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Six word memoir

February 21, 2008 by montucky

My friend Sandy at My Inner Edge tagged me for a new meme. It’s a six word memoir, inspired by Hemingway, who once bet ten dollars that he could sum up his life in six words. He came up with: For Sale: baby shoes, never worn.

Here are the meme rules:

1. Write your own six word memoir.
2. Post it on your blog and include a visual illustration if you’d like.
3. Link to the person who tagged you in your post and to this original post if possible so we can track it as it travels across the blogosphere.
4 .Tag five more blogs with links.
5. And don’t forget to leave a comment on the tagged blogs with an invitation to play!

I found this meme to be quite an interesting one to consider. Here’s my entry:

“Look at what’s outside the cities!“

I tag Wolf at Irrelevant cheetah, Silken at Did You Know?, Pinhole at Pinhole’s Blog, Lori at Random Musings to participate if you would like to. (And anyone else who wishes to join in is invited!)

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29 Responses to “Six word memoir”

on February 21, 2008 at 11:34 am1 Pinhole

Interesting…I’ll have to think on this one.
on February 21, 2008 at 12:23 pm2 montucky

I thought you might find it interesting! It leaves lots of options.
on February 21, 2008 at 2:37 pm3 bookbabie

Beautiful rephotograph! It is fun, it would be a good exercise to do every day. My word choice seems to change with my mood
on February 21, 2008 at 2:48 pm4 montucky

It really is a good exercise. I changed mine a dozen times until I finally had to quit to make the post.
on February 21, 2008 at 3:14 pm5 wolf

I, too, must give this some thought. I have a feeling that I’m going to have to submit more than once.

I’m also glad you tagged Pinhole on this one so I didn’t have to.
on February 21, 2008 at 3:45 pm6 aullori

“Look at what’s outside the cities!“

That is so amazingly awesome. It fits you perfectly!!!! Thanks also for the tag I’ll play (but need at least one day to muse.)
on February 21, 2008 at 4:17 pm7 montucky

Yeah, Wolf, I made sure I got both of you guys. For such a simple meme, this one had me going!
on February 21, 2008 at 4:20 pm8 montucky

Lori,

Yes, it takes time to decide, re-decide, etc. on this one! (And it seems so simple at the start!)
on February 21, 2008 at 5:07 pm9 AK_Adventurer

Great choice! You did a great job!
on February 21, 2008 at 5:46 pm10 montucky

AK Adventurer,

Thanks! You are certainly invited to give this a try as well if you have an inclination!
on February 21, 2008 at 6:12 pm11 Bernie Kasper

Hell I can’t even use fifty words to describe my life the last few weeks Terry, but the image is amazing
on February 21, 2008 at 7:18 pm12 montucky

I hope that means the playoffs have been good for your team!
on February 21, 2008 at 7:34 pm13 myinneredge

Good work, Terry…I just keep thinking of new ones daily–my most recent is:
“Aging flower-child bent on awakening…”
on February 21, 2008 at 7:49 pm14 silken

hm, I left a comment here earlier….

l love your motto, so perfect. I will play along. still thinking what/how to say
on February 21, 2008 at 8:25 pm15 montucky

Sandy,

I keep thinking about it too. I like your latest: after reading your blog for quite a while now, I think it fits! It’s an interesting exercise in analysis and another one in articulation., both of which are beneficial.
on February 21, 2008 at 8:27 pm16 montucky

Silken,

It takes a few iterations, doesn’t it? This might even be a challenge for your kids: I would be interested in seeing what they might say!
on February 22, 2008 at 11:06 pm17 silken

nice! I’ll have to tag them and have them post it on their blogs!! great idea.. thanks!
on February 22, 2008 at 11:12 pm18 montucky

Which are their blogs? Please let me know if they post it!
on February 23, 2008 at 9:34 am19 knightofswords

Nice memoir. Don’t shout it too loud though, or everyone in the cities will head out into the country and screw it up–mainly because they’ll bring million dollar houses and strip malls with them.

Malcolm
on February 23, 2008 at 10:35 am20 montucky

They’re already doing that here, at least the houses. One of the biggest problems with that now is that trying to protect houses that were built where they shouldn’t be is taking up so much of the Forest Service budget. Fighting a fire in the urban/woodland interface costs 10 times what it does in an area without all the homes. Guess who has to pay for that?
on February 24, 2008 at 7:45 am21 silken

montucky, I’ve posted my six word memoir here: http://silken-didyouknow.blogspot.com/2008/02/did-you-know-i-could-sum-up-my-life-in.html
on February 24, 2008 at 10:36 am22 montucky

What an excellent choice! I have always liked that other blog of yours anyway, and maybe that’s why.
on February 24, 2008 at 9:40 pm23 silken

thanks montucky. and thanks for stopping by my daughter’s blog. she was thrilled that you commented and she replied back. she also says you are so nice!

that other blog of mine…I’ve told you before how hard it is to write in it at times. I think being in the middle of sowing those seeds makes it a little too difficult at times…
on February 24, 2008 at 11:48 pm24 montucky

I read her reply. Your daughter is very sweet!
on February 25, 2008 at 2:51 pm25 Ralph B

perfect memoir and depiction!
on February 25, 2008 at 3:48 pm26 six-word memoir « Random Musings

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on February 25, 2008 at 5:00 pm27 montucky

Thanks Ralph! I enjoyed the one you chose too. It is characteristic and very fitting.
on February 25, 2008 at 5:05 pm28 Art is Beauty « Beautiful Explorations of Creative Passion

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on February 26, 2008 at 12:56 pm29 Irrelevant cheetah » Blog Archive » Do ya think I’m sixy?

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