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Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where our challenge is
“Yee-Haw Get Along Little Doggies”

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The Guitarist, The Singer, and The Magician

Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“MTS Oceanos: When the Entertainers Took
Command”. As in all my retellings of these
disasters, some events have been dramatized
but are based on facts I have researched.

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Welcome Aboard!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“There She Blows!”

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Did You Know?

Written for fun and for RDP where Punam
has tossed out the word “hodgepodge.”

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It’s My Life

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena asks us to describe ourself, our life,
or both in 6-10 sentences and, using AI,
create an image inspired by what we wrote.

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Let’s Talk About Girls!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“International Day of the Girl Child”

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Here’s Johnny!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Crisp Autumn Weather”

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RDP Monday: idle

Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “idle”.

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Like A Rolling Stone

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Power Dynamics and the Human Struggle

for Equality and Justice”

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Continuing Series, Informative, Monologue, Original Series, Short Story

Lights In Rio: SS Columbia

Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’:
SS Columbia – The Ship That Proved Edison Right.

This week I have chosen not to focus on the tragedy
surrounding the Columbia. Rather, this is a fictional
dramatization in what might have been the voice of

Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil when he saw the
electric lights installed on the Columbia.

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Autumn Cold

Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Forever Autumn”

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Bye Bye: Song Lyric Sunday

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Withdrawing, Moving Away,

or Separating”

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One Thing Leads To Another

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“The Transition Follows

What Was Built Before It”

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RDP Friday: fleet

Written for RDP where Lou asks us
to get creative with the word “fleet”.

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Celebrating September Birthdays

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Calendar (New Style) Act 1750”

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Be Careful Who You Trust

Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“El Condor Pasa (If I Could)”

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Life’s A Beach: Island Hopping

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“National Beach Day”

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My Opinion, For What It’s Worth

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“The Greater Good”.

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Let’s Dance, Part 2

Written for Thursday Inspiration-
“Tear It Up”

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The Bare Necessities

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Celebrating Go Topless Day”

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That’s Amore! -My Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“I Will Follow Him”

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Love Stinks: Song Lyric Sunday

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Behavior Patterns”

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Jackie DeShannon ~ August 21, 1944: Song Lyric Sunday

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“The First Emperor”

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Let’s Dance!

Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Land of 1,000 Dances”

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The Great Outdoors

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Spend More Time Outdoors”

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RDP Thursday: displace

Written for RDP where bushboy asks us to
get creative with the word “displace”.
Thanks, Brian!

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Informative, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: bounce

Written for RDP, where segoil ask us
To get creative with the word “bounce”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me

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RDP Wednesday: foliage

Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “foliage”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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AI Challenge: My Story

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using this image for inspiration.
Here’s where the image took me.

Caveat: This is not fiction

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Listen To The Music

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Buy-A-Musical Instrument Day”
This is my response to the challenge.

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