Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandango’s opening line.
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. ♡✒️♬
Aw, Shucks!
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#434 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
77 words using the word ‘woebegone’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
where the prompt word is ‘imagine’’ and Fandango’s FOWC
using the word ‘weed’. Here’s where the three prompts took me.
Tweet Tweet
Written for RDP Wednesday: TWITTER
I’ve chosen to write an acrostic poem.
See You In September
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 September artist and their song.
Splish Splash
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #250 including the
word ‘shower’. This is my limerick.
Alpine Nights
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #307.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.
Did You Know?
Which bird has the largest wingspan in the world?
Continue reading “Did You Know?”Cloud Nine
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #18.
Our inspiration word is “think”. I have
written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.
Song Lyric Sunday: Bookends
Written in response to this week’s challenge
for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Smile!
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #152 – based on the word ‘smile’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Faded Memories
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #83
incorporating the word “promises”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.
The Vicar
Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.
Table For One
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With a Limerick #249. Using the prompt
word ‘funny’ and a great image shared
by Mike @ OMIMM, this is my limerick.
Autumn Breeze
Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge, using the word ‘shimmering’.
Here’s were the prompt word took me.
Mischief
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#433 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
60 words using the word ‘flibbertigibbet’.
Here’s where this very fun prompt took me.
Try To Remember
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 September artist and his song.
On Mulberry Street
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #306.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Forever
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #151 – including the word ‘grow’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Before Dawn
Written for dVerse Prosery: T.S. Eliot and
J. Alfred Prufrock. Björn, our host, challenges
us to write a poem of 144 words including the
highlighted line from “The Love Song of
J. Alfred Prufrock”. Here is my poem.
Hand Jive: The Saga Continues
MY MEDICAL UPDATE
Continue reading “Hand Jive: The Saga Continues”Piece By Piece
Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #304
in exactly 61 words using these six prompt words:
‘palatial’, ‘volleyball’, ‘gravy’, ‘orchid’, ‘jigsaw’, and
‘squeak’. Here’s my flash in exactly 61 words.
Here’s To You, Mr. Robinson
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge #051.
I chose pic #3. The image reminded me of a cinquain
I wrote last year. I had a lot of fun with it
and decided to use it again. Here it is!
Captain Beyond
Written for Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Hand Jive
Written for Stream of Consciousness where
our prompt word is “hand”. Here’s my stream.
Revelation
Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about our MC having an epiphany
at the beginning. Also written for Fandango’s Story
Starter #217 where the opening sentence is provided.
This is where the prompts and my imagination took me.
Nowhere Man: State Of Mind
Written in response to 9/12/25 Friday Faithfuls
Continue reading “Nowhere Man: State Of Mind”Twenty-Five To Life
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #17.
Our inspiration word is “trap”. I have
written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.
The Wet Basement
Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.
Baker’s Lament
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #248. Using the prompt
word ‘weigh’, this is my limerick.
The Elephant's Trunk 