Saturday, April 07, 2012

My Recap — Six Word Saturday — How is yours?

My Six Words:
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What is on your bucket list?
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Travel was big on my bucket list when I retired. My three places to go were Alaska, the Panama Canal, and China. After those if there was still footing on the bucket it would be a Russia river cruise from Moscow to St. Petersburg.

We made all of those places, below are a few pictures from out Russia trip. My blogging was rather sparse, but click here for more.
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Since then and a bit before, we've done eight cruises and have been to most all of the countries in Europe, all 50 of the U.S. States and most provinces in Canada, Central America, the Holy Land, Jordan, Egypt and other places that would bore you.
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I've been in the Army (five years), worked in aerospace (spy Satellite tracking and NASA), taught in college (business professor), taught Sunday school more than half of my useful life.

I've programmed computers, built hot rod engines, raced cars, had a motorcycle, have driven over 150 miles and hour, had and helped raise five kids, am a great grandfather, and have made it to Medicare and Security.

We've retired to a golf course lakeside almost resort community now. There isn't much more for me to do or places to go and not much of anything else that I would put on my bucket list.

ary Islands while we are there..
One thing here, I do plan to keep busy as long as I can. We are scheduled to visit our family in London very soon and plan to take a Princess tour to the Canary Islands while we are there.

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My Daughter, Susie, prefers to have pictures on my blogs. So here are some pictures from our Russia visit (you may have seen them before):


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Day Three found us at the Kremlin for a nice tour. This is the Kremlin Wall.
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After the Kremlin visit, we cast off. There were ceremonies that had to be performed because it was the crew's last voyage of the season. The dining room wait staff pulled toss the balloon duty.
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Day Four included a tour of the city of Uglich.
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Day Five was a stop at Yaroslavl. Of course we toured this Church of Elijah the Prophet. Afterwards we made an Internet stop for e-mail and a comment on Billy's blog [here].
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Day Six meant we got to visit a monastery in Goritzy. There were all of two monks staying at this 23-acre haven. Goritzy is a quaint little town, larger than it seemed with a population of about 9,000.

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Day Seven was like a little bit of heaven. Here at Kizhi, an island four miles long and protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, we were to visit this wooden Church of the Transfiguration you can see from our landing dock.
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Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words for Six Word Saturday. Click the box at right to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week. Cate is the boss at Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.

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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

My Inbox — MidWeek Blues — What is this other thing?

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I n b o x

Dad's inbox was full
nine letters to write
fifty-five to read
how did he ever?

My inbox is full
fifty thousand plus
e-mails here to cull
how will I ever?

Catching up is hard
some say can't be done
Dad lit a fire
I used the 'delete'

Two generations
apart by the years
harm done is trifling
we did what it took
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You can count the keys on this LARGE PRINT typewriter pictured below.
Please also note that it is a manual and not electric.

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Photo and Poem Copyright
© 2012 Jimmiehov
All Rights Reserved

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The prompt word for One Single Impression this week was "Transition" suggested by Teri Casper.
of Teri's Mandala Poetry
For more poems using this prompt word please go to One Single Impression. I first posted this one in my Jim's Little Photo and Poem Place.
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A minor concern: People tend to believe everything that I say. Not all my poems are true. Please don't believe every word I write here as gospel, some is poetic fiction. This one tells the truth for me, but Dad would never let his Inbox have even one unattended letter remaining at bedtime.
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If you want to post a MidWeek Blues picture, go get directions from Rebecca by clicking on the logo picture on the right. She has a Mr. Linky and good directions . Just do what I did.
Or do less. All she requires is a BLUE PICTURE, you don't have to write.
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Monday, April 02, 2012

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Miss Green bounced down the streets. A green snorkel mask turned her into an astronaut out on EVA.

Oops, breathing tube failure! SOS! SOS!


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139 Characters as counted by Design 215
µ-fiction Story Copyright
© 2012 Jimmiehov
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°Written for Succinctly Yours – Week 54
°The word of the week, 'bounce', and the picture were selected by
Grandma.
°It's posted on her blog, Grandma's Goulash
°Her Rules: Use the photo as inspiration for a story of 140 characters OR 140 words. It doesn’t have to be exactly 140, just not more.
°Using the word of the week is not required. This week I elected to use it, sort of.
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