Category: Aspiring Writer
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Re”tire”ment
Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown: Re”tire”ment When I was younger, my mind turned on a dime. I did what I had to do in very little time. But now that I am older, I find things don’t go so fast. I’m not “spur-of-the-momentish” as I was in the past. I…
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“Half & Half”
In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Half and Half.” This week, share an image that has two clear halves, literally or figuratively. The close ups of the rain, the blades of grass, sidewalk and a spider sitting on top of the water. The impacting drops of rain, splashing up from the sidewalk…
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“Looking Out My Back Door”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Lookin’ Out My Back Door.” Look out your back window or door — describe what you see, as if you were trying to convey the scene to someone from another country or planet. In the afternoon, my back window or lanai provides views of torrential rains. These daily…
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“Grand Slam”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Grand Slam.” In your own life, what would be the equivalent of a walk-off home run? (For the baseball-averse, that’s a last-minute, back-against-the-wall play that guarantees a dramatic victory.) I never dreamed of the “Grand Slam,” but, my dreams were of outdoor activities. Like, motorcycles and hiking…
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“Dear Mom”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Dear Mom.” Write a letter to your mom. Tell her something you’ve always wanted to say, but haven’t been able to. My mother died several years ago, but, yet I have two sisters and several aunts who have taken up the mantel of “Mother.” They checked in…
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“Practice Makes Perfect?”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Practice Makes Perfect?.” Tell us about a talent you would love to have… but don’t. I have pondered a response to this prompt most of the day and it has completely perplexed me. I’m not being pretentious, but I have mastered many talents and I cannot think…
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“Born to Be With You”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Born to Be With You.” Got a soul-mate and/or a best friend? What is it about that person that you love best? Describe them in great detail — leave no important quality out. The word “friend” is defined and describes a closeness of shared knowledge, a person attached…
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“Revisionist History”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Revisionist History.” Go back in time to an event you think could have played out differently for you. Let alternate history have its moment: tell us what could, would or should have happened? Where or when in time would I go to achieve an alternative history of…
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“Thoughts”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “S/he Said.” Pause whatever you’re doing, and ask the person nearest you what they’re thinking about (call someone if you have to). Write a post based on it. I was seated with a friend when I read this prompt, and I immediately asked her what she was…
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a lifetime
Great posting on aging to remember our past, enjoying our current time, with hope for the future. No Talent for Certainty young & beautiful always attracts a large crowd. but old and slowing – that is for those who know what “a lifetime” truly means View original post
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Photo101: Day Seventeen: Glass Squared
Glass is fun to experiment with when taking pictures, resulting in multi-layered and unexpected shots.
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“Advantage of Foresight”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Advantage of Foresight.” You’ve been granted the power to predict the future! The catch — each time you use your power, it costs you one day (as in, you’ll live one day less). How would you use this power, it at all? Being granted powers to predict…
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“The Kindness of a Stranger & Honoring a Bet”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Kindness of Strangers.” When was the last time a stranger did something particularly kind, generous, or selfless for you? Tell us what happened! Many times as I commute to work, I, like so many other commuters, eye contact is avoided and never made. Seated across from me…
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“In the Summertime”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “In the Summertime.” If it’s autumn or winter where you live, what are you most looking forward to doing next summer? If it’s spring or summer where you are, what has been the highlight of the season so far for you? It is summer time in Southwest…
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“Celebrate Good Times”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Celebrate Good Times.” You receive some wonderful, improbable, hoped-for good news. How do you celebrate? Celebrating good times is a very useful prompt because today is my birthday, and I’m celebrating on the wonderfully warm island in Key West Florida. Birthdays are universally celebrated identifying the day,…
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“Mix Tape MasterPiece”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Mix Tape Masterpiece.” You make a new friend. Make them a mix tape (or playlist, for the younger folks) that tells them who you are through song. At my age, I’m recall the mix tap vividly, as I recorded music from the radio, and since the unavailability…
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“All About Me”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “All About Me.” Explain why you chose your blog’s title and what it means to you. The journey and metamorphosis of my blog title from its beginnings as “Retirement Lifestyle, ” which was to document the incredible life change and challenges adjusting to retirement. Although, I researched,…
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Day Eleven: A Pop of Color
The colors in our photographs are evocative and rouse emotions within us. Color can elevate a mundane image into something intriguing and meaningful, and can tell a particular story within the frame. This photo displays the striking contrast of a pool and the surrounding vegetation. The pools cool color provides the refreshing emotion of a…
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Loving Day: 48 Years of Legal Interracial Marriage
This is a wonderful powerful posting highlighting an important moment in American History.
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Everglades Hiking with an Altitude: Exploring the Slough and Sawgrass Prairies of Shark Valley!
