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My name is Joy, and I love to write. Why poetry, here? Because poetry uplifts its writer, and if she is lucky enough, her readers, too. Around us, so many objects abound to write about. Once a poet starts with a smallest, most trivial object, he shall discover that his pen will spill out what is most delicate or most majestic hidden inside him. Since the classics sometimes dealt with lofty subjects with a lofty language, a person with poetry in his soul may incline to emulate that. That is understandable. Poetry does that to a person: it enlarges the soul and gives it wings. Yet, to really soar, a poet needs to take off from the ground. Kiya's gift. I love it!

Daily Cascade

Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas " became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.

Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.

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Bodhisattwa Parekh

about 7 hours ago
In response to "No Such Thing as Yours Truly and the Westerns"

Even today, I often see parodies of Western films here and there.The director may follow any form of good art.I love the blogger's sense of humour. She tells us, 'Why can't she watch the movie?' Due to her children.

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Silvern

about 14 hours ago
In response to "No Such Thing as Yours Truly and the Westerns"

We, all people, love speed in our lives. But, some moments appear with tough challenges. Those are boring, but we've to tackle those challenges carefully. The passes indeed go very slowly.
In a movie, we generally see the reflection of real life. So, some movies runs slowly, difficult to understand.

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Seffi

about 17 hours ago
In response to "No Such Thing as Yours Truly and the Westerns"

"How could I have tried my hand at writing westerns when I did not like westerns in the first place!" I feel ya!

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Witchy Woman

a day ago
In response to "No Such Thing as Yours Truly and the Westerns"

Eastwood wasn't in Once Upon A Time in the West, that was Charles Bronson and Jason Robard and Henry Fonda and Claudia Cardinale. My mother was a huge Robard and Fonda fan, and took us to the movies when it was released in 68.

"Clint Eastwood starred in many iconic westerns, including the "Dollars Trilogy" (A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly) directed by Sergio Leone, and later films like Hang 'Em High, High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Pale Rider, and the Academy Award-winning Unforgiven. He also directed some westerns, such as High Plains Drifter and Unforgiven."- Google

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Silvern

a day ago
In response to "9/11- -And the Prompt: Adventure vs. Routine"

Adventures and routine life are both important for us. Without adventure, our lives will become boring. At the same time, without maintaining a routine lifestyle we can't get those successes that we deserve.

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Bodhisattwa Parekh

a day ago
In response to "9/11- -And the Prompt: Adventure vs. Routine"

Adventure is that process through which we can make the unknown known. There is a lot of uncertainty involved with adventure. So, after a successful completion of an adventure, we become joyful. On the other hand, routine life is also necessary for us. There is a simple example. If we want to work hard the whole day, we need to sleep at least six hours. So we have a sleep of at least six hours. So, routine life makes our daily life simpler. Even in an adventure, there are some routines that we ought to follow to get success.

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Bodhisattwa Parekh

a day ago
In response to "9/11- -And the Prompt: Adventure vs. Routine"

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Witchy Woman

Sep 11, 2025 at 3:41pm
In response to "9/11- -And the Prompt: Adventure vs. Routine"

The most memorable or I should say unusual thing of that day outside of the occurence was seeing my husband John crying. In 27 years, I had never seen him shed a tear and he was weeping. I know he was among millions that day weeping, but it was unnerving to see him actually let his emotions show.

I've parasailed, kayaked in whitewater rapids, bungee jumped and ziplined things I never anticipated me trying but I stepped out of my comfort with my kids because it mattered to them that we do it together. Thank goodness they all have their own children for adventures now. I'm happy with the less strenuous ones now that I'm older and a lot wiser.

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Bodhisattwa Parekh

Sep 11, 2025 at 5:50am
In response to "On Nature "

We can get some lessons from them, who are an unseparated part of our nature. Those are used to beautify our nature.The analysis is done beautifully, one by one.It's a fantastic job. We can get some lessons from them, who are an unseparated part of our nature, and beautify our nature.The analysis is done beautifully, one by one.It's a great job.

Witchy Woman

Sep 10, 2025 at 2:38pm
In response to "On Nature "

Mountains and their shadows are more enjoyable to me than any sermon I've heard. Knowledge definitely isn't from words as much as it is the watching and waiting as the world evolves around us. The world itself is the most patient of all teachers.

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September 13, 2025 at 2:40pm

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Law and Order

Prompt:
"On September 13, 1990, the drama series "Law & Order" premieres on NBC; it will go on to become one of the longest-running primetime dramas in TV history .According to the now-famous "Law & Order" formula, the first half of the hour-long program, which is set in New York City, focuses on the police as they investigate a crime—often inspired by real-life news stories—while the second part of the show centers on the prosecution of those accused of that crime."
Have you seen Law & Order? Is this show part of your weekly viewing? How do you feel about the format always being the same? Do you find it tedious or satisfying that you know what's coming next? If you're not a fan what prime-time dramas do you enjoy if any?

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To tell the truth, I'm not a huge fan of the TV, in general. I liked it more, once, but mostly and especially right now, I'm much more interested in reading or rather listening to books. Part of it may have been the commercials. Unfortunately, during the earlier days, there was no escape from the commercials that cut into the excitement of the episode. Today, however, we can watch a whole show on YouTube or wherever else, if we pay for watching anything without a commercial.

As to Law and Order, I did like the earlier shows and watched several of them. I think those were during the 1990s. My husband, however, didn't take to them much as he fell asleep even during the exciting reveals that came up during the second half or sometime toward the end. It might just be because, for a few years then, he was referred to by the court as an expert witness and had seen probably just about everything.

Another reason I stopped watching the show is because the main key characters of the original series, especially the earlier detectives, changed a lot. That meant the show just lost my loyalty.

The show in the beginning was an hour long and it was set in NYC, where it was also shot in an original way with original stories. During the first half police officers investigated the crime and arrested the suspect. In the second half, Manhattan district attorney's office and its prosecutors prepared the cases, and only then, went to trial. I've heard that most of the stories were based on real NY crimes, but I am not sure if this was the truth. I'm not sure because the events seemed to be purely fictional.

Anyway, looking back, if I remember correctly, I only watched Law and Order during the early 1990's. It is quite possible the later shows might have shown much more improvement or not.

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