Tag: Writing
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Fat Tuesday – Polish Paczki’s, Chicago, rush to get one!
Today is the day to get your Paczki! Here in Chicago, it’s BIG. Bakeries have been working over time to make them. The last day to indulge before Lent. We have a large Polish community here. I was reading that the best place to find Paczki’s today is in the Midwest (Illinois / Michigan), that’s…
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Navy Seal – Jocko Willink on Simon Sinek’s podcast!
I listened to Simon Sinek’s, A Bit of Optimism podcast, Episode 163: Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams with Retired Jocko Willink. Good podcast. Always motivational to hear a Navy Seal share stories. If you are out exercising and getting bored. I recommend Sinek’s podcasts. Helps make the time fly by faster, then 10K steps =…
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Paul Simon, 83, back on Tour. Thanks to Stanford University – SICHL!
I love these kind of stories, where we think life might be over as we age, but instead we can have a come back. That’s what happened for Paul Simon. In 2019, he retired from touring, due to severe hearing loss in one of his ears. Enter Stanford University’s, Dr. Konstantina M. Stankovic, a professor…
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Writing Prompts – Funny Faces!
Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and the stores are filled with flowers. I saw these flowers, as I looked at them, two funny faces peered out at me. Writing prompts… WHO is hidden in the flowers and WHY? FIRST one, looked like a mask from a masquerade party. SECOND one, looked like a dog was looking…
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Daily Writing – Get Going!
Sometimes we need a PUSH. I’m writing an MG mystery. I’ve put it aside, because I wasn’t sure “where” I should go next in the story. Although, lately the last scene keeps playing in my mind. Where did I leave off? Two sisters are in an alley, they saw their aunt go into a house…
Spark of Inspiration 