Flavors by Feel…

Daily writing prompt
What are your favorite types of foods?

Forget wondering if my answer will be different than last years answer to this prompt question… my answer can change from one day to the next, depending on how I feel.

I have go to favorites for when I feel sad, or lonely.

I have my list of comfort foods for the dreary days.

I have a short list of terribly unhealthy junk food choices, for game days.

See what I mean…

Bottom line is that I love food, and aside from the list of definite no no’s for my health issues, I have a pretty broad palette of tastes.

I love me some good ole soups and stews with either homemade bread or rolls.

If I get my choice of toppings, I can make a pretty large dent in a pizza!

I can be extravagant in my tastes, but also, sometimes nothing says happy like a plain and simple pb n j, if you know what I mean.

Just think of me as Templeton the rat, from Charlotte’s Web, because when it comes to noshing on good eats, all I can say is…

Food, Glorious Food!

Speaking of glorious, these cookies should fit the bill…

I Finally Stopped Running…

Daily writing prompt
How often do you walk or run?

As I answered the question last year from an actual exercise point of view, I chose to think of the question metaphorically, if you will.

I spent most of my considerable years running…

Running from trauma, hurt, pain, rejection, judgement and unforgiveness from others. I choose not to do that any longer!

Instead, I now choose to walk forward, one day at a time!

So, in answer to the prompt… I walk every day.

But, I also make my friends cookies each morning.

Not that I’m trying to tell you how to eat a cookie or anything, but if you nibble on the toe’s first… the rest of the foot tastes better!

It’s Me, Not You…

Daily writing prompt
Do you see yourself as a leader?

I would make a horrible leader! I am over 50 and pretty grumpy… not what you want in a leader! I will be the first one to tell you that you are being an idiot, whether you actually are or not!

Too many years of watching folks make the same choices, while expecting a different outcome, has made me a bit jaded.

Before you start thinking I’m pointing fingers, don’t! Where do you think I learned to recognize stupidity and ignorance? Still seeing it in my day to day, so I’ve apparently got a ways to go before fully learning all my lessons. For that reason, I decline the position of leader… cause somebody might get hurt!

Just sayin…

Aren’t you glad I opted to be like the lunch lady and offer you cookies every morning?

Tonight, Pinky, We Shall Take Over the World…

Daily writing prompt
What are you doing this evening?

I loved to watch that cartoon Pinky and the Brain, where the two lab mice or rats (whatever they were) would start their day off with the big dumb one asking the small one the same question from the day before… hey, Brain, what are we doing today? Brain would always answer the same thing, as well… Pinky, today we are going to take over the world!

When I saw the prompt, my mind went straight to that old cartoon… so, that’s my long winded answer for what I’m doing this evening. No, this evening won’t be filled with plans for world domination. I just have no intention of airing my evening activities for all to read!

If we have nothing better to do than to read what others are doing in their personal time, well then, we need to find something to do. If we have nothing better to do than to hand out all our personal business for others to feed off of, well then, we need to stop oversharing so much personal information…

Just sayin…

Here, have a cookie…

Please don’t try eating the mice… they’re not cookies!

Field of Schemes…

Daily writing prompt
What personality trait in people raises a red flag with you?

Promises Promises

Have I got a deal for you

It’s a guarantee

I’m doing this for you

I swear it

You deserve it

All I need from you is

If you do this, then I’ll

It’ll be just between us

Anytime there is an overly happy, too good to be true sort of person, acquaintance, sales person or what not… the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end!

I’ll tell you why…

Because, promises are not always promises, not all deals are all that good, there are no guarantees, most people who tell you it’s for your good are about to hurt your feelings, anyone can swear nowadays, no one truly knows who deserves what, there is always a catch or something in it for the one offering… and, it is never, ever, ever just between you and them!

I know, I know… pretty brutal and straight up, right?!

I’m pretty sure everyone has met at least one person like this in their lifetime. Maybe not all of the above in just one person, but it is a self-centered personality trait that I find rather irritating, destructive, and dangerous… I avoid this personality like the plague!

I’ll make it clear here that I’ve no specific person to point fingers at, since the trait can be found in any sort of type… if they let it!

Here, have a cookie…

From Here, They All Have Such Tiny Heads…

Daily writing prompt
Name the professional athletes you respect the most and why.

