Julie Ainger

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Oct, 2021

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“Whistle while you work and Galloping Gertie” by Julie Ainger

Confession.I cannot whistle.I know how. I know what is “supposed” to happen. I know what it is supposed to “sound” like.But. I simply cannot whistle. A happy tune. A sad tune. A loud tune. A soft tune. A creepy tune. An excited tune. Doesn’t work if I add one finger or two. Blow hard or soft. Still does not work.I have to face the truth. I cannot whistle.As hard as I try.No matter how I “pucker” my lips. Blow a kiss, blow smoke, blow air. nothing comes out. Gratefully, nothing comes in either. I simply cannot do it.Nothing comes out. IE. No ...

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“The Old Jalopy and the Ride of Our Life” by Julie Ainger

The Risk of Love is there.On the other side of the door.The majestic and beautiful door.The narrow door.Don’t be fooled.New or used.We’ve all been there.And it’s ok to admit it.We have all thought, come hell or high water,If. Only I could get there. Make it there.I need some serious wheels. Shiny, new and “better”.Loving a something, a someone, a thing, that maybe we should not. Never a good thing. Putting so much time, effort, energy into the ride of our lives? Who would do that? Jumping head and heart first into the great abyss, the great ...

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“Nuh, Noah and the Ultimate Geometry Teacher” by Julie Ainger

The deluge was coming. What to do. What to do?The flood came and God spared Noah, his family, and precious of all the world’s animals from a world-engulfing flood.Two by two. Four by four.Was civilization in the midst and mist of crumbling and it was right there in front of their eyes? They could not see it. But, oh, they could feet it coming. With a vengeance.Were the people prepared. Were the animals safe? Would the grounds turn inward and swallow like quick sand? Would the grounds soften too much so as to not strongly hold man and beast. ...

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“High Crimes and Misdemeanors: Bought & Sold on the Free HealthCare Market ” by Julie Ainger

Separation Anxiety.Desperate times call for desperate measures and someone in the adult world had best get to some serious adulting.Seriously.High up or low down. Demean, demeaning, demeanor really is the same thing spelled differently. The goal is the same. Putting a price on the head of a person. Not cool.Before another teen, “preetee” pre-teen or let’s just say adolescent listens to another adult and gives up. Freely surrenders their identity to a new wave counselor or free thinking teacher. Or team of adults. We had best get a grip.On th...

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“Chasing After You. When Love Refuses to Give In. ” by Julie Ainger

Love is like an Innocent Child.StubbornStomp Your Feet.My way or the HighwayTrue. Clear. No games.It requires of ourselves, our adult selves the ultimate examination:The Examination of Ourselves.Younger Kids growing and maturing understand this fire-like-behavioral currency of kicks and tricks. As as they have yet to learn and turn them as “tricks”. As their youth unfolds and they test the waters of adulthood they repeatedly check to see how it all works,How not to get burned.Do those adults around here really mean what they say? Can I put o...

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“Drugs, Thugs, Mugs. And shots.” by Julie Ainger

At least, the death panels are alive and kicking.Well, the conversation is certainly changing for the watered-down-and-water-logged worse. And that does nothing to make it righter than before.Yep. Somebody’s fingerprints ARE all over it. But whose? The sad part is that “this” is really nothing new. And has gotten person-specifically worse.And. No. I don’t approve.The stakes are too high because the steaks are too high. And the steaks are too high because the stakes are too high.I just wish I was good looking because that would solve everythi...

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“Vigilant or Vigilante? Be Not Afraid.” by Julie Ainger

Know the difference.Why?Not to be too dramatic. There is a ginormous, gigantic, huge, large, big, bigger very important difference. And it is best to know it. Otherwise while exhaustion overtakes you—however it does—the Lord may pass you by.No. Not because you are bad. He just figures you have done your work and assumes you believe you “deserve” your sleep. It is all a plan of His glorious lesson and lessons. He teaches us everyday, but sometimes we are caught napping. And that is ok.What is the difference? Of fear and strength? Inattentive ...

