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Daily Cascade

by Joy

Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #2326194

A new blog to contain answers to prompts

Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas " became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one.

Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Joy

about 6 hours ago
In response to "On Feeling Powerful"

Cubby

I have a suspicion that no one really feels that powerful, but some are just faking it.

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Cubby

about 9 hours ago
In response to "On Feeling Powerful"

I am not a powerful person at all. For one thing, I'm not comfortable having power over others. And I'm not overly confident, so no power there.

I am, however, determined. I suppose that's a form of power. Though I do fizzle out now and then.

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Bodhisattwa Parekh

about 13 hours ago
In response to "On a Shakespeare Quote"

William Shakespeare died over 409 years ago but remains equally relevant even now. How is it possible? He could see the future. We can't live forever. Everybody must either die early or later. You may be rich or poor; that doesn't matter. You will be no more after death. You will not allow carrying a penny with you. So, why do we feel jealous? or getting angry? We should ealize that.

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Fictiøn Ðiva the Wørd Weava

a day ago
In response to "On a Shakespeare Quote"

I enjoy reading your blog. Thank you so much.

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Bodhisattwa Parekh

a day ago
In response to "What About the Local Library?"

In our India, there are a huge number of local libraries. In every colony, we can see those. It is very small but plays an important role in creating reading habits. These are almost free and mainly created to build up reading awareness between children and teenagers.As it is dealing with students, the timing is too small, 4pm to 6pm. But it is able to create reading habits. So, the detective, horror, and adventure storybooks are mainly available here. In our locality, there are two small libraries. Those were my heaven. My reading habits grew from there. That's the importance of local libraries.

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Seffi

a day ago
In response to "What About the Local Library?"

I have my kindle and use kindle unlimited which is very, very handy, but I also like to have the physical books. I LOVE bookstores, but those are slowly dying out. I'm not sure they were ever that popular in Australia, as they were in the UK - maybe it's the weather.

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🌻 pwheeler ~ love joy peace

a day ago
In response to "What About the Local Library?"

My library has evolved, big time. They have all kinds of tech classes plus traditional classes, storytime, reading challenges, paper and digital books. They even lend out different devices for folks who need them for schoolwork and playaways for anyone who wants to borrow them (it's like a preloaded audiobook device that just has one book and I think you check it out like a book).

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Joy

Jul 7, 2025 at 4:13pm
In response to "What About the Local Library?"

SandraLynn

So glad to hear that your local library is still alive. This does hold some hope for the future.

Cubby

Weren't you the lucky one! I always admired librarians, their coolness, soft-spoken help, knocking on their desks when youngsters at the tables became noisy...and the groups and the clubs and the children's part of the library, too, where some smart mothers brought their kids, even their toddlers. Once, one mother explained to me that she was trying to teach her baby, early on.

Like you, I too miss it all, be it from the other side of your desk at the library.

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Cubby

Jul 7, 2025 at 1:42pm
In response to "What About the Local Library?"

I remember years ago (though not really all that long ago) when I had brought thirteen books home from the library! I loved reading all kinds of books, from picture books to teen to YA to fiction and nonfiction.

When I was a young teen, I remember babysitting my cousins and we'd ride our bikes to the library and pick out books. I loved the smell of the library, even as a kid.

Now we have Libby, and I rarely go to the library. My only contact is to renew my card over the phone.

While I miss the actual books, I love the easy access on my cell, and I love that I can listen to audiobooks without having a CD player.

I worked in libraries for 16 years and I loved it. We had programs for kids year round. We also had a writing group and book club. There was even a knitting club and craft club. All in a little village library where I worked. I miss shelving the books. I miss ordering the books. I miss the patrons.

But I don't miss the library board!

Like your book club, the members changed and it just wasn't the same.

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SandraLynn

Jul 7, 2025 at 12:52pm
In response to "What About the Local Library?"

I suppose libraries evolve as much as anything else. They have changed and still attempt to provide services. The library here in this rural village is a vital entity.

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July 9, 2025 at 11:26am

#1093098

On Feeling Powerful

Prompt: What makes me powerful? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

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I don't know what makes you powerful,

Megan

. You're the better judge of that. If you are asking the question about me, I don't know what makes me powerful either. If anything, it might be that I, just about always, get up from a fall or a nasty turn of events, brush off the mess, and go on. Even so, I'm not very sure if I feel powerful or not. "Annoyed" would be a better word for it.

Talking about power, what often comes to my mind are images of authority, control, or perhaps even dominance. So to be fair, I'll stick with the authority idea. This feeling of authority or being in control is something nuanced and deeply personal. It might have something to do with inner strength.

Inner strength, then, comes from competence and knowing what to do. In other words, people must know the purpose of their actions and be responsible for their meanings and influence.

Mostly however, no one is 100% sure of what that right thing to do is, especially in sticky situations. In which case, making choices and not wavering has to be in the picture, also. Then, all of the above have something to do with resilience and emotional stability.

If there is such thing as feeling powerful, it isn't the same as having power over others. It is something that arises from within a person, a person loaded with self-belief.

Do I have that self-belief? I'm not too sure about that.

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