Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get
creative with the word ‘jaunty’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Life’s Essential Destinations
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #060. I chose Pic #4.
Here’s where the image took me.
A Question Of Judgment
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#442 where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 58 words using the word ‘keyboard’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge using the word ‘epic’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
RDP Sunday: snowflake
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
creative with the word ‘snowflake’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Scheherazade: Friday Faithfuls
Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“Once Upon A Time”. Here’s my take.
A Decade Of Hits 1969-1979
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Most Popular Songs”.
This is my response to the challenge.
Dirk Malone, PI: The Ice Princess
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#313, exactly 61 words using these six prompt
words: ‘baby’, ‘ice-skating’, ‘album’, ‘salad’,
‘fright’, and ‘camera’. Here’s my 61-word flash.
RDP Saturday: terror
Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
creative with the word ‘terror’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
In Cecily’s Garden
Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story with characters of vastly different
sizes. This is where the prompt took me.
Continue reading “In Cecily’s Garden” Time Out
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #314
and Esther’s Laughing Along With A
Limerick #257 using the word ‘snacks’.
Here’s where the photo prompts took me.
RDP Friday: raucous
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
creative with the word ‘raucous’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
When The Cat’s Away: Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #306 – “Alabama”.
This is my response to the challenge.
Los Angeles
Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
RDP Thursday: parallel
Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us to get
creative with the word ‘parallel’. Thanks, Toes!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
Dirk Malone, PI: The Snitch
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #312,
exactly 77 words using these 7 prompt words:
wishy-washy’, ‘marshmallow’, ‘impound’,
‘eagle’, ‘violin’, ‘balcony’, and ‘roster’.
Here’s my flash in 77 words.
Did You Know
What group started out as
Linda Ronstadt’s backing band?
RDP Wednesday: gorgeous
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word ‘gorgeous’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
The Confession
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #459.
Our prompt words this week are: front,
thrum, mix, echo, memory, fear, think,
hold, mass, never, ready, and late.
Here’s where the prompt words took me.
November Air
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 November artist and his song.
RDP Tuesday: absurd
Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘absurd’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s were my mind went.
Veterans Day, 2025
The Rent
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #059. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.
A Fading Echo
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #731. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
rooted, years, footsteps, creaks, look, stir,
hour, loop, clock, echo, before, and slips.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
RDP Monday: flinty
Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘flinty’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
Rock Bottom
Written for AI Drabble, a new challenge from
Mike Jackson where there are two main rules:
1) all written work must be exactly 100 words;
2) all written work must be AI generated.
We are provided with a word prompt and an image.
All ideas/suggestions are mine as interpreted by Claude AI.
It Don’t Come Easy
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #25.
Our inspiration word is “fire”.
This is my mirror cinquain.
RDP Sunday: sepia
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word ‘blink’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.
Come Sail Away
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#441 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
73 words using the word ‘cerulean’. Also for Sue &
Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge –
‘bucket’. Here’s where the prompts took me.
A Few Of My Favorite Things
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
‘Ring On Her Nose’.
This is my response to the challenge.
RDP Saturday: blink
Today at RDP, Punam asks us
to get creative with the word ‘blink’.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
The Elephant's Trunk 