A Jailed Jiminy The task for Fibbing Friday this week is to define: 1. Ripsnorter: A surfer joke. 2. Rinky-dink: A very small skating arena 3. Rapscallion: A green onion served in a buffet at the end of filming. 4. Recalcitrant: Describing someone about to go back onto their diet. 5. Rickrack: Lucillle Ball’s […]| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
The White House Wrecking Ball President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing has struck a nerve in Washington and beyond. Share full article Demolition this week at the White House.Credit…Alex Kent for The New York Times By Jess Bidgood Published Oct. 22, 2025Updated Oct. 23, 2025, 10:00 a.m. ET You’re reading the On Politics newsletter. How Trump is changing Washington, […]| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
78 Skinny arms, too thin to fill the skin out. Tiny empty rivers, terminally dry. When did they carve their courses through these arms once anxious to lose baby fat, now nostalgic for their lost opposites? After reading this poem, Forgottenman sent me the below poem, which he wrote years ago. It is such a […]| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
If it’s April, it must be: Hello, NaPoWriMo Good morning, NaPoWriMo, and good night. Whether I have written or will write, you tend to fill my day with obligation for rhymed and metered concentration. Social engagements––a thing of the past. No time for conversation and repast except for sandwiches and coffee quickly quaffed in glow […]| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Welcome to “The Numbers Game #95”. Today’s number is 217. To play along, go to your photos file folder and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the photos you find that include that number and post a link to your blog in my Numbers Game blog of the day. If instead of numbers, you […]| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Click on Flowers to Enlarge. For Macro Monday| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Some photos taken at the Artists of Lake Chapala Show yesterday. Lots to look at in addition to the art!!! For Cellpic Sunday| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
With all of these nationwide No Kings rallies..up to 200,000 strong, what do folks do when they need a restroom? Were portapotties provided? Must have been a formidable task…| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Firm Ground Between all of you and me, I’ve no experience with scree. Given the type of ground to walk on, scree’s the surface I would balk on. Other folks may be adventurous. My choice is usually ventureless! The RDP prompt is “scree.” (Image borrowed from the RDP prompt site.)| lifelessons – a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Getty Image Given the task of writing with no set prescribed topic, my mind always goes to stories of the past. It serves them up like medicine—a treasured dose that blows away the control of a wor…| lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Nice lazy morning after painting the sculpture in the lot down below to lie in the hammock with a good book (and by the end with all three dogs) until……| lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
The garden is at its best green, thanks to the big rains during the rainy season! For Johnbo’s Cellpic Sunday| lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
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Click on photos to enlarge. For John’s Lens Artists Challenge #359–Lines, Colors, Patterns| lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown
Click on Photos to Enlarge. Welcome to “The Numbers Game #18” Today’s number is 139. To play along, go to your photos file and type that number into the search bar. Then post a selection of the ph…| lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown