So far 2026 isn’t going so well! This afternoon I slipped in the bathroom and fractured a rib. If you’ve ever suffered a fractured rib, you know how terribly painful it is. Now I’m home from the hospital, trying to get comfortable and going through my messages. I’ll get to yours eventually …. maybe.
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Happy New Year!
To you, my friends!
Continue reading “Happy New Year!”Cyster Update
AI: Yes Or No?
Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“AI Is Here”. Here’s my response.
Merry Christmas
Totally Devoted: Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #311 –
“Caught Up In You”. Here’s my response.
Santa Magic
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #262. The prompt
word is ‘sleigh’. This is my limerick.
RDP Monday: bulb
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘bulb’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Jim’s Broccoli & Cheese Casserole
It Ain’t Easy
Say Goodbye To My Little Friend
Scheherazade: Friday Faithfuls
Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“Once Upon A Time”. Here’s my take.
Veterans Day, 2025
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.
Cyster Update, Part 2
Update on ‘Cyster’: AKA ‘The Lump’
RDP Thursday: nuts
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘nuts’. Here’s my take.
Splish Splash
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #250 including the
word ‘shower’. This is my limerick.
Sitting In Judgement
Sammi at Weekend Writing Prompt #431
asks us to be creative with the word “cromulent”
in exactly 45 words. Maybe this image from Christine at
Simply 6 Minutes will be my inspiration. Here’s my story.
Unanswerable Questions
A little holiday fun!
Continue reading “Unanswerable Questions”Out Of Control
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #14.
Our inspiration word is “control”. I have
written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2-4-6-8-2-8-6-4-2
Help! I’m Drowning!
Order Of The Snake
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #428 using the word ‘sibilant’,
and for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge – ‘circumspection’.
In exactly 35 words, this is my take.
Greetings, my fellow WordPressers!…
Greetings, my fellow WordPressers!
Big thanks, Debbie D., the Rock ‘n’ Roll Queen from Canada, for her shout out! Debbie has an amazing blog, The Doglady’s Den. Click on the link and say hi to Debbie. I’m sure you’re gonna dig her blog; it’s alive with beautiful photos from her travels, including concerts and music. Tell her Nancy sent you. 😎🎶🖤
NAR©2025
This is “I Love Rock & Roll” by Joan Jett
What Was That?
Without A Care
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #425 using the word ‘lagoon’,
with inspiration from a great image
by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
In exactly 48 words, this is my take.
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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