Current
Current thoughts of the day, what’s on my mind.
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Guilty Pleasure
Staying healthy means a good diet, like go easy on the booze, avoid dairy, small portions of read meat, avoid fats and sugars. Eat lots of grass–I mean, vegetables. I need to lose weight and I try to eat healthy, but I have a guilty pleasure: Chocolate, specifically, M&Ms. It’s deceiving, each one is so… Continue reading
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Habit of Seclusion
Since Covid, I have developed the habit of staying home. Traveling is not something I plan anymore. I imagine the daily prompt is not talking about plans to go to the grocery or hardware store. If so, I would have lots of plans. I have gone out of state a few times, to go to… Continue reading
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Instant Media
This is the age where so much is available instantly, streaming content, cable news, messaging services, etc. When I was a kid if I didn’t see a movie in the theater, I would have to wait 2 to 3 years to see it on television. The wait heightened the anticipation, made the event something special.… Continue reading
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Sounds
I used to listen to music when I worked, but I’ve gotten out of the habit. Music always influenced my painting. But when I write new material I need quiet. Music or television is a distraction. I listen to it rather than the voice in my head. When I write, it is not pure quiet,… Continue reading
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The Worst Thing
My comfort food is chocolate. When I was a kid my mother always made a birthday cake with chocolate frosting. On Halloween, Hershey’s chocolate bars were always my favorite. We always had a bottle of chocolate syrup in the house, to put on ice cream, root beer floats and in milk. M&Ms are my greatest… Continue reading
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Risk
Risk is most fun when there are maximum players of six. The goal is simple, take over the world. There a few winning strategies, but the outcomes are always unpredictable, based somewhat on chance. It’s fun when players make alliances to survive or concentrate their forces. The politics are the most interesting. I have fond… Continue reading
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Being Picky
I saw this daily prompt and had a funny reaction, that is, I don’t make food. I can’t make fruits or vegetables, only grow them. I don’t make dishes; I prepare them. But of course, preparing a dish is like assembly; the ingredients are gathered and put together for a meal. Many things that are… Continue reading
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Both
I’ve had both cats and dogs. It’s hard to pick. My first dog was Otto, a dachshund, who didn’t like salesmen. He bit one in the leg. My sisters tried to get me to like cats. When one was a kitten he climbed all over my face, keeping me up all night. We got our… Continue reading
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Painting
More than any activity, when I paint pictures, I have no sense of time. Hours have passed and it seems like minutes. I love that creative zone, but unfortunately I have not painted in a long time. Partly, my writing has been demanding my time, which is okay. I don’t lose time when I write.… Continue reading
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Relative
If adventure is taking photographs in a war zone, then I want security. If security is sixteen hours of television everyday, then I want adventure. If adventure is photographing deer in the local arboretum, maybe I’m in. If security is a safe neighborhood, that sounds good. If adventure is touring the country, sign me up.… Continue reading
About Me
Indie author and self taught artist, creating for over fifty years, also a former corporate lawyer and systems manager … and other assorted vocations. Writing is my passion. I just released my first science fiction novel, Escape From Desolation, eBook and paperback. More information at my author page: http://escapefromdesolation.com
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