Category: Writing Sparks
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Happy New Year!
Most people are making resolutions that they will most likely fail in the next couple of weeks. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen to the editor of this blog!
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Mother Nature
If you live in the middle of the United States, you are prolly wondering what has happened to the weather this year. Warm sunny days one day and two days later, snow. Global warming? Climate change? Are we heading into a new Ice Age? Speculate on why the weather is doing funny things.
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May Day Festivities
And we’re back…Sorry for the brief time away, had a few things I needed to do. To get things rolling, here is your Blog Spark. Today is May Day, the first of May. In many cultures this is a holiday. How do you celebrate May Day?
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The Math Word Problem
I don’t know about you, but one of the things I hated in math class was the dreaded word problem. But, thinking back on it, some of them were kind of cool. There always seemed to be something thrown in to trip you up, finding that part was what keep me from going insane. So,…
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When I was your age…
Technology is making strong leaps and bounds with each passing year. One outcome of all this progress is the disappearance of objects that we used to take for granted. The 8-Track, rotary dial phones, Private Band Radio, the typewriter, the list goes on and on. What object was around when you were a kid that miss the…
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The wind is blowing…
English: Man flying a kite. The caption is a later addition when the illustration was reprinted in 1801. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Traditionally, March is the month people start flying kites. Today’s topic is all about kites. Think back to when you were a child and your first experience of flying a kite, describe what you…
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Where in the world…
English: Animated image of Earth rotating. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Your dream has come true, you can move to anywhere in the world. Where do you need your mail forwarded? Be sure to explain why you moved there. If you use this idea, feel free to link back to this post.
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Some myths about blogging shattered
This is a repost from the Internet Archive, details at the end of the post. If you are new to the world of blogging, there are few pieces of advice that you can never, ever escape. The sad thing is the most of them are utter non sense – huge time wasters. In fact, if…