Julie Ainger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“Lights On?... Enlightened or Frightened and walking with the Sleep Walkers.” by Julie Ainger

O.k.Stop kidding ourselves.There has been a lot of talk as of late. About lights. About lighting.As a non-bonafide-shopper, I am the person wondering why Merry Christmas decorations are aligning the shelves along with the ghouls, ghosts and goblins of All Souls Day and Halloween.I spend my nights trying to understand.Trying to fit in.Trying to fit it all in.Have you ever walked smack dab into the wall? A wall. Any wall. Of self. Of another.In the light.In the dark.While the conversation back and forth between what to do and what has been don...

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“The early bird catches the worm” by Julie Ainger

Gloriously quiet. Still.Few distractions. Few nuisances.Time to think. Reflect.On what is important. Before what is unimportant begins to clog the mind. Take up space. Too much space. The ultimate result becomes forgetfulness. Spreading oneself too thin. With not enough to go around. When important matters arise. We have very little energy leftover, complain of being too “tired.”Forgetfulness. “I forgot.” Nasty words. When intention behind them are simply to put someone “off.” Delay their lives to a point of destruction and devastation. Not ...

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“😳😳🥱🥱😴😴The narcoleptic insomniac needs some shut eye.” by Julie Ainger

“I can’t sleep.”Makes for a crazed existence at times. Irritable. Short-tempered.Between the bad dreams, nightmares and other miscellaneous processing feats of mental strength and weakness. Strengths and weaknesses.It is a wonder a sleepless night allows one to stand up🙂.Still be standing.Semi standing anyway.Because if sitting down, was an option. One may fall asleep at the wrong time.Missing something important. Very important—between the blurriness.Caffeine gets a bad wrap.What happens?It happens.A laugh.A cry.Terrorizing situations.Stick...

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“The Scoop.” by Julie Ainger

Question.Question.Question some more.InterrogateInterrogateInterrogate some more.Rumors had been swirling for awhile.Around campus.Around the large university town.Word had spread that there was a person on the loose. Students avoided their night classes. Subsequently, a curfew put in place. Night classes would be suspended for a time. Until they could discover what was going on with the situation. What to do about the situation.Law Enforcement was involved from the beginning. When the very first incident occurred. Nerves around the campus w...

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“Invidious Intruders. Insidious Impuders.” by Julie Ainger

Wow.Does it ever end.?Will is ever end?When caution is thrown out the window, with the baby and the bath water, what IS left?The Audacity of Hope?Well. Audacity is a sufficient enough word.Hope. Can be a four letter word.Please do not confuse the “stand up” podium as an opportunity to show toughness in the fight, the rat race. The Professor pondered as the lecture progressed. The times were tough. Very tough. With nary a leader to be found. The circus carried on, and it would seem as though all at the mercy of the madness.Bumptious contribut...

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“Self-determination. Self-devotion. Self-evident.” by Julie Ainger

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.”William ShakespeareLove all.Trust a few.Do wrong to none.Do. Wrong. To. None.Holiness.It is a Journey.Bonafide holiness.It is a Journey.We really all are gifts to one another.(pf)Can be. If we search our hearts. Then re-establish our souls.Our reasons for being.Our reasons for living.How we take care of these gifts says everything about,Who we are.Who we follow.Who we trust to follow.Self Determination:There is a legitimate assessment of what constitutes this. On the soil of where our feet walk. Ther...

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“First things first” by Julie Ainger

You’re fired!You’re tired!You’re hired!Now.We get to work.I just hired a new kid.A new kid on the block.To walk around with me through my days and nights.A new apprentice.We do not speak a verbal, vocal same language.There are many, many non verbal unspoken similarities.We are both, however, students of life.Lifelong learners.Of all things good.And.The scary things too.My apprentice is a newcomer to this earth.Me. Not so much.Our plan.To be pupils of one another.By sheer age only, I qualify as the mentor to my new mentee. But only by age. My...

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“Riding rough shod at the roustabout’s rough house. Ouch!” by Julie Ainger

Ouch.Let the wrestle fest begin.The push.The pull.The yes.The no.When was the last time you felt as if you shot yourself in the foot.Right in the foot.Actions speak louder than words.Words can mask a multitude of hidden meanings.Hi jinks.Low jinksAntics. Antically speaking. One man’s antics may be another man’s success.Or failure.See how insidiously webbed things can be?Can become.Hurtful, too.Boorish.Blunt. Coarse. Crude.When does the line of questionable behavior blur?Dot the “i’s”, cross the “t’s”And then high tail it outta the scene, the...

