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  • I Was Born At An Early Age

    I Was Born At An Early Age

    What’s the best advice you’d give to someone younger than you?

    I’m not the type of person that usually doles out advice to someone who is younger than me. But then again, mostly everybody is younger than me.

    I’m not a big fan of unsolicited advice.

    I’m a little embarrassed about the world we are handing the younger generations. By giving unsolicited advice, our generation doesn’t have a lot of credibility.

    If we rephrase it a little, it softens the message. I like to share ideas with people younger than me and then again I listen to them.

    Make a Mess

    For example, our four-year-old grandson talks with me and he always wants to know German words and phrases.

    Our kids when they were growing up, I used to point out landmarks of where we sat on this planet. The kids still reflect on how it was such a great learning tool as they feel they can navigate most places.

    Leading by example it’s not a bad way to go. Our middle daughter is now an avid runner. The other two are artists with stunning language skills. And I certainly learned just as much from them as they from me.

    So keep an open mind and keep learning

  • Is Anybody Out There?

    Is Anybody Out There?

    Who are you most inspired by?

    We find inspiration in unexpected places. I don’t think there is a most when it comes to inspiration.

    A simple case of Inspiration

    I’m rather impressed by people who can speak multiple languages. We have some knuckle draggers in our country, who go out of their way to hassle people who are not speaking English.

    i know my own struggle of learning a second language.

    Put my inspiration doesn’t come for the exception but rather the norm as Approximately 43% of the global population speaks two languages fluently, while around 17% speak three or more. Multilingualism rates vary drastically by region, heavily influenced by education policies, neighboring countries, and immigration. In Europe, about 65% of the population speaks at least one language natively in addition to their mother tongue.

    Being able to speak fluently is one thing, however another skill set is actual listening.

  • Cheese Soup The Magical Elixir

    Cheese Soup The Magical Elixir

    Which food, when you eat it, instantly transports you to childhood?

    My mothers recipe for Macaroni and Cheese

    Ingredients

    Box of Elbow Macaroni

    Can of Campbells Creme of cheese Soup

    Salt

    Milk

    Breadcrumbs

    This is gather complicated. Make the soup per instructions on the can. Boil the macaroni and then pour the cheese soup over the macaroni. Put in casserole pan. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs. Bake at 400 for 25 minutes.

    That was my childhood favorite. I remember one time my dad added kidney beans and I was disillusioned for a week.

    I don’t necessarily not have a stimulus and favorable response with any foods. There is no magic transport. I am vegan so it eliminates many chances for instant transport back to childhood hood.

    There for certain foods I detested as a kid, but I eat now. Our families text each other each time we have sauerkraut. I text my brother every time I make hotdog and beans. I never had them as a kid, but my brother Rob ate them all the time in his preschool.

    An aside

    Now that I’m my grandparent about the only things, the grandkids in the United States like are the chicken nuggets. They didn’t even even exist when I was a kid.

    That’s a bit of a moot point because I don’t think I ever left childhood. It should be noted my vegan mac & cheese is fantastic.

  • Destination Unknown

    Destination Unknown

    What’s a book, movie, or TV show that you wish you could experience again for the first time?

    A phenomenon I find interesting is reading something I have not looked at for a long time.

    I have a story entitled Can’t Get Here from There that will be published in August. I wrote most of the story while on vacation.

    It is a story of a destination unknown, where two travelers land in a destination unknown. When I wrote the story I envisioned Colombia.

    It has been on the shelf for about six years. I read it recently as if reading anew. It reread it and cleaned it up and submitted for publication.

    Music

    I still remember having a cassette tape of the first two REM albums discreetly put in my pocket. I loved those two albums dearly. I like living moments such as this and love finding music that is different sparkling new and hits my ears perfectly.