Fan (A/Z)
For the A to Z Challenge - Letter F.Music is the way our memories sing to us across time. - Lance MorrowI would take music over every other form of entertainment without a moment of hesitation.I was...
View ArticleGuts (A/Z)
For the A to Z Challenge - Letter G. Most writers and artists will tell you there is a palpable vulnerability to sharing your work, particularly within a large arena of viewers. Summoning the guts to...
View ArticleBragas
For Velvet Verbosity's 100 Words. Just for fun, I'm going a little silly this time. This week's inspiration is BROKEN.Meandering blearily through the tight maze of shops bursting with cheap trinkets...
View ArticleHats (A/Z)
For the A to Z Challege - Letter H. A few generations back, everyone wore hats. Take a look at old films and photos. Women and men alike seemed to never leave the house without some sort of hat. Most...
View ArticleInsidous (A/Z)
For the A to Z Challenge - Letter I.Everyone knows I love a great horror movie. Everyone also knows that I don't think there's been a decent horror film out in years and years (unless you count the SAW...
View ArticleKlansman? Me? (A/Z)
For the A to Z Challenge - Letter K. Warning: Rant below! :)I have just about had it with the race card.I'm not saying racism doesn't exist, because it most certainly does. But just because I expect...
View ArticleLMNO Puppies (A/Z)
"ABCD puppies?""LMNO puppies.""OSAR puppies, CMPN?"-- childhood play-with-letters jokeDoes anyone remember this? The rough translation is 'Hey, Bee, see da puppies?''Hell, them ain't no puppies.''Oh...
View ArticleScattered to the Winds
For Velvet Verbosity's 100 Words Challenge. This week's prompt is IMP. She made her way though the empty outbuilding with the stragglers brought in by the auction. It had been a lucrative day. Even the...
View ArticleQuiet Reality Screams Terrible Unknowns (A/Z)
I'm cheating again, using 5 letters at once (Q,R,S,T,U) for the A to Z Challenge, but these little shortcuts are necessary for me right now. I've barely been online, let alone been able to blog - and...
View ArticleVICTORY (A/Z)
~ ~ Happy Easter ~ ~A to Z Challenge Letter V - Victory over the Grave - He's Alive!
View ArticleWeary (A/Z)
For the A to Z Challenge - Letter W.My Dad passed away early Saturday morning.I've been continuing with my previously mentioned running to Mom's, now to help her with arrangements. He wanted to be...
View ArticleXYZ
My final post for the A to Z Challenge, at which I pretty much sucked ;).Well, much like the challenge, this trying month is over.Dad's memorial service was today. It was fairly short and sweet - much...
View ArticleErasure
After a short respite, I'm returning to Velvet Verbosity's 100 Word Challenge. This week's prompt is FAMILY - I didn't use the word within my piece, but felt I need not.After spending the past week...
View ArticleAshes and Dust
I initially started this blog to help me work through my emotions surrounding the death of J, my dearest friend. Six years later, I am returning to its roots by writing about losing my father. It feels...
View ArticleHello, it's me ...
It has been nearly six years since my last post. Wow.Is anyone still out there? I wouldn't blame you if you weren't.That's okay ... nobody was here when I started this blog either.So what have I been...
View ArticleFart and Relax
I think I know what my problem is.The thing about artists is we want things to come out as perfect and utterly life changing as we envision them in our minds and hearts. It rarely does, and that makes...
View ArticleFish Tales
Several years back, while I was away on a girls’ weekend, Incrediboy came home from a local festival with a goldfish he had won in one of those ping pong toss games. I was less than pleased. I have...
View Article100 Words: You Can't Go Home Again
I am delighted that 100 Words is still being carried on, now over at Thin Spiral Notebook. The 100 Words format was always fun to me - working with a topic I did not pick, in a strict minimalist flash...
View ArticleTopic Prompt 1: Rain
The rain was laughing.I shot out of there like a scalded dog. Not out of shame or defeat, but because I didn't think I could contain myself any longer. And I didn't want to go to prison.I had been...
View Article100 Words: Hungry
This week's 100 Words challenge over at Thin Spiral Notebook is HUNGRY.According to the cycles of daylight through the glass block windows, it has been five days since the storm. Five days we'd been...
View Article100 Words: ADVENTURE
Be it for a person, a destination, or an activity, all great endeavors sprout from attraction. The prompt for this round of Thin Spiral Notebook's 100 Word Challenge is ADVENTURE. You showed up like...
View Article100 Words: Sorry Not Sorry
Sometimes even when you leave hurt behind you, it follows close behind, waiting for the opportunity to pop back out. This week's 100 Words Prompt from Thin Spiral Notebook is RISK.I saw her obituary by...
View Article100 Words: Feast or Famine
This week's 100 Words challenge at Thin Spiral Notebook is to use a food colloquialism. I'm not sure how well I did this, but here is my brain's offering.I was always certain you felt the same...
View ArticleSame chick, different life
It's been a long time since I wrote in here, and it's mainly because life has been reconstructing from the ground up for the last few years. Don't worry though - things are good now. What's been up,...
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