we are free to choose
but remember truth matters
and consequences
kat ~ 8 November 2016
For Haiku Horizons Weekly Chalkenge, prompt word, “Choose”.
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Coffee Oracle ~ Magnetic Poetry Saturday – 5 November 2016
this moment in time
opened us to look at things
we hoped could not be
making all see that we care
little for one another, but let’s
fight together for the dream
you and yours (we) can do better
kat ~ 5 November 2016
(Magnetic Poetry using The Love Kit)
For the Magnetic Poetry Challenge by Elusive Trope’s Specks and Fragments.
Obdurate – Friday’s Word of the Day Haiku
Happy Friday! Today’s dictionary.com word of the day is another election-themed gem.
According to dictionary.com, Obdurate is defined as:
- unmoved by persuasion, pity,or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding.
- stubbornly resistant to moral influence; persistently impenitent: an obdurate sinner.
It comes from the Latin verb obdūrāre, a derivative of the the adjective dūrus”hard.” In Classical Latin obdurare meant “to harden,be hard,” and also “to hold out, endure.” In Late and Christian Latin, the verb meant “to harden the heart (against truth or God).” It entered English in the mid-1400s.
“Hardened hearts (against truth or God) and stubbornly resistant to moral influence.” Sound familiar? That pretty much describes our current U.S. election cycle. At a time of unprecedented access to knowledge, information and truth we are even more entrenched, so polarized that we cannot even stand to hear an alternative viewpoint. We can’t be persuaded, change is the enemy and truth cannot be known. “What is truth?” I hear this argument every day.
How did we get here? I have a few thoughts on this topic and word of the day…and a few haiku too…
Knowledge is power, limited by those in power, when only the powerful have access.
Information is only as good as its source.
Truth is truth when based on facts, not on opinions.
But then, what do I know? You probably have a few theories of your own. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. I can’t promise it will change anything for anyone else, but it will empower you just for having said it. May we all relearn the art of compromise and the beauty of engaging alternatives.
Peace Out!
Here are my haiku…
An obdurate mind
has one response to the truth…
la, la…la, la, laaaa!
“Because I said so,”
can’t move an obdurate teen,
consider a bribe.
kat ~ 4 November 2016
Twittering Tales #3 – 1 November 2016
The results are in for Twittering Tales #2 based on this photograph from last week:
Boardwalk Crowd of People Walking – Pixabay.com
Thanks to Kathryn and Sudha once again for submitting their flash of twittering fiction.
“Ummm, do I dodge left or right at the oncoming wall?”-Kathryn at Another Foodie Blogger
He knew what was at the beach. So, he stood staring at the people walking towards the beach, wondering whether to disclose or not??–Sri Sudha K at her blog HERE.
and here’s mine:
He lost her number, so he scanned each face in the crowd where they met, hoping to find her. He wouldn’t have cared, but she was “the one”. ~kat
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If you’d like to join in the fun this week, here is another photo prompt from Pixabay.com:
A little about the challenge: Each Tuesday I will provide a prompt, and your mission, if you choose to play along, is to tell a story based on that prompt in 140 characters or less.
If you accept the challenge, be sure to let me know in the comments with a link to your tale. A final note: if you need help tracking the number of characters in your story, there is a nifty online tool that will count for you at charactercountonline.com.
I will do a roundup each Tuesday, along with providing us a new prompt.
Have Fun! 🙂
My Twittering Tale for this week:
They were an unlikely duo, often mistaken for “deplorables”, but they were “nasty”, no doubt about it, staking their claim on Election day. kat ~ 1 November 2016
(139 Characters)
Haiku Trickery
it can be tricky
pranksters love tomfoolery
but…payback’s a b!tc#! 🙂
kat ~ 31 October 2016
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