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Throwback Thursday

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Since school has started, seems like time for me is non-existent.  So, I did not get a chance to get my Monday post together, or join in the Blogbattle, so I thought I’d share one of my favorite blog posts from the past.  This was linked to Five Minute Friday.  I know I took longer than 5 minutes to put this together, back then I was just looking for writing prompts to get my creativity flowing.  Enjoy!!

Five-Minute-Friday-4It’s Friday again!!  Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

TODAY’S PROMPT: STILL

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I have always been fascinated by abandoned buildings.  That’s why I love coming across these photographers now on the Internet, that capture the mystery of these forgotten dwellings.  My favorite photographer is Andre Govia.  I like to look at these photos and see the different objects that still remain; especially pianos.  My first thought is, who leaves a piano behind?  I know they aren’t easy to move, but still…it’s a piano!!  There are so many more questions that go through my head as I study the details of these photos and admire the beautiful architecture.  I look past the sadness of what now is, and try to find the beauty in what once was.

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I wonder what types of events took place in this room, how many different people actually passed through this room over the years?  Was it used for parties and family gatherings, or was it only occupied by one person as they honed their skills?

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How many times was this piano forced to play “Copacabana”, “Fur Elise” or simply “Happy Birthday?”  Was it always alone or did it get the chance to enjoy the company of other instruments?  Were there only classically trained musicians who sat down at the keys, or did small sticky fingers bang enthusiastically on them out of curiosity?  Or, was there someone that found solace alone in this room as they poured their heart out through their fingers dancing across the ivory?  Why is it still here?

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Most people probably look at these photos and only see the deterioration of a forgotten place and the destruction of neglect.  But those of us who can look past all that, will see the beauty of all the possible memories that are preserved within those four walls and still remain.

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Five Minute Friday: Dance

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It’s been awhile since I’ve joined in with FMF.  But when I saw the word, I had to jump in.   I didn’t get a chance to do my fictional story this week, so I thought I would do a very short one using this prompt. I am also sharing my get-up-and-move song, (which I have shared before).

Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

 

TODAY’S PROMPT: DANCE (Fictional)

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She couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment that brought her here.  A series of events, brief moments in time that lead her to meet the man who invited her to this Black Tie Charity event.  She felt so out of place among all the elegance and grandeur.  You wouldn’t know she was just the girl next door from a small town.  Because to look at her now, with her petite frame wrapped in her little black dress, with the right accessories and just enough sparkle, people could only notice the beauty in this young woman and accept her as one of their own.

Throughout the night she reminded herself to capture each moment like a snapshot and file it in the scrapbook of her mind, because it all felt like a dream.  Then he leaned over and whispered in her ear, “Dance with me.”

With a smile he took her by the hand and led her to the dance floor. As he placed his hand on the small of her back and drew her close to him, she knew she was exactly where she belonged, and that her life would never be the same.

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When life tries to bring you down, just dance.

Five Minute Friday: Alone

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It’s been awhile since I’ve joined in with FMF.  But when I saw the word, I had to jump in.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

 

TODAY’S PROMPT: ALONE

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Recently I have been studying personality types.  I’ve always liked learning about people, and what makes them tick.  I have always known that I am an introvert.  But like most people I really didn’t know what that meant until now.  I LOVE to be alone, I crave it and I need it, and this is something that is the most misunderstood especially when you are surrounded by extroverts.  I have been thought of as rude, or that I am ignoring someone, which then made me think that there was something wrong with me, but there isn’t, and there isn’t anything wrong with extroverts…we’re just different.  But as an introvert, I feel we are looked down upon because of how we interact with people.

Maybe you’ll see yourself in the following characteristics, or someone you know, but this is what I have learned about me…an introvert.

I do enjoy talking, and being social.  I prefer one on one conversations, and can sit and talk with a good friend for hours.  But after that I will need some alone time, this is where my energy is restored.  I do enjoy social get togethers, I can be social and can have fun, but that is not where I get my energy, and I can only do it for so long…afterwards I will need to be alone.  But if I have a choice between a social gathering or staying home and reading a book…well you guessed it, I’d enjoy reading the book so much more.  I’m not a big fan of phone calls, but I will email all the livelong day.  I cannot just pick up the phone to call someone, I think about what that person could be doing, and would this be a good time for them, and thinking that it probably isn’t a good time, I then don’t make the call.  I feel that an email can be read and dealt with when they want to.  I do not like to be the center of attention.

Introverts are intuitive by nature, and observant.  We are in tune to our surroundings, and pick up on moods, and take in everything around us.  Therefore, that is why we don’t like to stay in social settings for long, we need to be alone, recharge and process everything.  So when interacting with an introvert, if you find them distant or quiet, don’t take it personally, what they want you to know is, “it isn’t you…it’s me.”  Respect their need to be alone to recharge, it is crucial for them.

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Five Minute Friday: Follow

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It’s Friday again!!  Have a wonderful weekend.

Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

 

TODAY’S PROMPT: FOLLOW

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Growing up we were always told “don’t follow the crowd.”  But now with our media saturated, plugged in world, it is now a thing and our crowd is so much larger…worldwide actually.

Now we can follow people everywhere.  We follow people on Facebook, on Twitter, we follow people’s blogs (thanks for following mine 🙂 ), on Instagram, Pinterest and Google+, and that’s just a small sampling of the virtual world.  We also follow the latest trends in fashion, beauty and parenting,  we follow sports teams and the stock market.   Woman like to follow instructions and directions.  Men…well, they will only follow Siri, or Cortana, or whatever female voice they have on their GPS app and never argue with her as she keeps saying, turn right, go straight, turn left, you have arrived…oh the cruel irony.  Anniehow…We follow recipes, strict diets and strenuous exercise regimens.  It’s no wonder we are all so tired, all we do is follow.

“…The one who walks alone, is likely to find himself in places no one has ever been.”  Where one can relax, refresh and recharge.  Take some time not to follow…just be.

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Five Minute Friday: Tomorrow

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Happy Friday!!  Have a wonderful weekend.

Linking up with Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday.  If you would like to join in or learn more about it, click on the icon to the left.  Write for 5 minutes, here we go.

 

TODAY’S PROMPT: TOMORROW

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♫ The sun will come out tomorrow….♫  Sorry, I couldn’t resist…with the whole redhead Annie thing I got going on here, LOL.  Not that this is a song I enjoy having loop in my head, it just is the first thing that pops into my head whenever I hear the word tomorrow.  Anniehow…Being that I am a night person, I usually don’t find myself going to bed until well after midnight.  So for me when I think of tomorrow, it usually already is. 🙂 Then I start thinking I need to get to sleep, so that I can start fresh tomorrow, it’s a new day.  I found this to sum it up perfectly for me:


I think to myself…I need to exercise tomorrow…I need to drink more water tomorrow….I need to get the laundry done tomorrow…I need to try to enjoy the here and now more…tomorrow.

But then in actuality, I am just doing this:

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So…today is the day to just do it…tomorrow is just a mystical land.

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