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.
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 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.
Season Of Plenty
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #24.
Our inspiration word is “harvest”.
This is my mirror cinquain.
Rockin’ The Milky Way
Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt – #83.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Did You Know
Who died of a ruptured appendix on Halloween?
Continue reading “Did You Know”RDP Friday: apparition
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy has asked us
to get creative while focusing on the word ‘apparition’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Haunted Woods
Written for Missy’s MAD Challenge
where we’ve been given the opening
sentences to build on. Here’s my take.
Vanishing Act
⌘ Rest in Peace, Trent McDonald, Friday Fictioneers ⌘
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 prompt below.
Also for Esther’s Word Prompt which is ‘edge’.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
The Elephant's Trunk 