One Stolen Kiss - Free - Surely you'd like a free kiss? No strings attached!
Until Saturday 22nd April a quick and easy read of short stories is free.
Deep in the World of the Dead - a soldier comes upon hard times
Judge Not - so easy to make judgments, so easy to get it wrong
Angela - An adorable cat has a job to do before it moves on
A Wonderful World - well it wasn't until...
One Stolen Kiss - a prequel to
Go on, sit down, put your feet up and relax and read - you know you deserve it. And if you don't, then it might give you the impetus to get up and change the world :o)
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Apr 19, 2023 07:21AM
Thanks for the 'likes' - they're encouraging. I'm now wondering if any of you have your feet up or if you're all changing the world!
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Anna wrote: "Thanks for the 'likes' - they're encouraging. I'm now wondering if any of you have your feet up or if you're all changing the world!"It is a "no feet kicked up" day for me, as usual while at work. I am about to start the second pot of coffee; one cup of the first pot went to someone else, the rest to me. I will kick my feet up later this evening when I get home for a few pages of "The Prime Ministers" book I am working my way through. (This is a very interesting non-fiction to me; I am learning a lot about the history of the British ministers and their times.)
I work on "changing the world" one step at a time through my work in the industrial construction field, I think for the better. Ensuring the quality and safety of performed work is part of my job and transfers to safe work places for our clients. No, I am not some great earth mover and changer, but we can all do our parts to help make things better.
On a separate note, we can all do little things to make the world about us a little brighter for ourselves and others. Sometimes just a smile or a pleasant comment may help relieve the anxiety or frustrations that may be plaguing someone with whom we have contact. If one thinks of a store clerk or cashier who has been standing all day and dealing with grumpy and even obnoxious customers, think of how a smile and a pleasant greeting can brighten just a small part of the day, making it just a little easier to keep going.
I think most of us appreciate it when people are patient with us. Just think of how a little patience may make it easier on those with whom we communicate.
How very true. I was explaining to someone how a little comma can change the sense of a sentence and relating it to ourselves being so small in the great universe. Yet we have the ability to change things in our own sphere of influence, whether it's at work or, as you say, in the supermarket.Your comment should be read more than once :0)
Anna wrote: "How very true. I was explaining to someone how a little comma can change the sense of a sentence and relating it to ourselves being so small in the great universe. Yet we have the ability to change..."The way you said it is such a good comparison and analogy. Wow! May I use that? Seriously, I love your analogy with the comma.
One of my old Walkerisms says: "Your smile can be the sunshine in someone else's day."
It's all yours, Walker. You might have some fun dreaming up examples. I can't remember it exactly but I do remember using donkeys and Canterbury Cathedral and without the comma people expected to find donkeys in the Cathedral.
Anna wrote: "It's all yours, Walker. You might have some fun dreaming up examples.
Such as: What do you have on your mind? Added comma: What do you have on, your mind?
Sure thing. vs. Sure, thing.
I always use the Oxford comma because it adds clarity. Commas and semicolons are our friends.
Ah... you have been playing, Walker! There was a famous case in the not too distant past, it was in the U.S. I can't remember the details but it hinged on whether the Oxford comma had been used. Someone, or a company lost a lot of money because of it.
