My journal of big words and pretty pictures
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S. I’ve been cooking for the past couple of days. The menu includes the standard fare: turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole (with crispy onions), gravy, homemade rolls, cranberry sauce, and two kinds of pie - pecan and apple. I’ll brew a pitcher of sweet iced tea and … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Dinner
This morning my niece posted an old photo of my daughter and me on Facebook. I say old because my daughter can’t more a year old, so that makes the photo about 27 years old. In it, we are outside our home in Middle Tennessee, you can see the Appalachian Mountains in the background. I’m … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Transform
I stayed up Tuesday night watching the U.S. Presidential election returns. I was hugely dumbfounded by the results, and more than a little uneasy over what that result portends. Donald Trump, millionaire businessman and reality television celebrity, will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on Jan. 20, 2017. The 100 days following an inauguration is … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Surprise
I started an adventure yesterday, something I haven’t attempted in four years… I didn’t realize it had been that long until I typed that out. Anyway… I’m making my best attempt at NaNoWriMo. For the uninitiated, the acronym stands for: National Novel Writing Month. It’s this crazy idea to write 50,000 words during the whole month … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Novel
This week early voting began in my hometown. As I have in previous years, for local, state and national elections, I took advantage of the opportunity to cast my ballot in this presidential race. When I arrived, there were two people at individual booths filling in their ballots, and two people ahead of me waiting … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Voice
I’ve had my current smartphone for about two years, and in all that time, I haven’t changed my voice mail greeting. It was all very generic… I can’t take your call now, please leave… blah, blah, blah. If I could, I would sample Sheryl Crow’s song, “A Change Would Do You Good,” - “If you'd … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Grouch
Thin spiral notebook 