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Prompt #24: Who's your favorite fictional character and why? This is a tuff one for me as I do not read that much fiction. I am a biography type reader. But, as characters go, I like a character who is strong in attitude, lots of muscle, with details about their mannerism. I like it when there is a lot of detail in a story as it really paints a picture for me, like a movie. Cops, detectives, murder mysteries, ones based on true history is fun to read even though it probably would be fictional. I like the early 20s time period, the clothing, the cars. Maybe I lived before in another life. |
Prompt #23: Do you have any family stories from previous generations? Share one if you have it, and/or tell us a story about your life that you'd like your descendants to retell for years to come. Family stories? Nothing real exciting or that I could hand down to my grandchildren. However, just a little story about my dad's mother. She was a tiny lady from what I understand as I never met her but I understand she was powerful. Her husband, my grandfather, was a blacksmith. But he liked his drink and I guess would come home drunk many times. He gave her grief once and she took a frying pan to him. Now frying pans back in those days were iron. I am sure that hurt a lot and from what I understand, she never had anymore trouble from him again. Seabreeze 5.20.25 |
Prompt #21: What's your favorite possession? This is tuff!! First, I say my son. NO, I really don't possess him in the true sense but he is mine. I would say my newly key board, Casio. I love music and play piano. Was without it for years; so happy to have one in my life now. However, I would miss my paints (watercolors), my chess board, my plants if you took them away. Maybe I don't have a favorite. Seabreeze 5.10.25 |
Prompt #19: Who inspires you? Give a quick overview of the person and why you find them so compelling. I was inspired by the president of a company I worked at for ten years. The individual, Terry, was a man that everyone respected. He was the type of guy who walked the company, saying good morning to all the workers, which at the time I started were about 50 employees. And, even after we grew to over several 100 employees, he still did the same greeting in the morning. He was a man who would not be opposed to making coffee when we were a young company. And, if you did something that wasn't considered your job, he would be sure to recognize it and make a nice compliment. He took time out of his busy schedule to recognize new employees to the organization. Yes, a big company would have your name recognized maybe in a newsletter or bulletin. But Terry went just a bit further and would be sure to locate that employee and say hi. When we grew to over 1000, he was there at the welcome orientation to say hi to the new hireries. This man had a funny side to him and loved to show it. I had been promoted to be his secretary. One day he called me in via the telecom, to his office to take dictation. As I opened the door, went in took a seated, he had his back turned as if he was reaching for something behind his desk. As he turn around, he had a rubber chicken in one hand and he face contorted and he looked like Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy team. With the other hand he grabbed his tie and flicked it about. I thought I was going to die. He looked like Stan Laurel a little anyways. All my years of working in the office of many companies, I never experienced such an executive as Terry. He was a jewel. One of a kind. I understand that, he was very good at golf and could have been a pro but decided to work in the health care industry instead. So many people became lucky to have him do so. My hat off to you Terry. Seabreeze 5.2.25 |