Ten Thing of Thankful #6 – Another Blog Hop

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Another week has passed and it's Sunday again, so it's time to share my weekly thankfuls for the Ten Thing of Thankful blog hop. This week, I am also adding some photos to the end of the post so you can perhaps have a little peek… into the things I am talking about.

The thankfuls of other participants can be found at the link-up for TToT Blog-hop.

Ten Thing of Thankful #6

First — Six Sentence Blog Hop Community.

This week I wrote for and took part in something completely different: the SSC&B community, where I was invited by Clark and Chris.

Clark and Denise, who hosts the Six-Sentence Story challenge, were also kind enough to send me some information about the story-line and encouraged me to take part.

For me, it was a completely new type of a challenge, as I have never collaborated in any kind of writing exercise before. I always thought my characters were simply too dark and that I would not be able to contribute much. Like the Nervous Poet, I too am overly nervous about things, but it was actually quite fun.

I enjoyed writing it, had fun with a few interactions and the character herself was pretty cool too, I think. Also the feedback from the community was so sweet it certainly took this one's anxiety levels down by a notch.

Second — dVerse poetry.

This week I took part in the Open Link Night again, and I have actually noticed that I write very differently from my old self now not just the other poets. Such places already have noticeably large communities, and I have found a few poets whose work I really enjoy.

I start reading other people's entries and suddenly I can't stop because they are so enjoyable. Their styles are often very different from mine, but they also encourage me to evolve and see the world a little differently through poetry.

Third — my mom and brother.

I absolutely love them, and this weekend I am visiting them. I also visited my Tallinn family, but currently I am enjoying the singing birds and grass beneath my toes, as they live in the countryside where I also lived from the ages of 3 to 23.

I will add some nature photos at the end of the post, and they are all from my childhood home.

Fourth — cats.

I love those furry little things, but as I am living in a rental, the closest I have to cats are a few little statuettes. Anyway, my mum has two old ladies, and I have also added a few photos of them at the end.

They always sleep in my bed and come running like little dogs whenever they see me getting out of the car. We do let them outside, as they never wander far from people. In that sense, they behave more like puppies than cats.

Fifth — my grandmother.

She came to visit us here, and the other day I complained that my balcony had been finished too late for me to grow anything there this year. She actually brought me a few tomato plants, which are currently still little babies, but hopefully the contractors won't need to go onto the balcony anymore and I will soon have homegrown tomatoes.

It was so sweet of her.

She also knits and made me a new key chain, of which I will also include a few photos at the end.

Sixth — my boyfriend.

I just realized that we are celebrating 12 years together this year, and honestly, I do not even call him my boyfriend anymore, I call him the other half or spouse.

He is a very calm and kind person who writes music, works as a sound technician, and encourages me to keep trying with school, my blog, and everything else.

Seventh — my muse.

My muse. Most people seem to think that a muse must be a person from your life, but mine is a strange little entity that I have carried around with me for more than half of my life.

They finally decided to return to me, and now I have so many ideas for new stories and poems that I do not even know what I am going to write first.

Eight—my sister.

Who keeps spamming me with funny reels together with my brother that when I open the chat it's flooding, haha.

Ninth — music and reading.

Inspiration is everywhere. I listen to a lot of music and read a lot, and it is one of my favorite pastime activities.

Sometimes, my favorite thing to do is simply to sit on a couch, sip a little whiskey or wine, and just enjoy... living and being.

Tenth — Sales.

I am rather unlucky when it comes to my hair. It is very thin and fine, and there are only two conditioners that seem to work for me. One of them costs around €25–30 for a very small bottle: Redken Acidic Bonding Liquid Conditioner.

The other is a drugstore product that I love which is currently being discontinued in most stores: L'Oréal Wonder Water. When I found a few bottles on sale for €6 each, I bought three of them and came home absolutely beaming.

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There's more of my work:

If you like short stories I have them scooped up into one category (including the six-sentence stories).

The Nervous Poet at the SSC&B can be followed here.

There is also poetry.

More personal entries can be found at the Blog.

There's also the IT studies blog in Estonian and "Chaos in Spring" on YouTubeSpotify and other streaming services.

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10 Comments

  1. Cai

    Lush greenery is so refreshing. Even the indoor cats know how to pose amongst the greens.

    I hope you’re jotting down your ideas before they fade.

    Grandma’s panda is cute. It will hold you up when the going gets tough.

    You might want to consult a doctor about hair concerns. It might be due to internal issues like nutrition, alcohol, need of a vitamin type of supplement, or iron deficiency. Your doctor can order a blood test to find out.

    May you enjoy a nice week ahead.

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    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      Thank you!

      I absolutely love the panda!

      About the hair it’s a combination of bad genes and hormones and also I had a huge allergic reaction a few months ago to a semi permanent hair dye (which I had been using for 10 years because I had allergies to permanent dye) and after that it takes time and after it’s healed a few deep cleans…

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  2. clark

    Fun to see photos of the ‘real’ world. (one of my favorite and therefore oft-repeated ‘jokes’).

    Muse… interesting how we, each of us, know of it as we put words on paper (or electrons on LCDs)… it, the creativity of people who write, is fascinating in how it manifests so differently in each of us.

    It is good to have family.

    It was fun to ‘see’ you at the Six Sentence Café & Bistro this week. Your Nervous Poet seemed quite together, given the somewhat trying situation. She appeared to, as with so many of us, have an inner reservoir of strength. One of the things I enjoy the most is, once a character exists, to find situations and see what they do left to their own devices. This is, imo, the best part of the Café, the physical location is set and their are other people (sorry, characters lol) who can provide opportunities to act and react.

    Fun Stuff

    thank you for joining us at the TToT (and have a good week)

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    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      Thak you Clark! Yes I wonder what she is doing now… Probably drinking coffee with the other characters until the “play” begins again.

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  3. Mr Andrew F Wilson

    I take it those photos are of the surrounds to where you live, Reelika – fabulous! Enjoyed the tribute to each of your family members too…

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  4. messymimi

    This is such a lovely list, you made me smile.

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  5. Frank Hubeny

    It is wonderful to have so many things to be thankful for.

    Reply
    • of Stardust and the Beasts

      Thank you for the comment…
      and somehow you don’t notice there’s so many things until you sit down to write, in that sense this blog-hop is brilliant.

      Reply

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