Short Story

Desperation Calling

Written for Today’s Writing Practice #2
where we’re given the image shown below
and today’s prompt. Here’s my take on things.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Jerk

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #429
using the word ‘audacity’,
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘level’.
In exactly 79 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

The Reading

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #148
– using the word ‘independent’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Feed The Kitty

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along With A
Limerick #245
. Using the prompt word
‘just’, this is my limerick.

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Music Blog

June, July, August

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 featured August artist and his song.

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Flash, Mini Story, Short Story

This Driver Sucks!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#300”
– exactly 46 words using the five required
words: ‘dumbfounded’, ‘vitamins’, ’waterfall’, ‘thumb’,
and ‘garlic’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story

Walk Of Life

Written for Only Murders In My Mind Weekly
Writing Prompt #72
; the photo shown below
is our prompt. Here’s where the image took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Crossroads

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #13.
Our inspiration word is “choices”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Poem

Wildred

Written for W3 Prompt #172: Wea’ve Written
Weekly
where we’re asked to choose a word
 from The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows and
make this word the title of our poem. My word
is ‘wildred’ and here’s where it took me.

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Music Blog

The Animals

Written for Song Lyric Sunday where this week
we’re writing about a song with a great
opening line. Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Short Story

Morning Story Time

Originally written in 2021, I have reworked
this story for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story that takes place in
a library. This is where my imagination took me.

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Poem

Slowly Dying

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #047
. I chose pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mini Story, Short Story

In Search Of Answers

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick

Everything’s Gneiss!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #244
. Using the prompt
word  ‘rock’, this is my limerick.

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Miscellaneous

Walk This Way

Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration #293
where the these is “Walk This Way” Here’s my take.

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Uncategorized

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.

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Dectina Refrain, Poem

The Deep End

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #046
. I chose pic #1
and here’s my Dectina Refrain.

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Music Blog

August Was A Heavy Month

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 featured August artist and his song.

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Short Story

The Archivist

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #71
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Poem, Quadrille

The Great Debate

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #229: Shall We
Jabber On?
Our host, De Jackson, asks us to write
a quadrille using the word ‘jibber’. Here’s my bit of fun!

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Flash, Mini Story

Rudiarii

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#299”
– exactly 70 words using the seven required
words: ‘scab’, ‘pilates’, ’teapot’, ‘gladiator’, ‘plank’,
‘dove’ and ‘velvet’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

No Way!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #147
– using the word ‘shock’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Miscellaneous

Family Reunion

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Music Blog

Wouldn’t It Be Nice

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
where we’re writing about a song
that made a great album opener.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Cinquain, Poem

The Lovers

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #12.
Our inspiration word is “wild”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Final Descent

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us to
write a story from the antagonist’s point of view.
Originally written several years ago, I thought

this story met the requirements nicely.

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

A U.S. vice president had a #1 hit song.

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Uncategorized

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

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Free Verse, Poem

Colette

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts – 77
where the prompt word this week is ‘small’.
Here’s where the prompt took me ….

a poem about our youngest granddaughter.

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Short Story

Girls Night Out

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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