Friday, February 23, 2024
Letter "H" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 12 and Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures
This Week's Prompts: Starts with "H." A Favorite.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures: I couldn't resist taking this shot of a couple of ducks. Wonder what's on their minds and what is transpiring here? This was on my 30 minutes a day walk, two blocks here from our house.
For Tom, "H"help.
For James, Reflections and/or Street/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "H": It will be the word, Heaven. When Heaven calls, I will go. Our Sunday morning Bible class now has over 150 members. In that class five of us have had a loose group with our ages of having reached a magic number 90.
This week Larry, the oldest, birthday in March, was called to Heaven before he could reach 91. His service was led by Charles, one of our class teachers. Larry had asked Charles to speak of the Lord's Prayer and to be specific on the relation of us to the Lord's kingdom coming and of the praise of God in that prayer. (Matthew 6:9-13 [click here for Wikipedia])
A Favorite: GOLFING BOOKS
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Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt
Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Nike from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance Off the Shank
Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9am
Chapter 9 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round
Chapter 10 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water
Chapter 11 - Why Your Spouse Doesn‘t Care That You Birdied the 5th
Chapter 12 - How to Let a Foursome Play Through Your Twosome
Chapter 13 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three Off the Tee
Chapter 14 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent
Chapter 15 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
Chapter 16 - When to Regrip Your Ball Retriever
Chapter 17 - Can You Purchase a Better Golf Game
Chapter 18 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer From The Cart Girl and Give Her a $3 Tip, But Will Balk at $3.50 at the 19th Hole and Stiff the Bartender
I am writing Chapter 16 first. . .
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.BETTER GOLF: HOW TO HELP YOUR GAME--SAGE ADVICE FROM AN OLD TIMER
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I have just finished my new Christmas present book on golf that purports to give the reader valuable playing tips and insider information.
Here is some more that I have gained through years of personal experience. I'm writing my own book, Better Golf: How to Help Your Game--Sage Advice From an Old Timer. Please note, this is my book, copyright and all. *.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 - How to Properly Line Up Your Fourth Putt
Chapter 2 - How to Hit a Nike from the Rough When You Hit a Titleist from the Tee
Chapter 3 - How to Avoid the Water When You Lie 8 in a Bunker
Chapter 4 - How to Get More Distance Off the Shank
Chapter 5 - When to Give the Ranger the Finger
Chapter 6 - Using Your Shadow on the Greens to Maximize Earnings
Chapter 7 - When to Implement Handicap Management
Chapter 8 - Proper Excuses for Drinking Beer Before 9am
Chapter 9 - How to Rationalize a 6 Hour Round
Chapter 10 - How to Find That Ball That Everyone Else Saw Go in the Water
Chapter 11 - Why Your Spouse Doesn‘t Care That You Birdied the 5th
Chapter 12 - How to Let a Foursome Play Through Your Twosome
Chapter 13 - How to Relax When You Are Hitting Three Off the Tee
Chapter 14 - When to Suggest Major Swing Corrections to Your Opponent
Chapter 15 - God and the Meaning of the Birdie-to-Bogey Three Putt
Chapter 16 - When to Regrip Your Ball Retriever
Chapter 17 - Can You Purchase a Better Golf Game
Chapter 18 - Why Male Golfers Will Pay $5.00 a Beer From The Cart Girl and Give Her a $3 Tip, But Will Balk at $3.50 at the 19th Hole and Stiff the Bartender
I am writing Chapter 16 first. . .
The above is an excerpt from Chapter 16 written as a teaser for the book, a previous blog post on that I had written on January 6, 2006. I haven't made much progress on the book yet, I am waiting until we sell this large house and move into a Senior Living Place. My readers then seemed to think it would be a great idea. You can finish the short story intro to Chapter 16 by clicking here.
For Tom's choice, "Help": This is Mrs. Jim with our daughter and granddaughter, three generations. Mrs. Jim is a very giving and concerned lady, I have given her a middle name, Help.
An example, yesterday Mrs. Jim accompanied me to a visit with my Podiatrist about a sixth toenail growing on my big toe, left foot. Numerous times she would get up and open the door for someone in a wheelchair coming or leaving. A big help to them, even when some were being pushed by someone.
Oh yes, seven years later now, the granddaughter is a freshman in high school. Also, we have moved close to them, a ten-minute walk away. And the doctor cut out the toenail our although it will grow back again (no picture here, I forgot to take one).
Also note that this shows that many of our trees stay green all winter. That is a pedestrian bridge in the back, to cross the little stream.
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The fine print
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Back
woods Travel" (Link here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am also linked this week with James of "Weekend Reflections" (click here for his Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Labels: Books, Church, Family, Friday's Weekend Roundup 12, Golf, Reflections
Friday, March 17, 2023
Letter "K" --- Friday's Weekend Roundup 10 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
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| Our living room viewed from my recliner chair. The bookcase on the left is featured today. On the left are three tall windows below three more at second floor level. The front door is later, down the hall to the right. [click the picture for a larger view] |
- Tom's Requests: Starts with "K"; A Favorite; and Tom's suggestion, "Kooky."
