Category: Knowledge

• “Educated?”

  The word educate is applied to every travel destination I encounter. There is something to learn no matter how many times I have visited any location. In the US just about every community has some form of fall celebration, and many are called October festival to raise monies for charities local communities, but more directly…

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  09/04/2017

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, Knowledge, Wisdom

  advice, Blog Postings, Lessons Learned, thoughts

• “Bludgeon.”

  When the suspect took the stand in his defense to explain his side of the assault and battery. The first question the prosecuting attorney asked the defendant was to describe what type of bludgeoning device he used against the victim. The defendant stated, “I did not use a bludgeoning device.” The prosecuting attorney walks to…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  11/12/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, creative writings, Knowledge, Short Story, Wisdom

  advice, Blogging

• The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

  There are museums all over the US, but The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History focuses on the history of nuclear science to describing the people instrumental in the testing, development, and deployment of nuclear weapons from its infancy. Its current location was established in 2009 from its original location at Kirkland Air Force Base when…

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  10/30/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, Knowledge, Travel

  Blogging, History, Lessons Learned, Technology, Travel

• “Vice.”

  My evolution of the word “VICE.” As a child growing up, my father had a garage with a workbench with a vice similar to the one in the photo above. For me, the word “vice” has taken on many different meanings after the age of 21. On a rainy day, the vice was my indoor…

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  08/31/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, creative writings, Flash Fiction, Knowledge, Pre-published author, Self reflection, Short Story, Wisdom

  Blog Postings, Courage, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short story, Wisdom

• “Learning. “

  Learning is a desire within many people or is it? For some learning is completed upon high school graduation yet college graduates become annoyed or discouraged when asked to learn procedures within their chosen profession. There’s an old adage that states “you will learn something new every day up to the moment of death.” It…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  08/25/2016

  A pre-published author, Determination, Humanity, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Reading

  Blog Postings, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Wisdom

• Complicated

  So, life is relatively easy. You are born, you love parents, family friends, and caregivers Follow the basic moral rules of life, don’t lie, cheat, steal, or harm another person or animal. Attend school, learn lessons from parents, elders, and teachers. Achieving levels of education, to pay bills, to quench desires of want and need.…

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  08/16/2016

  A pre-published author, Accountability, apologetic, Blog Postings, Compassion, courage, Dicipline, Dreams, Duty & Honor, Family, honesty, Humanity, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Love, Morals, Poetry, Strength, Truthfulness, Wisdom

  Blog Postings, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Short story

• “Generational divide”

  Over the past one hundred years, generational divides are usually a contentious issue within families. I suspect, during the period between 1920 and 1960, the debate between young adults and their parents when they wanted a car, from parents who grew up walking dreaming of riding a horse. Social media, cellular phones, and tablets are…

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  08/12/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, creative arts, Flash Fiction, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Love, Memories, Wisdom

  advice, Blog Postings, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short story, Wisdom

• Surface versus Fear

  The surface of life is easily visible to the human eye. Fear prevents verbal interaction which would build discoveries. Our surface is what we project. Fear of self-reflection to discover what is beneath and within. Honest self-reflection is the journey to overcome the fear of revealing what’s beneath the surface. WordPress daily word prompt

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  08/11/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, courage, creative writings, Critique, Determination, Dicipline, Fear, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Sacrafice, Self reflection, Truthfulness, Wisdom

• Autonomy

  Autonomy is a word used by organizations in political disagreements, against countries, and independent groups rebelling against the establishment. Autonomy is a concept found in moral, political and bioethical philosophy. Within this context, it is the capacity of a rational individual to make an informed, un-coerced decision. WordPress daily word prompt

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  07/04/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, courage, creative writings, Humanity, Knowledge, Morals, Passion, Wisdom

  advice, Blog Postings, Wisdom

• “Campanion”

    A companion can be a human, animal or you, and is essential for some people and an option, for others, yet, many do not consider the need for a companion. For 18 plus years of my life, I sometimes lovingly enjoyed a constant companion. However, as I approached the months and days before I became…

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  06/24/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, honesty, Humanity, Knowledge, Passion, Self reflection, Wisdom, Writer

  advice, Blog Postings, Short story, Wisdom

• “Everybody dies, but not everybody lives.”

  Time is motion, always moving never stopping, moments pass into minutes, into hours, into days, weeks, months, and years. Seeing children grow into adults, we ask where did the time go? Visible signs of time reveals wrinkles, thinning hair or the color of grey. The death of family or friends, invokes reflection upon your own mortality?…

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  06/20/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, courage, Determination, Dreams, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Photography, Poetry, Procrastination, Success, time, Wisdom

  Blog Postings, Blogging, Poetry, Wisdom

• “Mountain”

  The sight of most mountains stirs within some humans the desire to explore a trail to conquered and stand upon the summit. As you walk along a path, crossing the planes and valleys on your approach to the mountain. It’s imposing, majestic beauty is always visible. Your concentration is matched by the excitement swelling within…

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  06/12/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, courage, Determination, Knowledge, Nomadic Lifestyle, Outdoor Photograhy, Poetry, Self reflection, Short Stories, Strength, Wisdom

• “Contrast”

  Response to the WordPress word  prompt “Contrast” The world commercial market is focused on the youthful between the age of 0 to thirty-five. The majority of youth joke about their elders unaware they will do unbelievably one day be so lucky to join our ranks. The belief of playing hard when you are young and…

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  03/20/2016

  A pre-published author, blog, creative writings, Knowledge

  Blogging, creative writing, Flash Fiction

• “Legacy”

