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Share Your World 2015- Week 9

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All righty then! It’s week 9 of sharing our worlds. It never gets old. Check out how others in the blogosphere share their worlds with our hostess Cee at

Share Your World – 2015 Week #9

Here are this week’s questions and my answers…

How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are? 

I would be somewhere around 100. People tell me I am a little old man. Maybe it’s the job that projects that image or maybe it’s because I consider naps a form of entertainment, beats me.

Are you left or right-handed? 

Right handed, Left brained.

If you HAD to change your name, what would you change it to?

Matthias. I think Matthias is a cool name.

Where do you hide junk when people come over?

In the upstairs bedrooms, which reminds me I have to clean from Christmas.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I was very grateful to be able to attend the service in which my daughter was presented with her first set of ministerial credentials. She is now, Pastor Melanie Franklin!

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This week I am looking forward to getting a lot of the projects my editor has assigned me finished.

Share Your World 2015 Week 8

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Hey all! We have been sharing our worlds for the first 7 weeks of 2015. Now it is time for an eighth share. My answers to Cee’s 5 questions are below and you can either answer the questions yourself in the comments section below or in a blog post of your own. Come on it fun! The most fun part is reading what others have shared at

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/02/23/share-your-world-2015-week-8/

My answers:

Your favorite blog post that you have written? (add link)

This is a tough one. At this point I have written over 2300 posts on two blogs. I do a lot of series writing; so it’s really hard to narrow it down to one post, but one of the series of posts I recall the best, is the “Ferocious” series. I have reblogged it a few times now and developed into a thirteen week Bible study since I first wrote it. Those posts can be found on my “Ferocious” page under the “Pastor Wrinkles” heading or by clicking on

https://josephelonlillie.com/pastor-wrinkles/sermons/ferocious/

What do you feel is the most enjoyable way to spend $500? Why?

The most enjoyable way to spend $500.00 is to spend it on someone else or to give it away. Giving carries one of the greatest emotional blessings of happiness known to man. It is hard at first for me to commit sums of money to other people (it’s against my nature) but I have learned that once committed to, the gift brings with it an incredible peace and joy that settles over my soul

If you could know the answer to any question, besides “What is the meaning of life?”, what would it be?

“How in the world did I end up here?”

Where do you eat breakfast?

I eat breakfast most days at home while watching the morning news or reading at the breakfast table. It is usually two pieces of toast with peanut butter a half a banana and two cups of coffee.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am grateful for an incredibly productive day on Saturday with our C.cada artists.

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This week I am looking forward to leading worship at our Network office in Charlton MA

Share Your World 2015 Week 7

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Every week Cee from Portland asks us five questions about our world. We her contributors answer those questions and so we share our worlds. You can see how folks across the globe answered Cee’s questions this week by going to

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/02/16/share-your-world-2015-week-7/

Here are the questions and my answers

Is the paper money in your possession right now organized sequentially according to denomination and with the bills right side up and facing the same way?

Absolutely not. The money is stuffed in every which way. Some is folded and some is just crumpled in with the receipts

What is your favorite type of dog?  (can be anything from a specific breed, a stuffed animal or character in a movie)

I really love my Maltese puppies. There coats are a labor of love but they are so sweet-tempered I hardly mind.

If money was not an issue, would you go on a cruise?  If so where would you go?

I would really love to take a Viking River Cruise up the rivers of Europe some day.

Would you dare to sleep in haunted house overnight?

I probably wouldn’t but if I did it would be to exorcise the ghosts and demons out of the place.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am grateful to have the drives and walks cleaned out once again. I am really grateful for the help my neighbors gave in cleaning out the ends of my drive. I am excited to begin the chapter treatments on my next book this week. It is called, I Wasn’t Really Dead, and Other Lies I’ve Told.

Share Your World 2015 Week 6

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It’s that time of the week again!

See what others shared from their worlds at

Share Your World – 2015 Week #6

And the questions of the week from Cee are…

What was the last time you went to a new place?

The last time I went somewhere I had never been before was in October when I went to Ireland.

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If you were or are a writer do you prefer writing short stories, poems or novels, other?  And what type of genre would you prefer?

I love writing all of the above. One of my favorite exercises here in the blogosphere is to write a complete story in a hundred words or so. I haven’t been able to practice in a bit but I love to take the Friday Fictioneers challenge at Rochelle’s blog here

https://rochellewisofffields.wordpress.com/

 I am not currently in a poetry phase but I do have books of the stuff. Right now I am working on a novel I hope to have published soon.

Out of your five senses (touch, taste, sight, smell, hearing) which is your favorite?

I think hearing is my favorite sense. I would be very sad if I could no longer hear the whisper of the winds through the trees or the rush of the waves along the shore. The world is full of music I would miss dearly if I could not hear it. There is something powerful and even life changing in the beat of the drum and the cry of the whistle.

If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find leading a more satisfying life than yours?

Not many. I am growing more and more content everyday as I see the purposes of God coming to their fulfillment in my life.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am really glad I got up through chapter 19 sent off to the editors/publishers last week. Hopefully this week I will finish the book.

Share Your World 2015 Week 5

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It’s that time of the week again when a bunch of us bloggers share our world. If you would like to share a bit of your world go to:

http://ceenphotography.com/2015/02/02/share-your-world-2015-week-5/

And learn the rules of sharing your world with Cee!

Here are the questions:

Do you prefer shopping or going to a park?

I love the park. I am not a huge shopper.

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If you were a shoe, what kind would you be and why?

I would be a snow boot because right now I need the insulation. Although sometime around June I would want to convert to being a sandal.

What’s the story behind a time when you got locked out?

Oh! This is a good one. When the kids were little I took my daughter and son to camp. I worked as a counsellor and they were campers. During the week I was gone, the front door broke. My wife being very handy replaced the door but did not put the old knobs back on. When the kids and I got home at the end of a very long week of camp my house keys no longer worked and we could not get back into the house.

Do you prefer eating foods with nuts or no nuts? 

Depends what it is. An ice cream sundae is much better with nuts. Mashed potatoes? Not so much.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?

I am really grateful that we had time to clean up from the last snowstorm before this one came in. Some folks in Boston were not so lucky. I am looking forward to getting cleaned up from winter storm Linus and perhaps then finishing the rewrites on my book.

Out Of Commission

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Hey folks! Sorry I haven’t posted much in the last few days. My intention was to go out and take some shots of the blizzard we just had. Yeah, that didn’t happen. I got busy cleaning up the yard and then I came down with this flu bug. I ended up sleeping 16 hours yesterday and the hours I wasn’t sleeping I spent laying on the couch hoping for sleep.

Anyway I think I am back now. At least it seems that way. We will see how long I last at the office today.

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