Author: Garnetjewel
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What’s your favorite game & why?-Writing Prompt
This is an excellent question. The Alsmans and Bishops love games and I played them. Card games Gim Rummy, Old Maid, Uno, Checkers, Chinese Checkers was a favorite to play with Grandpa Freddy. On the Bishop side my favorite game was Chutes and Ladders a board game. Through the years I remember playing as teenagers…
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Summer School: Getting Lost
Monday after my class, instead of heading back north on 57 I would be heading in the opposite direction. My time in Evansville had always been with family; never on my own. Yet once I started college I began visiting with Great-Aunt Margaret, Grandpa Freddy’s sister-in-law, I think this was the beginning of my solo…
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Eyes of Mercy
In the past 24 hours a lot of thoughts have gone through my mind. Isn’t it odd that a certain parable dealing with eyes, and a speck of dust or a log in one’s eye have been on my mind lately? These come from scripture in Matthew 7: 3-5. Christ and His words are so…
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Twenty-Four Hours Later
When I went to bed last night, my eye still looked very angry at me. This morning my eye felt sealed shut. I had to open it up and cautiously wash it open, most of the redness gone, but still puffy. I absolutely declare this was not something I conjured up to make a couple…
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What foods would you like to make?-Writing Prompt
The question should be what food do you not like making? My comfort foods are salads, pizza, Mexican, Italian and Chinese. I like dabbling in creating these comforts. Even if just for myself. Yet especially when rice is in the recipe my brothers end up eating as much of the dish as possible for some…
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Community
Who has been watching or observing the supposed controversy over Jason Aldean’s new song debuted in May? Most of regular America loves this song and the sense of American Small Town Communities. Today I personally witnessed my Community comforting and praying for me after I was afraid of not getting my writing done at all…
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Dogs or cats?-Writing Prompt
In general I enjoy animals. I learned as a teenager when my allergies were first tested that I am allergic to both cat and dog dander. Animals for the most part live outside so I haven’t had too many problems with that. I would still have to say dogs even though our cat Duke, is…
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Waking Up Today…
For some reason I woke up really early around 5 am. The entire movement lasted all of 5 seconds or less, but I have felt the pain nearly all day except for 10 blessed minutes. Unfortunately our eyes don’t produce tears at night and in those few nanoseconds of waking up early unleashed such a…
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My Eye Predicament
Sorry, my articles will be a bit late today or tomorrow night. I woke up with a pain in my eye. Fortunately I am able to get into my Eye Clinic, but not until 2 pm this afternoon. I can open my right eye now, but not for long periods of time. This is taking…
Jewells of Thought 