a habit 

A Joy It Brings – 

A dailyprompt. Learning about others as well as yourself. A cause for thinking. I look for those who actually answer the question. Don’t question the question. Just answer it. 3

a favorite emoji

A Cute Way To Express Feeling – 

A need for some. I want to know what you think and why. Not how you feel. Is there an emoji for that? Ask a question. Answer a question. It is called a dialogue. Let’s talk.

Daily writing prompt
What are your favorite emojis?

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 bore

A Lack of Learning –

A time to think. Not having something to think about is boring. Learning is happiness. Hated studying. Loved trying to solve a problem. Looking for the answer was always exciting. You have to believe there is an answer.

Daily writing prompt
What bores you?

a thinker

A Title –

A biography. Spent more time thinking than doing. Maybe should have spent more time listening. Asking questions. Looking for answers. Always believed there were answers. You just had to look for them. Found history late in life. The missing link. Found my job. I think.

a difficult question

A Problem With Thinking And Listening –

A parent at my current age, my father, was still telling me, “sometimes we think too much” and “don’t forget to listen”. Now I spend a lot of time thinking about why I don’t get a hearing aid. I don’t like what I am hearing.

Daily writing prompt
What were your parents doing at your age?