- James' request, Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures.
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Starts with "K": "Key" starts with "K". Key is a very hard worker, not only as the unlocking of doors type but rather in Metaphor. Key to my heart, key words, key man, etc. most any place where importance in the task is necessary.
In my picture of the right (side of the fireplace) bookcase is shown two "Keys to Understanding the Message of the Bible." The bottom Nativity wooden set we purchased in Bethlehem, Isarael. It shows the birth of Jesus Christ with the Angel standing by. There is a family story behind each of the three pieces here, the Globe, the Angel, and the Nativity.
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Above, the next shelf up this set of books comprise a set of New Testament commentaries by William Barkley. We bought those when we were selling Christian books, mainly we had out of spinner wracks in grocery stores. We had a 'distributor' franchise to do that, it also had a multilevel marketing set up but we had no others, just Mrs. Jim and me.
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Tom's suggestion, "Kooky": Luke, our former neighbor dog was glad to see us. Doesn't Luke look sad to see us leave? Kooky? He is a nice dog, he minds sooo good.
Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures: Another "Dog Day in Telluride" photo. Telluride, Colorado is about thirty minutes hour away from our friends' ranch.
.[Click picture for larger sized viewing]A Lagniappe: We spent the afternoon here, Lake Maggiore at Stresa, Italy (for last week's letter), the mountains across the lake are in Switzerland. We haven't been to any of the five countries beginning with "K", Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, and Kuwait and probably won't.
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The Fine Print:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Traveler" (click here, Link, for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
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Labels: Books, Colorado 2011, Dogs, Italy, Reflections
Friday, August 19, 2022
Letter "G" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street/Candid Captures
- Tom's posting prompts: This "Week's Prompts Starts with "G." A Favorite. "Grand".
- James wishes for our Reflections and/or Street Photos/Candid Captures
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| Taken in 2013 at Hyde Park, London, U.K. |
"Half is better than none," or so they say. Others will argue, "It's all or none"
Starts with "G": This one-legged Goose wants to be my G-Word today.
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I could not find much about this specific car we see. In races the Abrey's enter it in the pre-1920 class. (road rally link picture) I was not sure exactly looking to find more.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY WERE THERE, ON THE STREET BESIDE OUR CITY BUS.
Tom's choice,"Grand": The last beach where we played was at the Seven Mile Beach at Grand Cayman Island.
We always call him, no matter where he is or who he really is, the Friendly Stranger. A Friendly Stranger took this picture, it has been cropped to portrait size.
Aside, he had been drinking a lot but was able to snap this one for us. We hope he didn't drown; the warm water may have sobered him up, I wonder?
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A Lagniappe #1: There's a lot of Gaff that teachers have to put up with. It is no wonder that so many are retiring ASAP, most Gaff comes from the politicians and some also by the mislead parents.
The pictures are some books that teachers, and libraries, have no discretion but to follow new rules to ban them.
For this week's post I've circled all that have a prominent "G" letter in the word and its usage.
From top to bottom the words are as follows:
Ghost; Gay; Gay; and Gender.
I agree, some are not suitable for all ages, but adults should be able to read as they wish.
A Lagniappe #2: BTW, I bought a used book today, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Both Mrs. Jim and I had read excerpts but not the entire book.
A Lagniappe #3: I like the comics, a.k.a. funnies, but I read only about ten of the many of those in my Houston Chronicle. Five I make a point of reading and then five or six more if I feel like reading more. The top five are Peanuts, Mother Goose and Grim, Hagar the Horrible, Blondie, and Beatle Bailey.
Peanuts is my favorite, I like Beatle Bailey because he is an Army Private and I started my five years as a Private also. The other five or six I often read are Bizarro, B.C, Family Circus, Ziggy, Rymes with Orange, and F-Minus. I hardly ever read anymore.
In peanuts right now, Snoopy's brother, Spike, is visiting. He is in bad shape with the drought in the desert where he lives and came for help.
Questions for you:
Do you read the comics?
If so, how many on average?
What is your favorite?
Growing up I used to read Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annice, and Little Abner which terminated in 1977 (read more). I still have my 127 Dick Tracy camera.
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The Fine print stuff:
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra-large.]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link is here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
-The one-legged Goose photo was previously posted in April 2015 with several other photos with a slightly humorous poem I wrote, it is posted at the link below on my other active blog,
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Labels: Bible, Birds, Books, Caribbean, Cars, Cartoons, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, Humor(?), London, Quiz, Race, Reflections, The Comics
Friday, July 08, 2022
Letter "A" -- Friday's Weekend Roundup 09 / Reflections and-or Street Captures
[This is Amber]
Tom's posting prompts, for This "Week's Prompts Starts with "A." A Favorite. "A"pple:"
James wishes for our
Reflections and/or Street Photos
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[New American Encyclopedia,
Motor Vehicles Briefly Discussed,
page 431, c. 1908, P.F Colier & Son
for sure an Antique book]
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Starts with "A": Automobile, now also called Car or Auto, starts with "A". This would be a typical Auto back in 1908, 114 years ago.
