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#SoCS June 11, 2022 – A Picture From Wherever…

11 Jun 2022 23 Comments

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

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “a picture from wherever.” When you sit down to write your post, find a picture, whether in a magazine, newspaper, or even product packaging. Write whatever thought or emotion the picture provokes. Enjoy!

I don’t get physical newspapers or magazines often now, so I had nothing handy as I settled down to write this post. Most of the books I had were not picture books, so I thought I would scroll through my gallery and just randomly pick a picture from my old pics… and this is what came out.

Now, this little (large) fella caused more than a few guffaws when it tumbled out of the fruit bags at school a few years ago! Honestly, it makes me giggle just looking at the photo! A pear who thought he was a banana, or a courgette? Who knows?

A confused bit of fruit was this pear
As he questioned each giggle and glare
"Please wash me and eat
I'm ever so sweet
Why , oh why do you just stand and stare?"

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS June 11, 2022

One-Liner Wednesday – Self Belief

08 Jun 2022 18 Comments

by Ritu in #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging

“Believe in yourself, because if ou can’t how can you expect others to?”
Ritu Bhathal

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds

#SoCS June 4, 2022 – Iron(y)

04 Jun 2022 24 Comments

by Ritu in #SoCS Tags: #StreamofConsciousnessSaturday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Iron(y), Linda G Hill, Socs

Linda’s SoCS prompt.

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “iron(y).” Use “iron,” use “irony,” or use both. Use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use both. Have fun!

I love to iron, I do.

Standing in my laundry area, with my music on, I can press away to my heart’s content!

The irony lies in the fact that I find it gets too hot for me in the summer months, and then I stand, and sweat as I iron, hoping that I don’t end up needing to wash said clothes, again!

I love to iron, I do.

But please tell my son that he doesn’t need to wear three outfits a day! It’s hard enough getting the grass stains out of his cricket whites, without adding to the general volume of laundry that passes through to the basket.

I love to iron, I do.

But not that much!

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS June 4, 2022

#TankaTuesday (On Friday) Weekly #Poetry Challenge No. 26, 5/31/22, #LifeOfATeacher

03 Jun 2022 21 Comments

by Ritu in #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge Tags: #ColleensWeeklyPoetryChallenge, #ShareYourDay, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Life of A Teacher, Senryu

It’s been a while, but I thought I would take part in the syllabic poetry challenge, Colleen hosts every week!

It’s the fifth Tuesday of the month! #ShareYourDay is a way to get to know each other better. Take a photo and write a syllabic poem about your day. Don’t think on it too hard. Make it fun. The photo does not need to be a selfie. If you don’t have access to a camera, find an image on Pixabay.com (please add the credits) that best describes your day.
Colleen Chesebro

My photo(s) describe every day this week, during my holiday, as I write my End of Year Reports! A Senryu works perfectly!

Writing class reports
Reminds me how much progress
These children have made
They've tested all my patience
But earned a place in my heart

Ritu 2022

One-Liner Wednesday – New Beginnings

01 Jun 2022 20 Comments

by Ritu in #onelinerwednesday Tags: #1linerweds, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, New Beginning

“Just remember, you can have a new beginning at any time, not just on the new year, or the first of the month or the beginning of the week; but whenever you are ready to start anew.”
Ritu Bhathal