Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday Update

We have some big news, Al!
Are you ready or what?

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Music Blog

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.

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Uncategorized

Farewell To A Legend

© YouTube

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.

All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy’s Notes 🖊️🎶, The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephant’s Trunk, The Rhythm Section, et al., and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.

Limerick, Poem

The Switch

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #241
. Using the prompt
word  ‘rich’, this is my limerick.

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Etheree, Poem

Doctor My Eyes!

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #043
. I chose pic #2.
This etheree is where the image took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Against The Odds

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 9.
Our inspiration word is “brave”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Free Verse, Poem

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. 

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Music Blog

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.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

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.

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Short Story

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.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

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.

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Miscellaneous

Bondage

I thought that title might grab your attention!
Read on…..

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Gesundheit!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #240
. Using the prompt
word  ‘sneeze’, this is my limerick.

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Miscellaneous

On This Day

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Music Blog

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.

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Sci-Fi, Short Story

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.

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Poem, Quadrille

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.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

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.

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Musing

Joyeux Anniversaire

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Cinquain, Poem

Unfettered

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 8.
Our inspiration word is “released”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Damn! It’s Hot

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #144
– ‘fun’.
Here’s where my thoughts took me.

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Music Blog

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.

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Musing

Sweet Silence: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #288 –
“Yap Yap Yap
”. Here’s my 2¢ worth.

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Short Story

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.

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Short Story

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.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Going Ape

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #143
– ‘fate’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Il Mare*

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #423
using the word ‘grotto’.
In exactly 17 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story

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.

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Short Story

Bad Romance

Written for OLWG #425.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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