I write to put ideas or thoughts down somewhere. I’m also trying to improve my writing skill. Most of the time I keep my writings to myself because they only have meaning to me. But on certain occasions I will share them on my blog. Most are short and are in response to a prompt or some random thought.
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What brings you joy in life?
I never know how to answer these type of questions. What is meant by the word “joy”? When I see the word I imagine someone who is always happy and doesn’t have a care or worry. For myself I don’t know if I really have experienced joy. I know I am happier at certain times but I wouldn’t consider it joy. Being happier at certain times may because I watched or heard something funny or maybe I was able to do something I enjoy like seeing a family member being successful and reaching a goal they set for themselves. I wouldn’t say these things bring me joy, but they make me happy at times throughout my life.
What is a treasure that’s been lost?
Certain cultural traditions and ways of life. I am a member of a Native American tribe and when I was growing up I spent time visiting my older relatives who lived on the reservation. I’m at the age where I can remember these relatives having large herds of livestock and using them as means of food and livelihood. Some still used horses and wagons as transportation and many went to trading posts for monthly supplies. I grew up off the reservation so I was able to see both the past and present. It really is a loss that the young people today don’t have the same opportunity to see and participate in the “old” ways of life because they are disappearing. Also, the young people don’t want to interact with their older relatives, as a result they are losing out on hearing stories and traditions that have kept their families alive over the centuries.
What is your earliest memory you have?
It was my 3rd birthday party. I can remember getting a Fischer-Price school house. It had little people (students and a teacher) school desks, playground equipment and when you opened it there was a chalk board area to draw on. I remember playing with it under a table and not wanting to come out from under the table because I didn’t want to be out in front of the guests. I also remember seeing my grandmother laughing at the situation. This is the only vivid memory I have of her, she died shortly after.
How are you brave?
I really am not a brave person. I get incredibly anxious when I’m in a new and unfamiliar situation. I know people get nervous when trying new things but I get stressed to the point that I will try to come up with any excuse to get out of the situation. If there is no way to get out of it I will usually end up dealing with it. Situations are just things I have to get through.
What is something you want to achieve this year?
I don’t make resolutions and this seems like another way of asking about them. I would like to take time for myself. I gradually became a caregiver several years ago. It started out by going to appointments with my mom as a second set of ears, but over the years she and my dad developed serious chronic illnesses. I took on the responsibility because I truly feel that my parents (mainly my mom) took care of me as I grew and now that she is older I should take care of her. My parents are still mobile and do some things on their own but as a caregiver, my time is no longer mine. Prior to becoming a caretaker I was starting to learn a little more about photography. I found that I enjoyed taking landscape type photos and I was also starting to learn about photo editing. I also was starting to enjoy streaming movies because it allowed me access to movies without having to leave home. I am very much a home body. I was also trying to create/write more blog posts to help improve my writing. So, I really do want to achieve more time for myself, but I need to learn to take breaks so that I have some time to do things I enjoy.
One-Liner Wednesday – Days
It seems like days waiting on hold for the next available associate.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/10/06/one-liner-wednesday-days/
“~igh” – #SoCS July 3, 2021
https://lindaghill.com/2021/07/02/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-july-3-2021/
I found this week’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt difficult. I started out with making a list of words containing -igh that came to mind. My list was very short to say the least so I decided to do an internet search for “words that contain igh“. I was soon enlightened to the fact that there are way more words containing -igh which I never thought of. In fact the internet search provided me a list of 779 Scrabble words that contain the letters -igh. Perhaps this will come in handy if I ever play it in the future.
“Up/Down” – #SoCS June 26, 2021
https://lindaghill.com/2021/06/25/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-26-2021/
So the prompt for today’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday brought to mind a 1967 film titled Up The Down Staircase. The film stared Sandy Dennis (“Splendor In The Grass” and “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”) and featured Jean Stapleton (“Edith Bunker” on “All In The Family”), Sorrell Booke (“Boss Hogg” on “The Dukes of Hazard“), Florence Stanley (“Bernice Fish” on “Barney Miller”) and other actresses from stage and film.
I came across this film several years ago playing on t.v. and even though I’m not much of a movie watcher, I really liked the film. The plot of the movie involves a young, newly graduated English teacher who begin working in a tough, New York high school. Her background is very different from her students and the environment she is going into is a far cry from the suburbs she most likely grew up in.
Stream of Consciousness Saturday – June 19, 2021
Wearing a hat has never been a hit for me. I like hats but for some reason they just don’t seem to look right on me. For this reason I never wear hats. People often ask when I’m doing some activity out in the hot summer weather, “how can you stand the sun’s heat beating down on your head”? I guess you can say I’m a bit of a hot-head…ha ha.
https://lindaghill.com/2021/06/18/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-june-19-2021/
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