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This week's #journalprompt is an easy one: watch your favorite fictional character in a movie, or read about that character's adventures. Have some popcorn while you're at it.
Ask yourself: why is this character appealing? Figure out what you like about him or her. Relax and enjoy the memories of how that story impacted your life, both when you first ran across it, and in the times since when you've revisited it.
My favorite ever? Bridget Jones.
#movies #popcorn #reading #journaling

This week's #journalprompt is an easy one: watch your favorite fictional character in a movie, or read about that character's adventures. Have some popcorn while you're at it.
Ask yourself: why is this character appealing? Figure out what you like about him or her. Relax and enjoy the memories of how that story impacted your life, both when you first ran across it, and in the times since when you've revisited it.
My favorite ever? Bridget Jones.
#movies #popcorn #reading #journaling

Doves are a symbols of peace. They never fight with other birds at the bird feeder, and they are beautiful just to look at.
Yesterday I had a dove on my window sill early in the morning, and I knew the day would be peaceful.
For this week's #journalprompt, think or write about symbols and how they show up in your stories.
#writingcommunity #symbolism

This week's #journalprompt is about making observations. I took my camera around in Florida and took nature pictures. It's hard to capture a moment of an animal in motion but it's also a fun way to collect moments of what's happening around you.
This can be used in writing to set up the setting of a scene. If the mood is heavy, for example, dark clouds or thunder set the scene. For a lighter mood, sunshine and butterflies might be mentioned.
Enjoy these photos and have a good week #writing

This week's #journalprompt is about making observations. I took my camera around in Florida and took nature pictures. It's hard to capture a moment of an animal in motion but it's also a fun way to collect moments of what's happening around you.
This can be used in writing to set up the setting of a scene. If the mood is heavy, for example, dark clouds or thunder set the scene. For a lighter mood, sunshine and butterflies might be mentioned.
Enjoy these photos and have a good week #writing

This week's #journalprompt is about going somewhere else for a while... It can be in your imagination or getting into some vehicle and ending up somewhere else. This is my path for my next vacation. That star touches the places I plan to visit.
Of course, we can also take vacations from things. Right now I'm taking a break from social media, and I think that's what I need right now.
This week, think or write about how different surroundings affect you or your characters. #writingcommunity

What does trust mean to you? For this week's #journalprompt write or think about what it means to trust a person, a process, a system, yourself. Apply it to fiction if that's your focus, and explore how trust, and the lack of it, can influence relationships, stories, and lives.

#writingcommunity #journaling #writing

Hubbs and I talked (well, laughed) about this the other day. Few things capture the mood of our early days (the 1970s) quite like airbrushed vans and the artwork they shared. Popular themes were: Star Wars, Merlin the Magician, and other album cover worthy art.

For this week's #journalprompt, write about details that put readers in a time and place. Include sights, smells, atmosphere, behaviors, and slang that shows the world that you're building.

#journalprompts #writingcommunity

This week I've revisited old versions of myself through the mechanism known as the shuffle button.
This can be a #journalprompt on several levels. It can be personal, pertaining to your own experience, or it can reflect a mood in a fiction story you're working on.
This week, put your music on shuffle and write about what thoughts come up as you move through your music catalog and the places you were, and the person you were, when you heard those songs for the first time.
#music #writingcommunity

This week I've revisited old versions of myself through the mechanism known as the shuffle button.
This can be a #journalprompt on several levels. It can be personal, pertaining to your own experience, or it can reflect a mood in a fiction story you're working on.
This week, put your music on shuffle and write about what thoughts come up as you move through your music catalog and the places you were, and the person you were, when you heard those songs for the first time.
#music #writingcommunity

Today's #journalprompt is about seeds. An acorn that a tiny squirrel could hold turns into a giant oak tree. Sprouts like the ones pictured (one's even still wearing its seed hat) will someday feed Monarch butterflies. Ideas and thoughts can turn into monumental things; in fact, everything you see around you was once an idea someone had.
This week, think or write about what seeds (literal or not) have sprouted in your life, or in a character's life.
#writingcommunity #journaling

Today's #journalprompt is #patience
How do you feel about having to be patient? What situations need patience in order for them to improve?
Here's my note about patience: I grew this plant from a seed. It traveled with me in a cooler on a multi-state move. I've put it in the sunshine and watered it for 5 years now. And finally, a bloom!
Speaking of new life, happy spring, Easter, and Passover holidays to those who celebrate.

