Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist
Combining Science and Joyful Creativity
The Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon is encouraging us to share the following firsts. Do I dare?
Sure, why not?Continue reading “More Firsts – Old Skool”
Today’s Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon prompt is to show the world what’s in your bag. I read this and looked from my desk to my poor, abused backpack sitting on the floor of my office.
Today on the Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon, we’re challenged to make a wish.
Making wishes is hard. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve become less permissive of what I allow myself to wish for. I’ve become a realist. Jaded, even.
I don’t make wishes any more.Continue reading “Make A Wish – Old Skool”
The Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon is doing a little free association today. They gave us five words. We’re to write what the words inspire in us…
River – Fresh – Escape – Moment – NightContinue reading “Free Association – Old Skool”
The Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon has me working today to come up with a list of my favorite songs.
Oh boy.
So, what are my favorite songs? What songs do I never skip on my iPod? I have a playlist of nearly 200 songs, many of which I’d call ‘favorite.’ I can’t list them all.Continue reading “Favorite Songs – Old Skool”
Another supposedly ‘easy’ prompt from the Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon.
There’s the obvious ones: My son, my husband, my cats, James Purefoy. Oh, oops…Continue reading “Who Do You Love? – Old Skool”
Today’s Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon is supposed to be easy:
We’re making it easy today! Share one sentence from a book.
Okay not quite that easy.
Grab the third book in on your top shelf of books.
Share the first sentence.
It’s not that easy for me. I’m a bibliophile, as is my husband. We have books all over the place. I’ve written about the dangers of bibliophiles marrying here.Continue reading “The Sentence – Old Skool”
Today’s Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon prompt is to tell the tale of some ‘first time’ experience in your life.
We’ve all had a series of firsts in our lives: first word, first steps, first car, first (and hopefully last) marriage, first broken bone, first snow, first day of school. One could go on and on (and for a moment there, you were afraid I would go on and on, weren’t you? But I’m not done!).Continue reading “For the First Time – Old Skool”
Today’s prompt for the Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon is to list ten things that we know. Ten things that we have absolutely no doubt about.
Because it’s the end of the semester, I can put one item on my list immediately.Continue reading “Things I know – Old Skool”
Today’s Kickin’ it Old Skool Blog-a-Thon prompt is to say something about what makes us weepy.
Well, crap. Everything these days makes me weepy.Continue reading “Makes Me Weepy – Old Skool”
Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist