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Connie's Corner

by Sweating in the swamp!

Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #1718540

Day to day stuff....a memoir without order.

A special sig made for me by Mystic and gifted to me by Kat.

Imagination is described by Webster as...The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses in reality. Albert Einstein said "Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere."

I never realized it until I read it somewhere but there are ways to boost one's imagination:

Create a visual journal
Draw whatever you see for 15 minutes a day. You don't need to be an artist.

Think like an artist
Cut out pictures from magazines & piece them together to create an original image.

Listen to Bach
Close your eyes while playing your favorite music. Or listen to the sounds of nature on a CD or in the great outdoors.

Play word games
Try thinking of as many words as you can that begin with MAR...or you pick.

Daydream
Let your mind wander, or focus on a single object & study its characteristics.

Everyone has a story....here's mine.....c

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Aug 19, 2025 at 8:14pm
In response to "A couple things of note"

I speak to children. They need to be seen and heard... imho.

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Wordsmitty ✍️

Jun 30, 2025 at 1:08pm
In response to "A Change for the Better"

I remember those! As a kid, my parents signed up (I think that was the sixties). I remember the originals had a dark cover (reddish?) and the yearbooks were white. There's something about flipping pages and knowing how to use the index that was fun. They were still in my parents house in the ninties. Gone now, of course. So many books that we learned from, gone, too.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

Jun 23, 2025 at 7:53pm
In response to "Rain"

Yes, turmoil. Do the thunder claps speak of war?

Sweating in the swamp!

Jun 7, 2025 at 8:31am
In response to "Life History"

Sometimes we share sad stories. Mostly, they have been about spouses or members who have died (did I say we were an "old" group?). I really can't remember anyone telling a sad growing up story, but it would be welcome.

Kåre เลียม Enga

Jun 6, 2025 at 9:34pm
In response to "Life History"

Yes, I hope the young person comes back. She'll learn a lot if she's interviewing her grandmother and more mature writers may be able to help with context.

Are sad stories allowed? I grew up with people who thought my life was TMI (too much information).

Kåre เลียม Enga

Jun 1, 2025 at 1:45pm
In response to "Ten Days?"

I got so busy... time to catch up.

96° yesterday. 70s today. At least the heat was dry and we only had 3 hot days.

Why not submit! Submittable is located here in Missoula...

Me? I need to find a local writer's group. Covid killed the one I once belonged to.

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Kåre เลียม Enga

May 20, 2025 at 10:51pm
In response to "Reading my book...."

The practice video on facebook?

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Kåre เลียม Enga

May 12, 2025 at 8:26pm
In response to "The Perfect Mother's Day"

Yep. Here too. Rain promised yesterday came today.

Glad to read you spent time with family.

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citruspocket

Apr 13, 2025 at 6:51am
In response to "One Weird Storm"

Wow, you're getting some weird weather over there!

I love finding an author who is prolific and who you consistently like, so you have a big long list of books to go through. I've read all the Terry Pratchetts and am almost finished working my way through all the Agatha Christie novels!

Jeff

Apr 9, 2025 at 10:17pm
In response to "New four eyes"

I think I'm overdue for a new pair of glasses as well... I've had my current ones for almost 10 years at this point!

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#571. A Challenge
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#570. Childhood Memories
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#569. Praise is powerful...
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#568. I have to title this Hillary!
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#567. Autotelic
ID #887635 entered on July 17, 2016 at 7:48am

#566. Mowing? Not!
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#565. Breezing along and then....
ID #885590 entered on June 25, 2016 at 7:25am

#564. Moving in a Dream
ID #885471 entered on June 23, 2016 at 7:42am

#563. A Friend
ID #884307 entered on June 11, 2016 at 9:56am

#562. Just rambling...
ID #883800 entered on June 3, 2016 at 11:30pm

#561. Where does all this snot come from?
ID #883406 entered on May 30, 2016 at 11:53am

#560. Zoned out....
ID #882706 entered on May 21, 2016 at 6:12pm

#559. Scribes of the Sunshine State
ID #882641 entered on May 20, 2016 at 9:23pm

#558. old haunts
ID #882318 entered on May 17, 2016 at 8:11am

#557. Pantser vs Outline
ID #882211 entered on May 15, 2016 at 9:37pm

#556. Boys or Girls?
ID #881490 entered on May 6, 2016 at 3:01pm

#555. The dogs are moving...
ID #881404 entered on May 5, 2016 at 9:03am

#554. Gardens of Envy
ID #880918 entered on April 30, 2016 at 4:42pm

#553. A new place but okay.
ID #880356 entered on April 25, 2016 at 5:30pm

#552. An outing for revival.
ID #880224 entered on April 24, 2016 at 10:02am

#551. Get out the door!
ID #880122 entered on April 23, 2016 at 7:12am

#550. Reduce? No way!
ID #880003 entered on April 22, 2016 at 7:37am

#549. Nature changes plans...
ID #878140 entered on April 2, 2016 at 8:19am

#548. Listening
ID #878117 entered on April 1, 2016 at 8:19pm

#547. Hummingbirds and grass....
ID #876767 entered on March 17, 2016 at 2:11pm

#546. Spring Things
ID #876634 entered on March 16, 2016 at 7:58am

#545. A Writer's Workshop Plus
ID #876132 entered on March 9, 2016 at 7:49am

#544. Something to think about...
ID #873083 entered on February 9, 2016 at 8:29am