https://youtu.be/R78SooFwbVg Instead of my usual #journalprompt, check out this creative sign seen at today's #nokings demonstration local to me... and let me know what you'd write on a sign too. #nokings

https://youtu.be/R78SooFwbVg Instead of my usual #journalprompt, check out this creative sign seen at today's #nokings demonstration local to me... and let me know what you'd write on a sign too. #nokings

"Eclipse" is an interesting word. It can be a noun or a verb. It can refer to an astronomical event or something else. If you follow astrology, eclipses are a sign of change.
I bought this shirt in NY when there to view one.
When it comes to writing fiction, something always has to change within a story, a character, and so forth. This week's #journalprompt is to select a character or event and write about what it was like, before and after a major change occurred.
#writingcommunity #eclipse

Hi friends: I snapped this picture during the magic hour (before sunset) last week and wanted to share it. I love birds and this one seemed to pose just for me.
It's an overwhelming time for a lot of reasons, so my only advice for this week's #journalprompt is to write, take pictures, call a friend, do an art project, or find a way to stay grounded.
Take excellent care of yourself!
#journaling #writingcommunity

Today's #journalprompt revolves around meaning. There's a book called The Language of Flowers that tells what certain flowers "mean."
Pictured here is my holiday cactus... it reminds me of one my grandparents had for many years.
The meaning of its flower is "unexpected gifts." I like this for a number of reasons, but mostly because it's up to the person seeing this message to decide what unexpected gift they've received. This week, write about an unexpected gift.
#writingprompts #journaling

Today's #journalprompt is related to something that surrounds us all the time: music. How does it inspire you? How does it fit into a scene or a habit or an activity you enjoy? How does it set the tone for a scene?

Playing and listening to music creates a type of outlet we all need. What are your favorite types of music and songs? #writingcommunity #journaling #music

Sometimes you get way more than you bargained for or expected.
Today's #journalprompt has to do with exactly that. How do you deal with situations that grow larger than you anticipated?
Keep in mind, these can be good or bad.
FWIW I moved south to get away from snow, but unfortunately it followed me here. However, too much snow on the ground is giving me time to work on music, writing, and other hobbies. Also, I'm eating well. Ha ha ha.
#writingcommunity #journaling

Ever read The Handmaid's Tale? Ever take a Latin class? If so, you might know what this means.

This is a phrase that works for the current mood. That's all I'm saying.

This week's #journalprompt is to write about all the things you do to prevent the bastards from getting you down. #illigitiminoncarborundum

What's your theme for 2026? That's what this week's #journalprompt is about.
Around new year's, I did a meditation to try to relax, and usually I just sit with my eyes closed to do this. However, as I meditated, a yellow butterfly just showed up in my conscious mind.
To me, butterflies symbolize freedom, joy, and transformation. What better theme for a new year?
A friend of mine gave me this picture. I used to see these butterflies in California. #journaling #writingcommunity

What won't you miss about 2025? That's today's #journalprompt

A little background: my employer had stuff to give away, but not enough to give everyone a present, so we had to put our hands into a box and pull out a note that read either "No" or "Yes." If it said Yes, you could go pick a present from a pile they'd set up.

I picked this note and added "more 2025."

Happy new year, everyone. We've run out of 2025. How does it feel? #writingcommunity #journalprompts #happynewyear2026

Happy winter solstice! For those in the northern hemisphere, it's the shortest day of the year, and longest night. A new cycle starts now!
For this week's #journalprompt, think or write about what you appreciate about the change of season, the chance to start a new year, and the opportunity to slow down as the current year ends. #journaling #writingcommunity #happywintersolstice

Today's #journalprompt is to cook something or to describe some food that appears in whatever you're writing... and because the topic of "getting more turmeric in your diet because your joints hurt" came up at a book event today, I'm sharing this recipe.
It'll be cold tonight for much of North America, it's time to cook and eat something that'll keep you warm!
Buon appetito!
(And if you need a convenient #recipejournal, check out the link in my profile!)
#journalprompts #cooking

Today's post is something I've had people ask me about: why do we have to pay subscriptions to occasionally use a spreadsheet or word processing program? And the thing is, we don't. Check out open source software for a solution. It's literally free!
The option to go to libreoffice.org and download free software you can use anytime is hard to resist.
For today's #journalprompt think or write about a budget-friendly solution for something that you use.
#writingcommunity #opensourcesoftware

Today's post is something I've had people ask me about: why do we have to pay subscriptions to occasionally use a spreadsheet or word processing program? And the thing is, we don't. Check out open source software for a solution. It's literally free!
The option to go to libreoffice.org and download free software you can use anytime is hard to resist.
For today's #journalprompt think or write about a budget-friendly solution for something that you use.
#writingcommunity #opensourcesoftware

Today I got buzzed by a Monarch butterfly. It got me thinking about gardens past and present, and what I'd like to plant in the future, to attract butterflies and other animals.

