Category: Daily Prompt
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Instituting the World Flan Day!
Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. Have you already tasted this creamy, sweet, caramelized delicacy? Known by many different names, it has Latin roots but a worldly reach. Crème caramel renversé (France) and Pudim Flan (Portugal) are just a few of the names in use. Pudim de Leite (Brazil) or Milk…
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My favorite websites focused on van Gogh
What are your favorite websites? I have dozens, if not hundreds, of favorite websites. My list for this post was getting quite big. So, I decided to take a different approach and to focus all of them around one single topic. So here goes a list of my favorite websites focused on van Gogh. Museums…
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No looking back
Is there an age or year of your life you would re-live? For me there’s no looking back. I don’t think I would ever want to re-live the past, and I’m going to try to explain why. We should set up some ground rules for this experience. There are at least two possible scenarios. Immutable…
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The Salem Witch Trials
What historical event fascinates you the most? I visited Salem a few weeks ago. At once, the good energy and fun that the city exuded infected me. At every corner people were partying in costumes and having a good time. Groups gathered together to go on haunted walking tours. Long queues formed at the entrance…
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Know yourself
What’s something you believe everyone should know. The Temple of Apollo at Delphi had this inscription for everyone who entered it to read: “Know Thyself.” The implication seems to be clear: if we don’t know ourselves, how can we know anything else? A statement so simple as this has been quoted and discussed for millennia,…
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Letting my inner child run free
What does it mean to be a kid at heart? It is so cool that yesterday I asked this as part of my magic genie wishes. “I wish I will always be young at heart.” For me, it is the same as letting my inner child run free. I better work out what it means.…
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Genie to me: “Are you ready now to make your wishes?!”
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? Genie to me: “You know the drill, you have three magic wishes.” Me yesterday, after reading the prompt, and before going to bed: “Well, let me sleep on it. I will get your answer in the morning.” Me this morning: “I should really think…
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Family is where the heart is
Describe a family member. Family seems to be that sort of thing everyone knows what is. Still, people don’t know very well how to define it. A widely accepted definition is that family is where the heart is. Understanding of what it is has differed from culture to culture and from time to time. This…
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Biking around Lake Ontario
What is your favorite form of physical exercise? I just love taking my bike and doing the Great Lakes Waterfront trail! Did you know that you can do it from city to city, covering an extension of 3600 Km? All the way from Cornwall on the East to Gros Cap on the West side of…
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Why pay millions for a free ride?
How much would you pay to go to the moon? Five hundred years ago we were circumnavigating the globe for the first time. Only fifty-five years ago, going to the Moon meant for humanity the crossing of another huge new frontier. And we did cross it (or did we?). “One small step for man, one…
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From Tech Professional to Mystery Author
What alternative career paths have you considered or are interested in? To begin with, I have a confession to make… I started this blog for several reasons, but mainly because I wanted to launch a career in writing mystery novels. In truth, I wanted to use this platform to develop my skills. I aimed to…