Since I don’t personally know any professional athletes, this prompt question is impossible to truthfully answer… sorry.

Respect is something earned, and I don’t see how I might accurately form an opinion about anyone I don’t really know.

Not only that… I most certainly would not make my assessment based off of anything that has been in the media. I say this because for the most part, it’s no longer about what the truth is… just who published the juicy information first!

Maybe I’d feel differently if I were a die hard sports fan, or something… but it’s obvious that I’m not.

I do love cookies though…

Driving Miss Lazy…

Daily writing prompt
How do you relax?

When I read the prompt question this morning, I got all excited as I thought to myself… What a perfect question to answer!

Just yesterday, my friend and I drove over the mountain pass that’s not too far away from where we live. Though I was only a passenger and carpool buddy for my Chica, the view was spectacular and the company was even better! Stick two girls in a car together with snacks, a radio, and a peaceful drive… it has a sort of Willy Wonka Factory effect, if you get my meaning.

I’m so relaxed right now, I can’t even really describe it!

I’m just looking at the evidence! What does the evidence say, you might be asking?

Why, I’d love to answer… thank you for asking!

The evidence shows that I slept like a baby last night. Not only that, but I spent most of my morning just sitting in front of the computer, drinking coffee with my better half…

So I’m feeling pretty amazing, right now!

One might say this resembles relaxing, but I’m no expert.

For today’s prompt question, I’m gonna roll the dice here and say,

“A good scenic drive is the way to let off some steam… but only if you bring a friend, and can see lots of forests and streams!”

Here, I brought back some cookies for you…

This Isn’t the Proper Place…

Daily writing prompt
Are you holding a grudge? About?

No offense, everyone, but I don’t feel that this is the place to be asking these sort of questions.

I bear no ill will toward anyone wishing to answer the prompt, but I won’t be reading any answers that are actual grievances toward another… it’s like feeding into something that is already an unhealthy emotion.

Just sayin…

Here, I made everyone cookies that hopefully might represent what one should be producing with their blog sites… good fruit!

Answers From the Past…

Daily writing prompt
Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.

I found an old post from last spring that I thought rather fitting, if you twist the daily prompt’s meaning just a smidge…

This was one of my ‘Investigating Truths’ episodes, but it seemed fitting, somehow.

For as long as I can remember, I have made sense of myself and this world two realms of thought.  One realm of thought is in the actual and physical sense.  What we see, do, talk about, eat and feel are in the here and now… The second realm of thought is what I think of as my storybook, or cartoon version if you will.  Let’s call this part the “Behind the Scenes of My Truths,” the adventure version. 

What follows is written in storybook version…….

I am wild from the top of my head all the way down to my toes!  It is all that I can seem to remember of myself.  My journeying, or running if I am being truthful, has always found me far out in the desert.  For as long as I can remember, there has been a path worn, from one hidden oasis to another, by my feet.  I have hidden them well, though, so most that wander by are unaware of my presence.  As the years of my life rolled forward, I found that there was One who had been following my footprints, always leaving little packages of love for me.  On one of my journeys along the outskirts of the Cities of Souls, I came to realize that the One whom I had sensed, was in fact my True Father!  It was both joyful and difficult to become aware of Him. 

I stayed…

Before I knew it, time seemed to have sped forward in my journey, by a great many years!  I discovered that I had settled down right inside the walls … building relationships with others, and trying to live and do things the way all of the others thought was right.  My Father showed me the gifts given to me, but instead of being at peace, I became fearful…I believed that I was losing myself, and would simply become a nothing…moving along by habit…so this wild child ran!!!

I fled into the desert with as much speed possible, for my feet had become softened over time.  I tripped many times, stumbling over rocks and debris that had been left on my paths.  Had it really been that long?  I was not sure if the way had become obstructed or if I had simply forgotten my exact path.  Many seasons were spent wandering, clearing out my old and unused paths.  Time rolled on…

Oh, I would come near the outskirts, just close enough to remember what I left behind.  The intensity of my pain and fear, along with the guilt over my failure, drove me away again and again…

My last act of running into the desert, or defiance as I see it, nearly cost me my very life, but that is for another time.  For now, I leave you with this thought…I am still that wild child inside, but my Father has been revealing to me the graceful Phoenix that He is rising up from the ashes of her truth…

You didn’t think I would forget your cookies, did you?