Song, Uncategorized

Dirty Little Secret: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #305 โ€“
โ€œWhat Difference Does It Makeโ€.
 Hereโ€™s my inspirational response.

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Song, Uncategorized

Rising Sea Levels: Friday Faithfuls

Written for the 11/7/25 edition of Friday Faithfuls:
โ€œRising Sea Levelsโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: transcendent

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word โ€˜transcendentโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! ย Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mini Story

The Journey

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #449.
Our prompt words this week are: follow, future,
happiness, inspire, lie, mistake, monument,
secure, short, stunned, thought, and walk.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story

The Continuing Adventures Of George & Martha, Vol. 9: The Yellow House

Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
 Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Thursday: waver

Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us
to get creative with the word
โ€˜waverโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story, Mystery

Silent Witness

Written for Sadjeโ€™s What Do You See #311.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompts took me.

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Ovi Poem, Limerick

Dumpster Diving

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #256
. The prompt
word is โ€˜litterโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Poem

RDP Wednesday: regal

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word
โ€˜regalโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Musing, Uncategorized

Cyster Update, Part 2

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Music Blog

November Blue

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Hereโ€™s my November artists and their song.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Tuesday: explore

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word โ€˜exploreโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Haibun, Poem

Being Sicilian: A Haibun

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#440
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in exactly
97 words using the word โ€˜heritageโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Poem, Quadrille

Blithe Spirit

Written for dVerse Quadrille #235 โ€“ Take Your Poem
For A Whirl Around The Block!
Our host De Jackson,
aka WhimsyGizmo, invites us to pen a poem of precisely
44 words, using a form of the word โ€œwhirlโ€. This is my quad.

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Limerick, Poem

RDP Monday: gluttony

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word.
 โ€˜gluttonyโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Poem, Triolet

Blurred Edges

Written for Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge
using the word โ€˜grey/grayโ€™.
The prompt inspired me to write my first triolet.

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Poem

Is Anybody Listening?

Written for The Sunday Whirl – Wordle #730. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our words: โ€˜ideas,
remember, words, plague, escape, faith,
strength, unity, through, arrest, cruelty, and
injusticeโ€™. Hereโ€™s where the words took me.

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Flash, Musing, Poem

RDP Sunday: turn

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word โ€˜turnโ€™.
ย Thanks, Doc! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Music Blog

Coffee Break

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
‘Wake Up and Smell’

Hereโ€™s how the theme inspired me.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Matchmaker

Written for Estherโ€™s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #311
exactly 46 words using these four prompt words:
โ€˜portalโ€™, โ€˜droolโ€™, โ€˜slippersโ€™, and โ€˜marksmanโ€™.
Hereโ€™s my flash in exactly 46 words.

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Musing, Trivia

RDP Saturday: haze

Today at RDP, Punam has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word โ€˜hazeโ€™. Thanks, Punam! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem

Season Of Plenty

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #24.
Our inspiration word is โ€œharvestโ€.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Flash, Mini Story

Rockin’ The Milky Way

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt โ€“ #83
.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Trivia

Did You Know

Who died of a ruptured appendix on Halloween?

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Poem

RDP Friday: apparition

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy has asked us
to get creative while focusing on the word โ€˜apparitionโ€™.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Scary Story, Short Story

Haunted Woods

Written for Missyโ€™s MAD Challenge
where weโ€™ve been given the opening
sentences to build on. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Vanishing Act


โŒ˜ Rest in Peace, Trent McDonald, Friday Fictioneers โŒ˜

Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 
100 words or less using the photo prompt below.
 Also for
Esther’s Word Prompt which is ‘edge’.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Music Blog

Smile Though Your Heart Is Breaking

Written for Thursday Inspiration #304 โ€“
โ€œevilโ€. Hereโ€™s my inspired response.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Thursday: proximity

Today at RDP, bushboy has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on the
word โ€˜proximityโ€™. Thanks, Brian! Hereโ€™s my take.

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Horror, Short Story

In The Shadows

Written for Todayโ€™s Writing Practice #22.
Mark has given us the prompt for this week.
Thanks, Mark! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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