Blogophilia 22.16: It’s A Celebration!

Martien Ecrits, AKA Marvin Martian says: Welcome November! This is Week 22 in Year 16 of Blogophilia! Happy Thanksgiving to all the American Earthlings! This alien gives HUGE THANKS to all of you out there who write with us and support our writing community – you rock!

Blogophilia group over there on Facebook

Blog topic parameters & how it works here on WordPress

Hard Bonus: Incorporate a lyric from Stevie Wonder

Easy Bonus: Include a turkey or other kind of fowl

Dancing in the Rain

When holidays & birthdays come along, It’s a Celebration! Mostly… I cut contact with my immediate family, who moved out to the west coast anyway. Extended family are a bit far, and they have their own families to celebrate with. It’s been a tradition to have people who otherwise don’t have a place to go, and it started way back… I just continued the tradition, starting with New Year’s Eve, then expanded to all of the holidays including the 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve/Winter Solstice, Easter/Spring Equinox, etc. smaller holidays like Labor Day & Memorial Day people are welcome, too, except it seems like I work every holiday, which makes it difficult… But we manage. I haven’t been able to do much after dislocating then subsequent surgery, but I used to do the main entree, and we’d all pitch in. My son has been doing most of the cooking.

When you believe in things that you don’t understand, Then you suffer Superstition by Stevie Wonder. I often ponder where superstition ends and mythology or religion starts. Like with Buddhism, you’re not required to worship the polytheistic Gods/Goddesses – just follow “The Way” to enlightenment. Even with Christianity, if we were to follow in Jesus’ path, would it be wrong to not believe in God? I don’t know… A lot of people of faith cannot fathom that… Yet I believe in doing for the good of all people. I guess I will keep doing what I think is right & be good with that.

Another thing that I do, being the rebel that I am, is ask why for Thanksgiving, it’s always some kind of fowl, whether it’s duck, goose, turkey… I don’t even have a round table to run around to see if the turkey can tag the duck, or maybe just decide to have the goose join in, too. One year we did Cornish hens. Another year we did something like lasagna… I don’t know, but it seems as if my regulars are shrinking. One of them passed on, and another returned to his old ways. Then due to moving, changes in other people’s routines, ailments, and maybe not feeling up to it, sometimes we’re lucky to get one person… which is fine, but, it would be helpful to know, ahead of time because since I don’t want to make a 12+ pound turkey just for 4 people… But, oh well, I guess I can make to-go containers for people who are hungry that didn’t want to come.

Blogophilia 21.16: WRITER’S CHOICE! Fall Flowers

Welcome November! This is Week 21 in Year 16 of Blogophilia! And it’s Writer’s Choice Week – YOU choose your own topics and bonus prompts, and Marvin provides the photo! Let your imagination run free, unleash your muse and WRITE ON!

Blogophilia group on Facebook Right Here

Blog topic parameters & How it works HERE

Hard Bonus: WRITER’S CHOICE – use homonyms

Easy Bonus: WRITER’S CHOICE – use homophones

Sunflower Field

Fall Flowers in Wisconsin like sunflowers, aster, Asiatic lilies, cone flowers, roses, daisies, clematis, and shooting stars are a nice way to keep colors in the yard. I don’t have any in mine, though. It’s still difficult for me to garden, plus I don’t have the space I need to pull this off.

Of course, I’d have to buy seeds, and figure out where to put them by, especially out front since we don’t have a flat yard and the areas I have already are filled with irises. I have more space in the back, even though I have eight edible plants that I ate.

AI trying to correct what I write is so annoying since the whole gist of what I’m posting is lost on it… I’d rather pay an editor, but not for a fun blog… if I had that kind of money, I’d hire a landscaper.

Giving Tuesday is always the Tuesday after Thanksgiving

This year, in 2024, it is on December 3, 2024 - to give to your favorite nonprofit and be able to get a tax deduction when you do your taxes the next year.

First, I'd like for you to consider to give the gift of music by donating to local music:
Racine Concert Band: http://www.racineconcertband.com/
The RCB is one of the oldest local bands in the country, bringing to you 103 years of free music to the community in 2025. Also there's a collaboration with the high schools to mentor young musicians to be at their best. Thank you for your consideration.

