Monthly Archives: June 2023

Fiction Prompt For Friday January 26, 2018

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Friday January 26, 2018

FICTION PROMPT

Something Something Soup Something is a video game, or “interactive thought experiment,” created by Dr. Stefano Gualeni, a philosopher and video game designer at the University of Malta. In the game, you are presented with an image and a list of ingredients, and are simply asked to decide “Soup” or “Not Soup.” For example: “Rocks with flies and a candy cane served in a hat with a fork.” Taking this question as inspiration, try writing a scene that begins with a bowl of soup. Perhaps the scene focuses on the senses involved in creating and tasting the soup, or an absurd bit of dialogue debating the definition of soup. Let the strangeness of this thought experiment guide your story out of the ordinary.

Old Diary Entry For 1989-06-14

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1989-06-14

13 more days until I’m 12 years old. I got an introduction for the choir. All I have to say is at the beginning of our lives we were innocent and helpless. We need a loving hand to guide us. The Roslyn senior choir has a concert tonight at 7:00pm. We have a concert again tomorrow. The whole day. We sing at the Eventide home. Then lunch at McDonald’s. I will order a small cheeseburger, a small french fry, and a small drink. Then we sing at Montreal Chest hospital. I wrote to Alejandra.

Reflection For Thursday June 29, 2023

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Thursday June 29, 2023

Today at work I was pleasantly gifted with some cards & gifts @ my desk. One coworker left me a mug with some Lindt chocolates along with a card. And another coworker left me a card. And several coworkers sent me lovely birthday messages through my work email. I had my massage therapy in the afternoon for 3 pm. Now I am home again watching my beloved Nancy Drew – new episode of the final season. And then I get to play with words for the rest of the day while watching my other PVR’d TV shows. I am having a really super awesome day.

Not Independent From Each Other

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Not Independent From Each Other

Reflect

Independence Day is a time for patriotism and picnics, to be sure. A different way to think about this national holiday is to consider what our freedom actually opens up for us. Read between the lines of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, and you might be surprised to find the notion of Christian love and fraternity is truly at the root of our great nation.

Pray

We are free. That’s an amazing thing to behold,
and we wouldn’t have that freedom
without it being made available to us by you, Lord.

And more than free to simply do what we want,
we are free to love with abandon, to build your kingdom
in the here and now.

We’re free to share and amplify freedom where it is being stifled
by oppression, racism, sexism, or classism.

We’re free to be compassionate, and paradoxically, free to be servants.
It’s what you want us to do. It’s what your Son taught us to do
when he washed the feet of his followers.

Today, we celebrate the beauty that is freedom.
In God we do truly trust.

Act

Is there a part of you that is tethered or restrained from being free? Perhaps there is a relationship that is unhealthy, a lifestyle choice that is holding you back, or some other stumbling block. Think of how freedom from those obstacles might bring you closer to peace and closer to God.