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Thoughts and Tales…A Lifestyle Blog with a Zing.
Fractured,
my heart loses its’ even thread;
yet uneven it throbs in longing
for you.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
When writing a story knowing when to halt mid-sentence is an excellent writing trick that helps you to pick up easily from where you stopped.
Resist the temptation to write the entire plot as it flows ceaselessly because there are days that your flow will probably come in trickles if they come at all.
Naturally, our minds don’t like unfinished riddles and guessing games and this trick of interrupting your flow has the added advantage of keeping your mind at work on the plot even when you are at rest. Read more...
Sometimes, in the bid to aspire and to achieve, a lot of people over reach their purpose and passion.
This is most especially witnessed in today’s World where lives are lived on social media, in the eye of all and sundry and success is judged by the number of likes checked off in a box.
The litmus test should always be this question: ‘why am I doing XYZ?’ ‘searching the recesses of my heart and mind, would I find that am I truly contented with what I’m doing?’ ‘If not, why?’
The answers to your silent litmus should tell you all that you need to know because the truth is when you set off doing something without your own driving conviction and doing it because Mr. QED is doing so, chances are that it would simply become another White Elephant project.
Lady Cee shares 3 succinct tips for making successful life changes.
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© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
I laughed out loud when I saw Ronovan’s prompt ‘car & coast’ for the weekly haiku. I had just written a post about road trips and my desire to travel, so it’s in sync 🙂
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Get into the car
to simply coast
with nowhere in mind.
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© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
In my usual meandering, I came across this lovely set of travel cases and the one that I found most appealing is the case pictured below, which set my thoughts running across the globe 🙂
I would certainly love to visit more places in the World, one place at a time and I hope that gets to happen.
One of the truthful challenges of being a parent/mother is having to set aside some of your aspirations and keep them on hold for a while, either due to financial constraints or the exigencies of time.
Traveling abroad with family costs twice as much and takes extra planning to ensure that it’s fun for everyone, however, in the interim to long distance travel, consider shorter road trips to locations around you that you’ve not visited before. It’s equally as much fun, educative and gives me the same sense of satisfaction. Sometime in the past, I shared a post on road travel, ‘it’s almost time for a road jaunt.’ 😉
Now, let me get back to dreaming and pinpointing those places that I plan to visit and you hold on to those warm thoughts of a road jaunt.
For the first part of the challenge, I chose to create an abstract image out of an object, in this case, lamps hanging inside a shop. I took two separate photos through the shops’ glass.
Basic histogram of the first image.
Basic histogram of the second image
Comparing the two histograms, you’ll find similarities and the little adjustments made to make both shots.
Today’s world of Digital Photography has made it possible for us to check our images immediately through the back of our camera’s or the viewfinder. Read More…
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Black Friday or Broke Friday Just as an aside, I’ve never understood the frenzied shopping practiced on Black Friday. I guess I never will. I like Deborah’s slogan, ‘don’t hate, donate.’
Common man, There’s something about this poem that had me thinking of Shakespeare and Charles Dickens. I truly enjoyed it.
Ten things to be happy about An interesting list. I’ve always believed that happiness is an inside job and finding things to be happy about is my business 🙂
Who’s for slavery, show of hands A thought provoking post and here’s my opinion below.
Humanity has been dogged by slavery in many forms over the ages, some have been totally brutal while some are covert like the modern day slavery where a picture is painted that the victims are working for their money. I truly doubt if slavery will ever end as long as man inhabits the earth. It would only reduce due to awareness, but the greed for money will never allow it to fizzle away.
With what my eyes have seen, heard and read, if not for stringent measures that make it difficult to acquire slaves in today’s time, there are still so many who would jump on the wagon of enslaving others in the Western World.
52 weeks of thankfulness We can never thank those who support us enough. Brigid shares her thoughts.
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I have a sweet tooth, tempted by enchanting morsels
of cakes, ice-creams, and chocolate goodies
many years gone by, many bargains made and lost
determined sometimes I’ve been to cut my dalliance
with these sugar coated seducers
yet, once they whisper their syrupy invitation
deliberately sending a float of sweet aroma to my nostrils
all the admonishment and advice
that’s been given to Will Power
is lost in the puff of cotton candy
I take a nibble, then another and another, and another
Oops! Only crumbs are left behind;
while shameless Will Power hides his head in shame.
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
The Daily Post – Tempted
I am going to hold this quote close to my heart and keep writing my destiny each day. Join us for this challenge. It’s fun 🙂
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Jacqueline and I invite you to join in on our blogging event called The Writer’s Quote Challenge.
Here is my offering for this week:
“Our destiny is not written for us but by us.”
― Barack Obama
ALL IS NOT LOST
On a grey January day, a small leaf clung to a might oak. I don’t want to leave you cried the leaf. The day is dark and cold. Fear has gripped me in his icy hand.
The mighty oak said quietly, change must come my dear little leaf. Do not fear it. Each leaf remembers the spring and summer with gladness. Each leaf revels in the magnificence of autumn. And each leaf fears winter.
For now dear little leaf it seems all is lost. But the destiny of spring and renewal is in our life source and will be written by…
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