My journal of big words and pretty pictures
I solved a mystery today. Not too long ago I bought new earphones. I listen to music while I’m working in my yard. When I have a long and tedious job to do, I need a distraction from the monotony of pulling weeds and trimming grass. While outside, the sound would periodically go out on … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Listen
I had a routine doctor’s appointment this week, and as per usual, I took a book expecting a long wait to be invited back to the exam rooms. Once called in, everything went as expected… then my doc asked what I was reading. “'A Gentleman in Moscow',” I said, explaining I had the book in … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Arrest
Every few years, our local library sponsors a “Shred-it Day.” You can bring all the household papers that you want destroyed free of charge. My household generates a lot of paper - bank statements, credit card bills, medical receipts, pay stubs - many, many pieces of paper. Several weeks ago, I finally got the Mister … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Patience
My dad and step-mom came to visit a few weeks ago. With them, he brought treasures from a recent KonMari purge of their guest room…. my school report cards from 4th through 8th grade. I was brilliant. No, but really… I was apparently a bit of a - as they said in the olden days … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Chatter
Over the weekend, I finish reading a book I borrowed from my local library, appropriately titled, “The Library Book,” by Susan Orlean. It was about the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Central Library that destroyed hundreds of thousands of books and other library materials - maps, film, music scores, plays, art... From the book: … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Fire
Odd fact for the day: I still have an active Feed Reader (Feedly). It sits in my laptop dock, staring, judging, begging for attention. I finally opened it today and found, of the sites I have bookmarked there are 90 sources, 35 inactive (no posts for 3+ months) and 8 that are unreachable. Back in … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Write
Thin spiral notebook 