Originally posted on Awakenthegrass: . EVERGLADES HIKING WITH AN ALTITUDE: EXPLORING THE SLOUGH AND SAWGRASS PRAIRIES OF SHARK VALLEY! (click pic) Everglades Hiking with an Altitude! . (Please ignore any ads you might see below)
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“Turn, Turn, Turn,”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Turn, Turn, Turn.” Seasons change so quickly! Which one do you most look forward to? Which is your least favorite? This prompt invokes memories of the changing seasons I experienced during my life and especially when I played in the falling leaves of fall. My love of…
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Photo101/Day Five: Solitude & the “Rule of Thirds”
We’re excited about today’s theme, solitude. In addition to thinking about what it means to you, also consider the placement of the subject in your shot. How can you interpret the state of being alone, or a lonely and uninhabited place? The solitude of a single sail boat anchored off shore in the calm…
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“Placebo Effect”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Placebo Effect.” If you could create a painless, inexpensive cure for a single ailment, what would you cure and why? If you could create a painless, inexpensive cure for a single ailment, what would you cure and why? The placebo pill I would create will be the…
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Those Dishes Won’t Do Themselves
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Those Dishes Won’t Do Themselves. What’s the household task you most dislike doing? Why do you think it is or is it the task itself or something more. Oh yes, the chore of cleaning and washing dishes, has become a task that is dreaded by many if not…
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“The Happy Wanderer”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Happy Wanderer.” What’s your travel style? Are you itinerary and schedule driven, needing to have every step mapped out in advance or are you content to arrive without a plan and let happenstance be your guide? My past travel style on a motorcycle designed specifically for…
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“Florida Beach Bum”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Interplanet Janet.” You get to design your own planet: tell us all about your planet — the weather, the seasons, the inhabitants. You get to design your own “Beach Bum” Inter-planet: tell us all about your Beach Bum Planet — the weather, the seasons, the inhabitants. Oh,…
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Future, History Museum
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “From the Collection of the Artist.” One hundred years from now, a major museum is running an exhibition on life and culture as it was during our current historical period. You’re asked to write an introduction for the show’s brochure. What will it say? One hundred years ago,…
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“If I had a Hammer or Mechanics’ tools”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “If I Had a Hammer or Mechanics tools.” If you could learn a trade — say carpentry, electrical work, roofing, landscaping, plumbing, flooring, drywall — you name it — what skill(s) would you love to have in your back pocket? Many years ago, I was expected to become…
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Writing time again!
Draft a post with three parts, each unrelated to the other, but create a common thread between them by including the same item — an object, a symbol, a place — in each part. Well, it has been close to a week and I have read numerous books to enlighten and build my perspective on…
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“Uncle Fester”
Tell us a story — fiction or non-fiction — with a twist we can’t see coming. Fester O’Connor, was always a mischievous child being raised in the small town of Gumption FL. Two days before he graduated from high school in 1958, he painted the roof of the school red with a white cross as…
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“32 Flavors of ?”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “32 Flavors.” Vanilla, chocolate, or something else entirely? The term “32 Flavors” in the US is linked to the Ice Cream franchise, “Baskin & Robbins.” However, since I’m not a fan of eating ice cream, I always associate 32 flavors with the number of cigars I can…
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Simplicity – Underrated
Originally posted on Anchors and Butterflies: Words of Wisdom. Anchors and Butterflies View original post
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“I Want to Know What Love Is”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I Want to Know What Love Is.” We each have many types of love relationships — parents, children, spouses, friends. And they’re not always with people; you may love an animal, or a place. Is there a single idea or definition that runs through all the varieties of…
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Golden Dragonfly
Originally posted on RubysPolaroid: ? Golden drops of nature tinted this beauty the right colours. I have captured it as I wished. Did it’s beauty reach you? This is the continuation post to my highly popular Golden Dragonfly WordPress Photo Challenge Post. ?
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Set it to Rights: “Procrastination”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Set It To Rights.” Think of a time you let something slide, only for it to eat away at you later. Tell us how you’d fix it today. I have many family, and friends, I mail or email a card to acknowledge, christenings, birthdays, graduations, and many special…
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Odd Little Saturday Morning Poem
Originally posted on lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown: Odd Little Saturday Morning Poem I lie in bed, flat on my back, head raised by pillows, computer raised to eye level by a wadded comforter over bent knees. I listen to raised voices in the village down below, the staccato of an inadequately mufflered…
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“My First Libster Award”
This is my first Libster award nomination and I want to thank fellow blogger Living Over the Hill Celebrating the beginning of life, again! She began the blogging journey as I did in 2014, As an acceptance for this award, I have been asked to answer the following eleven questions about myself, “An Aspiring Writer” and…
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5 Psychological Blocks that Stop Bloggers (and Writers) Going from Good to Great @OlgaNM7
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews: Hi all: I was checking through some blogs and found one that I felt spoke to me and I thought I’d share it with you to see if it resonates with you too. The original post was in Problogger and it’s a guest contribution by a psychologist, Dr Alice…
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“I Have Confidence In Me”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I Have Confidence in Me.” Are you good at what you do? What would you like to be better at? My retirement, life experience, and decades of confidence are three factors inspiring my belief and knowledge, I can become a better writer. Yet, there are some days, I…
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“Time Capsule”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Time Capsule.” What would you put in this year’s time capsule to channel the essence of our current moment for future generations? the items placed in the time capsule dated 2015 with an opening date of 2999, will include a selfie stick, several newspapers from around the…
