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Recap, reaction. Well, sixth year complete. I’m not terribly satisfied with what I’ve written, but I did it again. It really has gotten the writing moving again. This summer’s month didn’t do th...
Twenty-nine
What are your holiday plans for Christmas? There’s not a lot set in stone so far. I know my brother and his wife are coming down to my mom’s place, so we’ll head up there at some point to see th...
Twenty-eight
Free Write. I thought I might be able to recycle some of what I wrote last week here. I looked, and none of it seems to fit. Oh well. It was largely about my employment travails over the past a...
Twenty-seven
I bumped the one about Small Business to yesterday, as I had something to say. So, yesterday’s prompt today. This is coming very early, as I’m all sorts of fucked on my sleep schedule. Thankful...
Twenty-six
Bumping this up a day, because there’s a lot to say. Small Business Saturday. Write about small businesses you frequent. Fitting that this falls on the morning that the death of Fidel Castro goes...
Twenty-five
How was turkey day for you. If you’re celebrating on a different day, please elaborate (like my friends in Soviet Canuckistan). Other than all the football after the Lions’ game, it was pretty go...
Twenty-four
Free Write. It’s just after three in the morning, and I’m writing because I’m “woke as fuck<” or something. (Isn’t that what the kids are writing these days? I blame the folks over at Mouthy...
Twenty-three
Obligatory: Nobody likes you when you’re 23. What are your plans for tomorrow, since it’s turkey day in the US Morning: Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. 1300: Lions’ Game. I don’t remember who...
Twenty-two
Write about your recycling habits.. My recycling habits.....ummm, I try to do the “right things,” but it’s tough for me in my current situation. I can’t haul shit (and there’s the George Carlin b...
Twenty-one
Write about something you’ve had to re-learn.The impetus for this was something too personal to write about publicly. As my nerves stop working, I’ve had to re-learn lots of things. Many of them ...
Twenty
Kind of a nadir in my motivation today. Yesterday, I apologized to the wall for hitting it; Friday’s infusion can’t get here fast enough. Thankfully, I think I’m free of medical adventures this...
Nineteen
This prompt has been difficult. I have a draft of some extensive writing that I’ll probably recycle parts of later. But I’m going to do this as simply as I can. Recap of your year month-by-mont...
Eighteen
Write about three things you did for the first time in the past year. Okay, so three things I’ve done this year that I’d never done before. Please excuse the odd organization; i started with b...
Seventeen
I accidentally had a second prompt for my trip to Georgetown. That happened, and I described a bit of it yetsterday. Takeaways I didn’t cover yesterday: I don’t understand Shake Shack. My w...
Sixteen
I accidentally put in two prompts for my trip to DC. As I wrote the other day, I’m excited about some of the research being done with MS. It’s very rare when you see words like “miracle” coming ...
Fourteen
On being sick. I understand why I chose this prompt for this date. I wrote much of this on the train heading to Washington DC to visit the folks at Georgetown School of Medicine. I wrote a bit ...
Thirteen
Let’s start with today’s prompt… Nervousness. Write about what last made you really nervous. You know, I don’t really know what makes me nervous anymore. I’ve been through so much, I really don’...
Twelve
Describe your most recent doctor visit. I’m specifically looking for the one(s) you see most often. I’m not exactly sure what I was thinking when I wrote this prompt. Maybe I should have consult...
Eleven
I got out of order on my prompts trying to fill spaces. Armistice Day. I’m going to write about the war Tom Browaw forgets. As a kid living in Germany, there were lots of things I saw related to...
Ten
Since I haven’t bothered to learn how to do things like images here..... http://control-h.org/index.php/2016/11/10/ten-4/
Ten
Since I haven’t bothered to learn how to do things like images here..... http://control-h.org/index.php/2016/11/10/ten-4/
Nine
Are you satisfied with the results from yesterday? Yes, things are all out-of-order with my prompts. My scarred brain is more than a little scattered with all that i’m dealing with right now. So...
Eight
Election Day. Write about your votes. I’ll go in reverse order, because it’s more interesting that way. Further, I expect all of my positions to be defeated. This is not at all uncommon. There...
Seven
Write about your parents.. Kinda half-assign this one; my dad’s been gone six years next month. He spent 24 years as an Army officer. He’s now at Section 54, grave 5049 in Arlington National C...
Six
I’m writing about Football. Yes, I am. I started really paying attention about age ten. We were living in suburban Washington, DC. as the Redskins were assembling that 1991 team (which was one ...
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National Journal Writers’ Month for 2016. This was a big thing ol the old OpenDiary, and I’ve been doing it on my own here.
