Author: Garnetjewel
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What’s the trait you value most about yourself?-Writing Prompt
How does one answer a question about themselves like this? God has blessed me with a family that has given me so many advantages in life. My name has always fascinated me and why it somehow fits me more than I used to think. On top of that I was born in January and the…
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Thoughts of Peach Flowers
These are all photos of one Rose. One of the roses pulled from Aunt Carol’s flowers above her casket. I love the color of this flower. Different angles and lighting give it some nuances in each photo. Like Aunt Carol did. I didn’t realize how similar we were. I did know she liked to cook…
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Honoring A Senator: Diane Feinstein
Death is always a sad fact of life no matter the party affiliation. Her term was not set to end until January 2025. She had health issues though and it’s not being mentioned as to a specific symptom or illness that took her, but she had dealt with shingles and encephalitis and was absent from…
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Access or Illusion of Access
This word was used a lot yesterday and has been used over the last couple of years. The term ‘the sale of access’ has been used as well. Honestly I wish I had even the slightest bit of access that this means to my boyfriend. Texting isn’t like having him with me especially on his…
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List three jobs you’d consider pursuing if money didn’t matter.-Writing Prompt
This is interesting and there are lots of hobbies I have enjoyed. Teaching Music or having a crafting studio. Goodness I need a music studio, crafting studio and library at times for my different fancies. I believe I am done with my brief stint in the health care field. I learned what I believe I…
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Second “Wedding Shower” Photo
When I took these photos I missed one of the cards that was still in the envelope Grandma wrote on. This is the invite to the ‘Wedding Shower’ at Grandma’s Church. There’s a lot of gifts on that table. My parents both have better cursive writing than I do. Looking through these pieces of history…
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Watching Streams
Today has been an interesting morning. I was observing the reactions from last night until I realized the Impeachment Inquiry was today and found the many live-streams for this. Pretty much at 10 am I was able to see Rep. James Comer starts off the proceedings and the introduction to the Inquiry. Then the wonderful…
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What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?-Writing Prompt
Wow to start with because my Grandpa Leo was a POW in Germany I had a longstanding bias against anything German. I know it sounds ludicrous now, but Grandpa was just as German as I am and he was incarcerated by the Germans for 10 months. Whatever family we have there weren’t coming to help…
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Music For a Birthday
Today is another day of feeling hopeless. My boyfriend is in another state, city and county; it’s frustrating. We just got over a little hiccup, which was really my being over-emotional and taking something he said out of context. Still we can’t do anything really meaningful for his birthday tomorrow. Last year his colleagues threw…
Jewells of Thought 