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Lengths Of The Journey To A Good Story

Lengths Of The Journey To A Good Story

Lengths Of The Journey To A Good Story The lengths to which a writer will go to complete a story is truly a mystery. Just like real people, no two writers are the same, and for that reason, the journey to the story’s end will always be different. Even if two people follow the same “template”, there will be slight variations in how they follow it. Some might follow the template, starting their writing in the morning while others might…

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Turkey Day Is Upon Us

Turkey Day Is Upon Us

Be of good cheer for Turkey Day is here. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the Downjotter. If you have time to write, be thankful; if you don’t have time to write, be thankful for when you do. Just thought I would jot this down.

Veterans’ Day

Veterans’ Day

To all the men and women who chose to put your lives on hold, to those who answered when Uncle Sam called, for all the sacrifices most of us will never know…thank you.

Memorial Day: Remembering The Fallen

Memorial Day: Remembering The Fallen

Memorial Day: Remembering The Fallen Picnics. Fireworks. A paid day off of work. These are a few of the things most people think of when Memorial Day rolls around. To some, it is a day to gather together with friends and family to kick off the summer activities. There are still those, however, who remember the reason behind this solemn day. It is a day of wreaths and flags placed on headstones and crosses, and of memories. It is the…

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History Isn’t Carved In Stone (Even When It Is)

History Isn’t Carved In Stone (Even When It Is)

History Isn’t Carved In Stone (Even When It Is) Drop a rock in water and ripples will emanate outward from the point of entry. Skip a rock across the water and ripples will appear at each point of impact. Time is an ever-flowing river, winding its way from the beginning of time until time is no more. Once a moment passes, it becomes a part of history—eternal, unchangeable, history. Because of this, “what if” becomes one of the most magical…

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Schemes Gang Aft Agley

Schemes Gang Aft Agley

Schemes Gang Aft Agley In his poem “To A Mouse”, Robert Burns said, “The best laid schemes o’ mice and men, gang aft agley”. Murphy’s Law, named after Captain Edward A. Murphy in 1949, basically reiterates this: something will always go wrong. Take, for example, my last actual post. When it was posted on January 2nd, I was expecting to get back to something close to a schedule. Obviously, my schemes went awry. Between caring for the generation before me…

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Value Of A Name

Value Of A Name

Value Of A Name A few weeks ago I discovered the value of the domain names for my two blogs. Downjotter, despite being my neglected child, actually has a higher value than my other site, www.ten-thirtyministries.com. My first thought was that it had to be some kind of mistake. Ten-Thirty has a lot more posts and many more daily visitors, so why is it valued so low? The reasons vary, but it all comes down to the domain name itself….

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Treeline, Skyline, And Once-Grand Homes

Treeline, Skyline, And Once-Grand Homes

Treeline, Skyline, And Once-Grand Homes As I write this, I am looking out the window of Mom’s 4th floor hospital room. Snow is falling; sometimes nothing more than flurries while at other times hard enough to obscure everything beyond the roof below. A quarter mile away—just beyond the evergreen treeline—the center tower of the 31st Street Bridge dominates the skyline. It rises 280 feet above the road and is threaded with great cables which provide the deck’s support. Between here…

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