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Prompt: What is your mission? 1/7/26
Live the year with thankfulness, gratitude, respect, patience, charity, and kindness; don’t forget to laugh and smile often, as they are infectious. To live a complete life in the eyes of God, my wife, my family, my friends, my coworkers, and my neighbors. I hope that someday, after I’m gone, when my name comes up Continue reading
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Prompt: You get to build your perfect space for reading and writing. What does it look like? 12/22/25 Only 2 Shopping Days Til Christmas!
The next few days will be hectic with last-minute shoppers and travelers trying to reach their destinations. Take a moment to reflect on the holiday’s meaning and be mindful of others who may not share the same joy. Be Thankful, Respectful, Charitable, Patient, Kind, and don’t forget to smile! Imagine a cabin nestled down a Continue reading
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Prompt: What podcasts are you listening to? 11/1/25
Have a great day and a remarkable Fall-filled weekend. This question would probably be better served by Millennials and Generation Z. I, myself, as a member of the Baby Boom generation (Post WWII), am not really into podcasts, so-called reality TV, or the gaming generation that spends hours on end glued to their phones, gaming Continue reading
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Prompt: Describe a family member. 10/20/25
Wishing you a happy, healthy, safe, and productive start to your week. Share a joke, share a smile, and be grateful. It is rare that as parents, we get to share the “why” in detail about our children. We love all our children equally, despite their different personalities and traits; however, much of what I Continue reading
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Built with sustainable materials, with a vision of practicality and safety foremost. 8/18/25
I would implement an idea I had since playing with magnets as a child in the 1960s. My concept involves using advanced, space-age materials to heat and cool road surfaces embedded with magnetized metal shavings. This innovation would allow future vehicles to hover by creating opposing polarizations between the road surface and each vehicle. Each Continue reading
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Inspire with a touch of humor, joy, and reflection, allowing the reader to escape their daily routines. 8/14/25 Good Morning!
Most of the three books, both published and those outlined and unpublished, as well as the few poems written, allow me to express myself by giving the reader the option of disliking, sharing, reviewing, or commenting to show their emotional response. Any author, if they are honest—whether writing poetry, essays, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, music, fiction, Continue reading
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Usually, these days by the seat of my pants… Read 0n 8/10/25
In my youth, I played organized baseball and football throughout elementary and high school. Especially during high school, I saw myself as more of a defensive, goal-stopping player. Unfortunately, this approach also applied to my life, not so much in terms of learning and practicing or success, but rather in my lack of ambition; I Continue reading
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Hardworking, Catholic, Family Man who loves and lives life to the fullest with a sense of humor. 7/25/25
Over the past 20 years, it has been a long time since anyone described me in words. However, back then, not just one, but two different waiters innocently asked me this question, and I might add, a year or so apart, at two different restaurants. Waiter #1: Excuse me, sir, but has anyone ever told Continue reading
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Good Parenting, Catholic School, Emily Post, and Two XX Chromosomes! 6/21/25
If my comment about having “two X chromosomes” was not clear, I encourage you to do a quick search on Google or Wikipedia. Alternatively, you could ask your wife, girlfriend, lady friend, or older sister; I’m sure they can help you gain a better understanding. In emoji speak LOL! First at bat, my parents in Continue reading
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Firm Bed, Stove, Public Hot/Cold Water & Electricity? You Got to Be Kidding 1/8/25
Now, if we’re talking living off the grid, I would definitely need a high-powered semi-automatic rifle with plenty of ammo, an endless supply of matches, a military hammer axe with shovel, Rambo knife, you know the one with all the cool things in the handle (compass, fishing line, sharpening tool). This question is very vague. Continue reading
