Today’s prompt is to write about a favorite song. The song I am writing about is called “Take Me to the World,” from the musical “Evening Primrose,” by Stephen Sondheim. “Evening Primrose” is a short musical that was shown on television exactly one time, in 1966. I didn’t know about it until years later, when
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Today’s prompt from the Ultimate Blogging Challenge was to share some song lyrics that I live by. The song lyrics that I’m sharing come from “Les Miserables,” with music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Alain Boublil, and book by both Schönberg and Boublil. I always had many insecurities about my abilities and about my appearance.
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When I was fifteen years old, I decided that I had no talent for art. Which was actually very late for a kid to make that decision. Generally, kids see the gap between what they are doing and what they feel they should be doing between the ages of nine and eleven. According to an
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Today’s prompt is to talk about my plans for this blog, now that the July challenge is coming to a close. Where would I like to be in 90 days, when the next chapter of the Ultimate Blogging Challenge starts? Today, I am going to share the ninth and last installment of the steampunk bear’s
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part eight of the steampunk bear’s saga At a council meeting for the ravens at the base of the eighth mountain, one of the ravens volunteered to fight the Rusalka. A pouch of the potent herbs that the steampunk bear had collected was wrapped around the raven’s talons. The ravens gathered around their companion and
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Today’s prompt for the Ultimate Blogging Challenge is to share five blogs or websites that I think my readers would enjoy. Which I will do. But first… part four of the steampunk bear’s story The seven ravens with their passengers flew all night. They saw the lights extinguished on the second mountain. As they flew
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The Thai New Year, called Songkram, is traditionally celebrated between April 13th and April 15th. At the Buddhist Meditation Center (Wat Prodketchettharam America) on Grand Island, New York, Songkram was celebrated on April 26th. It is a festival that features almsgiving, a water blessing for elders, a shared meal, dancing, and much more. I was
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Back in the mid-1990s, I saw an incredible documentary called “Microcosmos.” It was one of the most beautiful movies I had ever seen. It was all about the insects and other invertebrates who live in a quiet meadow in the French country side. I’ve loved plants for a long time but, until I saw this
I hope that you enjoyed the sample of the 200 or so photos that I took at the parade! It was a fun day and it was nice to have a community gather to celebrate together. Everyone I talked to (or hugged) seemed happy and full of the spirit of celebration together. See you tomorrow
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On Thursday, after I left Delaware Park, I walked by the AKG, the art gallery formerly known as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. It was closed for four years for reconstuction before being reopened as the AKG in 2023. I have not yet had an opportunity to visit, but I’m hoping that one of my future