Month: July 2019

#WednesdayWisdom: If

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I finally saw “Hamilton” last night. I feel like the last person in the country to see it for the first time.

It was, of course, amazing.

But it had me thinking about how much of the present depends upon quick, split-second acts in the past. More specifically, I’ve been thinking about John Laurens, friend of Alexander Hamilton, soldier and abolitionist.

He was shot and killed at the tail-end of the Revolutionary War. He had wanted to emancipate 3000 slaves and create a regiment to fight for freedom and I can’t help but wonder what would have happened had he succeeded.

What if slavery ended along with our ties to the British crown? England abolished slavery in 1807 and throughout the colonies in 1833. What if this new nation led the way in that regard?

How different the country might be now.

But instead, Laurens was shot in his saddle, his ideas gone with him.

And that’s what’s in my head today. Have a great Wednesday.

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Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
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#TuesdayThoughts: Tuesdaying it up

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Does Tuesday even have its own personality? Its own flair?

It just seems like a day. Monday has such a stomping presence, it’s as though Tuesday is there only to pick up the scattered items it leaves behind.

And there are my deep thoughts for a Tuesday.

It’s brilliantly sunny today, definitely summer, and it’s a good time to store it all up for when it won’t be brilliantly sunny or gloriously warm.

Those days happen too.

I object to all of the school supplies already in stores, as though they’re rushing us along, yanking us out of the lazy warmth that is still July.

Not for long, but still July.

It’s still here, for the moment. Have a great Tuesday, personality or no.

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Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
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#MondayThoughts: Already?!

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Hard to believe it’s already Monday. And harder to believe it’s nearly August. But you already know time and I have a tenuous relationship.

It’s gloomy today, it might be raining, I can’t really tell, and I’m not sure where, exactly, the weekend went. I’d like to meet the week with renewed enthusiasm, but I haven’t had enough coffee and I still have to empty the dishwasher.

Such is life.

And since I have not much to report while waiting for my brain to reboot, I’m just going to share this tweet that made me laugh aloud.

Have an amazing Monday.

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Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird!
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#AccountaClub Friday, July 26, 2019

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And now we’re nearly through July. Not sure how it keeps flying like this, but it sure does.

It wasn’t a terribly productive week, as I was caught up in the world and other stuff, so the writing is nothing really to report. It was an odd week; there was the pre-Mueller testimony, the testimony and the post-Mueller testimony.

And there was some personal stuff as well, to layer on to the political madness.

As happens in 2019.

Fitness was great though, five days, five workouts.

That’s it for me. How was your week?

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Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird!
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Ten Word Photo Prompt: Emerge

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Photo by Dazzle Jam on Pexels.com

It’s ten word story time!! Must be Thursday.

It must be.

Or 3000 years from now, it feels like either is possible this week.

ANYWHO (to quote Aunty Ida) time to write a ten word story about the above image. Exactly ten words.

Ready?

Here’s mine.

The celestial essence consumed the flowers, and she was born.

#WednesdayWisdom: Hearing hearings

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I spent a good chunk of the morning watching the Mueller hearing. I got caught up in other things and missed some of it, but overall, it likely raised my blood pressure by a billion points.

Yes, I think that’s accurate.

I ended up pausing it, and it turns out I haven’t missed much.

They’re starting up again shortly though.

Sadly I think that there will be no objective reality to the way these hearings are later described, though reality existed during them. It seems that once there’s a story to tell, the story is told, despite the clear, unrelenting evidence that this regime is illegitimate, that the usurper in the White House is protected by the very fruits of his crimes.

That’s, ironically, some Russian literature-level twist.

So I’m off to watch Democracy smolder, if not outright burn. I hope you have a good day regardless.

Check out  my full-length novels (affiliate links): 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird!
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#TuesdayThoughts: Grumpfest

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It’s not even hot anymore, so that’s not the source of irritation. It’s just one of those days where I’ve hit my limit of…well…everything.

The constant grind of the autocratic heel, the outrageous things people say to out outrageous one another, the rise of ridiculous so-called “world leaders,” unending complaints big and small, all of it.

And I got enough sleep, so it’s not that. I could be cooking a headache, that’s a possibility, and I have my suspicions about the origins. But sometimes everything is just annoying.

Even my overuse of “just.”

Whatever.

My patience is low, and that’s the way it is today. And I spilled coffee on the carpet.

Cool.

Anyway, I’m off to try to center myself or something equally as unlikely. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday free of the grump virus.

Check out  my full-length novels (affiliate links): 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird!
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#MondayThoughts: OK

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My entire mood this morning can be summed up with “OK.” OK, it’s Monday. OK, time to get moving.

OK.

The Roomba has now spent way more time in the bathroom than it did in the kitchen, and I’m not sure exactly what’s going through it’s robotic little mind. Come on, Roomba, get it together.

Still better it than me.

It’s much cooler today than it’s been and that’s glorious. Much more room for thoughts, they’re not crowded out by the heat and humidity.

Not a fan.

I’ve already reheated my coffee once, and am considering it again. Such are the problems of Monday.

So I’m off to try to to get my gears to stop slipping. Hope you have a magnificent Monday.

Check out  my full-length novels (affiliate links): 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

#AccountaClub Friday, July 19, 2019

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Quick one today! I have to leave in a minute, so no time to linger. Straight to the nitty-gritty.

Writing was OK this week, a little bit of progress made, end is in sight, I just have to get there. And sometimes it’s hard to get there.

I blame my protagonist. She is not wanting a dose of truth. But she’s going to get one.

Fitness was good, five days, five workouts, I enjoyed some, slogged through others, but got it done.

So that’s me. How was your week?

Check out  my full-length novels (affiliate links): 
Aunty Ida’s Full-Service Mental Institution (by Invitation Only)   
Aunty Ida’s Holey Amazing Sleeping Preparation (Not Doctor Recommended) 
Her Cousin Much Removed
The Great Paradox and the Innies and Outies of Time Management.
And download Better Living Through GRAVY and Other Oddities, it’s quick and weird!
Peruse Montraps Publishing
See what I’m writing on Medium.

Ten Word Photo Prompt: Choices

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It’s Thursday! I think. I’m pretty sure. Let’s go with Thursday.

That means it’s time for a ten word story using the photo above! In exactly ten words, write a story!

It’s that easy!

And by easy, I mean it’s always a challenge. And that’s the challenge.

Look out, Shakespeare, I’m on fire today.

So here’s mine:

Five Worlds beckoned: mirages; a mirror; and one path home.