Middle-aged Maverick

Category: 5Ws Wednesday

  • “Behave Yourself”

    5Ws Wednesday—What does it feel like…? I’ve been submitting essays to publications hoping to secure my first “yes”. I have a few that I’ve been rotating through for various magazines. One essay that I particularly like is the one that describes how it has felt for me to be so scared to say what I’m… →

  • Why am I so tired?

    5Ws Wednesday It’s Wednesday, so I’m asking the hard hitting questions that start with a W. Today, why am I so tired? Hard hitting question, but easy answer. I’m tired because for the past week, my body has been doing diabolical things to my nervous system. Hormones and work stress have kept my body, not… →

  • From Different to the Same

    Let me tell you what my honest, very first reaction was to this question…I literally said out loud “not a g**damn thing”. Then I paused for a moment and wondered if I answered this last year. I know the prompts are repeated every day now, but last year I didn’t always answer them each day.… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday—What does that remind you of?

    With tomorrow being Christmas Day, I am basking today in the glow of our Christmas decorations. All of them are reminiscent of past memories in some way. Our tree for example: Most of the ornaments on our tree are not just random ornaments. Many are gifts from students (or their parents) over the years. Some… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday–Who am I again?

    Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? This is a perfect question for today. We’re all in the reflective, looking back mode as we get closer to the new year. For me, while my life has greatly changed over this past year, I honestly don’t know if this is how I pictured… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday—Where are you from?

    In the comments, I really need you to tell me where you’re from and why. And I’m starting my post with what usually comes at the end, because I really want you to think about this. I have such a hard time when someone asks me where I’m from. Or, “are you from here?” I’ve… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday—Why all the nostalgia?

    I am very much a person who experiences nostalgia frequently. In fact, I have a playlist that’s labeled “high school nostalgia”. I started adding songs to it so that when I’m working on my book, which relies heavily on transcribing old journals, I can get deeper into my feelings by listening to the music of… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday-What’s going on?

    For Wednesday’s, non-WP-daily-prompt post, I think I’m going to throw a W question out there. Who, what, when, where, why…and maybe if I’m feeling spicy, I’ll ask a ‘how’ question. The question on this first Wednesday is: What’s going on? And by going on, I am referring to the social media trend of standing with… →