They say we’re all connected by 6 or fewer degrees of separation. Well, let’s play a little game very loosely based on that. In the comments, state your first name and where you live. Then also add a line for the first name of a family member or friend who lives somewhere else. If possible, mention someone who lives in another country or at least another province / state / region from you. Let’s see how many dots connect us, at least by where we live if not by the people we know.
Bonus points awarded to any commenter whose name is Sandi Carmenego, or knows someone with that name. Why? Just because I made it as an anagram out of the kids show character Carmen Sandiego but when I searched it in Google in quotation marks, it said there were no results.
I’ll get us started …
My name is Marianne and I live in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
I have a sister Barb who lives in Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada.
Your turn. Add your push pins to our little WordPress world mapping system in the comments below.
You’re my source of entertainment for the day, outside of the massive spring cleaning I’m trying to get done so hoping some of you will humour me and play along.
The dust bunnies I’m hanging out with aren’t being the most comedic today.
In response to today’s Daily Prompt: Connected
Image source: Stacie Daponte user on flickr.com, CC2.0 Generic
along the side of the road 
My name is Lee and I live in Allen, MD USA
I have a nephew who lives in Anchorage, AK USA
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Thanks Lee – thrilled you’re my first taker to play the game! Had to Google MD though, couldn’t remember what state it was the shortform for. My US-born parents & siblings would be a tad disappointed in me haha.
Marianne
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The Carmen Sandiego anagram is pure genius. You had me giggling even before I opened the post. Wait until you get into the soul equivalent of this – think trees and branches, not necessarily binary! (I couldn’t be bothered to find the long dash this time. ;))
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I ‘almost’ didn’t approve this comment, since you weren’t playing along with the game Capital Q. But … you made me giggle too so comment is checkmark worthy regardless.
Now – what the heck you chattin’ ’bout with the “soul equivalent” stuff???
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Hehehe, thanks Marianne (note to self: the girl has standards!). If we think of the six degrees of separation as a physical construct on Earth, then the degree of closeness between souls is heaven’s tapestry. Shall I go on and tell you more about soulmates etc.?
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Where you been Capital Q? I had noticed it was a touch quieter ’round here. Was missing you. Hope all is well with you and yours.
And umm, well, ah … nope. I get it now, no need for further explanation haha.
Nice to see you ‘back’. Blessings … Marianne
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Ah, I was dancing with karma. Phew, summer heat! And the summer solstice is coming too. That one I like, very much. How about you, which is your favorite season?
Thanks for noticing, hope all is well with you too. 🙂
Hahaha cool. By the way, you might like Miracles from Heaven (2016), the movie. It just might be up your alley. Or Heaven Is for Real (2014), although I haven’t seen that one myself.
Blessings right back at ya.
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Summer hands down! Why not write a post about the solstice? You’d entertain and enlighten me if you did at least.
And thanks for the movie tips. I’ll gonna go IMDB them right now. 🙂
Ciao for now … Marianne
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Amazing! Ice cream is great in summer. Do you like Baskin Robbins? I have a few choice flavors. 🙂
Ooh, you just might have tempted me into something seasonal. And I’ve been meaning to figure out how Daily Prompts work, too.
I think you’ll enjoy the offbeat humor in those movies. I sure did.
Later, Marianne.
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My name is Chris aka “Lovely” and I live in Mount Forest Ontario Canada
I have a daughter that lives in Guelph Ontario Canada
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Sorry but to me I guess you’ll always be Lovely aka Chrissy 🙂
You’re always so good for humouring me my dear friend. Now – did you make a certain phone call yet???
Hugs … M
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My name is Ranu I live in st. John’s, Newfoundland
I have a friend, her name is Evelyn, she lives in Whitby Ontario.
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Thanks Ranu! And Whitby isn’t really all that far from Guelph so if you’re ever visiting Evelyn, let me know and we’ll meet up for coffee!
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Sure, I’d love to, thanks Marianne.
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Hi my name is Jane and I live in England.
My good friend and former colleague, Katy now lives in Madagascar…
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Our WP map is growing – love it! Thanks for participating Jane! Marianne
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My name is kalpana, Brussels, Belgium.
My brother lives in Delhi, India.
Its been a while you have posted. Hope everything is fine. How are you doing mam? Good to have you back.
Kalpana.
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And the mapping grows some more, so happy you joined in Kalpana!
Yeah, it’s been a bit hasn’t it? Wasn’t feeling much like writing of late, but all is well otherwise. Thank you for asking … it’s nice to be noticed, or not noticed as this case might be haha! Marianne
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Mam, it feels good to talk to you.
Kalpana.
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Oh wao..U live there..I read about it in my Political Science last year.
Hows that place?
It’s has very less population as compared to our States. Right?
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Cool – a bit of a connect happening here – love it!
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Yes it is less populated even than Dwarka area of Delhi. It’s a really a good place.
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Oh wao..I wish I could visit there when I work..
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My name is Belinda I live in Rogers, Arkansas
My mom lives in Plymouth, Minnesota
I could add three more pins with my immediate family alone…but I’ll follow the rules! And notice I spelled out the state’s names. The two worst set of abbreviations to remember are the As and the Ms.
Looking forward to seeing what happens!
