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Reflections and ruminations from a modern day Alice - Life is Wonderland  Welcome to the place were I chronicle my own falls down dark holes and adventures chasing white rabbits! Come on In, Take a Bite, You Never Know What You May Find... "Curiouser and curiouser." Alice in Wonderland ** Image ID #1701066 Unavailable **   |
Blog City DAY 1751--October 2, 2018 Prompt: “Sometimes it is good to fly close to the flame, see and experience the heat, but then fly away again, to survive, to be wiser in the art of heat.”Robert Black What does “to fly close to the flame” remind you of? I used to have a friend who was an adrenaline junkie. He loved to live life close to the edge, a little to close to the flame. He would tell you it was because life was short, that you had to take chances to really experience life. He lived fast and hard. To his credit, he was a guy that was larger than life. He filled up a room with his sense of adventure and his mere physical presence. It would often make me question my more conservative choices made in my own journey of life...was I leaving something on the table? Was I playing it too safe and missing out on something? What I hadn't realized at the time that while he was chasing adventures, he was also running from his own demons. Those demons eventually caught up with him and he was lost too soon. Blogging Circle of Friends DAY 2144: October 2, 2018 Prompt: What is the best thing about October? October is a month ripe with lovely things from pumpkin patches and hayrides to harvest festivals and full moons. By far the best thing October offers are those chilly autumn nights when the sky is that mysterious shade of purple and the bonfires crackle and spark sending the embers up into the heavens. They are the kind of evenings that invite you to sit around, wrapped in oversized sweatshirts sipping goblets of red wine or hard cider, laughing with friends. Those the the nights that feel full of promise, the harbingers for the holiday season to come. Halloween would be a close second - a magical night when you can be something creepy, sexy, scary....whatever inspires you, for a few brief hours. It is a wonderful month, one of my most favorites here in my corner of the world. |
| 30-Day Blogging Challenge October 2 Prompt: We all have ‘pet-peeves’. Write about some of yours! As I am multi-tasking through my morning, I think I may have picked up a few more "pet-peeves" courtesy of some of my coworkers.  In my line of work it is very important to have an electronic record of what I do. There are many moving parts and I wear a lot of different hats. I am also a type A so if I delegate something, I like to be absolutely sure it will be done. I pride myself on crafting very clear and responsive emails, especially when I am explaining something or giving instructions. I absolutely loathe it when I take the time and the care to do that and the person decides to call me and proceeds to ask all the questions I've just painstakingly answered in electronic ink. Either they have skimmed the email or just ignored it all together or lack the patience to give it the attention it warrants....in any case, it makes me crazy. There is one co-worker in particular who regularly makes a habit of this and her aloof apology after the fact makes me want to throw my stapler at her. I should have more patience but the amount of time my job demands, I simply can't tolerate the level at which this constantly happens to me. I have a family member who is also very "judge-y". She is someone whom I am constantly on edge with. She is quick to pass judgement, even on strangers, for their decisions, opinions and actions. It is difficult to deal with her because she will always be the first one to complain about anything. Rarely in life is anything executed perfectly. A person can't please everyone all the time, but she is the kind of person one can never please - any of the time sadly. Lastly, and this is closely tied to the current state of the country....people who try to convert you with their posts, politics, their religions, talking heads that are not interested in a debate or intelligent back and forth conversation of mutual respect. There are a lot of those people on social media. It is often very discouraging, especially for someone like me who takes care to keep my own politics and personal beliefs close to the vest out of respect for others. I'm sure there are more but those, at the moment, seem to be the top three! |
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