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Cancer – #JusJoJan the 5th, 2023

05 Jan 2023 16 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

Welcome to the daily prompt! Today is your fifth prompt for Just Jot it January 2023, and it’s brought to you by Lauren. Thank you, Lauren! Please be sure to visit Lauren’s blog to read her post and say hello. And follow her while you’re there, if you’re not already.

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 5th 2023, is “cancer.” Use the word “cancer” any way you’d like. Have fun writing!

I felt the weight of this prompt.

The C word, Cancer, scares me.

It’s taken many I have loved along the way.

But there is always hope. Recently, I heard that there is a drug that has been trialled, which could reverse some cancers.

Wouldn’t that be a blessing?

I just hope it doesn’t become a life lottery, that those who can afford it can have it, and those who can’t, spend their time wishing and hoping…

A few years ago, I did the Cancer Research Moonlight Walk with some friends, and we raised quite a lot of money. Nearly £2000!

It was a beautiful, tough 12.5-mile walk around Central London at night time. It needed to be tough, though, along with having a few laughs to remind us of what we were walking for. Who we were raising money for.

One-Liner Wednesday – No Pain No Gain #JusJoJan 4/1/23

04 Jan 2023 34 Comments

by Ritu in #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, One Liner Wednesday

“No pain, no gain, which is why I have foolishly agreed to my son being my personal trainer!”
Ritu Bhathal

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds and #JusJoJan

Solo – #JusJoJan the 3rd, 2023

03 Jan 2023 16 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

Welcome to the daily prompt! Today is your third prompt for Just Jot it January 2023, and it’s brought to you by Dar. Thank you, Dar! Please be sure to visit Dar’s blog to read her post and say hello. And follow her while you’re there, if you’re not already.
Linda

Your prompt for JusJoJan January 3rd 2023, is “solo.” Use the word “solo” any way you’d like. Have fun!

When the word solo comes to mind, the first thing I think of is singing.

I’m a great car singer, and a shower singer. I often perform solos there, a) because none of the others will join in, in the car, and b) because I am alone in the shower!

If I’m honest, I don’t think I’m too bad of a singer… but that’s just my opinion!

Stepping up, solo
Blanking out the audience
Microphone in hand
Singing alone is a dream
And a nightmare all at once

Ritu 2023

Constellation – #JusJoJan the 2nd, 2023

02 Jan 2023 13 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Constellations

So, I shall be trying to keep up with Linda’s JusJoJan challenge this month, as well as getting back into the swing of things with school and trying to exercise a bit more and write… phew! (Anyone know how to add a few more hours in the day?)

Welcome to the daily prompt! Today is your second prompt for Just Jot it January 2023, and it’s brought to you by Willow. Thank you, Willow! Please be sure to visit Willow’s blog to read her post and say hello. And follow her while you’re there, if you’re not already.
Linda

Your prompt for JusJoJan, January 2nd 2023, is “constellation.” Use the word “constellation” any way you’d like. Have fun!

Now, I’m not an astronomer…so I have no telescopes or fancy camera to aim into the sky, so I can see and identify planets, specific stars or constellations…

But I do love a clear night, where I look up and see the twinkling in the sky. Not having that extra technology means that I give those stars my full attention.

Here, at the new house, we often seem to have clear nights. Maybe it’s because we are in the countryside, so there is less pollution. I don’t know.

But when we still lived at the old place, I was able to point to one particular cluster, and identify it as The Big Dipper!

And there ends my thoughts on the word of today… Thank you to my blog sis, Willow for the prompt!

#SoCS Dec. 31, 2022 – New/Knew

31 Dec 2022 27 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “new/knew.’” Use one, use both, use them any way you like. Bonus points if you use both. Enjoy!

If only we knew, at the start of each new year, what the next would hold…

Sure, it would take a little fun out of the pleasant surprises, but you could prepare yourself for the cr@p that manages to work its way into the time too…