I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.
The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.
Ten Things of Thankful: July 11, 2026
Cosmic Photo Challenge: Close Up
Dale offers the prompt “close up” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I should have a lot of these, but where?
Ah, I found some although taken some time ago. I am also posting this early since I will be traveling on Monday.
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Psalm 103:8
Six Sentence Story: To The Roof
Just after the invisible voice closed the door to Room 215 of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro and asked me why I was leaving so soon, the tall, thin man opened that door and told me to follow him to the roof where we would meet the red-headed writer, Aurelia, Ms Pie and maybe even Brigid and Felreil, Mimi, Cai and – who knows? – many others.
I asked the voice if he knew the way to the roof in case the tall, thin man went too fast for me to keep up and he said, Of course.
As I left Room 215 I could tell that the voice was nearby by such comments as Nice weather we’re having or Hope the sun comes out real soon or Do you think we will have a thunder storm tomorrow? At the end of the hallway past the steel door propped open with milk cases I climbed the sketchy stairs until the voice complained of exhaustion and told me to stop and rest for a moment or two. When I stopped so he could catch his breath, I asked him if there was something he wanted to tell me back in Room 215.
While he spoke I listened and then we continued our climb to the roof with no further need for words to be said.
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Denise offers the prompt word “thunder” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Trail: Birds, Pond and Trees
This trail is a nearby trail in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
There is a pond, open spaces and wildlife.
Posted for Pepper’s One Step at a Time.
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Cosmic Photo Challenge: Shadows
Dale offers the prompt “shadows” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Although there are shadows everywhere they kept evading me when looking for some photos that might work for this prompt.
Here are some photos taken in Florida some months ago.
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Ten Things of Thankful: July 4, 2026
I am thankful to the Lord for everything mentioned below and all of His other blessings.
The photos tell their tales with the help of captions.
Happy 250th Fourth of July!
Six Sentence Story: A Look Around Room 215
When I opened the door to Room 215 of the Six Sentence Cafe & Bistro I was surprised to see the tall, thin man who said he got here before I did because he took a mathematically complicated short cut inspired by his proof of the Collatz conjecture he didn’t think I’d be able to follow (which was probably correct). In the back the red-headed writer with her new friend, Moxie, got into the dumbwaiter to take a ride to the roof to see the ocean.
In the room I noticed a black and white TV console on the side of which was a bookshelf with children’s books and a complete World Book Encyclopedia, but as I walked about I almost stumbled over a four-foot tall bellhop trying to hand me a Bible who quickly displayed a sign saying, Watch where you’re going! Having no plan specifying what to do with all this old stuff I sat down wondering where the story was that I was hoping to receive.
After a while, since nothing much was happening and I had already acknowledged the existence of everything my mind would let me see, I decided to leave. As I stood up, the door to Room 215 quietly shut – all by itself – and a soft voice coming out of nowhere in front of me asked, Leaving so soon?
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Denise offers the prompt word “plan” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Psalm 116:9
Six Sentence Story: The Chance of a Lifetime
Although Timothy treated no one badly, neither was he very kind. He plan was to keep himself busy looking for the chance of a lifetime that kept slipping from his grasp.
His view of God wasn’t all that different from his view of anyone else he didn’t pay much attention to. Should someone ask him if he loved his neighbor as himself, he’d say, Sure, why not?
One day it was Timothy’s day to go through the pearly gates. Although he got through (perhaps by the skin of his pearly teeth or perhaps because there really is Someone who generously hands out unmerited mercy – if the heart can handle it – rather than gotcha karma with interest), he regretted all he could have done differently when he had – all along – that chance of a lifetime.
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Denise offers the prompt word “plan” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 