In addition to thinking about what it means to you, also consider the placement of the subject in your shot. How can you interpret the state of being alone, or a lonely and uninhabited place? A beautiful, Fall day in Baltimore. The sun is shining. The leaves on the trees are turning colors, while the... Continue Reading →
Photo 101 – Water
your interpretation of water — how might your image reveal more about you? Again, not very artistic but realistic. I'm at a singing competition where water is of the utmost importance for your vocal cords. This is a view from my hotel room with my week's supply. The lower picture reveals a characteristic of which... Continue Reading →
Street – Photo 101 Day 2
establishing shot: a wide-angle photo that sets up a scene. This was a bit of a challenge with only 30 minutes outdoors. Fortunately, this structure was located across the street from my hotel. Not much artistry required to take the photo but it should establish my location.
Home – Photo 101
My lap is home to each of my small animals. It's not clear to me whether they want to be close to me or just using me for warmth.
The Crazy Life of a Champion
The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. These are the events that make up our youth. As a child, my sisters and I glued our little bottoms to our chairs for each Olympics and watched every single cover story. The athletes worked day and night to achieve their goals, many having to overcome huge obstacles... Continue Reading →
The End of Life as We Know It
It's happening to most of my friends at this time in life. The children are leaving home and it's as if someone has died. In an instant, the once, revolving door becomes still. There's no chatter and laughter drifting downstairs. All of sudden you have way too much food and don't even know how to... Continue Reading →
Two Cents Tuesday Challenge: Dirty
The Two Cents Tuesday Challenge gives you a word on which to comment. Today's word is "Dirty". Go!
Running like the wind
Keeping horses is a most expensive hobby. Coming from a long history of horsemen, having horses is a part of my heritage. I tell my husband that I just like the way they smell. And I really do love the smell of horse manure mixed with freshly cut hay, the sweet feed, the smell of... Continue Reading →
Aiming for 20/20
Goals for Blogging 201
10 years before my time
This week's writing challenge is the perfect time for me to discuss an issue with which I have dealt for the past 10 years. It cost $350 in air-conditioner, service calls to discover that those periodic waves of extreme heat were in fact, emanating from inside my body. A normal person of this technological age would have... Continue Reading →
The Art of Invisibility
Perhaps this is a common talent of the introvert? Last night, I approached a woman with whom I've had many encounters over the years and she clearly had no recollection of me. The same night, another woman with whom I've exchanged multiple emails, and to whom I've personally conversed and handed my personal calling card,... Continue Reading →
Don’t Look at Your Feet
Inspirational post on this Sunday from Silverstrands. Check out this blog.
Death Be Not Proud
I had to attend the funeral of a dear friend, recently. I last heard from him the day before he died. This post is from a dear friend of mine. She is a phenomenal nurse. It touched me so much, I wanted to share and she gave me permission. It's good reminder that even the... Continue Reading →
Live well!
"To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all." - Oscar Wilde
Having more money and time to spend traveling is a huge perk to being over forty. Less mouths to feed at home, still in good health, now is the time to take those trips on your bucket list. In this case, Rhode Island was a perk to visiting my nephew, and godson, for his First... Continue Reading →
Note to self: Mother’s Day is not about me
Over the last 10-15 years, I have dreaded Mother's Day. It ranks right up there with Swim suit shopping day and picture day. Being a mother has been my dream since I was four-years-old when my favorite book was "Little Mommy." The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family, The Waltons, and The Little House on the... Continue Reading →
Queen of De-nial!
My marriage is one made in heaven. My husband LOVES to cook. I LOVE to eat! When we married in 2003, I was a healthy size 8. My frame is thin but I love my sweets and good food. In the first two years of marriage, I had grown to a size 16 and quickly... Continue Reading →
The Quiet Mother
Yesterday, a blog post prompted me to think about my mother. Click here to visit that site. Although I simply commented on a memory of a calf being born, the post gave me much more to contemplate. With Mother's Day just around the corner, allow me to tell you about my mother. Once, while sharing childhood stories... Continue Reading →
What I didn’t say about me
In my About Me page, you learned who I expected might be interested in reading my blog. What I didn't say, was that the reason I considered blogging in the first place was because I wanted to become a better writer. English was always my most difficult subject. Having placed out of English for college,... Continue Reading →
Feelin’ Good
If you haven’t followed The Grammar Belle, do it. She’s great and feels well, today.
Hey, y’all!
I was recently asked by a reader to clarify how to respond when someone asks, “How are you feeling?” I was happy to oblige—y’all know how much I love it when you ask questions! And I’d like to thank her publicly for the fuel for today’s post. (Thanks, sweet reader!)
So what’s the answer, TGB? And why?
My friends, I’d like to quote the grammatically correct Godfather of Soul for this one: “I feel good.”
When someone asks you how you’re feeling, 99.9999% of the time they’re not asking about your sense of touch or how well your hands work. They’re asking you to describe your state of being. To tell them a little something about yourself. To describe yourself.
When you’re describing a noun (e.g., Brandy) or a pronoun (e.g., I), you use an adjective! That’s why I feel good or happy or frustrated.
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