a shopping spree

A Place That Delivers –

A Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin is one of my favorite movie songs but now we have too many trucks driving through our neighborhood. Why can’t we get just one that delivers everything including the junk from the post office? Maybe Elon can figure out how to do it.

Daily writing prompt
Where would you go on a shopping spree?

a middle name

A Chance To Talk About Al –

A need for privacy. Al is gathering information and is not worried about who you are. This is a good time to pay attention to how much we want to reveal about ourselves. There are many good reasons for this. Al is watching.

Daily writing prompt
What is your middle name? Does it carry any special meaning/significance?

a last thing learned

A New Change With WordPress –

A real challenge for us old people. Oh no, not another change! I have to admit most of them are improvements but only after I figure out how it works. As soon as I learned how to copy a post, I had to learn how to duplicate it. That was not a good change.

Daily writing prompt
What is the last thing you learned?

a question

A Difficult Answer –

A reasonable explanation. Why I don’t get a hearing aid. What? I can’t hear you. I don’t like what I’m hearing. There are a lot of things I am not doing just because I’m old. That is the way it should be. Can you hear me?

Daily writing prompt
What is one question you hate to be asked? Explain.

a number of failures

A Success Not Clear –

A time to think about what is not working. Still looking for what might be considered a success. A little success at looking for what might be true. A little success at posting the results of my research. A little success with forum dialogues. Finally a little success at finding something I really enjoy.

Daily writing prompt
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success?

a sentence

A Beginning of An Autobiography –

A thinker who took the time to make sense of what he saw. He didn’t listen because he didn’t like what he was hearing. That is the way I would like to be remembered. It had to make sense and I would keep thinking until it did. Socrates would ask questions and believed you could learn something from anyone you had a dialogue with. Let’s talk.

Daily writing prompt
You’re writing your autobiography. What’s your opening sentence?

a necessary thing

A Life Without It –

A need like air, water, and food? I’m thinking. My bike, my coffee pot. my egg pod, my rocking chair, my pipe, my beer, my computer. I’m thinking. When I take a trip, I have to bring beer, a cooler, and a koozie. That’s three.

Daily writing prompt
What are three objects you couldn’t live without?

a layoff

A Job Loss –

A time to reflect on net worth. Right after someone tells you they don’t need you, you have to convince someone else that they do. You have to ask for help. You learn to depend on others. You learn to appreciate others. A lot to think about and a lot of time to do it.

Daily writing prompt
What experiences in life helped you grow the most?

a fate/destiny

A Word Not Used –

A consequence of what we do can’t be ignored. Other things do happen and how or why is not important. What we do about it is. It is a waste of time wondering about what fate/destiny is. Just deal with it and move on.

Daily writing prompt
Do you believe in fate/destiny?

a phase in life

A Difficult Place To Leave –

A short stay in New England. We were a young family. There was so much to see and do and we did it together. Work forces the move. Will always be grateful for the time spent there and would like to go back.

Daily writing prompt
Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to.