358. Picnic: Write about going on a picnic. It is Christmas Eve and we spent the day in Mindo, Ecuador admiring butterflies, zip lining over the tropical jungle, and hiking to waterfalls. Returning to Quito on 2 different busses spanning three hours, I was exhausted and a little grumpy from hunger. Because it was Christmas […]
357. Gamble: Be inspired by a casino or lottery ticket. My first trip to Las Vegas was New Years after I turned 21. As a college senior, I was auditing a graduate level statistics class in preparation for grad school and we had just finished our unit on probability. This knowledge is not what you want
356. Anniversary: Write about the anniversary of a special date. Although my memory is failing, I do remember certain dates often related to first dates, birthdays, death dates, first or last times i did something. These dates are touchstones in life to calibrate where my life is and how I feel or have progressed since
December 13-20, 2023 My “roman empire” is evolution. This is a topic that my mind thinks deeply about when I can’t sleep and when I am visiting a museum. As Darwin traveled on “The Beagle”, he began looking at his surroundings with a critical eye and began to question how and why life was the
355. Spellbound: Write about a witch’s spell. I had heard about Harry Potter stories but didn’t know much about them except that they were wildly popular. In 2003, returning from my Hawaiian 40th birthday trip, daughter purchased book 1 at the airport and read it on the way home. She was hooked and began consuming
