• “Did You Wash Your Hands?” And Other Hard Hitting Questions

    Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses. Me: Is it an animal? Lily: No. Me: Is it food? Lily: No. Me: Is it an object? Lily: Yes. Me: Can you ride it? Lily: giggles No! And on and on this line of…

  • Cold and Tired, But Ready for Adventure

    How are you feeling right now? This is a very appropriate question for my current situation. And by situation, I mean sitting up cross legged in a very fluffy bed with furry pink pillows and velvet blankets. My littlest niece has camped out with her big sister so I could have her room while I’m…

  • Back to Life, Back to Reality

    What daily habit do you do that improves your quality of life? Really?! Another habit question? Oh boy. Can we skip this re-run? I knit. I crochet. I journal. I sit in my favorite spot on the couch every night. I sit under the magnolia tree in my backyard. I used to run. We’ve been…

  • My Search History—by Middle-Aged Maverick

    What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? Did the FBI sponsor this question? Probably not. They already know our search history, I’m sure. They would want to know why we were looking up those things though. That is, of course, after the fact. They would want to…

  • 90s TV Nostalgia

    What TV shows did you watch as a kid? TV shows when I was a kid is a great topic! I like this one today. For the most part, the movies I watched as a kid were definitely not something kids should have been watching. I was just barely over the GenX age limit and…

  • Evening Deep Couch Sitting

    What’s your favorite time of day? I’m taking the easy way out with this question today. Last year at some point, the prompt asked about daily habits. I waxed poetically about my spot on the couch and why sitting there in the evening hits different than any other time of the day. It is still…

  • Recipe for Life (part 2): Optional Ingredients

    Inspired by my previous post today, Recipe for Life, I’ve decided to add on to the original “recipe” I shared. I thought of some optional “ingredients” that have helped me have a good life lately. I’m sharing them now as inspiration for your own “recipe”. What I shared was only the basics–pets, a home, good…

  • I didn’t know her, but…

    Tell us about the last thing you got excited about. Did you ever see the movie “Gladiator”? Remember the scene when Maximus laughs at Proximo about “knowing” Marcus Aurelius? Let me refresh your memory because this scene is what popped into my head when I saw this prompt today. Now, pretend I’m Proximo and you…

  • Movies on Repeat

    What are your top ten favorite movies? I have been asked this question before! Not by WordPress, but by some nosy 8th graders I was teaching one year. I made an honest-to-goodness handwritten top 10 list. It was on an index card that for some strange reason, I kept, but now I can’t find it.…

  • I Love Words

    What do you enjoy most about writing? There are two things that I really enjoy about writing. I can’t decide which one is better than the other. The first is all about the process. Cue the guy from the A-team who always said he loves when a plan comes together. I love when I have…