Off the Cuff / My Other Journal (Book) https://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/932976 Sun, 26 Sep 2021 16:26:23 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1017818 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/1017818 I love the British, although to them, we Americans are too illiterate, too happy-go-lucky, and too easily aroused by insignificant events, even if they don't openly say so. Even so, one of the reasons I love the British is that they have brought cynicism to the highest degree of one polished, great art. Sometimes, the British can be unbelievably negative but even that negativity is intriguing and entertaining; so what, if it may infuriate some. I love that their cynicism l...[Read Full Post] Wed, 16 Dec 2015 10:17:43 EST https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/868652 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/868652 In the occupational world, they say good followers make better leaders. I guess I am neither, but I am good at following my own bliss, which is doing what I like to do, which doesn't mean any dangerous and childish thing that can hurt me or others. I guess if I were to make a routine list, it would start with checking into WdC every day and my e-mail, attending to the needs of my home and family (to a certain degree), keeping up with how my sons and my exte...[Read Full Post] Sun, 26 Jun 2016 23:14:43 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824437 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824437 Each kind of character can be used effectively in a prose piece or a poem as long as that character works well with the premise and fits the requirements of the plot. There is no one character, therefore, that would seem foreign or not usable for a writer, whether that character is a homeless man, a Zen monk, a suburban housewife or even a murderer. What is important in a decent piece is that something or someone goes through a change, and the second most important point is that the w...[Read Full Post] Sat, 02 Aug 2014 23:32:25 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824284 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824284 Five years ago, on our local library's donated book sale, I came across a book titled, Ernest Hemingway on Writing, Edited by Larry W. Phillips, copyright 1984. This is probably one of the best, if not the best, anything I ever purchased for a dollar. On page 15 of my prized possession, which has a home on the shelf next to my computer table, is a quote. I think most anyone of us can relate to Hemingway's feeling on writing in this quote, even if we cann...[Read Full Post] Fri, 01 Aug 2014 20:35:20 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824178 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824178 I don%u2019t like breaking things. Period. If anything, yesterday, I felt guilty even when I dropped and broke a glass bottle meant to be tossed into the recyclables bin. This is because, recently, I adopted the belief that everything has some energy hidden inside it. Yes, even the non-living things. Some physicists believe that, also. They believe that, just like our bodies, every single thing is of energy slowed down. On the other hand, I can%u2019t say or lis...[Read Full Post] Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:11:31 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824016 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/824016 Writing a blog is a lot of fun, but it can get tiresome fast if no one is commenting or reading. To bait readers, writing as often as we can should come first. Then a good overall theme is necessary to attract the attention of people who are interested in that theme. In my blog's case, however, I had been trying to keep to the writing theme in general, but with Blog City, since we are writing from prompts, this became something difficult to do, although sinc...[Read Full Post] Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:23:04 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/823607 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/823607 Posted in Huffington post --07/20/2014 3:40 pm EDT--, the headline reads as %u201CLindsey Graham Calls John Kerry 'Delusional'.%u201D According to the paper, this happened during a %u201CMeet the Press Interview, in regard to John Kerry%u2019s foreign policy analysis. Graham also said, %u201CHe didn%u2019t call Putin the thug that he is%u2026%u201D Now, this is not the worst language I%u2019ve heard in the political arena, and neither am I against Lindsey...[Read Full Post] Mon, 21 Jul 2014 17:00:16 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/823210 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/823210 Genetically modified? Should I be hesitant? Difficult concepts to make heads and tails of those, but then, as a result of my self-knowledge, I%u2019ll probably make tails of it. To start with, I am a genetically modified human, since I am a mutt and my blood type is 0+. 0+ blood types have been around since the dawn of civilization, since the hunter and the hunted-hunter era. My hubby%u2019s blood type is A+, which scientists claim came later with the farmer-gat...[Read Full Post] Sat, 19 Jul 2014 17:10:26 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/823032 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/823032 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 09:26:11 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822653 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822653 If I hadn%u2019t traveled so much, I wouldn%u2019t have known the value of staycations. Travel, especially when it involves the overseas trips, is exciting, exhilarating, and life-changing, but you have to have the stamina to put up with it, which my husband and I did as we enjoyed every minute of our travels and vacations on our younger days. Up to ten years ago, as if sensing what was to come, our trips became as frequent as they could get. Later on, they tapered off. On ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 14 Jul 2014 15:54:00 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822599 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822599 %u201CAmericans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic,%u201D said a newscaster, once. Inside my house, everything and everyone blocks traffic, due to long narrow corridors and a kitchen that is reminiscent of a galley. Those who designed this place must have had a fetish with long and narrow. Yet, the rooms are large and that%u2019s what sold the house to us. One thing though. Traffic in my house is like the American Congress. Any time w...[Read Full Post] Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:58:49 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822428 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822428 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:04:24 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822366 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822366 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 16:20:53 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822075 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822075 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 07:43:22 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822019 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/822019 Sun, 06 Jul 2014 00:17:04 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821786 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821786 Ours is a complex world. A highly networked society, business, family, and even a solo person is prone to an abrupt change, thus the crisis. It sometimes takes getting used to a situation to stay calm in the face of a crisis, especially if a similar situation has been handled well earlier. With some highly strung individuals, even being accustomed may not work. In 2004, in our area, we suffered through two hurricanes fifteen days apart. We had three other coup...[Read Full Post] Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:36:55 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821562 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821562 Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:34:53 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821389 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821389 Mon, 30 Jun 2014 12:10:50 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821245 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821245 Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:36:07 EDT https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821096 https://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/821096