Wow, what an immense topic, its bigger than the olympic stadium, its bigger than the one that got away, it’s bigger than armchair wrestling at the local nursing home.
You can go anywhere you like with this one, playing a sport, watching a sport, inventing a sport, being a good sport, sporting a new beard, sports cars, crocheting your team’s sports beanies, or even your local sports day. You can catch the ball, toss down the bails and score the home run but remember there is a very specific limit here … 42 words and then your time is up.
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I loved playing cricket. One day, I badly twisted and broke a meniscus in my right knee. It needed a couple of surgeries to fix. Now, I watch cricket at home, in front of a tv. No more playing on the field.
Art(including pictures and images)should evoke an emotional response in those who are viewing them. That’s why art can leave such a long-lasting and poignant imprint within the depths of our psyche
Your challenge or writing prompt is this:
what emotions or feelings get evoked or aroused in you when you look at this photograph taken by Lynn
Remember, the goal isn’t necessarily to tell me and others exactly what the picture is.
The creative goal for all of us is“what does the picture evoke in you;what emotion; feeling; memory or whatever it may be – what does it arouse in youand to share it that with others.“
Our Week 32 picture is pretty much what it shows. An old derelict piano in the snow. If I remember correctly, Lynn snapped the picture near the hamlet of Washago.
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Wanna hear some cool tunes
Tunes that’ll warm up your heart
Make your feet tap and get you movin’
I want my music to be chillin’ relaxin’
But this I think is too much, my piano is snowed over
Michael is the host of Sunday Writing Prompt this week
This week write about driving.
It could be to drive somewhere, – the shops, church, on holiday the movies; learning to drive, driving your kids places, having kids they might at times drive you up the wall.
Go have fun with the prompt
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Learning to drive was a long process for me. It started when I was 16 but stopped as I was too nervous to drive. Then I learned when I was a young mother and had to do the school run.
It took me a long time to get comfortable driving. For one thing, we usually had a driver which was a perk of my husband’s job. Secondly, I used to get stressed out while driving, and thirdly, driving in Lahore is no walk in the park.
Just to give you an idea, sometimes the traffic here looks like this;
Well, I eventually got used to driving and now I can drive from point A to point B. But it still isn’t my favorite activity.
Though there is one thing I love about driving, listening to my favorite tracks while driving.
How would you describe blogging to someone who has never heard of it before?
First of all, I wouldn’t have to turn any stones to find someone who hasn’t heard of Blogging. In my country, Blogging is not all that popular. Even the educated people aren’t that much into blogs and blogging.
Since everyone, including the semi-literate people, know of Facebook, I would explain Blogging to them as;
Blogging is a form of social media, like Facebook. We write what we think, feel, and want to express on our blogs in the form of a post. We sometimes add photos, images, or videos in these posts as well.
The purpose of a blog is to give us a platform to write whatever we want to write. It gives us the freedom of expressing our thoughts and ideas. We can tell stories, write poems, or bare our innermost emotions and fears in our blog. It is our place to write whatever we want.
We also have the option to publish our blog for others to see or we can keep it private so that only we can read it.
Basically, it’s like keeping a journal, which can share with other people or keep it private!
I hope a person who doesn’t know anything about a blog, gets a clear idea of what a blog is from this post.
“You need specs“the optometrist told me kindly. “I knew it I said, but people didn’t listen to me!”I was validated at last. All the blurred images and muddled words now made perfect sense.
I tried on different pairs and finally chose a cat-eyes shaped one. I thought it was trendy and cool. Butother sixth graders thought it was hilarious. They called me different names, four eyes being one of them. But I liked my specs. I seldom broke a pair during my school life and was happy wearing them while I was awake.
By the time I was in college and close to turning 18, I heard about contact lenses. Now I wanted those desperately. I lost interest in my specs and began to pester my father to getme contact lenses. Finally when I started med-school, I got my wish.
Nowadays, I wear just my glasses for reading only. I got cataract surgery a few years back and now my vision is almost 20/20. It felt so strange not to wear specs first thing in the morning. Sometimes out of long ingrained habit, I still reach for my non-existent specs on waking up!
You can write a post on your blog and create a pingback to link to the original post.
Write an original story, poem or a caption.
There is no limit to words or format but keep it family-friendly.
If you post a response before next Sunday, I will be able to add it to my roundup post.
I will do a round-up next Sunday before the next Prompt is posted.
It is always helpful if you can give your post/story/poem a title.
Please tag your responses with #Whatdoyousee
Or
#WDYS
Does this picture inspire you to write something?
Image credit; Teslariu Mehai @ Unsplash
( For the visually challenged reader, this image shows a person wearing a paper-bag over their head. Words ” Photo shop” are written by hand on the bag)
Are you more of a sarcastic or pleasant personality or alternatively a mixture of the two pending your mood of the day?
I’m mostly pleasant with people. Only when I am irritated at the stupidity of some people, I get sarcastic.
We live in a world of data, knowledge and information – but do we always have the right sort available at the right time?
Not always and not reliable every time even. But if you’re intelligent enough, you can usually get the right information after looking around. But always be sure to look at the source of the info and double-check it.
What are three of your favourite ‘go to’ websites [not blogs] for information or relaxation?
I Google ten times a day, from how to spell a word to getting info about something.
YouTube for music search. For listening to music, I use the YouTube music app. It is a wonderful place to find all sorts of music, many languages.
Unsplash for images. I also use Pixabay.
How lucky are you?
Very, thank God. I can appreciate the blessings I have been given.
What’s the best advice you have ever received from a friend?
I always remember my late father in law’s words;
“Do your best and don’t worry about the results, the results are not in our control “. He advised me to be “CCL” meaning, Couldn’t Care Less about what others thought about me. I took his advice to overcome my extra sensitive nature.
You have five minutes to pack a bag with the absolute essentials to be away for a long weekend in an unknown location … what do you pack and why?
My phone and credit card. And of course my tons of medicines. The rest I can buy and if I have money.
