Tag: Blog Postings
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“Teach Your Bloggers Well”
We all know how to do something well — write a post that teaches readers how to do something you know and/or love to do. In response to today’s WordPress post prompt, “Teach Your Bloggers Well.” I start with the basic foundation of planning. To be successful in anything in…
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“Your Days are Numbered”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Your Days are Numbered.” What’s the date today? Write it down, remove all dashes and slashes, and write a post that mentions that number. Because of my NaNoWriMo writing commitments, I respond to this post days after 11/08/2015, when it was posted originally. Spelling out,…
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“By the Comma”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “By the Dots.” We all have strange relationships with punctuation — do you overuse exclamation marks? Do you avoid semicolons like the plague? What type of punctuation could you never live without? Tell us all about your punctuation quirks! Comma, comma, comma,…
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“The New School”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The New School.” You get to redesign school as we know it from the ground up. Will you do away with reading, writing, and arithmetic? What skills and knowledge will your school focus on imparting to young minds? If I was given…
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“A True Saint”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “A True Saint.” In 300 years, if you were to be named the patron saint of X, what would you like X to be? Places, activities, objects — all are fair game. Three hundred years into the future scientist read my legendary…
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“Singular or Multiple Sensations”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Singular Sensation.” If one experience or life change results from you writing your blog, what would you like it to be? My blog has morphed from “Retiree Lifestyles,” on to “An Aspiring Writer” and continues to evolve. My retirement is the one…
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Day 3: Skin, Prose Poem, Internal Rhyme
Our skin often announces (correctly or not) our age and ethnicity, tells stories of injuries, operations, and accidents, and conveys to our brain everything from the pain of a slap to the warmth of a hug. Prose poetry at a glance: A prose poem is any piece of verse written…
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Writing 201 Poetry Day 2: Gift, Acrostic, Simile “Hate”
There’s a whole array of sensations and emotions attached to gifts, whether you’re the gifter or the giftee. The tension between packaging and contents, the joy of tearing through layers of wrapping, the surprise or disappointment of discovery once you know what’s inside.”Hate” Some interesting ways to use acrostics include…
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“Connect the Dots”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Connect the Dots.” Scour the news for an entirely uninteresting story. Consider how it connects to your life. Write about that. The scheduled J.N. Ding Darling Days will take place October 18-25 2015, which is located on Sanibel Island in Florida. Many…
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“Good and Evil”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Wicked Witch.” Write about evil: how you understand it (or don’t), what you think it means, or a way it’s manifested, either in the world at large or your life. The opposites of Good and Evil, Love and Hate, Night and Day,…
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“Papa Loves Jazz”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Papa Loves Mambo.” What sort of music was played in your house when you were growing up? What effect, (if any) did it have on your musical tastes? “Music Speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it a rest,…
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“Our House”
y In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Our House.” What are the earliest memories of the place you lived in as a child? Describe your house. What did it look like? How did it smell? What did it sound like? Was it quiet like a library, or full…
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“Mirror ,Mirror, On the Wall!”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall.” Think of your blog as a mirror: what does it reveal? Consider your blog name, theme choice, design, and bio post. What does every element tell you about yourself? Nomadic Traveler, speaking to his magic mirror, Mirror, mirror, on…
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“Silence”
Writing 201 Poetry/ Day 1: Screen, Haiku, Alliteration There’s a 100% chance you’re currently looking at the comforting, addictive, inescapable glow of a screen. Screens are everywhere in our lives, not in the least when we read, write and blog. Today, write a poem about or against, in homage to…
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“Flangipropt and Whatchamacallit”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Flangiprop!.” Invent a definition for the word “Flangipropt,” then use the word in a post. The invention of words is something my mother did not allow in her home. My sister and I challenged this rule from time to time using the word,…
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“Ode To A Playground”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Ode to a Playground.” A place from your past or childhood, one that you’re fond of, is destroyed. Write it a memorial. You have served me very well for two years. I climbed, swung and slid on my playground set, and now my…
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“Immortalized in a Hologram”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Immortalized in Stone.” Your personal sculptor is carving a person, thing or event from the last year of your life. What’s the statue of and what makes it so significant? At 82 years of age, I was in Patagonia South America, blogging…
