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A rewritten radioactive poem

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Not Alone

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A personal statement for my law school and scholarship applications

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The Thing That Lives Between the Seconds

Poem inspired by prompt (title) and partly written during a visit to the ER.

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Thousand ways

first one i posted, hopefully not the last

No Widow Should Walk Alone

Poem on widows' resilience against injustice; a call to stand with them.

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What is my name?

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Toe in the Water

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

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Toe in the Water

by Beholden

Rated: 13+ · Book · Experience · #2223922

A tentative blog to test the temperature.

Ten years ago I was writing several blogs on various subjects - F1 motor racing, Music, Classic Cars, Great Romances and, most crushingly, a personal journal that included my thoughts on America, memories of England and Africa, opinion, humour, writing and anything else that occurred. It all became too much (I was attempting to update the journal every day) and I collapsed, exhausted and thoroughly disillusioned in the end.

So this blog is indeed a Toe in the Water, a place to document my thoughts in and on WdC but with a determination not to get sucked into the blog whirlpool ever again. Here's hoping.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

about 4 hours ago
In response to "As I Was Saying..."

I've witnessed people who have stopped thinking; I don't think you have to worry about this.

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Ned

about 8 hours ago
In response to "As I Was Saying..."

If we haven't read them before, then they're new to us so no harm, no foul. But you're right to worry about using that resource too often. Gotta keep using the brain to keep it active. A mind is a terrible thing to waste. But it's okay if it takes a day off now and then.

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AmyJo-Spring's finally here!

about 9 hours ago
In response to "As I Was Saying..."

I laugh at how many times I get a review, and to find out I'd forgotten that I've written it. Nothing wrong with dusting off oldies, and giving it a new polish. Hope to see some of your "new" oldies.

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Wordsmitty ✍️

a day ago
In response to "Education by Waiting Room"

You read the articles? I always just look at the pictures and their captions in NatGeo so I can break without wondering what will happen next.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

a day ago
In response to "What's in a Name?"

I agree; names should have consideration put into them. In our current time, it seems many names are given just to be different.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

a day ago
In response to "Education by Waiting Room"

I think the doctor sits in his office, drinking coffee and watching the next patient on his list. As soon as the doctor sees the patient is absorbed in reading, he sends the nurse out.

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Amethyst Angel 💐

a day ago
In response to "Education by Waiting Room"

Ugh... That reminds me of the time I settled in at the library and got lost in a copy of Writer's Digest for the first time not so long ago. Just when all kinds of new worlds were opening up to me, Mom was like "come on! Time to leave..." and I was just about halfway through if even that. I can't believe it would have taken me about three hours to read a magazine, but apparently that was the timing.

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Beholden

Apr 25, 2025 at 5:35pm
In response to "What's in a Name?"

Excellent idea!

Ned

Apr 25, 2025 at 5:00pm
In response to "What's in a Name?"

It's hard to imagine a "Tiffany" in an old age home with her teeth in a glass on the bedside table. I think we should go back to the practice of calling everyone by his or her surname with a polite title in front of it.

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AmyJo-Spring's finally here!

Apr 25, 2025 at 4:13pm
In response to "What's in a Name?"

Some names are just that...Names. Some have infamy attached, such as "Adolph" or "Brutus". The name game has been crazy since Hollywood put their 2-cents in. LOL.

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December 18, 2024 at 9:54am

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Reflections in a Carnival Mirror - 2

Reflections in a Carnival Mirror - 2

The hardest thing about story writing is coming up with a story.

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