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I have a Reflection of the TV interview showing on the Coffee Tabletop and unintended, my foot selfie was in the picture. This is my pretty one, the other has as crooked and webbed toes. The two Hamer Toes are from having a car running over them, and then stopped for a bit while I was screaming at the driver to pull up.
A story. We were on the way home from Oregon back to Nebraska. We stopped at Presho, S.D, the town where Mom was born. I mentioned to my parents that I had seen as sign in the window of a small cafe saying, "Home Baked Pie". We all laugh, an inside joke, when "home baked pie" comes to someone's thinking.
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The Fine print stuff:
- The Antique Book had belonged to my father, likely a gift to him or a hand-me-down. Dad was born in 1910, the book was published in 1908.
- [Click on any picture for larger, click it again for extra large]
- I am linked with Tom of "Backwoods Travel" (Link is here to click for Tom's Weekend Reviews)
- I am also linking again this week with James of "Weekend Reflections/Street Photos" (click here for his Street Folk and Reflections Photos).
- The pictures mostly are all mine and rights are reserved to me under Copyright Law.
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Labels: Amber, Antiques, Books, Cars, Cats, Food, Friday's Weekend Roundup 09, Reflections, Selfies, TV
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
— My Alphabe-Thursday (2nd), the letter "E" / Thursday Two Questions —
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"E" is for Elephant. I found these plush toy elephants at our local Toys"R"Us® store at the Woodlands (Texas) last night.
Please note that both sizes are FAO Schwarz toys that are now being carried at the Toys"R"Us® stores. The small size is $13.99 while the larger one, picture on the right here, is $149.99. Elephants weren't on our shopping list so we didn't buy any.
The rest of the pictures below (you can click on the pictures to make them larger) are of some of the elephants that we saw at the circus this summer (our pictures and story with KP). I have a 'special place' for elephants, they are such remarkable animals. Their memories are remarkable too.
Before the circus we were 'up close' for the first two pictures when we got to watch the lone elephant, Asia, paint a picture. After Asia finished painting she proudly showed her art work to the audience. (YouTube Video link of this act)
Unfortunately elephants are often physically abused by their impatient caretakers. The ivory from elephant tusks sells at a premium. Poachers, mainly in the wilds and preserves of Africa, are killing the elephants for those tusks. I believe a few are cut off while the lovely beast is alive.
A nice book about circus elephants is Water for Elephant, a historical novel by Sara Gruen. Gruen originally wrote the novel as part of National Novel Writing Month. It later was made into a movie. I have read the book but haven't seen the movie (link). The book is about a circus elephant and her trainer. I am giving it a BIG thumbs up.
==>The Alphabe- Thursday portion of this post will be critiqued by Head Mistress Jenny.
My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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==>My Thursday Two Questions post is for Amanda.
Here we have some pictures to honor Alphabe-Thursday letter "E"
"E" is for Elephant. I found these plush toy elephants at our local Toys"R"Us® store at the Woodlands (Texas) last night.Please note that both sizes are FAO Schwarz toys that are now being carried at the Toys"R"Us® stores. The small size is $13.99 while the larger one, picture on the right here, is $149.99. Elephants weren't on our shopping list so we didn't buy any.
The rest of the pictures below (you can click on the pictures to make them larger) are of some of the elephants that we saw at the circus this summer (our pictures and story with KP). I have a 'special place' for elephants, they are such remarkable animals. Their memories are remarkable too.
Before the circus we were 'up close' for the first two pictures when we got to watch the lone elephant, Asia, paint a picture. After Asia finished painting she proudly showed her art work to the audience. (YouTube Video link of this act)
Unfortunately elephants are often physically abused by their impatient caretakers. The ivory from elephant tusks sells at a premium. Poachers, mainly in the wilds and preserves of Africa, are killing the elephants for those tusks. I believe a few are cut off while the lovely beast is alive.
A nice book about circus elephants is Water for Elephant, a historical novel by Sara Gruen. Gruen originally wrote the novel as part of National Novel Writing Month. It later was made into a movie. I have read the book but haven't seen the movie (link). The book is about a circus elephant and her trainer. I am giving it a BIG thumbs up.
==>The Alphabe- Thursday portion of this post will be critiqued by Head Mistress Jenny.
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Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
Last week was about a couple of "D" words, Dum Dums and Donuts. I enjoyed the way you discussed your sweet tooth or lack of it.
Now for my Thursday Two Questions.
Last week was about a couple of "D" words, Dum Dums and Donuts. I enjoyed the way you discussed your sweet tooth or lack of it.
My Two Questions for this week (you can answer just one if you wish):
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1. Have you read the book, 'Water for Elephants' or seen the movie. If so, what did you think about it?
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2. What do you think might be done to eliminate or reduce the cruel treatment of animals?
Bonus Question: What is your favorite "E" word?. .
==>My Thursday Two Questions post is for Amanda.
Labels: Alphabe-Thursday-[2nd], Animals, Books, Thursday-Two-Questions