A garden is never done. It changes all the time, but that's part of its magic.

This week, think or write about what in nature inspires you, and how it makes you feel to interact with nature.

#journalprompt #writingcommunity #nature

Photo from WWF website.

elul journal prompt number seventeen, twentieth of elul:

What's something you believe in, but don't live out? What's something reflected by your actions that doesn't align with your heart?

mosaic of a basket of pomegranates, found in the Maon Synagogue, a 6th-century synagogue and archaeological site in the Negev Desert. photo credit to Avishai Teicher: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_7439_basket_with_pomegranates_in_maon_mosaic.jpg

#judaism #jewish #elul #aesthetic #journalprompt #archaeology #synagogue #pomegranate #mosaic #art

elul journal prompt number seventeen, twentieth of elul:

What's something you believe in, but don't live out? What's something reflected by your actions that doesn't align with your heart?

mosaic of a basket of pomegranates, found in the Maon Synagogue, a 6th-century synagogue and archaeological site in the Negev Desert. photo credit to Avishai Teicher: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_7439_basket_with_pomegranates_in_maon_mosaic.jpg

#judaism #jewish #elul #aesthetic #journalprompt #archaeology #synagogue #pomegranate #mosaic #art

elul journal prompt number seventeen, twentieth of elul:

What's something you believe in, but don't live out? What's something reflected by your actions that doesn't align with your heart?

mosaic of a basket of pomegranates, found in the Maon Synagogue, a 6th-century synagogue and archaeological site in the Negev Desert. photo credit to Avishai Teicher: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PikiWiki_Israel_7439_basket_with_pomegranates_in_maon_mosaic.jpg

#judaism #jewish #elul #aesthetic #journalprompt #archaeology #synagogue #pomegranate #mosaic #art

elul journal prompt number sixteen, nineteenth of elul:

Who in the Torah or Tanakh or Talmud do you most identify with? What can you learn from them?

Austrian Mahzor (Festival Prayer Book). made of pierced, repousse, traced, engraved, and cast silver; and ink printed on paper. dated 1765-1855 and printed by Anton Schmid. now belongs to the Jewish Museum: https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/7183-book-cover-with-prayer-book-mahzor-festival-prayer-book

#jewish #judaism #elul #aesthetic #journalprompt #mahzor #judaica #jewishart

elul journal prompt number sixteen, nineteenth of elul:

Who in the Torah or Tanakh or Talmud do you most identify with? What can you learn from them?

Austrian Mahzor (Festival Prayer Book). made of pierced, repousse, traced, engraved, and cast silver; and ink printed on paper. dated 1765-1855 and printed by Anton Schmid. now belongs to the Jewish Museum: https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/7183-book-cover-with-prayer-book-mahzor-festival-prayer-book

#jewish #judaism #elul #aesthetic #journalprompt #mahzor #judaica #jewishart

elul journal prompt number six, seventh of elul:

What about teshuvah feels comforting to you? What about it feels uncomfortable?

photo credit to USSR Post: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Soviet_Union_1971_CPA_3995_stamp_(Honey_Bee_on_Apple_Blossom_and_Honeycomb).png

#judaism #jewish #elul #art #aesthetic #journalprompt #stamp #stamps #vintage #history #vintagestamps

elul journal prompt number five, sixth of elul:

What does teshuvah mean for your community?

art credit to Leoangeloart: https://www.reddit.com/r/painting/comments/e337nf/pomegranate/

#judaism #jewish #elul #art #aesthetic #pomegranate #pomegranates #journalprompt #painting

elul journal prompt number four, fifth of elul:

What does teshuvah mean to you?

A Happy New Year. Jewish greeting card by Mordecai Menahem Cohen, 5693 / 1932. it seems there is little to no information about the artist available online, but two of his greeting cards are available to view in the Jewish Museum's online collection: https://thejewishmuseum.org/collection/artist/mordecai-menahem-cohen

#judaism #jewish #jewishart #greetingcard #roshhashana #elul #journalprompt #art

elul journal prompt number three, third of elul:

What makes a good apology?

Shadow Apple. painting by Elena Katsyura: https://elkatsyura.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-02-09T15:41:00-08:00&max-results=10&reverse-paginate=true

#judaism #jewish #elul #journalprompt #art #painting #aesthetic #apple

Today's journal Prompt ✍️:

Are there areas where you feel your progress is being hindered, and how might you navigate these challenges with resilience and determination?

#JournalPrompt