Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.
Goodness me, WP! Where do I start?
There are so many many lessons I wish I had learned much earlier in life.
I really don’t know where to begin…
It would have been useful to know that all is not as it seems. And ain’t that the truth? Hidden agendas, manipulation, masks all but welded to the face of some.
Incidents/events/whatever playing out totally differently to how I perceived them and now only with that wonderful hindsight I get to see the big picture.
Maybe that’s one advantage of getting older..and there aren’t many, I’m finding.
Is it because I’m brutally honest and open that I’ve just believed everyone else was too? Taken them at their word? Believed I was seeing what was actually happening?
Maybe today’s DP can be repeated many times over ( despite me whinging to the contrary) because there appears to be a whole pile of ‘ I wish I’d knowns’ just waiting to be unleashed.
Interview someone — a friend, another blogger, your mother, the mailman — and write a post based on their responses.
The interview questions were sent out ahead of time. Just like the professionals do, I believe.
A friend had accepted the invitation to participate in today’s prompt. All was well, and then it came. I felt maybe my interviewee was having second thoughts, so I offered her the ‘ get out of jail’ card and she accepted.
But not to worry, eh? I can still write about the interview that never happened.
I get it though. Us bloggers show up every day to ‘ spill our guts’ ( horrible expression that, don’t you think? ( An Americanism)) as natural as you like. It’s what we do.
But we are not all the same, are we?
*I’d like to thank said friend for her time contemplating those questions.
Okay, WP. We have certainly got to sing for our supper here today!
I know for a fact that when I’ve finished the post, more thoughts will spring to mind. I shall jot them down along with others that have stirred me for the next time you ask us.
The Green Book.. 2018. An American biographical true story set in the deep South. With Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. Directed by Peter Farelly. I found this captivating.
Ripley..2024. 1960’s Italy. With Andrew Scott, Elliot Sumner, and Dakota Fanning. Directed by Ridley Scott. The cinematography blew me away!
The Big Wedding..2013. A comedy/romance. With a stellar cast, I have to mention some of them. .Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Katherine Heifi, Susan Saradon, and Robin Williams. Written and directed by Justin Zackham. So funny.
If..1968.A British satirical drama/film. With Malcom McDowell, Christine Noonan, Richard Warwick +. Directed by Lindsay Anderson. I saw this as a kid on TV and wrote to whoever to ask about the music. The soundtrack is Missa Luba. I ask Alexa to play this for me from time to time. It always stirs me.
Okay two film here which made me sob…The Passion of the Christ..2004. A historical horror film,really. With Jim Caviezel and Monica Belluci. Directed by Mel Gibson.
And..Hachi: A Dog’s Tale..2009. A family/drama. With Richard Gere and Joan Allen. ( must find the credit to give the dog) Directed by Lasse Hallestrom.
Iris..2001. A British true story about the novelist Iris Murdoch. It’s a really good film with a great cast..Judge Dench, Jim Broadbent and Kate Winslet. Directed by Richard Eyre. I keep begging Netflix to show it again. Perhaps I should ask Prime?
The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Benjamin Bunny. 1993. An animated family film and my most favourite for children. It’s adorable. With Niamh Cusack, Rory Carty. Andrew Clithero and June Whitfield Directed by Dennis Abey +2.
So that’s 8.
Years ago, I was busy doing something, and the tv was on in the background, then I quickly sat up when the play/movie kicked in. I had always remembered it as Kenneth Brannagh, Othello, and being in black and white. But I my memory is not serving me well. There is a 1995 Othello movie with Kenneth Brannagh and Irene Jacob, but it is in colour. Was it so captivating I didn’t see the colour. Was the lighting just so? Mmm.
I went on the hunt for a b&w version, and I’ve found one by and starring Orson Wells from 1951. Yikes! This looks like something I must watch.
And finally..
Night Always Comes..2025. An American crime/thriller. Good casting. Vanessa Kirby, Julia Fox, Zach Gottsagen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Eli Roth. It was directed by Benjamin Caron. I watched this the other night and really enjoyed it.
And there we have it, my friends. If you will excuse me I now need to lie down in a dark room. 😆
My stomach rumbling was the first thing I heard and felt this morning. Not having enough to eat at dinner ( 😢 …pathetic! lol) had led to a disturbed night’s sleep.
My head was a tad foggy, but there was Himself to walk and feed. Pigeon and Squirrel were letting their presence be felt and that only added to the pressure of getting from A to B and back as quickly as possible.
Patch had other ideas. He was in it for the long haul. I could tell he was on a mission, and there was nothing I could do about it. We go his way or no way. I try and cut corners and say ‘please’, and he’ll just plonk himself down and not move until I say,’ okay, you win.’
I knew it would take a bit of extra time to begin my Prompt, so I thought I’d write this post first….
To open some doors and windows in my head and blow away some cobwebs.
And now, with us all fed and watered, I’ll sit for a while and read through some of what you guys are having to say about writing.
Francis de Sales is the patron saint of writers, journalists, adult education and the deaf. Quite the man.
I began writing today’s DP about one thing, but my thoughts took me elsewhere. So I’ve deleted that and will tell you about someone else’s goals….
A while back, I was invited by a young couple to visit them in their new home.
Her face was a picture. Eyes sparkling and a wide smile. The excitement hardly contained. He stood next to her strong and steady. Solid. A kind face.
As they welcomed me (in true hsp fashion), I could sense all was well within those walls.Even those walls which were down or about to be.
They walked me through what was pretty much a building site. It felt good. He told me about his plans for each area, inside and out. He’s a visionary, a true grafter, and brilliant craftsman.
Bravery is maybe what I saw when I read her beautiful face. I dont know. The eyes still shone, and the smile was real, but did I sense a little fear? I felt for her, a home at last, and here was her partner talking about their next project. His goals for the near future.
I hope they get to spend a little time in that house anyway before they move on. For her sake. It would be sad if she felt nesting was so near and yet so far away….but maybe she doesn’t feel that at all?
What does the cat have to do with it? Nothing, but so cute
Write about a random act of kindness you’ve done for someone.
‘ A random act of kindness’ That doesn’t sit well with me. ‘ A’ just the one? Okay then, yesterday an elderly lady at an ATM dropped her walking stick. I picked it for her. She smiled and said thank you..
Fact is random acts of kindness aren’t things you talk or write about, are they? You just do them, naturally, without thinking too much about it. An impulse, an innate want to make the world a better place for someone, if only for a minute. Don’t you think?
IN THE BOOMER PIGEON HOLE? 
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