In front of one screen or another, checking news and weather, playing Solitaire, looking at photo albums, sometimes reading a book. Other times, I just sit in a comfy chair by a window and gaze out, contemplating life, maybe trying to think of something constructive to do, or another topic for a blog post.
Tag: dailyprompt
The Nose Knows
Daily writing prompt
Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?
Hmm… having trouble with this one. I’d say Spam, if I still ate that. Maybe it’s more of an olfactory experience. Certain meals– beef stew, for example– emit certain aromas while they’re cooking that take me way back.
No One Close
It has always been Abraham Lincoln, especially after reading Jon Meacham’s account of his life. Lincoln was the right person for the times, even if he did have his own issues. He was humble, smart, and courageous, unlike the current occupant taking up space in the White House, who is, in sharp contrast, a pompous dumbass.
Admired from afar
It was sometime during elementary school, maybe 4th or 5th grade. Her name was Pat. I can’t remember if I ever talked to her.
If I had the chance
Japan, South Korea, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles, especially Ireland, and the Scandinavian countries– Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark. I’d love to see Machu Picchu, in Peru, along with that spot that has the expanse of shallow water that looks like a mirror and offers amazing views of the sky– Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia.
And maybe Northern India or Nepal, where I could catch a glimpse of the Himalayas.
Such a ray of sunshine
I’m already retired, but I wish it could have been with a bit more financial freedom, a bit more wiggle room, instead of looking forward to the end of the month each month. I guess we’re doing OK, in a relative way, but I look around at what other retirees are doing, and realize there’s no way we could do much of anything similar, or at least with such regularity and ease.
A bit of unsolicited advice to all who are still working: enjoy this life along the way, but have a financial plan for when your working days are over– so you can facilitate other hobbies and activities and be happily (and more selectively) occupied and engaged.
Or not… some days it’s looking like the future isn’t all that bright for any of us, so live while you can, and take care of each other.
Still Running
Maybe this laptop, or my car– an 11-year-old Camry I’ve had since 2017.
I’ve inhabited this body for 71 years– does that count?
2000
No school
Any time we had a snow day. There have been many others, but for some reason this bubbled to the surface first.
Historically, some things
Since it’s only 5:40 AM, not much has happened yet. I woke up, got out of bed, didn’t drag a comb across my head… poured some cold brew, and now am writing in here.
If you’re asking what happened on this day, June 13, in history, Miranda rights were established in 1966; the Germans started launching the V-1 bomb into London in 1944; Meriwether Lewis reached the Great Falls of the MIssouri River in 1805; Lafayette arrived in 1777 to assist George Washington with the war effort; Thurgood Marshal was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1967; and Pioneer 10 crossed the orbit of Neptune in 1983.
Not Exactly Obsessed
Being alive; trying to understand human nature, i.e. why we seem to have a penchant for making life miserable for people we decide we don’t care about, why we can’t just get along, why we elect “leaders” like many we currently have here in America.
Trying to get my head around flight- as in air travel; looking up, looking around, coffee, music, hitting a decent tee shot, cracking an egg without breaking the damned yolk.