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“Out Of Reach”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Out of Reach.” Write about the one X that got away — a person, an experience, a place you wanted to visit. How much would you change about your life to have it within reach again? For several years, I dreamed of…
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“Night and Day”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Night and Day.” Have you ever had an experience that was incredible the first time, but terrible the second time around? Or vice versa? What made it different the second time? Night and Day experiences are measured by time. When Six Flags…
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A Storybook Day
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “A Storybook Day.” You have to spend one day as or with your favorite fictional character. Which one would it be and what would you do? My storybook day began before sunrise when I decided to ride my bicycle to the park to…
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“Home Turf”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Home Turf.” Name five things in your house that make it a home. The foundation for a house is love while also enjoying where you live, and who you share your space with to make it a home. Within the category of…
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“I’ve Become My Parents”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I’ve become My Parents.” Do you ever find yourself doing something your parents used to do when you were a kid, despite the fact you hated it back then? Early on as a child, I understood my parents were hard disciplinarians, like most…
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“Take Me To the Moon”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Take Me to the Moon.” How far would you go for someone you love? How far would you want someone else to go for you? When I read the prompt, “Take Me to the Moon,” I immediately thought of the song, sung by…
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“Mountaintops and Valley”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Mountaintops and Valleys.” Describe a time when you quickly switched from feeling at the top of the world to sinking all the way down (or vice versa). Did you learn anything about yourself in the process? The yearly July, fourth, five-kilometer fun…
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“From The Top”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “From the Top.” If you had the chance to be reborn, would you choose to return as your present self, or would opt for a fresh start? Tell us about what motivates your choice. I would never change my life to be…
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“Phobia, Shmobia”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Phobia, Shmobia.” Fears evolve over time. What is one fear you’ve conquered? During the holiday season, at the age of five. I watched the “Wizard of Oz” movie and after viewing the wicked witch and those flying monkeys. I was terrified of…
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“The Fun Platform”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Fun Platform.” If you were the new leader of your country and had the chance to transform something that’s currently an annoyance (or worse) into a very fun activity, what would it be? How would you go about the change, and…
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“Daily Ritual”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Daily Ritual.” Think about your day. Select one of your daily rituals and explain it to us: why do you do what you do? How did you come to adopt this ritual? What happens on days when you can’t perform it? I…
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“Handwritten”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Handwritten.” When was the last time you wrote something by hand? What was it? Over the past year, I became a letter writer and I recently wrote my niece a letter acknowledging and celebrating her recent graduation and her college start. However,…
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Worlds Colliding
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Worlds Colliding.” Take two main characters from two different books (either fiction or nonfiction) and introduce them to, or have them meet, each other. What would happen next? I believe the Saturday morning television worlds of “H & R Puff N Stuff”…
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“Retrospective Funny”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Retrospectively Funny.” Tell us about a situation that was not funny at all while it was happening, but that you now laugh about whenever you remember it. My neighbor and I were taking a morning walk with our dogs when we witnessed…
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“ The Mature and the Rested”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Young and the Rested.” When was the last time you felt truly rejuvenated and energized? What made you feel that way? My rejuvenation begins upon my return home from an exhilarating heart beating cardio bike ride or walk. Once the front door…
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“Forward Drive”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Forward Drive.” What is the one thing that drives you to wake up in the morning and do whatever it is you do? Is it writing, family, friends, or something else entirely? Forward March, is the way I feel every morning when…
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“Inside the Bubble”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Inside the Bubble.” A contagious disease requires you to be put into quarantine for a whole month (don’t worry, you get well by the time you’re free to go!). How would you spend your time in isolation? To live a month in…
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“My #1 Song at Birth”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Your Number One.” What was the #1 song when you were born? (not sure? you can find out here.) Write about how the song relates (or not!) to your personality. This prompt excites me as a lover of music of all genre’s…