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Terrific thanks Belinda! And thanks for spelling out the states in full haha! 🙂 You’re right, the A and the M ones do seem the hardest to remember, especially for a Canuck like me eh? Marianne
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You have a legitimate excuse. Americans should know AR = Arkansas and not Arizona, which is AZ. But I’ll cut folks slack for not knowing that if they don’t support Trump. That’s my song these days.
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OMG that’s too funny Belinda! Maybe you folks can add a geography quiz to your ballots – if you vote for Trump and don’t get all the state abbreviations correct, the vote cast is null and void haha! 🙂
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I like it, but I think the constitutional scholars would object — oh wait, who among them would vote for Trump? We’re safe.
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Now there is my laugh for the day indeed. 🙂
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I just replied to this and don’t know where it went…if you get some reply from “unknown” it’s probably Belinda O.
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Got it but I have my comments as ‘moderated’ so I see them and have to approve them before they appear, that’s why there was a delay for you to see it. Make sense to you?
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Of course, and since I do the same thing, I should have figured that out.
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You’re still learning your new computer though right? You’re forgiven then haha.
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That was actually with the smartphone…and I am never dumber with my blogging than when I am using my smartphone.
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My name is Kimberly and I live in Suffolk, VA.
I have several relatives living in Lousiville, KY.
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The US contingent is growing – thanks for playing my little game Kimberly!
Marianne
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My name is Cheryl and I live in New Hampshire, USA.
I have a daughter who lives in Tucson, AZ and my husband is currently living in Australia. (I just thought I would expand your map a bit more.)
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And yet the map grows some more to another continent, lovin’ it! Thank you for participating Cheryl, really enjoying seeing where readers and their loved ones are in this big world of ours! Marianne
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Hi, my name is Susan, Boulder, Colorado.
My sister lives in St Cloud, Minnesota.
I too was thinking about you hoping all was well for you…sent some thoughts and prayers your way. Glad your back:)
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Thank you so much for the well wishes Susan. Warms my heart to know folks were thinking about and praying for me.
And gratitude as well for playing the map game … and for spelling out the state in full haha! Marianne
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Hi Marianne,
My name is Suzanne and I live in Queensland, Australia
I have a friend Gaynor, who lives in Port Talbot south Wales 🙂
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The breadth of the map grows some more – I like it lots! Thanks for joining in Suzanne, hope you had fun with it, I know I am! Marianne
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Good morning Marianne!
My name is Leejuana, and I live in Atlanta, Georgia.
Almost all of my family lives in Nashville, Tennessee. (I spelled out the states 😉 )
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And good morning to you as well Georgia Leejuana! Thanks for piping in with your spots and of course, for spelling out the states haha! Marianne
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My name is Tejaswini and I live in Jharkhand, India.
I have my one family member living in Saudi Arabia.
My most if family members are distributed all over India..
Your post is awesome Mam.
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Wow, the push pins are spreading out to new countries, love this – thanks so much for adding your comment Tejaswini. And thank you for the kind words too. 🙂 Hope you also enjoyed reading where folks are from, I know I really am. Marianne
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Truly saying Mam. I really love reading your post. It helps me increasing my word power and also gives me lots of knowledge also. And most probably there is something in your post which always make me read atleast 2-3 times.
Love to read it and I think I don’t know how to express my feelings for your posts as I am not getting proper words to express it… 😊
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I am so happy to know you enjoy the reads here Tej. You are so right – reading broadly does increase word power and knowledge. Keep it up and keep up your writing too. Learning English is the hardest ‘new’ language to learn and you’re doing great. So just keep on keepin’ on as we say!
Blessings … Marianne
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Thnku…😊
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My name is Kathy and I live in Glassboro, New Jersey
My sister lives in High Point, North Carolina
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What really drew me into your post was the photograph you used…you see, the push pin near the Caribbean Sea seems to be in Jamaica, one of my favorite places in the world. In fact, we visit the southern coast quite often, a place called Treasure Beach, and it is amazing.
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Very cool Kathy, that’s a neat “connect” to get out of this little game. And now we all know where that push pin is so bonus points for that for sure! Marianne
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And the US push pins grow some more, as I kinda expected actually. Thanks for playing along Kathy!
Now Canadians like me – where are you guys and gals??? I know some more of you are reading this so join in!
Marianne
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Had to hop back on again and add a son in-law who is this week in Berlin, Germany, next week in Prague, Czechoslovakia and the week after in Nouakchott, Mauritania. I’ve been blogging since 2008 and periodically have as a sub-section of my posts “Where in the World is Jeff Berthiaume.” Jeff, French Canadian blood and works for the U.S. Government. It’s not andi Carmenego, but we have thought on the same wave length, so to speak. Sometimes I refer to him as ElJefe. Peace my friend.
Lots of “TRAVEL WARNINGS” in Mauritania by the way. If you want their weather, go to Arizona. http://mauritania.usembassy.gov/ta-052912.html
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Considering the wipespread current travel adventures of your SIL, I think this is a great contribution to the post. Thanks again Lee! And for the travel warnings too for anyone reading this and thinking of heading that way! Marianne
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I am just 15 years old so I don’t know how to work on blog but surely one thing I know that I am cable to read posts…😆
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And you just keep on reading Tej! Learning how to blog will come in time. You made a start and you’re working on it bit by bit. That’s all that really matters! Marianne
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Hmm..thnku..and yes I will..
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