And just beware of certain places that seem good... I'm sharing this again, with the understanding that the 2nd in command of the Hospitality Center moved on, which is great for him, but now I feel like I really can't go to this certain place without being on the buddy system, not just for the situation, but the fact that the social worker either can't read & goes by hearsay or if she did read, has extremely low comprehension & wants to start an argument over something I never said... It's sad, because there are so many people who rely on that place, but I just think that women need to be aware, you'll get asked to leave if you're touched inappropriately, and the breakfasts might not be as kosher as they seem.

I refer back to this blog from October 2023:

WordPress: https://likamarie.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/confessions-of-an-advocate-holiday-giving-a-must-read/

Blogger: https://likaslaments.blogspot.com/2023/10/confessions-of-advocate-holiday-giving.html

Blogophilia 20.16 – Need to Write

From Martien Ecrits: This week’s topic exemplifies what keeps our writers going – the NEED TO WRITE! What does writing do for you? How does it feel for you? Why do you do it – is it because of the creativity, personal fulfillment, gaining followers, or is it a release of emotions? Or perhaps it is something else? Or maybe all of the above? Get creative as you express your need to write – by writing! Come share your thoughts, as we at the Marvin House look forward to reading your writes this week. Join us at Blogophilia, the place for blogging, fun and friendship for over 16 years!

Blogophilia group on Facebook Over Here

Blog topic parameters & how it works Right Here

Hard Bonus: Incorporate the term fresnel or the Fresnel concept

Easy Bonus: Include the words “patience” and “patients”

Eye Sea Ewe

It seems strange, that in school, I couldn’t just get a writing assignment & do it on the spot. Yet when it came to do a term paper, and it came down to Need to Write, I could get my head together and get it done. I didn’t get into creative writing until after college, but always wrote well when it came to big assignments, letters to elected officials, etc. I felt like I was one of the patients that had no patience when it came to stuff like this in school.

I guess it comes to the Fresno Effect: Steep Angle = Weak Reflection; Shallow Angle = Strong Reflection. Maybe my angle was too steep or too wide or too something to lack focus, now I have it in my mind to get the bird’s eye view, at least for myself. I enjoy blogging, doing the multimedia challenge, and I have my own spot to write my stories when I’m up to taking time to type (I’m getting better at 2 handed typing again, so I’ll resume, I’ll post links as I’m ready).

Blogophilia 19.16: Screen Shots

Welcome November! This is Week 19 in Year 16 of Blogophilia! Did you remember to set your clocks back last night?

A HUGE ALIEN THANK YOU to all of the participants of the Marvin October Multimedia Challenge (MOMC)!!! It was a huge success, and we at the Marvin House are so appreciative to everyone who participated.

Blogophilia group on Facebook Right Here

Blog topic parameters & how it works HERE

Hard Bonus: Incorporate a line or quote from Arthur Rimbaud

Easy Bonus: Include the term “digerati”

Matrix blinding

Modern technology… gotta love it yet we want to hate it at the same time. Screen Shots can be taken, so be careful what you write. As an advocate, I stand on what I write, so, if one is offended, I have to wonder why… then there are those who don’t read, then argue with me about something I didn’t say…

“I am not a prisoner of my reason. – Bad Blood” ― Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat

I was accused of saying that I was going to shut this place down, and the whole kitchen staff was filthy… As a concerned citizen, after I inform the higher ups & then get told to never talk about this to staff, volunteers, board members, etc. I feel as if it’s my duty to inform the public. I’d like someone to show me where I said those things… No, I have not edited anything, please look at the date… Updates would reflect a new time stamp. Original to the time I wrote these. When I mentioned some of the other things, the person who started getting ouchy all of a sudden doesn’t want to talk about it because it’s making her “very uncomfortable” which tells me she did not read it… Yet she wants to argue about I said what I didn’t say, and “threatens” to bring it up, and I said go ahead… so here it is… It’s obvious she’s no digerati, either, because she’d have brought it up to read it again, if she wanted to prove herself. I just wonder how she got to be a social worker & hired for 5 years at the same place, if her comprehension skills are so low… Oh, well…

WordPress: https://likamarie.wordpress.com/2023/10/19/confessions-of-an-advocate-holiday-giving-a-must-read/

Blogger: https://likaslaments.blogspot.com/2023/10/confessions-of-advocate-holiday-giving.html

I said what I said and I stand on it. Carry on, people!