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Gayle Alstrom – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. I live with a cat in Staten Island, New York, USA. Sometimes I write and sometimes I paint or take photos or read. I have a B.A. in Humanities. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. Above photo: My Mother and I, 1958, when I was 16. We lived on Wilshire Blvd. Just west of the Beverly Hills City Limits sign on Wilshire.). However, I always liked classical or semi-classical music more than popular, which my Mother didn’t share eventhough she studied piano for 10 years...
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order – Page 2 – Personal Writing
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Post Daily Blog: Just Another Day with the Cats. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. In response to Just Another Day. 8211;Our days our organized around numerous small actions we repeat over and over. What’s. For the past 4 years, every single morning between 5:00 am and 7:00 am, depending on when I wake up, I venture outside, regardless of the weather, to feed the stray cats in my neighborhood. January 28, 2016. January 28, 2016. Daily Post Blogging Prompt. Give your n...
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Song – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. Above photo: My Mother and I, 1958, when I was 16. We lived on Wilshire Blvd. Just west of the Beverly Hills City Limits sign on Wilshire.). I was raised by a single mother. My Mother’s musical taste was formed in the big band era. She had a large record collection, and since I heard so much of the big bands, I liked that music, too, more than I did the popular music of the 1950’s. In my 20’s, I visited many of the jazz clubs in...
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The Window at Work – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. The Window at Work. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. Response to the Post Daily Word Prompt: Window. I didn’t want to be a secretary, I wanted to be a photographer. This office also had a beautiful roof, which I could go out onto and take photos. The other employees were very happy to go up on the roof and pose for me. I would give them the photos I took of them, which I had printed myself on good photo paper and often 8″ x 10″. Frank Tomsisk, FAIA, San Francisco arc...
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The Screen Star – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. In response to the Post Daily Prompt: Screen. I always thought this as my Groucho Marx incident. March 8, 2016. March 9, 2016. Daily Post Blogging Prompt. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Address never made public). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out. Notify me of new comments via email. Left home in St...
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Daily Prompt: Fandom–Memoir of a Tennis Nut – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Daily Prompt: Fandom–Memoir of a Tennis Nut. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. This post is in response to:. Are you a sports fan? Tell us about fandom. If you’re not, tell us why not. The sport of my life was tennis. Tennis has changed so much from when I was growing up. Now everyone has big rackets. I still have my small wooden one that has Bjorn Borg’s name on it. Also, now everyone seems to have the two-handed backhand–and I believe that is...December 22, 2015.
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Chaos on Wall Street – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Chaos on Wall Street. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. In response to the Daily Blogging Prompt Chaos. However, the film did remind me of a few jobs I had on Wall Street back in the 1970’s, when I worked as an office temp. Before or after that day, I never worked in an office with that continual level of anxiety. To go through something like that day after day, a person would really have to love money. May 14, 2016. May 14, 2016. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Photos fr...
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Aging: The Physical Disaster – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Aging: The Physical Disaster. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. In response to the Daily Post Prompt: Disaster. I find that even though I, at 73, can still walk quite a lot and exercise at the gym 2 or 3 times a week, physical activity makes me increasingly more tired. One can exercise and diet and keep active, but you can’t control the increasing amount of tiredness that comes after the physical activity. Except, maybe, by praying. God, renew my energy when I am tired.
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Another Day on the Subway – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Another Day on the Subway. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. In response to the Daily Post Blog Prompt: Fleeting. What I was doing in Queens 5 years ago, I can’t remember, but I know it was time to start home. Caught the subway to take me into Bowling Green in Manhattan from there I could catch the ferry to take me back to Staten Island. April 13, 2016. April 13, 2016. Daily Post Blogging Prompt. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. The Window at Work.
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Post Daily Blog: Key Takeaway – A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order
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A Few Words in Some Kind of Dubious Order. Post Daily Blog: Key Takeaway. Post Daily Blogging Prompt. In response to the Post Daily Blog: Key Takeaway. Give your newer sisters and brothers-in-WordPress one piece of advice based on your experiences blogging. January 25, 2016. January 25, 2016. Daily Post Blogging Prompt. One thought on “ Post Daily Blog: Key Takeaway. January 25, 2016 at 8:31 pm. There is a difference between criticizing and giving feedback. Did the person ask for feedback? Designed and c...
