In my career as a human being, I have doubted myself over and over again. I read that people are their own worst critics, and that is certainly true for me. I gave up art at the age of 15 when I suddenly and with little reason decided that I couldn’t draw. Actually, there was […]
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Aboard the pirate ship: part two It was late at night, and, on board the pirate ship, all of the sailors had eaten their food and had enjoyed many tastes of the purloined honey and jam. The entire crew had celebrated with jugs of something unidentifiable and alcoholic and surely full of rum, which made
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In the days when Bearnacle Bear was dreaming of the sea, a Bearish pirate captain came on shore and promised the adventure of a lifetime to young bears. Bearnacle begged his parents to let him go but his father looked skeptical. “No,” he said. “Something isn’t right here.” No matter how much little Bearnacle begged,
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Tomorrow, I’m going off with my family in pursuit of an eclipse. We need to chase it down because it’s not looking promising here in Western New York. The weather forecast, as of 10:32 EDT, is for cloudy conditions all day. We will be headed west and it will be an adventure to find a
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There was once a bear who sailed the seven seas. He became friends with the Great Sea Monster, who was the only one of his species remaining after the Terrible Sea Wars in years past. At that time, there were many sea monsters and there were giant reptiles that looked like dragons, and they were
I went back to my friend, the Random Word Generator, and let it choose a D word for me. In its infinite wisdom or what I’d like to imagine to be its infinite wisdom, it chose this lovely word for me. I wondered how I might express “delicate” and searched online for an image that
Hi, my name is Betty Bear. The human who keeps this blog woke up briefly and, before she went back to sleep, asked me to write a guest post for her. She said, in a very sleepy voice, that she would write her own blog post later on today. Today, I am going to talk
I went to the random word generator and got the word “burn” or “burning.” So I drew flames and wrote a haiku because fire is beautiful, but destructive. And poetry is beautiful, but it can be dark at times. Also, this is National Poetry month. #WordlessWednesdays
Today, I am starting two blogging challenges, which conveniently begin on the same day: the A to Z challenge and the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. So… I’m starting with A is for Alice, and I am Alice, so here are some random facts about me: What are some fun facts about you?
I don’t normally consume very many adult beverages. Well, occasionally, a glass of wine with dinner, but that’s pretty much it. When our cruise director Linda Davide was helping us plan our vacation, she suggested that we all elect to get the beverage package. That meant that all beverages (except very expensive ones) were covered,