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Sanguine Tenacious Tidings

by Apondia

Rated: E · Book · Experience · #2050107

A Journal to impart knowledge and facts

July 22, 2015

I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done.

I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them.

I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

A Warped Witch I Be

about 12 hours ago
In response to "Truly Autumn Now"

The temperatures have dropped here in Nevada too. There's a mountain we see in the distance, and it's already dressed in white. I think it's going to be an interesting winter, don't you?

A Warped Witch I Be

Oct 24, 2025 at 11:30pm
In response to "Don't Jump without looking"

Me either!

Jeff

Oct 24, 2025 at 1:39pm
In response to "Don't Jump without looking"

Well, when you put it that way, I wouldn't want to go over the falls either!

A Warped Witch I Be

Oct 11, 2025 at 6:07pm
In response to "Girls Exist"

There are many bills being proposed eliminating women's rights under this administration, including a woman's right to vote.

A Warped Witch I Be

Oct 4, 2025 at 7:01pm
In response to "Dr. Suess"

Judith, Dr. Suess published his first children's book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children's literature to illustrate political cartoons, and he worked in the animation and film department of the United States Army. My first experience with his work was How the Grinch Stole Christmas, which was published in 1957 and my grandmother bought it to read to me.

A Warped Witch I Be

Oct 3, 2025 at 11:39pm
In response to "A Group of Words "

I dodge my granddaughters kitten more times than I want and I'm always worried about falling. We just don't bounce like we used to, do we Judith?

A Warped Witch I Be

Oct 1, 2025 at 11:47pm
In response to "Autum Leaves"

Where I lived in Maine, raising my family was rural. I used to drive them into town so they could experience Halloween with their friends.

As a child, I always had to take my younger siblings, I couldn't go with my friends.

A Warped Witch I Be

Sep 27, 2025 at 1:02am
In response to "Peace Not War"

Our approach these days is definitely flawed.

A Warped Witch I Be

Sep 24, 2025 at 11:45pm
In response to "News Programs are Necessary"

Hope all has been well with you, Judith.

I enjoy 60 minutes way of presenting the Indepth stories.

A Warped Witch I Be

Sep 4, 2025 at 10:52pm
In response to "Go Google"

I'm just putting plants outside now that's it's cool enough. This year certainly has been interesting weather wise.

August 27, 2025 at 4:06pm

#1096013

Historical Claims

Prompt: What surprises have you discovered about your ancestors?

HI.

I guess surprises is not the word I would use. Very little surprises me. I have not verified it, but I am thinking some of my relatives were catholic at one time. Now claim to be protestant. I also found out ancestors were involved in shipping from an island off the British coast. There was a partial name change when they moved to the new world. (what is now the USA). There are some good family stories. Maybe true maybe not. I would like to know more about European family members on both sides of my family. Some members of the family claim only one-sided history. I like family stories of years gone by. I bet they were all interesting people with interesting lives.

Bye for now.

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August 22, 2025 at 5:19pm

#1095759

English Writing and Speech

It is said, the English language is very difficult to learn because of all the commonly spelled words there are. Do you agree or disagree? How many words can you think of that you think are easily confusing? And words that you think are commonly misspelled? Do you find yourself checking to be sure when you're writing or let spell check find them?

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Hi.

I disagree. One of the classes I liked the most in my senior year in High School was English. Lots of words have to be used correctly, no matter what language you are using. Each word has its' own meaning.

Here are some sound alike words: here and hear, to-two-too, then-than, won or one. Each word has its' own use.

I like spell check. Even if you use spell check or the program, that follows you as you type, you have to know if the corrections make sense, with the way the word was used. I try to correct as I write, because it makes editing easier for me. I keep a handy English grammar book close, because I tend to punctuate the way I think, which does not always follow some rule, that a reviewer wants to see, in written works.

It is my phone typing that can be aggravating, the spellcheck on it will literally change words if it does not understand the context of the conversation. Or change a sentence and write something I did not say? Or write something that has no meaning within the conversation. I always blame AI.

Bye for now.

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August 6, 2025 at 4:00pm

#1094818

Just games

Do you like to do word puzzles? What kind?

Hi.

Yes, I do. I worked on some different ones on my kindle for a couple years. I don't presently have any now. Now, I'm doing real puzzles. Both kinds take my mind off whatever I need to dump out of my mind for a few minutes or hours. Word connect, word search, word brain 1&2, word challenge. Also, like mahjong. Now there is something on my kindle called Brain Challenge which has different categories including math.

Really busy now trying to write more and getting things done for winter. I expect a cold heavy winter this year. Hope I'm wrong.

Hay is almost in for the year too. I only watched this year.

Keep on keepin on.

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August 1, 2025 at 3:07pm

#1094520

Think about it.

Did you read the book or watch the series? What did you think? "Game of Thrones"

Hi!

Yes! I read the whole series. It was well written. It held my interest from beginning to end. I was disturbed by the focus. The focus was for the bad guy to always win. I think it is imperative, that the good guys should win. At least the majority of the time. I'm stuck in a systematic belief, that the good guys build, the bad guys tear down.

Then, as I watched and saw, how popular this was, I wondered how it was going to affect society in the USA. I did not consider how it might affect society on the whole earth?

Evil vs. right is always there in every society. For every action there is a question about what that action will accomplish? Good or bad results come from each pulse of motion.

What people write may support the outcome of some thought or action put into motion. What people write may come from actions already in motion on the earth. I guess I felt undefined fear, when I read the series. Then, I saw how much publicity was attached to the series and how many people wanted to see it or read it. The fear persists.

I guess this is what sociologists' study. The outcome of actions on society. What kind of personalities are affected by the thought, that the bad guys always win?

I also think a lot about how to stop all war on the earth. So many people die defending freedom to think, write, and produce good actions.

How will, "on earth as it is in heaven," be produced?

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