Julie Ainger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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473 Stories

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“Waking up to what the adults is this USA room are doing to our environment of self governance🫣” by Julie Ainger

How much do you care?Do you recycle?The paper.The cup.The paper cup.Where do you get the story?The scoop.The weather updates?Real.Fake.Thank the good Lord above I can still feel it all in my bones. The story. The news of the day in my somewhat decalcifying, but nonetheless strong and sturdy bones.Rickets.No.A bit hunched.Maybe.But feeling it is three quarters of the insanity battle of watching a beautiful and free country fight for its right to life.Right to life.While others tune it just waiting for the next self-imposed next psychological ...

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“Threes a Crowd. Fours a square. A square peg in a round hole.” by Julie Ainger

Rock the Boat.Sink the Ship.All sides being equal.It.Seldom works.Hurts even.When and How.Forced.CoercionForced relays and delaysA square peg in a round hole.Looking to find their place in a world that has gone mad.A world that has gone mad.Sydney Smith in “On the Conduct of the Understanding” opined:”If you choose to represent the various parts in life by holes upon a table, of different shapes,—some circular, some triangular, some square, some oblong,—and the person acting these parts by bits of wood of similar shapes, we generally find th...

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“Opening it up: Methods of a stalker. Wartime tactics and lessons of emotional combat.” by Julie Ainger

Well.How is everyone feeling now that the “conversation has changed”??I”ll hop into the fire pit first. I really have nothing else left to lose:Many and vast feelings include but are not limited to:Crazed.Confused.Venomly capable of spewed frustrations flying out of a mouth I thought held pure words.Confused. Again:Is is still a dog eat dog world?Or.A cat eat cat world?Was that the intention all along?To nurture the kind of “eat you up” mentality that is eating us all alive?Do you think “well done” or “well done”?Sorry?I sure am.A lot.I am s...

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“Bear With Me” by Julie Ainger

Heavy.A heavy heart.Becomes weighted down by the impossibilities of life.Sure.Possibilities are or can be endless.But the soul behind the mask has been telling the story for far too long.And.I am tired.Beyond weary.Resigned. To the fact I do not “play” well with others.Bear with me.Please.While I seek to figure out the why of whys.Under assault for too long with queries, stories, excuses, options, veritable reasons of lack of this or lack of that. Buddying up, buddying out disguised as “support”.The Heart of the mystery. (pf)A heart that has...

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“Yes. Virginia there is a Santa Claus? Do they really eat dogs in China? ” by Julie Ainger

Yes.In consideration of becoming a vegetarian.One should take serious note.Serious notes.And.Then.Annotate those notes.Perhaps underline the important lines.But in the end. The conclusion is the same.The conclusion is the same.YES. They do eat dogs in China.My suggestion.Imperative to vet the vet you plan on vetting your pet with.It could get ugly.Very, very ugly.Sellouts usually are.Ugly.Our dogs.Your dog.My dog.In some places, they do not even bother to season it.Makes no matter which or what Asian influence, Korean. Taiwanese, South Korea...

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“Zipit. PII and Private Eyes, Secrets and Lies” by Julie Ainger

Will the first to admit they have lost their edge, please stand up.I didn’t think so.When you know.You know.A Coward.A coward. The modus operandi of a coward: Continually operate in a way, a mindset way of hiding behind one another. Avoiding the “out in the open” mindset and mentality.They could just ask for help. For serious help.However, they choose the alternative.Which is insidiously counterproductive. Sadly, very sadly cowards seldom learn the right way. To learn.Their patterns repeat themselves as well as the lame excuses.Strength is n...

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“Sloop, Slop or Snoop. Sloop-of-war and the Friendship Sloop ” by Julie Ainger

Smooth sailing? Or so you may think.Uh-ohWe are taking on water😥Too much water as a matter of fact.…. the body cannot handle the deluge.And there is no place else to go.😵‍💫Sloshing along.Slopping along.No skipping going on here.No skipping into the sunset, waiting for the magnificent moon to save your life.Single.Solo.One mast.Single jib.It may just be too late.😬Perhaps now one wishes or wished they were a little bit nicer to those around them, at the time they could have been a little nicer to those around them.Karmatic clouds a storm in’ i...

