There are things some fear more than dark of night.
But mindless panic causes constant stress and fright.
You won’t be eaten by a shark
In the ocean after dark,
When staying firmly on the “freaking” beach, alright?
https://estherchilton.co.uk/2026/01/26/laughing-along-with-a-limerick-268/
Share Your World 1/26/26 Handle with Care
Di has interesting questions today:
Would you consider yourself easy going?
Yes. Primarily because I can find humor in most situations.
Are you comfortable talking to a group of strangers at a social gathering?
I enjoy talking to strangers but on an individual basis not as a group. I’m not at all drawn to small talk or gossip or “group think”.
What are three things about people that annoy you?
Well, small talk and gossip turn me off immediately, but phonies are easy to spot and are avoided completely.
What do you do to cheer yourself up when you’re feeling down in the dumps?
The most specific and most immediate ‘lift’ I can get is to go outdoors and behold Nature. That always makes my worries feel smaller.
Gratitude: I’m thankful that most of my worries never ‘bear fruit’ and that I’m learning to let God handle things that I can’t… which are most things.
Meme of the Week- 1/26/26
Watch This! 1/25/26 Media Shapes Perceptions or You’re Being Gaslighted, again.
We’re suffering from a profound level of manipulation these days. Public outrage follows the laser pointer of media ideologies. Those ideologies are weighted heavily toward Leftwing causes. We’re told what to care about in an effort to hide what we need to care about. This example ought to enlighten some and unfortunately upset others. The Truth hurts sometimes.
Weekend Writing Prompt 1/25/26- Useful Fools
Oh, those people who think opinions are better
Than following laws to the letter.
They SO love being part of a crowd,
Filling needs to feel righteously proud.
But some people just want to be seen.
Not understanding what those paid protesters mean.
Trapped when a riot breaks out.
Only came there intending to shout.
If swiftly leaving mayhem breaks some unwritten rule,
You’re now a criminal instead of a useful fool.
72-words
Writer’s Workshop 1/22/26 Geez!
Write a post in exactly eleven (11) sentences.
You need not look beyond our everyday language to realize Americans have gone tragically soft.
People feel “terrorized” when simply asked about their citizenship status.
Trans people are “marginalized” when someone won’t use their preferred pronouns.
Contrary opinions are considered “attacks”.
Disapproval of someone’s lifestyle or choices is “cruel”.
I’m tired of complaints, excuses, and victimhood.
Only the media and the feckless care about those things
The rest of us work, study, create and produce.
Criminals are the “bad guys”.
Law enforcement are the “good guys”.
Grow the Hell up.
Reena’s Xploration Challenge 1/22/26 Putting Feelings Aside
The theme for our challenge today:
The key insight of postmodernism is aperspectivalism, or that no perspective is privileged. All views are situated, partial, and contextual.
A time traveler visits the same moment in history from multiple cultural vantage points.
Kevin decided to use his first access to the time machine to better understand who was “right” and who was “wrong” at the Boston Massacre (known as The Incident on King Street in Great Britain) His History professor had assigned many differing accounts of that day. Kevin felt confused and disillusioned, so he set out to find the Truth.
It was March 5, 1770.
Kevin found himself wearing a red uniform lined up with fellow soldiers on a street in Boston, Massachusetts. Colonists were taunting he and his comrades and some of them were throwing bricks! Suddenly, a shot rang out and his training kicked in. He shot his weapon. Many colonists fell. He felt sick, even sorry, that the spontaneous carnage had happened.
On his second visit, Kevin was hiding in an alleyway. His family had come out to voice their rejection of the King’s brutal treatment of his colony. He was afraid for them. A few of the protestors got rowdy. The growing unfair taxes and harsh punishments had sparked passions that had gotten out-of-hand! Shots were fired and he watched his father fall dead.
Upon his return, Kevin felt weak. He realized that those opposing deep feelings and perspectives were compelling but neither changed the Truth of the colonists’ reasons “for” their rebellion or the British King’s fight “against” those American colonists who rebelled.
From that point on, his appreciation of the causes for The American Revolution, and History in general, would no longer be framed in singular personal accounts, anecdotal claims, modern sensitivities, OR his “feelings” about it, because the Truth doesn’t reside there.
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