Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
Once again, it’s time for Linda G. Hill’s mind-bending challenge to compose coherent text around an oddball theme in response to her Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ’blue.’ Talk about the first blue object you see when you sit down to write your post. Have fun!”... Continue Reading →
Linda G. Hill is plastering two prompts with the same stone today. In addition to the regular Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt, she’s taking aim at Just-Jot-January, as well. Which leaves us with: “Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: ‘sap/sep/sip/sop/sup.’ Use one or all of these words or find a word... Continue Reading →
I had a draft of a post for today. I opened it up on Saturday night, thinking I’d peck away at it while West Virginia (WVU) and Texas traded the lead back and forth in an important Big-12 Conference game. OK, important if you’re a fan of football or an alumnus of WVU or Texas.... Continue Reading →
The weekend is here and there’s no better way to start than to move to the bar and see if we can work with Linda’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. She gave us an opportunity to score some bonus points, so let’s get at it: “Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is ‘can.’... Continue Reading →
Yesterday, I wore my Pittsburgh Pirates hoodie while talking Maddie for her morning walk. That was partly due to the fact that she wanted to walk early, but partly because the temperature was 52°f (11°c) – 52! We haven’t seen the low 50s since…I don’t remember. The calendar says summer has two more weeks, but... Continue Reading →
As has become my habit, this visit to the bar was inspired by was influenced by gives a nod to Linda G. Hill’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt. Unfortunately, the rules of SoCS have been violated in the extreme. I left a tiny bit of dialog that worked in place, but that’s about the only... Continue Reading →
If we were having a beer, you would be questioning my fashion sense. “You know, I never realized until today how much I appreciate your wearing a denim shirt or a fleece pullover over your otherwise questionable clothing choices.” “I am wearing a fleece pullover.” “Yes, but you normally have it zipped farther up.” “I’m... Continue Reading →
For those one-liner purists, i.e. the folks who think I’ve already written too many words before getting to the one-liner, here you go: "Hey – don’t pick on the laundry lady!" See? It doesn’t make much sense without a little back story. The back story involves football. I know, I know, a lot of you... Continue Reading →
If you follow me on Twitter, or if you follow this blog, you probably realize or would quickly remember that I attended undergraduate school at West Virginia University (WVU – Go Mountaineers). You may even remember that I started undergraduate school at the University of Georgia (Go Dawgs). If you read a few older posts,... Continue Reading →
