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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 16
Do you have a memory that’s linked to a smell? Aren’t most of them? Ok, I have a specific one actually. There’s a certain combination of diesel and/or airplane fuel, cigarettes, and cold that reminds me of hugging my dad after he’d come home from a worktrip. He had this grey leather jacket that he…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 15
What fear have you conquered? Hmm. I guess being confident in my own opinions enough to assert them pretty consistently? I have phobias that I have definitely not conquered (like, fear of heights, brrzt) and actually, conquered is a pretty strong term here. I have improved, which is all I think any of us can…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 14
What is your preferred mode of travel? Sometimes I think I’m indecisive because I don’t have a ready answer for this (see also: favorite song). I think part of the reality is that I don’t think too much about modes of travel, and I am ready to be delighted by any of them. For really…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 13
If you had a billion US dollars, how would you spend it? Reduce world hunger and homelessness.
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 12
What chore do you find the most challenging to do? They’re all the worst! The absolute worst! As soon as you finish the dishes, someone tosses a marinara-encrusted bowl into the sink! As soon as all the laundry is nearly done (11 loads later), humans in the household are changing for bed! IT NEVER ENDS!…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 11
How do you define success? I feel like I’ve answered this before, but perhaps not. Success is doing what you wanted to do or needed to do, and doing it well. Having a high impact. Being satisfied with how your time was spent. Sometimes success is getting two shoes on a kid before one or…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 10
Has a book changed your life? Don’t ask me who’s influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he’s digested, and I’ve been reading all my life. Giorgos Seferis Quite seriously, when I re-read books I read years ago, I see how I’ve pulled phrased, changed my thinking, or seen new things…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 9
What is the most memorable gift you have received? This is a loaded question! I’m going to answer in generalities. One of my love languages is gifts, but really only if they’re thoughtful. I can buy myself stuff, but to have someone put a bit of thought into something they think I’ll enjoy – however…
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Lego typewritwer
I treated myself to the Lego typewritwer, and I’m so glad I did. The package was pretty, the booklet had some gorgeous layouts, and there was a smaller notebook of a letter in a bunch of languages to use as paper in the finished set. It took me about a week weeks to build, but…
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Bloganuary prompt – Jan 8
How far back in your family tree can you go? Oh my dad has spent literal years on this. Here’s a text from dad from 2020 (reproduced without permission): Henry, Eleanor, and Grant are 28th cousins to Prince William & Prince Harry’s kids. Common ancestors are Henry II Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine. My dad…