The Difference Between Orchids and Cacti

 

Sometimes, I think in analogies.  There are many for each of life's situations.  For instance, in the last year both my daughter and my son have given me plants and the choices, I think, were very fitting. 

My son gave me an orchid.  As many of us know, orchids require a lot of attention.  They need to be watered consistently, not too much, not too little.  The have to be placed in a suitable environment and the temperature has to be just right, otherwise they will wither and die.

My daughter gave me a cactus.  Cacti are much easier to deal with than orchids.  You can ignore them for long periods of time and they will be self-sufficient, not needing to be watered regularly.  They just sit there waiting for you to finish attending to the orchid.

The orchid has since withered away and the cactus?... well, it is still sitting on my window sill waiting to be watered.

This was my 5 minute Stream of Consciousness Sunday post. It’s five minutes of your time and a brain dump. Want to try it? Here are the rules…

• Set a timer and write for 5 minutes only.
• Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spell checking. This is writing in the raw.
• Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
• Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
• Link up your post.
• Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.

Buried Alive

Man grabbed me by my car buried me in ground idk where out by Johnson rd mb  can’t breathe phone is dying omg hel me pls

idk - I don't know

mb - maybe

For this week’s Red Writing Hood prompt, we’re inviting you to truly scare us.
Here’s what you’ll need to do:
Compose a post in the form of a text–160 characters.
Your text must elicit or express fear.
Though this initially looks like more of a fiction prompt, we challenge our non-fiction writers to take a stab at it as well. (Stab! Scary!)
Come back on Friday, October 21st, to link up

GWH - Gentleman Who Hunts

It is that time of year again:  hunting season.  My husband, GWH, goes hunting every year.  It is his passion.  And every year at the end of the hunt, he starts planning for next year’s hunt.  He lives, eats, breathes hunting and plans everything to the umpteenth degree. 

GWH stands for Great White Hunter, as a few friends and I, jokingly, call him but it may as well stand for Gentleman Who Hunts.  When you think of a hunter, do you conjure an image of some trigger-happy, red neck in an Elmer Fudd hat whose main goal is to put a trophy head on his wall?  Think again.

When I think of a hunter, I think of someone who is passionate about nature and the outdoors, someone who cares about the future of the animals that he hunts as well as their ecological environment.  I think about someone who is honest about where his food comes from and only takes what he needs, someone who appreciates that the lives of these animals are used to sustain ours.  I think about someone who is dedicated to carrying on these traditions and passing them on to future generations, traditions that promote companionship, camaraderie, and respect for nature.

For me, to sit down to a table knowing that the meat that we are eating is completely organic, from an animal that lived in its natural environment, is very satisfying.  Yes, I used to be one of those who were squeamish at the mere mention of wild meat.  But seriously, people, our meat does not come from a conveyor belt in the meat factory.

So, alas, my Robin Hood will leave me once again.  I have learned to keep my whining to a minimum.  (You’re going for how long?!)  I know better than to try to stifle his passions just as he knows it would be futile to try to stop me from writing, reading or cooking but I will miss him, dearly, once again.  Be safe, GWH.