  Write a response to the one-word prompt, “Legacy.” The writing prompt “Legacy” causes me to consider humanities legacy of how writing tools have evolved. The word “legacy” defined, describes a gift of property, especially personal property, as money, by will; or a bequest and anything handed down from the past, from an ancestor or predecessor.…

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  03/14/2016

  A pre-published author, blog, Family, Flash Fiction, Humanity, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Memories, Wisdom

  advice, Blog Postings, creative writer, creative writing

• “The Worlds Best Gadget”

  You’ve been granted magical engineering skills, but you can only use them to build on badge or machine. What do you build? For well over one hundred years a book has been the greatest technological efficient machine available to the masses, and now currently available electronically. If granted the skills, I would engineer the ability…

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  02/29/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, Dreams, Flash Fiction, Knowledge, Responsibility, school, Self reflection, Short Story, Technologies

  Blog Postings, college education, Flash Fiction, Short story

• “Learning Style”

    What’s your learning style? Do you prefer learning in a group or an interactive setting? Or one-on-one? Do you retain information best through lectures or visuals, or simply by reading books? I was in college when I discovered the issues of a learning style. I quickly learned I’m a visual and auditory learner with the…

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  01/23/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, Knowledge, school

  Blog Postings, creative writing, Flash Fiction, Short story

• “ If I Could Turn Back Time”

  If you could return to the past to relive a part of your life, either to experience the wonderful bits again or to do something over, which part of your life would you return to and why? Regrets? Personally, I Have no desire to travel into my past glimpsing of times good or bad. Joyful times,…

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  01/15/2016

  A pre-published author, Blog Postings, Knowledge, Poetry, Temptation, Time Machine, Time Travel

  Blog Postings, creative writer, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Short story

• “Polite Company”

  In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Polite Company.” “It’s never a good idea to discuss religion or politics with people you don’t really know.” Agree or disagree? For over ten years I worked at my father’s business, and there was an important rule for customers and employees to neither discuss or debate politics or religion. Because…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  12/31/2015

  A pre-published author, Aspiring Writer, Blog Postings, debating, Fights, Flash Fiction, honesty, Humanity, Knowledge, Lessons Learned, Short Story, Sports

  Blog Postings, creative writing, Politics, Religion

• The object of my dejection : The Powder Room

  In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “The Object of My Dejection.” Tell us about the object of your dejection — something you made, a masterpiece unfinished, or some sort of project that failed to meet your expectations. What did you learn from the experience? How would you do things differently next time? After 17…

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  12/20/2014

  Blog Postings, Criticism, Knowledge

  Blog Postings, Courage

• All or Nothing; Peaceful Easy Feeling.

  In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “All or Nothing?.” “Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” — Sylvia Plath Which do you find more dangerous: wanting nothing, or wanting everything? I find neither wanting nothing or wanting everything is dangerous, as, I spent the…

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  12/16/2014

  Dicipline, Expiration Day, honesty, Knowledge, Peaceful Easy Feeling

  Blog Postings, creative writing

• Feeling Fancy

  In response to the Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Feeling Fancy.” You are given unlimited funds to plan one day full of any and all luxuries you normally can’t afford. Tell us about your extravagant day with as much detail as possible. For me to enjoy “Feeling fancy,” I would take in a day of luxury…

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  12/09/2014

  Knowledge, Massages

  advice, Blog Postings, Daily prompting post

• Advantage of Foresight

  Advantage of Foresight (Daily prompt) You’ve been granted the power to predict the future! The catch — each time you use your power, it costs you one day (as in, you’ll live one day less). How would you use this power, if at all? I would only use the power only three times, once to…

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  09/06/2014

  Accountability, Blog Postings, Compassion, courage, Dicipline, Knowledge, Responsibility, Retirement, Retirement lifestyle, Sacrafice

• Back to school August Blues

  As a kid, I was always happy and anxious to go back to school! Now many years older, and four years past my last child graduating from high school, my attitude and disposition toward the end of the summer has evolved tremendously. The first September without a child in school was an eerily weird feeling,…

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  08/28/2014

  Knowledge, Retirement, Retirement lifestyle

  Back to school, Blues, Online learning, Senior Education

• Which book would be the first one I like to reread & Why? (Daily Prompt )

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  08/18/2014

  Accountability, Blog Postings, Compassion, courage, Dicipline, Duty & Honor, Gender Roles, Knowledge, Race, Racial inequality, Reading, Responsibility, Sacrafice, Writer, Youthful Innocence

• Ladies, Rape is Your Fault

  This is an incredibly powerful video statement and I hope effective life long education can be administered to all men around the world to understand what rape truly is.

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  08/10/2014

  Accountability, Blog Postings, Dicipline, Duty & Honor, Knowledge, Reading, Relationships, Responsibility, Retirement lifestyle, Writer

• Myths, Facts and Reminders

  Originally posted on Eric Tonningsen's Awakening to Awareness:   “Preparation for old age should begin not later than one’s teens. A life which is empty of purpose until 65 will not suddenly become filled on retirement.” ~ D. L. Moody Retirement myths; they abound. As people plan for and approach life’s Third Act, many…

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  07/26/2014

  Healthy living, Journaling, Knowledge, Reading, Responsibility, Retirement, Retirement lifestyle

• Immigration Knowledge, just Google it!

  American’s voice their opinion without researching, or understanding their idea and beliefs they passionately speak about. Ii is simply bizarre since access to discover, learn and educate is available via the use of the internet.

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  07/20/2014

  Duty & Honor, Knowledge

  American Laws, Immigrations