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Joyce, our fearless leader of Hodgepodge, has these questions for us....
* * * is a bit political in terms of my 2 minute spiel. #5


1. The Wednesday Hodgepodge this week falls on John Chapman's birth date. He's more famously known as Johnny Appleseed...what's your favorite variety of apple? Jonathon apples!! Crisp, tart, and juicy!!! Not only great for baking, but excellent for salads, raw!!

2. When did you last say 'ick'? I honestly hafta say, I never use the term 'ick'. My term for disgusting is "yuck" [and yes using the term spelling with 'ck' is the proper way...yuk, as I've seen so very often, is only a variant of yuck!]

3. Do you think there's a generation gap? Explain. Of course there is a generation gap....but we older ones are slowly coming around, but fear we'll not ever catch up. Especially when it comes to electronic/computerized gadgets. I still am in awe of the younger ones being able to do things with these gadgets and understanding it much more quickly. AND as always when we're young we think we'll live forever...but the older generation knows better!!!

4. What's on your computer screen saver? Do you leave it alone or change it often? Right now, I have a photo I took recently of a starling [bird] morphing into its winter plumage ----



----and, yes, I change it often, and may I add that I have my preferences to show NO shortcuts, allowing me to see the entire image without those annoying icons, unless I want 'em then I click to 'view' the desktop icons!!


* * *5. If you had the attention of the entire world for two minutes, what would you say? Wow, what a question!! It'd probably be something like "Let's make this place a better place to live!!" In other words, "Get RID of the debris"...be it actually picking up street trash and getting them into a proper receptacle, or it could be a bit political trash, yet, something that would focus of the betterment of the land/people/governments. I just read online news the other day that a baby [newborn] girl was found abandoned on a certain road, by Polish Soldiers, in Afghanistan! They took her to their infirmary and she has been 'adopted' by the soliders' army for now! By political trash then, I am thinking of the way certain governments think...such as killing baby girls because a certain government wants nothing but boy children to survive....the idea and thoughts are sickening - trash, politics and trash are becoming synonymous any more!!!

6. Four fashion trends to try this fall are-brocade/jacquard (fancy printed fabrics), peplum, lace, and printed pants...which of these four would you be most likely to wear? Probably printed pants....at least Capri pants that have print -- like Hawai'ian prints!! I am most comfortable in Capri pants year 'round!!

7. What can make your bad day better? Actually it would depend on the time of day it turns 'bad'. I've had mornings that are horrendous, and usually just breathe deep, count to 10 and move on with whatever the day brings. If it happens to turn nasty by mid-day I would probably go consume some kind of 'comfort food' that I normally wouldn't eat. If by chance the day was good up until early evening hours, probably just grab a good book, sit down and begin to read 'til bedtime. Like Scarlet says "Afterall, tomorrow is another day."

8. Insert your own random thought here. Golly, October is less than a week in comin' 'round already!!! It is one of my favorite months in the year....Halloween. The fragrance of pumpkin spice candles burning, the webbing, the witches - skulls - spiders and bats!! I can't wait to get started on decorating the house. I usually like to have it done the first of the month to stay up all month. Then, in just a short time --- my 2nd most favorite time of year [both, Halloween and Christmas I like equally - in terms of decorating] - December is when my Santas come out of hiding!!! And no, even with just the two of us...I still decorate. It's MY traditional thing.






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