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“The Scales of Justice and the Tipping Point” by Julie Ainger

Practice makes perfect.Or strange bed fellows. Depends on the situation. Or. how one looks at “it”. Debate is good. Debate is necessary. Debate is needed. Some may argue that there are two sides to every story. Some may argue that rules are made to be broken. Some simply like to argue.True.But. Ambiguity has it benefits and detractors. It largely and often depends on how one looks at it. The truth. On the one hand, is the truth like a matter to be chewed up and spit out? On the other hand is truth like a matter to be taken seriously. The aur...

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“Cash for Clunkers, Crops, Candy or Dunkers. Wiserly or Miserly?” by Julie Ainger

Would you believe? Can you imagine?There was a time when I had green eyes. But it is not what you may think. Thinking I had to change, alter, improve “Me” I embarked on a journey to change something about me.My eyes. To be exact. What couldn’t I see at the time?Wanna know what happened? I literally and figuratively scratched my own eyes out.Ouch.As the story goes: This is non-fiction. Actually happened. Why would I lie? IE. I am not kidding about this. In my youth, having just turned the legal age of eighteen (18). My older sister who was ph...

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“Gone but not forgotten” by Julie Ainger

Challenge accepted.Listening and understanding a wise person is just darn invigorating. Like a mini baptism. Haven’t yet done the hard work, but ready, willing and able to put in the time. And do the Hard Time. The hard way.The Hards Times. Are what make us. But what about the loved ones who left here before us. Do you ever stop to think about what they would think about the,Now. The here and now.Stepping up to the plate whether it be inside, outside, full or finished with crumbs is always worth a second thought. Not in the interest of the d...

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“Inflection Infection” by Julie Ainger

Accidents? Or. Accidence? There are no accidents. Or oopsies. Or oops.’es. Maybe we are all dense. I know I am guilty of stupid sometimes.Grammar has become that branch of linguistics that deals with a language’s inflections (Accidence), other structures of words (Morphology), it’s phonetic system(Phonology), and the arrangement of its word in a sentence (Syntax).Ah. I fondly remember the glory days of a sentence. “The cat in the hat.” “The dog eats a bone”. My apologies. Faded off for a second there.Late Latin “Accidentia”- “categories appl...

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“Common Core and/or Core Common.” by Julie Ainger

Person Specific.Not to be bombastic here. A term coined a long time ago. Alongside a person I grew up with. Who I walked along side with and was trying to figure it out. So I could figure it out. Over compensation of the lesson is never good. But where to start? Where to begin? But. Hey. We all forget. So in the interest of remembering the good versus evil of dwelling. Let’s pay the conception a visit.Belief in origins that are good, is just, well good. Naïveté is the sincerest form of honesty. The problem is, it gets pounded into the ground...

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“Tempting tendencies. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ” by Julie Ainger

Imitation or Imitatio is to copy or replicate another’s behavior. It is a form of social learning that leads to the “development of traditions, and ultimately culture.”Imitation can be applied in many contexts, ranging from animal training to politics. In general the term refers to conscious behavior. (WK)Subconscious imitation is termed “mirroring”. According to Webster, a Copy Cat” is one who imitates or adopts the behavior or practices of another.”Oops gotta grab my camera as he ran back inside, yelling to his sister as he grabbed his gea...

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“Mind over Matter. The Gray Grey Area. ” by Julie Ainger

Who. What. Where. When. Why. How.It matters.The majority of experienced, well read persons remember a historical person such as Mr. Mandela. No denying the significance of the prompt model. Mr. Mandela. Prompt for his times. A prompt for our times.To say the least, Mandela expressed as a person of strong conviction, that ultimately led to his conviction. Because he held strongly held convictions. My apologies, my own mind wanders when I “say” this run on sentence.Convictions, simple to him. But. Seen as too complicated to many. Because they ...

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“White light. Bright Lite” by Julie Ainger

There is a time to every purpose under heaven. As you grow, learn and mature, you will seek and find that the adults in your world get things wrong sometimes. Confusion will overtake your thoughts and sometimes your actions, too.Speaking mathematically, we are the sum of our actions. Every single one of us. Finite-tally. So. What to do. What to do. Where will you go to “Figure it out”.There is a world of knowledge to be learned on the playgrounds of our youth.The Self. The Me. The Myself and The I. It is simple but not easy. You see, or may ...

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