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“In loving Memory”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “In Loving Memory.” Write your obituary This is the fourth or fifth time I have written my obituary, yes I know it is wired however the first time I wrote my obituary was for a class in the 80’s, I wrote another after the death of a…
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“Plead the Fifth”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Plead the Fifth.” What question do you hate to be asked? Why? When I retired, many people would state, you retired young and some would ask, how did I get to retire so young? Since most of the questions were coming from fellow retirees in the 70’s…
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There is no Magic or Wonder so Great as the Journey of a Good Book
Originally posted on theempathyqueen: “Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its Spirit grows and strengthens. …
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“Last Words”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Last Words.” You have the chance to write one last post on your blog before you stop blogging forever. Write it. Now, if I knew the date of my last blog post, I will write and schedule fifty-two blogs to be posted after my scheduled last day…
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Cut Off
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Cut Off.” When was the last time you felt really, truly lonely? I have traveled many miles across America via motorcycle, and hiking, I have been in wilderness locations where I actually was concerned, yet not alone. Although, during each of these instances, I had not encountered…
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THINK THINK THINK
Originally posted on FROM STRUGGLE TO STRENGTH: IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND TO MAKE OR BREAK SOMEONES DAY. Peace and Blessings Eric Ease
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Local Flavor”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Local Flavor.” Write a piece about a typically “local” experience from where you come from as though it’s an entry in a travel guide. The Southwest Florida sunsets, are a natural phenomenon that occurs daily and they are a special sight during the winter months as thousands…
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“Buffalo Nickel”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Buffalo Nickel.” Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you find. What were you doing that year? Oh, I will never find coins laying in the cushions of my couch, as…
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“First Light”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “First Light.” Cold, cold, cold! This is the first thought as my eyes open to view the dazzling sunshine piercing the sides of my bedroom window shades to begin a new day. I pull the heavy comforter over my head, because it is so cold and I…
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“No Thanks?”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “No, Thanks.” Is there a place in the world you never want to visit? Where, and why not? I am an externally adventurous person and the bucket list I have is extensive and I cannot imagine any place on the planet I would not like to visit.…
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” The Offer I couldn’t refuse”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Race the Clock.” Here’s the title of your post: “An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse.” Set a timer for ten minutes, and write it. Go! It is the daily routine of life that keeps me fully grounded, with a walk or bicycle ride in the mornings. I’m soon…
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“Internal anguish”
I have an ongoing emotional dilemma which frustrates me with such internal anguish, I seek the refuge of my many outdoor hobbies to clear my mind. However, when I’m away from the loves of my life, my thoughts, filter back to who I should be with. Several times his past week just before Valentine’s Day,…
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“Once Upon A Time”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Once Upon a Time.” Tell us about something that happened to you in real life last week — but write it in the style of a fairy tale. Once upon a time not long ago on an early warm morning, retired beach bums gathered along the Gulf of…
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“Prisoner of Conscience”
The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Bone of Contention.” Pick a contentious issue about which you care deeply — it could be the same-sex marriage debate, or just a disagreement you’re having with a friend. Write a post defending the opposite position, and then reflect on what it was like to do that. I rarely if…
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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King.
I have a dream! Dr. King’s birthday is January 15, however the federal holiday is celebrated today, Monday, January 19, 2015. Let’s all take a moment to reflect upon the great Civil Rights leader who fought for all Americans rights that transcends the world over. Let us apply his beliefs, ideas in all racial, religious,…
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“In Good Faith”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “In Good Faith.” Describe a memory or encounter in which you considered your faith, religion, spirituality — or lack of — for the first time. I guess like a lot of people, over the years, I have witnessed my fair share of horrors and miracles, humanity has…
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“I Have Skills”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I Got Skills.” If you could choose to be a master (or mistress) of any skill in the world, which skill would you pick? It has been some time since posting a blog as I have been reading several really good books along with writing and researching…
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“For Posterity”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “For Posterity.” Your blog just became a viral sensation. What’s the one post you’d like new readers to see and remember you by? Write that post. After circumnavigating the earth by sailboat, my blog went viral upon the posting after my hike to the Summit of Mount…
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“Be The Change”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Be the Change.” What change, big or small, would you like your blog to make in the world? I have various ideas as my blog morphs into a nomadic lifestyle. A nomadic lifestyle, beckoning my soul to wander the North American continent. I seek scenic vistas, to…
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“New Skin”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “New Skin.” If you could spend the next year as someone radically different from the current “you” — a member of a different species, someone from a different gender or generation, etc. — who would you choose to be? On how I love these prompts, they have…
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“My 2014 year in review”
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. I’m really appreciative of WordPress providing a statistical breakdown of my past 12 months as a WordPress blogger. I seriously began blogging in August of this year and in September, I participated in WordPress’s University Blogger 101 & 201 programs. The University…
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“Let it be”
(Daily Prompt) Write a post about something that should’ve been left untouched, but wasn’t. Why was the original better? One month before Christmas a divorced mother who is a screenwriter of several successful television shows and a dozen featured movies, asked her daughter what she wanted for Christmas? Her daughter aged seventeen has always displayed a…
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