Category Archives: Things I Like to Write About

Things I tend to write about when I’m “nudged.”

Long-Ago Summer

Fall is officially here, which is great. I’ve always loved fall. But as I’ve gotten older, I have a harder and harder time letting go of summer. The last couple weeks of August are almost as bad as January after …
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Other Things Besides Writing

I consider the title of this blog, Nudged to Write, to refer to nudging others to write with prompts as well as addressing the things that nudge me to write. At this time of year, one of those subjects is …
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Vacation Day 6: Homeward from the Reformatory

I was so tired when we got home on Saturday I just couldn’t write up the final day of our vacation. The time I did spend on the computer was devoted to processing that day’s photos from our visit to …
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Vacation Day 5: Let Me Ride on the Wall of Death

 The Devil’s Hole, aka The Wall of Death. Before we started our l-o-o-o-o-n-g drive as far as Wooster, Ohio, we decided to try a small amusement park on Grand Island, New York, called Martin’s Fantasy Island. According to the calendar …
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Vacation Day 4: Butterflies and Frank Lloyd Wright

First, let me note here that the breakfast buffet at our Holiday Inn has worked out great for the Hooligans. These kids inhale bacon, so for them to be able to chow down on entire plates of bacon has been …
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Vacation Day 3: Elbert Hubbard and Beef on Weck

Today wound up being all Roycrofters and East Aurora, New York. Frank Lloyd Wright was supposed to be in the mix, but Diamondqueen decided we’d do East Aurora first since it was a little farther out, then pick up the …
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Vacation Day 2: Niagara Falls From Below and Above

  Frequently I’m less than overwhelmed by tourist attractions. That goes for whether it’s a night cruise on Lake Lucerne or a chairlift in the Smokies. I have to admit, though, I was pretty impressed by our boat trip on …
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Vacation Day 1: On the Road Again

This morning I set off with Diamondqueen and the Hooligans on our annual vacation trip. This year we decided on Niagara Falls. It was just something different to see, with lots of side attractions for the kids. We are planning …
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These Kids Today

        They obsess over lip balm and carry it everywhere in screw-top plastic pots that fit in their pockets. Their mother whips up batches of the stuff from melted beeswax, keeps a constant supply in an air-tight …
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Why I Didn’t Finish the 25-Mile Charity Walk in 1975

                  Because I’d completed the walk the year before and the year before that, and the thrill of finishing had faded.   Because those other times I’d walked with my cousin, then …
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