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“Golden Age”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Golden Age.” If you had to live forever as either a child, an adolescent, or an adult, which would you choose — and why? If I had to choose between being a child, adolescent or adult for the rest of my life,…
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“Decisions or Gut Instinct” (A couples Weekend Short Story)
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Decisions, Decisions.” How are you more likely to make an important decision — by reasoning through it, or by going with your gut? All critical decisions require reasonable contemplation, however, “gut instincts” requiring little thought or reasoning, and is some times exciting…
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“Forever Young”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Forever Young.” If there were a real Fountain of Youth, would you drink the water? The last time I drank from the fountain of youth, I was scolded severely, by my parents and the priest who made me go to confession. I…
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“Missing Sequels”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Missing Sequels.” If you could create a sequel to one favorite (standalone) movie, which would it be? How would it build on the original? I would love to have the motion picture movie Grand Torino sequel to be a romance. Retired auto…
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“Middle Seat”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Middle Seat.” It turns out that your neighbor on the plane/bus/train (or the person sitting at the next table at the coffee shop) is a very, very chatty tourist. Do you try to switch seats, go for a non-committal brief small talk,…
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“Take a Chance on Me”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Take a Chance on Me.” What’s the biggest chance you ever took? Did it work out? Do tell! My journey has reflected a by the book disciplinarian lifestyle. I have received technical and detailed training during my previous careers, along with the accompanying…
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“Only Sixteen”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Only Sixteen.” Tell us all about the person you were when you were sixteen. If you haven’t yet hit sixteen, tell us about the person you want to be at sixteen. Oh yes, to recall the dreaded year of being sixteen. Well,…
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“No, Thank You”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “No, Thank You.” If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? In honor of my mother, my English teachers during my elementary, middle, and high school years, I would permanently banned the word “ain’t.”…
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“Que Sera Sera”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Que Sera Sera.” Do you believe in fate or do you believe you can control your destiny? Living fifty years upon this planet and experiencing several life or death circumstances, I understand, appreciate and believe in fate. Here today gone tomorrow, live…
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“That Stings”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “That Stings!.” Franz Kafka said, “we ought to read only books that bite and sting us.” What’s the last thing you read that bit and stung you? Earlier this year I read a book titled Ruby, and I just could not stop until…
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“Today Was a Good Day”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Today Was a Good Day.” In a Mesh gallery, show us what makes you happy. Share your ideal day, recount a memorable day in the past, or share your favorite things. Every day for me is a “good day,” when I wake with…
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“Red Pill, Blue Pill”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Red Pill, Blue Pill.” If you could get all the nutrition you needed in a day with a pill — no worrying about what to eat, no food preparation — would you do it? Three years ago I would have taken either red…
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“Diversity”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “West End Girls.” Every city and town contain people of different classes: rich, poor, and somewhere in between. What’s it like where you live? If it’s difficult for you to discern and describe the different types of classes in your locale, describe…
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“Nothing But A Good Time”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Nothin’ But A Good Time.” Imagine that tomorrow, all of your duties and obligations evaporate for the day. You get the day all to yourself, to do anything you please. What types of fun activities would make your day? Everyday for me is…
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“Helpless”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Helpless.” Helplessness: that dull, sick feeling of not being the one at the reins. When did you last feel like that –- and what did you do about it? On a plane trip some years ago, I was aboard a flight from…
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“Community Service”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Community Service.” Your entire community — however, you define that; your hometown, your neighborhood, your family, your colleagues — is guaranteed to read your blog tomorrow. Write the post you’d like them all to see. I understand this daily prompt is to…
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“I pledge Allegiance”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “I Pledge Allegiance.” Are you patriotic? What does patriotic mean to you? The word “patriotic” sends my thoughts to a time during my childhood where the foundation to understand and appreciate the words’ pledge, oath, honor, and being patriotic were developed. My…
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“Breakdown”
In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Breakdown.” Tell us about a habit you’d like to break. Is there any way it can play a positive role in your life? My afternoon nap was once a daily routine when I was a very young child, and they continued when…