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“The National Inquirer-Could it be—YOU?” by Julie Ainger

Getting the scoop.The dirtThe goods on someone else.How often do you find yourself seeking out the dirt with bad intentions regarding the life of another person simply because they “know a thing or two” about another person’s “thing or two”? Their life, their family, their hopes, their dreams.When you look in the mirror the only real way to not like what you see is to close your eyes.Close your eyes.Ironic. Sad maybe. The funny thing about selfies. We allow ourselves “do-overs” all the time-when we don’t like the picture we take of ourselves...

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“Loose lips sink ships. The wrath of grapes🍇 ” by Julie Ainger

White.Red.SweetSour.Water.Wine.Wine.Water.How do rumors get started?Started by the jealous peopleAnd.They get mad seeing something they had and somebody else is hold in’.A long stem of this 🍷or a long stem of that?🌹🥀A hard fact: Some people never grow up. Never mature, like a fine wine. Like beautiful flowers.😃Stunted.Prevented. From. Growing.The wrath of grapes.Not to be confused with a classic “The grapes of wrath” a classical story written by John Steinbeck. Considered a “realist” novel the story centers around a poor family of tenant far...

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“Leisure Time Seizure Time Cognition and Comprehension ” by Julie Ainger

The mass.The body’s mass.The masses mass.“Do mass media have the effect of drugging their audiences?” The question was asked long ago. Modern times and current state of affairs either contribute or deter from the bigger picture. It could or could it be we simply are feeling the effects more and more today. The minute effects. The louder ones too.Paul Lazarsfeld and Robert Merton at one time opined that mass media reinforces what we already believe, enforces normal attitudes and behavior patterns of society.. Publicity closes the gap between ...

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“Privacy and Secrets. It takes a licking but keeps on ticking.” by Julie Ainger

Privacy.Law.Regulation.It takes a licking.And.Keeps on ticking.No. Not like a time bomb. When there are good and honest persons at the helm of the decision making. And rest assured. There are good persons at the helms of the decision making.It would behoove you to get to know them. Really. Get to know them. Their what’s.Their whys. Their, “How I got here stories”.When and if you choose to place your so called baggage into the hands of a newly met stranger, in an instant you will be able to tell if they can take it and you from here to there....

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“Obstinant Uncle Otis and the Art of Persuasion. Back at the Barnyard.” by Julie Ainger

“Some people are extremely gullible. They tend to accept unreservedly almost anything authoritative they read, see, or hear. They adopt one opinion, then it’s very antithesis. Like the branches of a willow in the wind, they seem to sway first one way, then the other. Others though more reserved in their reaction to persuasion, tend to be highly susceptible to special appeals.”Yikes.🤕😳🫣😬😵‍💫😔Emotional appeals affect some people more than others.Yikes. Again. 🤕😳🫣😬😵‍💫😔Bad attitudes.Good attitudes.All lives matter.In the beginning.In the end.“Bot...

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“Fear, Accountability and the Communication Word Jungle” by Julie Ainger

With so many paths, roads, avenues and initiatives of communication at our fingertips, how is it that we can mess things up so often?The Gray Area? An excuse?The Misinformation? Another excuse?The padding? Today’s excuse?The demonizing demeaning? Tomorrow’s excuse?The make-‘em-look-bad-at-all-costs? Yesterday’s excuse.The scare ‘em-outta-their-pants-initiative? Never-ending excuse?For some, fear can be a very powerful motivator to achieve personal success. Fear can be insidious. Fear can make us do things we could never have imagined doing. ...

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“Even Steven” by Julie Ainger

The Ultimate and Endless Upsell.Distilled. Still. Sparkly.Never give someone more information than they need to act.Trade and its verbals, sells and presentations.The purse trade.The grooming trade.The leather trade.The liquid tradeThe drug trade. Is not trade at all.Enmeshment entangled into the envelope is destined only to pop out of the band, wedding or belly, that attempt to hold it in.Hold it together.Renewal.Renege.Repeat.Re-work.Trade this person’s life for that persons life is dirty “p**”😥😬😚😳We all have a sweet spot. We all have a b...

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“Wartime Tactics of Lifelong Lessons and Counting Blessings.” by Julie Ainger

Audit Time for all.We are all being audited.In real time.Round and round and round she goes . Where is stops. Nobody knows. Good idea to know your trench mates while in the trenches in and of our current state of affairs. Why? Just around the corner is Armed Services Day. Worldwide ceremonious demonstrations of respect and honor will become due. Unlike the real time protests and demonstrations of me too and you too, us too, them too.After that Memorial Day, Flag Day, American Independence Day, Civic Holiday, Patriot Day, Columbus Day, Veter...

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