Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #059. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.
Author: Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬
Daughter of Sicilian immigrants, wife, mother, grammy, friend, empath, survivor, dreamer, storyteller, humorist, singer, musician, author, blogger, wannabe-poet, plant rescuer, cook, lover of good wine, food, iced cappuccino, elephants, the sea, Montauk, Sicily, movies and music, especially my beloved Beatles. ♡✒️♬
A Fading Echo
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #731. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
rooted, years, footsteps, creaks, look, stir,
hour, loop, clock, echo, before, and slips.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
RDP Monday: flinty
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘flinty’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
Rock Bottom
Written for AI Drabble, a new challenge from
Mike Jackson where there are two main rules:
1) all written work must be exactly 100 words;
2) all written work must be AI generated.
We are provided with a word prompt and an image.
All ideas/suggestions are mine as interpreted by Claude AI.
It Don’t Come Easy
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #25.
Our inspiration word is “fire”.
This is my mirror cinquain.
RDP Sunday: sepia
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word ‘blink’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.
Come Sail Away
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#441 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
73 words using the word ‘cerulean’. Also for Sue &
Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge –
‘bucket’. Here’s where the prompts took me.
A Few Of My Favorite Things
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
‘Ring On Her Nose’.
This is my response to the challenge.
RDP Saturday: blink
Today at RDP, Punam asks us
to get creative with the word ‘blink’.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
Dirty Little Secret: Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #305 –
“What Difference Does It Make”.
Here’s my inspirational response.
Rising Sea Levels: Friday Faithfuls
Written for the 11/7/25 edition of Friday Faithfuls:
“Rising Sea Levels”. Here’s my response.
RDP Friday: transcendent
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘transcendent’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
The Journey
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #449.
Our prompt words this week are: follow, future,
happiness, inspire, lie, mistake, monument,
secure, short, stunned, thought, and walk.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Continuing Adventures Of George & Martha, Vol. 9: The Yellow House
Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
RDP Thursday: waver
Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us
to get creative with the word
‘waver’. Here’s my take.
Silent Witness
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #311.
Here’s where the photo prompts took me.
Dumpster Diving
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #256. The prompt
word is ‘litter’. This is my limerick.
RDP Wednesday: regal
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word
‘regal’. Here’s my take.
Cyster Update, Part 2
November Blue
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Here’s my November artists and their song.
RDP Tuesday: explore
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘explore’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Being Sicilian: A Haibun
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#440 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
97 words using the word ‘heritage’. Here’s my take.
Blithe Spirit
Written for dVerse Quadrille #235 – Take Your Poem
For A Whirl Around The Block! Our host De Jackson,
aka WhimsyGizmo, invites us to pen a poem of precisely
44 words, using a form of the word “whirl”. This is my quad.
RDP Monday: gluttony
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word.
‘gluttony’. Here’s my take.
Blurred Edges
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge using the word ‘grey/gray’.
The prompt inspired me to write my first triolet.
Is Anybody Listening?
Written for The Sunday Whirl – Wordle #730. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our words: ‘ideas,
remember, words, plague, escape, faith,
strength, unity, through, arrest, cruelty, and
injustice’. Here’s where the words took me.
RDP Sunday: turn
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word ‘turn’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.
Coffee Break
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
‘Wake Up and Smell’
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Matchmaker
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #311
exactly 46 words using these four prompt words:
‘portal’, ‘drool’, ‘slippers’, and ‘marksman’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 46 words.
RDP Saturday: haze
Today at RDP, Punam has asked us to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘haze’. Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
The Elephant's Trunk 