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Category: Writing

Journal Entry Type #72: So are the Days of Our Lives

01/05/2021

U.S. Government, Writing

I have to say it’s really hard not to stay tuned to the news when the U.S. is still in the midst of their election (one state, Georgia, in a runoff) and then the Congressional counting of the Electoral votes (House and Senate) on January 6th. There’s going to be objections from both House and
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Journal Entry Type #71: A Long Road Ahead

12/30/2020

New Year Resolutions, Writing

I can’t tell you how much I’m excited for 2020 to be over and done with. Why? It means so many new things can begin. It’s hard to look at the New Year the same way as past New Years. Movies that were made thirty and forty years ago but set in 2000s have come
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Journal Entry Type #70: Third Week of December

12/21/2020

Writing

I will have written 70 journal entries since the beginning of 2019 once this is posted. This is what I wrote back then, the second week of 2019. I find it good to look back to see where I was, although because I’m the person I am, it usually doesn’t change much. The words in
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Journal Entry Type #69: C is for Christmas

12/16/2020

Amazon Recommendations, Writing

I grew up with Christmas: the big artificial tree, the plethora of ornaments, the lights wrapped around the stairs handrailing, the candles in the windows, the wreath on the door, and the antique glass reindeer. Since leaving my parents’ house, I’ve never had a tree (alive or fake), never had ornaments, never had lights, never
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Journal Entry Type #68: Frankly, I’m Stuck

12/05/2020

Writing

I’ve been forever trying to get myself back in a routine. It’s been harder than normal for some reason. I find myself being in a mindset to do great things when I wake up, but as the minutes turn to hours, I’m sluggish and don’t feel like doing much. I haven’t been sleeping well at
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Journal Entry Type #67: During and After the Full Belly

11/30/2020

Politics, War, Writing

As many people in the U.S. and a handful of other countries that celebrate Thanksgivings earlier, as a collective whole probably stuffed themselves silly and gave thanks. If you live in the U.S., there’s the reminder of how the Native populations still suffer. I’ve been a type of person to not sugarcoat the mistakes and
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Journal Entry Type #66: Legos and Puzzles

11/24/2020

Legos, Writing

Right now I’m taking my life slowly, like very slowly. I should be gung ho to rewrite and exercise with all my free time on my hands now, but I find myself doing other things like Legos (although most of the Harry Potter Legos were done someone else). I did put together the car in
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Journal Entry Type #65: Not What I Wanted but Here I Am

11/18/2020

Writing

It’s not surprising how I recently got more time on my hands. More than I would’ve liked, but I’m looking at this as an opportunity to catch up on things I’ve been putting off. I took the first two days once hearing the news to digest it and not get so wrapped up in the
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Journal Entry #64: I Want a Redo of 2020!

11/10/2020

Writing

My head feels like it’s been put in a meat grinder. Last night was the first time my body relaxed enough for me to sleep mostly throughout the night since the election was unofficially decided. It feels like the next two months will seem a lot longer until Biden officially becomes the 46th U.S. president.
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Journal Entry Type #63: The U.S. 2020 Election, So Far

11/06/2020

Politics, U.S. Government, Writing

I’ve been noticeably absent from my blog for several reasons, but the main one being the U.S. presidential election. I’ve become quite the nerd about it or maybe a little obsessive. I purposely took off two days after November 3rd to process what happened either way. It’s been weighing on me more about the future
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Journal Entry Type #62: Slow Down but not Too Much

11/01/2020

Writing

Okay, I don’t have a lot of time as I have to get on the road (highway), but as I was getting ice tea today, I ran across this. Yes, I was in the passenger seat so I was able to take a picture with my phone. It’s blurry but serves a purpose, nonetheless, and
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Journal Entry Type #61: Expect Nothing but Do Much!

10/15/2020

Writing

The emotions I felt with finally self publishing my poetry book are now gone. Am I feeling like I achieved something? And accomplishment? Somewhat to both. I remember saying I would send to bloggers following my blog a PDF version of my revised poems. I still will do that if you want it. Just email
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Poetry Collection: It’s Finally Here!

10/11/2020

Poetry, Writing

As promised in October, here is my reworked poems I’ve written in the past 25 years. Take a look and buy it if you are interested. It is in Kindle and paperback form. I know some of my followers have read these poems before, but I took a good portion of the year to revise
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