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  M y   O n e - Y e a r B l o g i v e r s a r y A Daring Leap "The best journeys answer questions that in the beginning you didn't even think to ask." ~Unknown O ne year ago, I started a blog of my own. Why? Well, I don't actually know... Becoming a blogger was never on the list of things I wanted to do or try in my life. Then two of my real-life best friends ( Hailey and McKayla ) showed us their blogs (on September 22nd, 2022), and that's how my two sisters ( Louise and Yokoshi ) and I were introduced to Blogger. At the time, Yokoshi and I were considering how we'd show our work to the world (Yokoshi's digital art and my photography). Blogger seemed like the best place to start with. At first, I wasn't sure if I even wanted to commit to a blog of my own since it seemed like a lot of work (which it is if I'm honest). But before I knew it, I was putting together my first blog and my first posts. I created a profile on February 1st, 2023, and pub

Never Have I Ever: Writer's Edition [Tag]

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N e v e r   H a v e  I   E v e r :   W r i t e r 's  E d i t i o n  T a g ] "You don't write because you want to say something... you write because you have something to say." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald I  stumbled upon this Tag on McKayla's blog, Tales of a Triple Threat  while working on my previous post (Never Have I Ever: Book Edition). Again, I wasn't tagged for this, but I hope it's alright for me to take part in it anyway, even years later. ( I wasn't on Blogger in 2020-2021, when most of these were going around ). So giving credit where credit is due, I shall now proceed to answer these questions! Never Have I Ever... 1) ...started a novel that I didn't finish. Yes. I have a series with around 5 or 7 books—all are started, but none are finished. I began writing it when I was 12 but never got through to the end because (1) it was a huge project for me, and (2) it was an ongoing story. As I was getting older, I kept changing my ideas for the story

Never Have I Ever: Book Edition [Tag]

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N e v e r H a v e I E v e r : B o o k E d i t i o n [ T a g ] "A room without books is like a body without a soul." ~Cicero Image from: Annika Larraine O ne morning, as I was drinking chamomile tea and skimming through different blogs, I came across this Tag on  Annika Larraine's  blog. I wasn't specifically nominated but wanted to do it anyway, so here we are! I first heard of "Never Have I Ever" as a drinking game from the TV show  The Big Bang Theory (hence the GIFs). Never have I ever played any version of Never Have I Ever before. So let's start with this blog post! Never Have I Ever... 1) ...read a later book in the series first. Yes, I am guilty of this... I was around 9 years old (my last year at a public school), and everyone in my grade (or so it seemed) was reading a series called Warriors by Erin Hunter. I wanted to understand what everyone was playing at recess, so I borrowed a book from the school library. The only available copy was

My Best Snapshots from 2019

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  ~ S n a p s h o t s ~ .. 2 0 1 9 ... "The greatest achievement is to outperform yourself."  ~Denis Waitley A Snow-Capped Spread Eagle Peak (June 1st) H ere we are in 2019, the fourth post in the Snapshots series where I present the best and most interesting pictures I took that year. I am quite proud of these, which I frequently return to and use. I have an increasingly hard time choosing just a few favourites for these posts... The first section was taken at home or in my area. The second section was taken during another trip to a ranch in the mountain valley. The last section is from a trip to Germany. Enjoy! My Camera:  Lumix Panasonic DMC-GX85 "I see it rainin' fire in the sky!" From the song Rocky Mountain High by John Denver. (May 19th) The Blood Moon (January 20th) A pair of vibrant macaws at the zoo. (April 6th) A Nicobar Pigeon (I assume?) at the zoo. (April 6th) Some sort of pretty bird at the zoo (I couldn't find out which species). (April 6th)