#543. Minutes
ID #872699 entered on February 5, 2016 at 7:00am

#542. How?
ID #872609 entered on February 4, 2016 at 10:28am

#541. Book Club
ID #872492 entered on February 3, 2016 at 7:21am

#540. Dedicated to...
ID #872399 entered on February 2, 2016 at 7:59am

#539. Hawk Watch
ID #871144 entered on January 18, 2016 at 4:18pm

#538. A Crashing
ID #871062 entered on January 17, 2016 at 6:39pm

#537. Temps and Time Travel
ID #869843 entered on January 3, 2016 at 5:03pm

#536. Untrimming the Tree
ID #869715 entered on January 2, 2016 at 7:49am

#535. Leap Year
ID #869641 entered on January 1, 2016 at 8:03am

#534. Pop-pop and Pearl Harbor
ID #868045 entered on December 7, 2015 at 8:22am

#533. Food on the brain...
ID #866882 entered on November 23, 2015 at 10:41am

#532. The Queen Calls
ID #866283 entered on November 16, 2015 at 7:43am

#531. Sleepless in Gainesville
ID #866114 entered on November 14, 2015 at 5:54am

#530. Lunch and Monet
ID #864829 entered on November 1, 2015 at 4:35pm

#529. Way Back
ID #864564 entered on October 30, 2015 at 8:06am

#528. A visit and a book...
ID #864167 entered on October 26, 2015 at 8:30am

#527. Nix on the bats...
ID #863978 entered on October 24, 2015 at 5:05pm

#526. Scattered...or blank?
ID #863848 entered on October 23, 2015 at 6:56am

#525. Clucks
ID #863741 entered on October 22, 2015 at 8:20am

#524. Fingers ready, head empty.
ID #863633 entered on October 21, 2015 at 12:27pm

#523. Confusing?
ID #863425 entered on October 19, 2015 at 5:38pm

#522. Me?
ID #862764 entered on October 13, 2015 at 8:08am

#521. Perfect weather
ID #861724 entered on October 4, 2015 at 8:52am

#520. Not a happy time...
ID #861641 entered on October 3, 2015 at 9:59am

#519. Travel Time Surprise
ID #858508 entered on August 28, 2015 at 8:43am

#518. Must we share the planet with mosquitoes?
ID #858230 entered on August 24, 2015 at 2:48pm

#517. Betty
ID #857554 entered on August 16, 2015 at 7:42am

#516. A Life Ending
ID #857343 entered on August 14, 2015 at 6:13am

#515. A visit, rain, & birds
ID #856428 entered on August 4, 2015 at 7:39am

#514. Personality Analyzer
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#513. Bored?
ID #855572 entered on July 27, 2015 at 4:58pm

#512. Dog Days
ID #855265 entered on July 24, 2015 at 7:17am

#511. More Than One Part
ID #854683 entered on July 18, 2015 at 7:42am

#510. Dirt and Rain
ID #853739 entered on July 8, 2015 at 9:38pm

#509. A lazy weekend
ID #852727 entered on June 28, 2015 at 6:15pm

#508. A short trip
ID #852249 entered on June 23, 2015 at 7:32am

#507. Memoir optimism
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#506. Blogging Buddies
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#505. Avoiding or procrastination?
ID #851396 entered on June 11, 2015 at 10:16am

#504. Meds, Links, & Rain
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#503. Planning to be busy...
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#502. A couple blips....
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#501. Busy today....
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#500. A Gully-Washer
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#499. On guard...
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#498. Another one!
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#497. Portage
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#496. Oh, the smells!
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#495. Pain and blogging, but not together.
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#494. OMG
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#493. Daylight is stretching...
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#492. Comforting....
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#491. Trying to live in the here and now....
ID #845783 entered on April 4, 2015 at 7:53am

#490. Still doing well...
ID #845367 entered on March 31, 2015 at 7:16am

#489. A temporary fix?
ID #845040 entered on March 27, 2015 at 7:44am

#488. What a difference a day can make!
ID #844622 entered on March 21, 2015 at 8:15am

#487. Still in pain....
ID #844510 entered on March 19, 2015 at 4:02pm

#486. Late....almost
ID #843825 entered on March 11, 2015 at 8:32am

#485. Up in the dark....
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#484. Robins
ID #842162 entered on February 22, 2015 at 8:42am

#483. Just thinking....
ID #841688 entered on February 17, 2015 at 8:57am

#482. Unintentional observation
ID #841048 entered on February 10, 2015 at 7:39pm

#481. Sharing now?
ID #840587 entered on February 6, 2015 at 8:56am

#480. My week....
ID #839952 entered on January 31, 2015 at 8:34am

#479. Sales
ID #839389 entered on January 24, 2015 at 8:48am

#478. Love reading blogs...
ID #839233 entered on January 22, 2015 at 10:38am

#477. Sad
ID #838610 entered on January 14, 2015 at 9:22am

#476. A busy start...
ID #838467 entered on January 12, 2015 at 9:24am

#475. Working...and not
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#474. Day 3?
ID #837713 entered on January 3, 2015 at 8:57am

#473. Keep moving...
ID #836996 entered on December 24, 2014 at 9:18am

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