Author: Lisa or Li

mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.

The Jacks

Fandango’s FOWC is onerous, and the Word of the Day Challenge is uppercut. Billy Jack was ever the hard worker, from the time he was able to stand. He would help his maw with the laundry, would set the table, peel the potatoes, feed the chickens, run to the dairy farm to get milk, and…

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50 word Thursday #3 Plea for Help

image link Kristian is the host of this week’s 50-word-Thursday.  Kristian and Teresa alternate hosting this weekly challenge.  Today’s story had to contain the following phrase: ‘Although it was a simple thing to be doing, something strange was happening.’  from Paulo Coelho’s The Valkyries At 10 p.m. on Monday night Jack was watching a movie,…

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New Coloring Implements!

John, I hope you see this.  I found these at my local department store.  There are 120 instead of 115, and the price is $6.99 (see receipt in bottom right corner), the new color Bluetiful is in it, and it also comes with a sharpener.  Amazon price is a ripoff!!!!!

#MLMM Wordle #218 Miss Platform

Mind Loves Misery’s Menagerie’s Wordle #218 gives the following words and asks that at least 10 of the words in a story or poem. I used them all except hypocrite and Schrodinger’s Cat. Parting Dislodge Volute- a spiral or twisted formation or object. Swap Doomsday Hypocrite Quiet Engine Miss Platform Schrödingers Cat Framework Miss Platform had been a caretaker to patients…

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#YPQ 10 — Doing the Do

Fandango’s Provocative Question this week is about the choices we make and the actions we take. “What is more important to you, doing the right thing or doing things right?”   Ideally doing the right thing and doing things right are the same thing. For example following the Golden Rule of doing unto others as…

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