Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.
Author: Nancy's Notes ποΈβ¬
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. β‘βοΈβ¬
Another Day: An Ovi Poem
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #75.
Our inspiration word is βpersevereβ and this is my ovi.
Sticky Fingers
Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
MARIE-ELENA
Written for The New, Unofficial, On-Line Writerβs Guild.
This week the three prompts from aooga at OLWG #392 are
1) a Texaco bathroom, 2) Gaucho, and 3) Chinese work songs.
This is my story.
Saints & Sinners
This is Week 47 of Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag and we are
being asked to choose a song by a group or solo artist whose
name begins with the letters U, V or W. This is my choice.
Top Secret
Written for Fandangoβs Story Starter #176.
Our prompt is βMeet me behind the water tower
at midnight. Come alone and donβt tell anyone.β
This is my highly confidential story!
Fly, My Pretties!
Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #112.
This weekβs prompt word is βchildhoodβ. Here is my 6 word story.
Make My Day
For The Birds: An Ovi
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #74.
Graphic by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
This weekβs inspiration word is βcheerβ –
something we can all use. This is my ovi.
Just Passing Time
Sadje has asked us in her Sunday Poser #208 β Making Money:
βMaking money from your blog is becoming easier, will you
take this opportunity?β Here is my answer to her question.
Lamb Stew
Looking through my early stories, I found one from 2017,
my first year on WordPress, with only 4 likes and no comments;
I thought I’d give it another shot. Any similarity between the MC
and yours truly is very much intended. I hope you enjoy Lamb Stew.
Power Trip
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In…” –
Esther asks: βCan you tell a story in 23 words?β
We must use these three words in what we write:
βquinoaβ, βferretβ, and βthwartβ. Hereβs my 23 word story.
Man, It’s A Hot One
Written for Song Lyric Sunday. This week Jim Adams
has asked his readers in his post “Songs That Matter” to write
about a song that won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.
Todayβs gorgeous graphic was created by Kevin @
No Theme Thursday. Here’s my musical choice.
Seeing Red
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #390
incorporating the word βdiamondβ in exactly 19 words
and based on a true event Iβll never forget. Hereβs my flash.
L’enfant aux Cymbales: The Concluding Story of Harvey and Fiona
Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.
Welcome To My World
Written for “Share Your World” where
Di has asked the following questions:
The Continuing Adventures of George and Martha, Vol. 5: Child’s Play
Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.
Enough’s Enough
Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #111.
This weekβs prompt word is βbelieveβ. Here is my 6 word story.
Dinner Date
Esther asks: βCan You Tell A Story In….?” This week’s challenge
is to include the words “dentist”, “elegant”, “trout” and “pocket”
in a story of exactly 30 words. Β Hereβs my 30 word story.
In Prescious Moments Of Lucidity: A Haibun
Written for dβVerse Poets where our inspiration
today is βreflectionβ. Here is my haibun.
Confessions Of An Online Shopper
Written in response to John Holtonβs
This Week’s Writerβs Workshop Prompts,
based on the prompt word βshoppingβ. Hereβs my story.
White Soul At Half-Speed
This is Week 46 of Glyn’s Mixed Music Bag and we are
being asked to choose a song by a group or solo artist whose
name begins with the letters U, V or W. This is my choice.
Paying the Price
Itβs time for a βFull Frontal Fandango Flashβ!
Written for the following Fandango challenges:
FOWC 11/6 (cottage), FOWC 11/7 (participate),
FOWC 11/8 (initiative) and FOWC 11/9 (implicit).
Here is my Fandango One-Word Challenge4 flash.
Four Letter Words
Written for dβVerse Quadrille #212 β βWhat the Whatβ,
where the challenge is to write a poem in exactly 44 words
with the word βwhatβ as inspiration. This is my quadrille.
Shot At Dawn
Today is November 11th, Veteranβs Day in the United States. For much of the rest of the world and especially in Europe, it is Armistice Day, the day that marks the end of World War I. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month inΒ 1918Β when the armistice was signed, over 20Β million people hadΒ lost their lives.
I am honored to present to you a guest post by my friend, Paul Griffiths β The Birkenhead Poet. Dedicated to the young boys who lost their lives, Paul calls it βShot At Dawnβ; I call it perfection.
Golden Boy
Last week the three prompts from aooga at OLWG #390 were
1) I canβt touch the ground; 2) a bar thatβll give me credit and
3) haunted wind chimes. Using two of Kevinβs fabulous images
from No Theme Thursday for further inspiration, this is my story.
It Was 20 Years Ago Today
Written for Song Lyric Sunday. This week Jim Adams has asked
his readers in his post ‘Most Prestigious Award Category’ to write about
a song from an album that won a Grammy Award for ‘Album of the
Year’. My choice today is βSgt. Pepperβs Lonely Hearts Club Bandβ
from the Beatlesβ Grammy Award-winning album of the same name.
Slim Pickings
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #389
incorporating the word βhunterβ in exactly 99 words.
Also responding to Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge (βduplicityβ) and Sue & Gerryβs
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge (βmethodβ).
For further inspiration, I am using one of the amazing
graphic prompts created by Kevin at No Theme Thursday.
Here is my 99 word flash.
Getting To Know Me – 11.9.24
Written for Kymber Hawkeβs Get To Know You, This or That #40.
Here are her three question and my three answers.
A Sudden Slip Of The Tongue
Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.
