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 A blog of no uncertain musings. What goes on in my mind is often a source of wonder to me. |
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My mind and my life are wonderous things ... as are yours, I'm sure. I have more slips of paper and pages of notebooks with musings and thoughts than I really know what to do with. Someone, actually several someones, have suggested I start a blog ... or a journal as a means of focusing some of this mental energy. To be honest, I don't even know what the difference between a 'journal' and 'blog' is--or if there even is a difference. Read on, my friends, and you can judge for yourself whether it even matters. And so....  I'm JACE. Yep ... that's me! And somewhere in all my writings my last name may be posted. But I'll just leave it at Jace for right now. I'm 70 years old and heading full tilt to 71. It's strange that while I'm going through some rather serious medical issues, I still consider myself to be in the prime of my life--pretty good shape physically AND mentally, though I don't run for competition anymore  . I love to ... dang, if I put this stuff here, I won't have anything for my blog.Guess you just have to be patient until such stuff leaks out.  Perhaps 2025, having embraced my retirement, will see more participation in my journaling efforts. Well, one can hope.... |
The prompt for Day 4 in "Writing.Com in Wonderland"  is:Let us know at least 15 places you’d love to visit if you have the opportunity to do so. Please give brief reasons--one sentence or less--of why these places are on your bucket list. This is rather complicated as several places that were on my bucket list to visit have been fulfilled courtesy of my second marriage in 2013. My wife and I have already visited: The western Carribean, including Cozumel, via cruise. The eastern Carribean, including Bermuda, via cruise. Alaska, including Juneau and Denali, via cruise and rail. The Great Lakes, all but Superior, via cruise through Canada and the US. The eastern Mediterranean, including Italy, Greece, and other Balkan countries, via cruise. And so many more places. The Bucket Travel List: 1. Crater of Diamonds State Park, in Arkansas, just to say we dug for diamonds. 2. The Pacific Coast Highway Trip (minus San Diego and LA), for the scenery and serenity. 3. The Badlands National Park, because we missed them on our RV trip west because my wife was sick. 4. Fall Foliage cruise from Quebec City through the Canadian Maritime provinces to Portland, Maine, via cruise. We did a drive through New England in Fall some years back and want to compare with the coast in Fall. 5. Washington DC in the Spring during the cherry blossom blooms. Also, I wish to see the Smithsonian Museum. 6. Ireland and Scotland, for the people, the scenery and the food. 7. Iceland, for the scenery. 8. Germany via a Rhine River cruise, because we both love the food and the scenery. 9. Chicago, because my wife wants to visit the city. Oh well ... at least it's not New York City. 10. New Orleans, for the culture, ambiance and food. 11. Trans-Canada via rail from Toronto to Vancouver because we've never been on a major rail trip. 12. Any Winter Olympics because I've always wanted to attend one. 13. Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, TN because my family stopped there on a trip from San Antonio to Maine when I was six. 14. A two-week drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains staying at B&B's and hiking. 15. Finally, an RV trip to any National Parks in Colorado, Utah, and surrounding states. I suspect my recent retirement has given my wife far too many ideas for traveling. It's not dull around here.  |
The prompt for Day 4 in "Earn the Badge - CLOSED" is:We all started somewhere. What's one of the first things you posted to your portfolio? How did you feel about it then? What would you change now or do differently? Is it hidden in your port? Showcase this gem on the newsfeed. I wrote the following story while on another social internet site. But that site closed and I was left adrift. A search of Google led me to Writing.Com. This story was one of my first stories posted on WDC; I received my first review for this offering as well.
The story was based on a conversation I had with another member of that first social site. We were talking about lighthouses, a phenomenon that has piqued my interest for many years. She mentioned a haunted lighthouse in Minnesota, and my imagination was off and running. I received some pretty positive comments from people on that site about my story. When I joined WDC, I had more than 20 stories from which I might post. Before I joined WDC, I discovered there was an active Erotica group there, which was my favorite writing interest. Many of those 20-plus stories were of the Erotica genre. I was a bit shy at first, how my erotic tales might be received. I opted for safety and posted "The Refuge." While I wouldn't say this story is hidden, a lot of stories reside in various folders in my Port--the function of having a Premium membership with all that available space. Perhaps, I will do some Fall cleaning. Still, this tale continues to be one of my favorites ... as is. |
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