I can’t help but be fascinated by this vaping craze. In fact, one can’t help but wonder about habits in general. Is gratification that important? Consequently, are we so desperate to gratify that we have forgotten the meaning of the word – satisfy? Satisfaction comes from achievement, from working towards something. Gratifying is a means […]
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My apologies for the overuse of alliteration (no, not really).
Have you ever wondered what aliens might think about us? I realise that this is a difficult question because first you have to believe they are out there, and secondly you need to believe that there is some similarity in thinking and communication. However, just for the moment, let’s say/assume they are watching, and that […]
Continue readingThe bird outside my window
I never know what the topic of my post will be until I sit at the computer. Sometimes I wish I were more of a planner, more precise in vision and in general and I don’t necessarily mean with my writing. However, I have one of the minds that never stops and so ideas fling […]
Continue readingUkiyo, energy levels, unkindness, and change
I find it difficult to detach from the things, and consequently I struggle to let things go. Change doesn’t happen when we dismiss. This is not about holding grudges. It is about the world around us and the things in this world that intrudes on our energy levels, some more than others. Describing these things, […]
Continue readingTanka Talking, Cherita Cherishing – show don’t tell
As a writer, being part of a writing group of some description is vital. Within that environment we learn, sometimes simply by absorption or the process of osmosis. Listening to the speaker holding a session, exchanging thoughts with the person either side of you, or watching reactions, the way a face rearranges itself to show […]
Continue readingLove under the microscope
According to the blogging ‘rules’ I do everything wrong. I jump topics, I don’t use enough passive, or I use too much passive voice – it’s a headache. I can see the value in SEO and I am making a real effort to learn more. The truth though, my truth is that I never know […]
Continue readingLiving in boxes
Although not always easy I try to schedule my posts ahead of time. Currently I am at my computer, writing this post for the middle of July, in the last week of June 2021. As a consequence, anything I write about may have been resolved by the time this goes up on my blog. I […]
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