NaNo when most things are distractions, especially music with words, I can go to Pandora and put on Pirates or Game of Thrones music and write for hours. It gives me energy and excitement.


I dunno. Maybe not so much. But I liked the cartoon! What I am really aggravated about is how I have known this prompt all day and only now at nearly midnight have actually sat the laptop on my lap and started doing something about it. I don’t blame old age, although it does play a part. I blame ADD. I have been so busy all day and here at the end of the day, I can’t figure out what I have done! Pure aggravation!

If you like prompts to help you write every day,  join us for Just Jot It January. You can find out the rules and ideas here.  Linda G. Hill is our inspiration! The prompt is courtesy of Fandango check out his blog, “This, That, and the Other” Here’s Fandango’s blog: https://fivedotoh.wordpress.com/


All these books and movies about bondage and humiliation. Just wait. As you get old you will learn daily of pain. You will learn the meaning of the word humiliate. There is no safe word.

Just Jot It January is brought to you by Linda G. Hill. The prompt is courtesy of  Jim of “A Unique Title for Me” 


 One-Liner Wednesday and Just Jot It January are fun ways to keep journaling or blogging. Stop by Linda G. Hill’s site to see how this works.

Why is it that the more things I knit, the more yarn is all over my house? You would think that the things I make and give away would mean less yarn. But I seem to have far more now than before and I didn’t buy more or pick up any more donation yarn. I guess this is a good thing! The yarn bunnies are multiplying!


Well, congratulations ME I have made it to day 8! Again, thanks to Linda G. Hill for the inspiration to write every day and to Barbara for the prompt. Click on their names to find out about this fun project and their own blogs.

Coffee

For most people, this word is a wake-up call. Mostly I get headaches from coffee. Even smelling it. And I like how it smells! Decafe us worse than hi-octane. Many times in my life I’ve tried to be like everyone else. But not only is there the throbbing head, I shake like crazy as I reach for Advil. It makes me sad to know that more statistics are saying it is very good for you and long life.

I live on tea. Earl Grey in the morning, green the rest of the day and often! I guess that is my UK roots coming out. This picture makes me happy:


 

Sorry to be late to the party. Share Your World is a Monday thing. To learn more about it go to Cee’s Photography. She had a ton of challenges and fantastic photos to boot!

 

Do you prefer a bath or shower?

When I was younger this kind of situation would make me drool. Deep long baths are so soothing. But our clawfoot is sitting up on a platform about a foot and a half. Getting in is difficult. After a long soothing bath it is impossible to get out–for me. After pulling the shower curtain down with me, I decided against those long spa treatments. Now it is a quickie in the small bathroom over the sink or a quick shower. UNTIL my shower in the small restroom is completed. Hopefully by the end of this week. Then showers become my second favorite.

What do you do to make a living or during the day? If you are retired what mostly occupies your day? Or if you are a student what are you studying?

Retired means finding your own rhythms and desires. If you have money that is a limitless dream. But on SSI it is tight. Still, I spend my days making comfort items for charities with donated yarns. Mostly I loom knit. I’m learning to do some needle felting. I spend some time on four languages on Duolingo. And I write and edit previous writings of 12 or 13 books. And lots of reading and binging on Netflix.

Is there a stuffed animal in your bedroom?

Since I do my knitting in my bedroom, this is an example of the stuffed animals in my bedroom. Or does the always hungry Rosey count as stuffed?

What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week?  Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. 

I think getting back into my blogging and getting to meet new people or learning more about my blogging friends has filled my heart with joy. You all are fantastic!


Thank you, Linda G. Hill for hosting Just Jot It January. Thank you, the many layered pensitivity  for the prompt:

Pants

It is not as cold for us right now, in the Outback of Oregon. Last year seemed to be constant snow that didn’t go away until May. It’s raining outside today. I went outside yesterday in a T-shirt and no sweater or sweatshirt. BUT…

Early in this winter, my daughter made a statement on FaceBook that has stayed with me. You know how you wear a coat when it’s cold? What about that lower part? Ladies, don’t you find that the lower parts are still cold? Some people said that thermals were the answer or leggings. But honestly. You may already wear thermal tops and bottoms but still wear a coat. Why don’t we have pants that are like coats that when you get somewhere you can unzip and put them aside and not die from the heat inside? Why hasn’t this ever been invented? We could call them poats.

Anybody want to take this on? I’d love to not have a freezing bum or thighs when walking the dog. Let’s hear it for poats!

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