Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.28.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
β€œSay, Al! I hope my readers can take one more

serving of crap rap. Time to face the hard truth:
you’re just a little too white & nerdy for this!”
Is there anything you’d like to add, Al?”

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Limerick, Poem

Potty Mouth

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #233
with the prompt
word  β€˜talk’. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

Vespers

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, incorporating the word
β€˜silhouette’. Today’s amazing graphic
is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday
. This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Love For Sale

Congratulations to Sammi Cox as she begins
her 9th year at Weekend Writing Prompt!
❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #417
using the word β€˜boudoir’
in exactly 56 words. This is my story.

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Musing

What Is It Good For?

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Fantasy, Flash, Sci-Fi, Very Short Story

X-70

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #137
– β€˜fate’ – and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt #60
using the
 photo below for inspiration. This is my story.

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Music Blog

Please Please Me

Written for the this week’s edition of
Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Note

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?
#288
” – exactly 50 words using the six required
prompts: β€˜vendetta’, β€˜cool’, β€˜dough’, β€˜wheeze’, ‘spider’

and β€˜reflexology’. In exactly 50 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

In Vino Veritas

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Short Story, Very Short Story

Negative Reaction

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Quiet Desperation

Written for OLWG #418.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Cinquain, Poem

New Day

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1.
Our inspiration word is β€œnew”.
This in my Cinquain.

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Music Blog

Autumn To May

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 May artist and their song.

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Uncategorized

Hey Gang! My Mac has died and will be offline until the n…

Hey Gang! My Mac has died and will be offline until the new one is in my hands. See you all soon! – Nancy

Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.21.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
β€œSay, Al! Last week we featured Hot Rocks Polka
and everyone had a rootin’ tootin’ good time!
I don’t wanna find myself in a rut or become
predictable BUT how about we do one more
polka party this week. Whaddya say, Al?”

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Limerick, Poem

Pay Up! – A Limerick

Written for Laughing Along With
A Limerick #232
where our prompt
word is β€œrent”. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

The Gardener

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #5,
using at least 3 of the 21 randomly
selected words on the bottom of the page.

The image below from Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #59 was my inspiration.
I was able to use all 21 words in my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Mission

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the prompt word
β€œhang”. The amazing graphic shown below
 is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday.
This is my flash.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Intruder

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #416
using the word β€˜breath’
in exactly 14 words. This is my flash.

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Music Blog, Musing

Thursday Inspiration Twofer

Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration
#280
where the theme is β€œHungry Heart
”.
Here’s what I had to say.

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Music Blog

The Book of Genesis

Written for the May 18, 2025 edition
of Jim Adams’
Song Lyric Sunday,
“Creative People”.
Here’s what I have to say.  

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Ovi Poem, Poem

Journeys End: An Ovi

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #100.
This week’s inspiration word is
β€œending”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Short Story

The Tiniest Of Creatures

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

Continue reading “The Tiniest Of Creatures”
Haiku, Poem

Branches: A Haiku

Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt
, incorporating
“appeal intertwined” and “nature’s
grasp of beauty”. This is my haiku.

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Short Story, Very Short Story

Paleolithic Rock

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

Continue reading “Paleolithic Rock”
Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Never An Honest Word

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?”
#287
– exactly 40 words using the five required
prompts: β€˜curl’, β€˜potion’, β€˜robin’, β€˜unicycle’ and
β€˜bombast’. In 40 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

The Burden Of Secrets

Written for OLWG #417.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Music Blog

May Queen

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 May artist and his song.

Continue reading “May Queen”
Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.14.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.

“Say, Al! Today I have something new and
different for all our weirdos at home.
What do you think … should we do it?”

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Limerick, Poem

Smokin’!

Written for Laughing Along With
A Limerick #231
where our prompt
word is β€œdad”. This is my limerick.

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