Once you see the root of words everything is self-explanatory. Don’t you think?
Yet
Doesn’t look like this
One of my favorite crayons! Which reminds me: I need to color!!!!
Thank you, Maggie, prompter of the day! Please be sure to visit Maggieâs blog to read her post and say hello. And follow her while youâre there, if youâre not already.
Your prompt for JusJoJan January 10th 2023, is âperiwinkle.â Use the word âperiwinkleâ any way youâd like. Have fun!
Occasionally I share projects I’m working on, or have finished. This picture goes with the posts.
Why? Because despite me, ADD, arthritis, and other obstacles, things get done. And I feel glad. Endurance is a similar word. Hands hurting is something to be endured, even if the hobby is enjoyable. So here’s my latest batch of projects in various stages of completeness.
Done! This is a small adult. I love working with the magical Fair Isle yarn from Willows.
And I love the pattern featured below with ChiaoGoo red-lace circulars size 6 needle.
The dragon is coming along. About 1/3 finished. Lots of eye blurring black.I’ve been working on these for quite a while. The HiyaHiya Fliers and ChiaoGoos are tiny and hurt if I spend too much time on them but, progress!These are nearing the cuff stage so may be finished soon.These are at cuffs now, so finished product may happen before long.Started another hat. This is the pattern. The Fair Isle yarn from Willow is so soft!
Endurance of lack of Internet or streaming services is the hardest part of all of this. I need the distraction. And the chance to work on the web, especially GoodReads and the reviews I need to write. This is endurance. We may be up and running tomorrow when our local Internet fixer will come by. đ¤
Friendship is a fun word. I picture my friends and I on a cruise of life. Sometimes we’ve been in the thick of it dealing with the weather clouding our lives. Other times we’re on that adventure cruise, maybe a Disney type with so much adrenaline going sleep wouldn’t happen for days.
Some friendships are the sunset gazing, philosophical. Others musically harmonic. Still others were bonded with games or writing. Or yarn!!! So many overlap. Submarine or sailboat?
I have been so blessed with the many friends and the ships we’ve sailed together. Happy sails to all of you!
The new modem, just out of the box, didn’t work. Despite following all the instructions, my husband could not get our internet up and running. It took hours on the phone to finally reach assistance.
End result? Our internet repairman will be out on Tuesday.
I hope I have enough data to do my computer tasks until then. Some things I can do okay on my phone, but reviews (and I have 3 to do) are impossible.
Please forgive my spotty online interactions. I’ll be back when I can.
The sweet people of the world don’t get enough credit. That person who helps you out with an order gone wrong, Amazon, last night. They walked me through and within minutes we were whole.
Sweet medical staff that explain and even hold your hand in the scary times.
That sweet pup or kitten that snuggles when you’re feeling low.
These are the sweets allowed. I hope to be sweet for others when I can. It’s a great people goal. We all need times to say:
Cancer is a word none of us want to hear. Unless you or your child are born between June 21 to July 22. Sadly for my mom she was born during that time and died of the worst cancer, pancreatic. One moment she wasn’t feeling well. Progressing quickly from not being able to eat to exploratory surgery. They closed her up. Gave her six weeks. But she was gone before I could see her again.
I wrote the above paragraph this morning. My jotting gave out. This was about a cancer that happened in 1990s.
Many family members and friends have passed since. And others got reprieved of the cancer sentence.
I bet his song was about somebody else’s daddy or a confused girl who seemed to be in love with her brother.
I don’t know where that came from. Just a trip into a bit different.
This was a prompt from the Random Word Generator. Sometimes random feels personal!
I could spend hours in therapy over this word. That may be one of the most exciting words while being the most perspiration producing of all times.
I remember the first day of voice classes. I had decided never to come back. I wouldn’t walk out like one guy. That would draw too much attention. But why’d I come to this class? No, nope!
I took 8 semesters and then voice classes with the teacher. I ended up soloing in local churches, singing with a Renaissance recorder group. We even made a recording in a studio. My prof sent students to me. Yeah.
But piano accompaniment was also part of the class for me. Whereas I learned to love singing solo, I’m still terrified to play the piano in front of people.
On the flip side of it all. I haven’t sung a solo for decades. Now I think I’d nearly die. But really, I miss singing.
Well, that sums it up. Therapy is too expensive. You’re welcome.
Per Linda: Your prompt for JusJoJan January 2nd 2023, is âconstellation.â Use the word âconstellationâ any way youâd like. Have fun!
Thanks, Willow, for today’s prompt. Click on her name to check out her blog.
Look at all those stars!
As Van Gogh illustrated it seems they are in motion. And they blink in and out. Magical. Even when we know the science behind the beauty. We are in awe.
As a young person, I gazed at the stars and learned the names of the constellations you would think that my favorite would be the archer. Sagittarius, after all. But I gravitated to the serpentine creature between the big bear and little bear. Draco. I could hear him call to me.
One day he joined the constellation of characters in my books. There are nearly as many dragons in the books I write as there are people. Dragons can teach, transfer in time and space, form living areas for everyone when the planet surface becomes uninhabitable due to meteors falling.
Best of all, dragons are a reflection of our inner being. That’s why my favorite dragon is Enelrad. Her mate is Sirch.
We can be brave and fly between bears (or the stars). We can fly between the constellations.
Someday I will be able to publish Haven’s stories.
Here we are again, JusJoJan. A fun way to kick the resolution to write every day into gear. See what I did there?
Per Linda:. Your prompt for JusJoJan January 1st 2023, is âresolution.â Use the word âresolutionâ any way youâd like. Have fun!
I don’t do well with resolutions. It’s a sure fire way to get a couple of days of habit forming the good or eliminating the bad ways to fall on the floor with my inner teen rebel. I prefer seeing the end result in my head. I see if it seems in attunement with my nature. Can I see the possibilities of it working with my passions? If so no other thought is necessary.
That worked quite well for me for a couple of years. My weight had dropped and my blood tests have improved a lot. All from the thought that what my son said about Keto/fasting felt right to me. It had been easy. I don’t work hard at it. I just follow my mind/body. If, as my birthday, I want pizza, I have it with a passion and go back to healthy the next day. See? No resolution. Just keep leaning toward what feels right to my body.
Working on my series: Haven.
Doodler (zendoodle.com)
Music major: voice and piano
Mom of four great adults
Reiki II practitioner
I have been on disability/retired for 10 years now from depression, anxiety and fibromyalgia.
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