Writing While Waiting: One Positive Change in Your Life
Daily prompt: Writing While Waiting: One Positive Change in Your Life. Writing has been the biggest positive change I’ve made recently.
Category: Living
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Writing While Waiting: What’s the most fun way to exercise?
In our writing while waiting series, we tackle the idea of the most fun way to exercise. Is there really a fun way to exercise?
Writing while Waiting: Reading Books Over and Over Again.
Answering a prompt about reading books over and over again while waiting in the car for my daughter’s dance class to conclude
NYT Word Games: A Journey of Mental Stimulation
Embarking on a journey through the world of word games with the New York Times (NYT) has been unexpectedly rewarding. Each day, I eagerly anticipate the mental challenges these games offer, particularly Wordle, Connections, and more. Starting with Wordle and Connections Wordle, a stimulating game requiring players to decipher a…
Gallbladder Gone & A Healthier Me?
The Gall of My Gall Bladder I had to have an organ removed. Not one that I can’t live without it, mind you, but an organ nevertheless. In our house, there are three people but now only one gallbladder. Of course, I couldn’t do anything in a typical manner. I…
Learning Italian for Beginners: My Journey to B1 Proficiency (Part 1)
Why I’m Learning Italian Sono Kurt. Vengo dalla Louisiana. Ho quarantotto anni. Piacere di conoscerti. Yes, I’m learning Italian. Mrs. Nola Nerd Couple’s dad is from Italy. She still has zie e zii (aunts and uncles) there. We visited them in 2010 when we took a month-long trip to Europe.…
Hurricane Ida Evacuation: Exiled on Beach Street
Direct Hit Hurricane Ida unleashed its fury on my homeland, delivering a direct hit to the town of my birth, Houma, and my hometown of Lockport. The area where I currently live found itself in the storm’s bad quadrant. As I reflect on the chaos, I realize how fortunate we…
Why I am Becoming a Flexitarian
Wake Up Call. First, it was Luke Perry. Then John Singleton. Both in their early 50s and gone too soon. Then, while watching The Sopranos, I remembered James Galdofini was 51 when he passed. I’m 45 with a 15-month-old daughter. Time to make some changes with how I’m living my…
Exercising: Roadblocks
If you have followed this blog for a long time, you would think that a post about roadblocks would focus on my palindromic rheumatism. You are partially correct. I haven’t had any flares. However, this is an autoimmune disease which means I have a comprised immune system. I really haven’t…
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