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Author: Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬
Black Day In July
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 featured July artist and his song.
Farewell To A Legend

Rest In Peace, Ozzy. You brought so much into our lives and there will never be anyone like you ever again. We’ll miss you, man. You’ll never be forgotten. 🤘🏼 🖤
This is a clip from Ozzy’s final performance.
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The Switch
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #241. Using the prompt
word ‘rich’, this is my limerick.
Doctor My Eyes!
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #043. I chose pic #2.
This etheree is where the image took me.
Against The Odds
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 9.
Our inspiration word is “brave”.
Here’s where my thoughts went.
Nickelodeon Nights
Written for W3 Prompt #168: Wea’ve Written Weekly
where David invites us to write about old-time wonders –
where cogs spin, gears click, and imaginations run on steam.
Here’s where my imagination took me.
After The Big O
Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about songs
that appear on an artist’s 2nd album.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Game Night
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#296” – exactly 57 words using the six required
prompts: ‘gag’, ‘climb’, ‘thriller’, ‘fussy’, ‘scorpio’
and ‘tombola’. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Just This One
In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.
Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged
to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.
Blonde On Blonde
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
and this is where the photo took me.
Bondage
I thought that title might grab your attention!
Read on…..
Did You Know?
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.
Gesundheit!
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #240. Using the prompt
word ‘sneeze’, this is my limerick.
On This Day
July In Cheyenne
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 featured July artist and his song.
Broken Alliance
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424 using the word ‘demure’,
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge (intoxicating) and OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.
Once A Child
Happy 14th Poet Pub Anniversary!
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227 where our inspiration
word is “turn”. Here is my quadrille.
In Style
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#295” – exactly 44 words using the five required
prompts: ‘triathlon’, ‘dolphin’, ‘stylish’, ‘aristocrat’,
and ‘toffee’. Here’s where my thoughts went.
Joyeux Anniversaire
Unfettered
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 8.
Our inspiration word is “released”.
Here’s where my thoughts went.
Damn! It’s Hot
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #144 – ‘fun’.
Here’s where my thoughts took me.
Been A Long Time
Written for Song Lyric Sunday,
where we’re writing about songs
that were released posthumously.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.
Sweet Silence: Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #288 –
“Yap Yap Yap”. Here’s my 2¢ worth.
Timeless Connection
Written for Muse on Monday
where the challenge is to write
a story about an anachronism.
Using an image created by Kevin @
No Theme Thursday, here’s my take.
Giustizia e Libertà
This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.
This is where the photo took me.
Going Ape
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #143 – ‘fate’. Here’s my take.
Il Mare*
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #423 using the word ‘grotto’.
In exactly 17 words, this is my take.
Uncle Bobby’s Rocket Ship
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
and this is where the photo took me.
Bad Romance
Written for OLWG #425.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.