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I want my MTV

February 2, 2026 — 1 Comment

I experienced childhood in the 80s.

The only glowing box was a television.

Three or so channels you’d watch with your parents.

(MTV you’d watch without supervision.)

The music poured through radios and record players.

Mainstream artists received airtime.

(Undiscovered artists were worth finding.)

It was easy to turn things off.

When I was bored, I phoned a friend or walked to their home.

It wasn’t uncommon to feel bored.

Nowadays I grab a small glowing device to avoid feeling removed.

I am rarely “alone”.

I see things I can’t unsee.

I often yearn to go back to the 80s.

This is the seventeenth (#17) in a series of 100-word posts I plan to write. My ultimate goal is to create 100 of these 100-word posts in no set time frame. Thanks for following along!

Written by Heidi Woodard

In childhood, kickball, Kids, Memories, Reflection, Sharing Wisdom, Support ,
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An important routine

January 18, 2022

I watch him walk up and down the sidewalk

with a basketball as his sidekick

bounce, bounce, bounce

No matter the day or weather

Completely engrossed in his own world

He is old enough for me to ponder

Is he unconcerned with how others might view him?

Or are his brain and body quenched by routine?

I’d venture to guess both

I learn more from watching him

Than anything I see on any screen

His actions outrank the messages being thrown at me

and those thoughts I tell myself are important

Why not venture to do something enjoyable every day?

This is the fiftteenth (#15) in a series of 100-word posts I plan to write. My ultimate goal is to create 100 of these 100-word posts in no set time frame. Thanks for following along!

Written by Heidi Woodard

In Awareness, Brain dump, childhood, Kids, Memories, Passion, Reflection, Sharing Wisdom, Sports, Stress release ,
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Dogs and life

August 4, 2021

I take my dogs to the grassy field

I watch them play with abandon

Down the hill like racing cheetahs

back up the hill like prancing stallions

Down and up

Down and up

Playing with the same red ball

A fourth or fifth replacement

from the original model

I think how crazy it is

that they enjoy the same routine

They are happy to take

their mirror image strides

Over and over again

Resting in their usual spots

Their mouths wide open

soaking in air

They look like they’re smiling

Maybe they are

They have life figured out after all

This is the fourteenth (#14) in a series of 100-word posts I plan to write. My ultimate goal is to create 100 of these 100-word posts in no set time frame. Thanks for following along!

Written by Heidi Woodard

In Awareness, Experience, Love, Pets, Reflection, Sharing Wisdom, Stress release ,
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