K is for kayak
almost #wordless Wednesdays
is it a sustainable career? I studied journalism at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri, a few lifetimes ago. If I were to be asked the question, “would you do it over again?” I would probably say no. When I graduated from journalism school (fondly called J-school), newspapers across the United States were closing
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“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” Henry David Thoreau What kind of dessert would you imagine a bear would eat if the bear were to wander into a city? I’m going to find out by going on a whimsical trip via an acrostic poem. This form of poem uses all of the
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Budapest: According to the website, “33 Travel Tips,” Budapest is a beautiful city. It has many great historic structures, including an absolutely gorgeous Parliament building, the Hungarian State Opera House, the Hungarian National Museum, and Buda Castle (originally built in 1265!!!). If you want to have an unusual method of transportation, there’s the Buda Castle
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of Niagara Falls and the daredevils that challenged it. “And after all, what’s the point of being Daredevil if you can’t leap before you look?” Charles Soule, Daredevil: Back in Black, Volume 1: Chinatown As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Niagara Falls attracts people from all over the world to view it, both
A grook is is a poem that is aphoristic in nature. It is short and it has a rhyme scheme. An aphorism is a pithy statement, such as “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” If I were to break a lawI’d like it to be the law of gravityBeing earthbound has to be some
“Men have forgotten this truth, said the fox. But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.” – Antoine De Saint Exupery I love the fox in Antoine de Saint Exupery’s novel, “The Little Prince.” He understands life and love and all things that are good and wise and
from farm to table Today, I went to Tom Thompson’s farm to buy eggs. They are always fresh, and, no, I don’t open the carton to check them. That’s been an ongoing post on Facebook, with the majority of people claiming that they would never buy a dozen eggs without opening the carton to check
“Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.” Rodger A. Caras (American wildlife photographer, writer, wildlife preservationist and television personality) Who could resist the adorable face of a five-week-old Akita puppy? This sweetie is one of a litter of nine puppies from a pair of purebred Akitas that belong to my
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and aren’t cookie (even though “C is for cookie, and that’s good enough for me”) Coloring books is the first fun thing that begins with the letter C. It used to be that there were only coloring books for little kids. Once you reached a certain age (maybe ten???), you were supposed to give up
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