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#JusJoJan – January 21st, 2018 – Silence

21 Jan 2018 30 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #jusjojan, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Silence, Willow, Willowdot21

Day twenty-one of #JusJoJan!

I’m going to try to write on each of the prompts!

Today the prompt is:

Your prompt for January 21st, 2018, brought to you by my dear blog sis Willow, is Silence.” Use it any way you’d like in your post. And make sure you visit Willow at her blog, “Willowdot21” to read her post and say hi! Here’s her link: https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/

Thanks, Sis!

Silence

Silence can be truly golden.

It can show the peace, the spiritual sanctity of a blessed mind.

A place where there is no need for words or conversations, just a feeling of contentment.

But silence can also be harrowing.

Words that need to be spoken, yet left unsaid.

A waiting period where you don’t hear a thing…

Personally, I prefer an atmosphere with the quiet (not often!) chatter of my kids, the chirruping of my birds, the purring of my cat, and the presence of my Hubby Dearest. He’s not a man of many words, but knowing he’s by my side is enough…

When in the company of friends, I want to hear laughter, and meaningful conversation.

Silence… now I need that when I’m reading!!!

See you tomorrow!

If you want to find a full list of rules and the daily prompts visit here.

Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 153

21 Jan 2018 20 Comments

by Ritu in Spidey's Serene Sundays, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blogger, Blogging, Positivity, Quote, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts.” – Robert H. Schuller

A lovely quote Spidey, thank you.

See, running along the tracks of my thoughts this year, Spidey found another great thought encouraging positive thinking.

I can speak from experience, and confirm that if you hang on to that one positive, even in a sea of negatives, you can survive, float to the top, and sail the seas of life with happiness.

Stey positive Peeps and enjoy your Sunday !!!!!

Make sure you turn that negative into a positive, Peeps!

#SoCS Jan. 20/18 – #JusJoJan Day 20 – Oc

20 Jan 2018 43 Comments

by Ritu in #jusjojan, #SoCS, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #jusjojan, #StreamofConsciousnessSaturday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Linda G Hill, Multiple Births, Oc Words, Octomum, Socs

Linda’s prompt for SoCS this week…

Your prompt for #JusJoJan and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “oc.” Find a word that starts with “oc” and use it in your post. Bonus points if you start and end with your post with an “oc” word. Have fun!

Occasionally, I wonder what it would have been like to have been the mother of multiple birth babies, you know, twins.

The year I was married we had 3 sets born in our family and close friends. I have a set of cousins who are twins, and their sister gave birth to 2 sets as well.

After marriage, one of my cousin’s daughters fancied herself as a palmist, and read my palm, telling me I would have triplets!

Obviously that didn’t happen!

But is it double the fun? Or double trouble? It would be 100% a full time occupation!

There are so many hardships: the expense, the lack of time and arms, the tiredness, the juggling schedules… but the joys you get are also double, and if you were looking for a ready-made family, then getting two for one is a perfect deal!

Triplets or any more would just be being greedy, and as for that mum who had eight – Octomum – that’s just crazy… octuplets!

That’s it for me today!

Happy Saturday Peeps!

THE APPLICATION TAG – Esther’s blog

19 Jan 2018 3 Comments

by Ritu in Tags Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Esther's Blog, The Application Tag

Thanks Esther for thinking of me in this new tag you have created! I am afraid that, due to time constraints, I can’t take part, but I am more than happy to share the original post!

Hi, and welcome to a new post 😀. In this post, I am going to be doing The Application Tag. You haven’t heard about it? It’s because this is the first time you’ll be seeing this. Y…

Source: THE APPLICATION TAG – Esther’s blog

January 18 – Flash Fiction – Boots

19 Jan 2018 36 Comments

by Ritu in #CarrotRanch, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #CarrotRanch, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Boots, Charli Mills, Drag Queen, Flash Fiction, pizza, Platforms

Charli’s prompt this week:

January 18, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes boots. Whose boots are they, where do they go and what is their significance? Go where the prompt leads.

Hmmm… here’s where my mind went…

Big Boots

I watched him in awe, as he tossed the dough from side to side, stretching it expertly, before allowing it to come to rest on the large wooden spatula.
A thin layer of tomato sauce, Mama’s special recipe, and a sprinkling of mozzarella, before a sprig of basil was added, then off it went to bake.
And he was leaving.
Mama was devastated.
Antonio was off to travel the world, leaving the family pizzeria in my hands, and I’d never been anywhere near as good as him at making pizza.
He was leaving big boots for me to fill.

Then my mind continued to wander (wearing those boots)…

Platforms

Never criticise a neighbour before walking a mile in his moccasins.
That’s what the proverb said.
Looking at the height of the heels on my neighbour’s boots, and the shiny patent leather, stretching all the way up to mid-thigh, I thought I’d rather not walk a metre, let along a mile.
Who am I to judge, anyway?
If Peter wants to spend his days being an accountant, trussed up in a suit and tie, and the evenings dressed up as Petra the pole-dancing drag queen, that’s his (or should it be her?) choice!
I’ll just stick to my trainers…

https://carrotranch.com/2018/01/19/january-18-flash-fiction-challenge/