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“The Latitudinarian makes a “sensu” to you, or not….” by Julie Ainger

Practitioners practice practically practical practices.It is good practice to ask yourself, “What IS my goal?”Depends on who you work for.And in favor of.Hbu?Do you work to be in God’s favor?Do you work to be in the Principal’s favor?Your Mother?Your Father?Your Brother?Your Sister?The New Deal?Have you asked yourself lately.Whose favor do you seek, do you hide from?I thought so.Oftentimes, things have a way of straightening themselves out.Maybe.Or.Maybe not.Slack, latitude and attitude help. The tools needed and necessary when the breaking ...

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“Instant Gratification: Drive for show, putt for dough” by Julie Ainger

Stop.Stop it! (lk)Stopped.Stuck, too.In front of:A facade.The facade.Of all facades.Rest assured.There was, or is something, someone holding “it” all together.Walk.Walk the narrow path. (gb)And.You will neverNEVER,Walk alone.Privately privacy.Can be a hedge.Can cause a hedge.Despair.And all the trappings, or how shall we say,The remnants.Actually sown together make a beautiful blanket, a comfortable quilt, a tightly knitted scarf.Of and for warmth.But.The plague.Is not far behind.In the forms and trappings of cute little bugs.Of “friendship”...

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“Amusement and the Amusing Muse😉” by Julie Ainger

Exercise this.(I think we could all use a 😹 laugh.)May I introduce you to my good friend, Argot.And.Sometimes the absurd is the only way to go.😜And.When the going gets tough, the tough get going.Whatever it takes.History has a way of repeating itself.The good.The bad.The ugly.The politics of identity and identities have gone off the rails…….And, No.It is not “funny.”Neither are the lies spun in the incessant webs of deception.In the interest of winning a valuable, valuable tool.Of voice.Well, at least here.In the us of the US.Voice=VoteVote=...

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“Avengeful and Revengeful Benefits in the Land of Purgation.” by Julie Ainger

How are you?How have you been feeling?High on yourself.Low on yourself.Or somewhere in between.Waiting for a “buzz.”Of some kind anyway.In the land of the holding pattern, are you?Too afraid to changeToo tired to, too.Euphoric maybe.Feel as if you have been spending a little too much time in a purgatorial state of mind?Spending time in purgatory, till either the story changes. Or we do.Change.Decide to change.Our ways.Our means.Purging along side the river banks to see how much we can take it, stand it, out-mind and maneuver another.Can’t we...

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“Obtrusive obtuseness and other creature comforts” by Julie Ainger

Beyond a shadow of doubt.Not everything all the time, always, every time, constantly, assuredly, enduringly, determinately, eternally, everlastingly, assuredly, lastly, permanently, definitely is,open to interpretation.Life can, put very simply, be rather innumerable, incalculable.Now.I am not suggesting throwing away the “swear” jar. ☺️ Not at all.Nor. Am I recommending the penny jar is an invaluable piece of glass.🍷We spend countless hours. Countless. Hours. Counting. Or. Accounting for the ways and means. What do we mean?How do we mean. O...

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“Healed people heal people” by Julie Ainger

Lines.Spoken.Written.On our hearts.On our faces☺️.Logic tells us one thing.Feelings may speak another.Hearts and minds are not always in sync.Wants and needs are not always in balance.How to bring life back to the middle becomes a daily battle sometimes. A push and pull, a back and forth, a this or that. The stories of truths and lies we tell ourselves to “make it” through the day..Spoken, verbalized to sway the other to our point of view.We never, no never, must admit when we are wrong, lest we be looked at as weak.Who has our back becomes...

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“One ring-ey ding-ey, Two ring-ey ding-ey….Circling ‘round the Ouija board” by Julie Ainger

Heebie, Jeebies!Eleven days from today.The ghosts, goblins and ghouls come out to play.Seeking “treats.”At the expense of others.(Unfortunately seems like daily life right now.🫤)Not one to be considered a fun-hater. Will join in the spirit of the spirits, and of the spirit of the Hallowed holiday of stuffing candy into bags and into our 😁faces. And contacting the dead to say “hey”,Wassup?How’s it going down there…Side fact:Did you know? The price of salads goes down to this time of year?🥗.Sugar highs.Sugar lows.Hyperactivity rise.Energies bl...

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