This week, random.org “assigned” me Mama Kat prompt number three: An inappropriate time to laugh. At least twenty years have elapsed since my “inappropriate laughter” incident happened, but it still makes me laugh even as I worry that I singlehandedly derailed my friend’s volunteer telephone counseling career. I signed up to be a crisis counselor for our local Telephone Counseling and […]
Wordless Wednesday (It’s a Cool Frog! Edition)
Simply hopping over to say Happy Wordless Wednesday! Photo Credit: Allen Kent Museum of Science and History Jacksonville, Florida
My Kids, My Explanation(s)
Over the past few years, I have ended up in discussions with parents about their handling of the imagery and analysis of the September 11 tragedy. One parent told me, at least two years after the attacks, that her child did not know they had happened, that she had felt it important to shield the […]
Wait! I Might Need That! (A Mama Kat Writing Prompt)
This week, random.org “assigned” me Mama Kat prompt number two: If you were a hoarder, based on your personality…what would you hoard? (better yet, ask someone who knows you well, what they think you would hoard). The family was only too willing to oblige. My 12-year-old son was the first to respond, with this answer (cut and […]
Wordless Wednesday (Rebus Puzzle Edition)
Do you know what a rebus puzzle is? According to www.fun-with-words.com, rebus puzzles are “essentially little pictures, often made with letters and words, which cryptically represent a word, phrase, or saying.” Here’s mine: Any guesses? For the answer, click HERE. (And please, please do it! There’s a good reason, I promise!!)
Wordless Wednesday (Pedaling for Parkinson’s Edition)
Tonight’s post may be my one and only experiment ever with a rebus puzzle. If you are here, you quite possibly linked over from the parent post, in which I presented the following picture puzzle: Do you think you guessed the meaning? Drum roll, please! The right answer is: Pedaling for Parkinson’s!! If you are here […]