Blog Challenge of the Day: How many languages do you speak? If you could instantly learn any language and be able to speak it fluently, what language would you pick? How would you use it and where would you go? I speak one and a half languages. I’m not good enough in German to countContinue reading “German, Spanish, and Patagonia”
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Excitement!
Today’s blog challenge question is… What is your first memory of being really excited? My first memory of being really excited was at Christmas. I remember running into my parents’ room rarin’ to see my stocking. My parents would wrap odds and ends like toothpaste, lip balm, and dental floss to put in our stockings,Continue reading “Excitement!”
Use of Time
When I’m not with friends, working out, outside, doing classwork, sleeping, or working, I’m writing these days. I suppose that’s where I feel my time is best spent. At lunch, while I eat? I write. Between work and class? I write. When I can’t sleep? I write. While I’m running? I think about what I’mContinue reading “Use of Time”
Wisdom?
Today, the blogging challenge topic is wisdom, something with which I have absolutely no experience whatsoever. I’ve been struggling with what to write–a rare situation. Words usually come fairly easily to me, even if they don’t go together particularly well. To me, wisdom means good judgment through experience. Of the latter, I have some. OfContinue reading “Wisdom?”
Climbing Fiction
I’ve had several people make inquiries about my rock climbing after yesterday’s post. There’s quite a bit of curiosity about my clandestine activity of choice. I have a suspicion that people would like me to post more about it. Rock climbing is poised for a boost of visibility in the public eye this summer whenContinue reading “Climbing Fiction”
When I grow up…
When I was really young, I wanted to dance. As I grew up a bit, I wanted to be a musician. For a while, in college, I wanted to be a politician. Then I got into rock climbing. My secret dream career hasn’t changed since. If I could be paid for doing anything I wantedContinue reading “When I grow up…”