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Pedestrian PonderingCommonplace Or RareMaybe Both SimultaneouslyThe Merriam-Webster dictionary shows two definitions of the word, pedestrian. It is both a noun describing one who walks or an adjective meaning commonplace, unimaginative. Realizing that such differences exist can be helpful when m...
05/12/2025
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Redos, Repeats and RevisionsA Look Back A May 2025 AR Challenge EntryThere are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is Tomorrow. Attributed to Dalai Lama The quote goes on to include: Today is the right day to Love. Believe, Do and mostly ...
05/05/2025
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A Pink PianoAnd April Showers From The PastCombine As Thoughts-A-Plenty Continue to Grow Nearly a decade ago, I shared the above photo which I snapped while out and about in Pasadena after a bit of a drizzle. It's interesting what can be observed in the course of a day even one that might otherwi...
04/28/2025
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In The Weeds. . . Thinking of idioms can be fertile ground for my imagination. Searching for real world relevance remains more than a rabbit hole adventure for my wandering and curious mind. fThe dynamics of thought and randomness continue to feed my interest. Meanwhile as jellybeans an...
04/21/2025
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Hoe - Hoe - HoeNo, It's Not Christmas in April I guess you can’t keep me out of the garden. Or from other places where digging occurs. Admittedly, I am a pest in that way. Although, I am not going to shovel out a second challenge post this month, thinking about it has not stopped. I do hav...
04/14/2025
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Planting A Pretty PlotOrPerhaps A Foolish FlopMy April 2025 AR Challenge Post As each ActiveRain challenge is announced, thoughts begin to form. If as well as how I can interpret the concept enter my mind. This month Eileen Burns 954.483.3912 and Nick Vandekar, 610-203-4543 have plotted th...
04/07/2025
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Thanks A ThousandA Gratitude JourneyA Book Review of Sorts Recently, I finished the book, Thanks A Thousand by A. J. Jacobs (no relation). He is the author of a number of books I have read as well as more than a few others still in the process of starting or finishing. As previously shared, I re...
04/03/2025
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Fifteen On Sunday, March 30, I will have been an ActiveRain member for fifteen years. Like many, I joined then lurked about this place until writing my initial posts and commenting later in 2010. Quite frankly, I didn't understand how AR operated but through time, trial-and-error as well as s...
03/27/2025
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Aspects of CuriositySpring Arrives as the Seasons Satisfies and Shares a Sense of Things To ComeAnother AR Challenge Submission The comedian, Steven Wright has been attributed with the saying, “Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect". Whenever I hear the quote, it still makes ...
03/20/2025
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I’m at Peace On Pi DayAnother AR March Challenge Entry(Or is it an Entree?) In some circles today, March 14, 2025, is also known by its far more interesting name, Pi Day. No, not National Pie Day which is celebrated each January. Admittedly, there are countless confusing things in everyday life...
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