Short Story

Belle Terre

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #4.
Each week the inspirational list
will be comprised of 21 randomly
selected words; we may use as many
as we want but must use at least three.
Here’s our list of words; I have used all.

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Ovi Poem, Poem

Fly Away: An Ovi

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #99.
This week’s inspiration word is
β€œflight”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Short Story

Evening In Paris

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Short Story, Very Short Story

The Breakup

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #415
using the word β€˜confide’
in exactly 96 words; also Fandango’s
Story Starter #198
and for Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge –
β€˜cavalier’. This is my 96-word story.

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Music Blog

Hotrocks: Best Of The Stones

Written for the May 11, 2025 edition
of Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say. Β 

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Flash, Very Short Story

Flyin’ High

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #136
– β€˜mirage’ and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt #58
using the
 photo below for inspiration. This is my story.

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Short Story

Couldn’t Get Away

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
and also for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #319
. This
week I am inspired by two photos.
In exactly 250 words, this is my story.

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Haiku, Poem

Pisces Dreams: A Haiku

Written for Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge #11
where our host Colleen challenges us to write a
syllabic poem of our choice featuring our Zodiac
color according to the chart shown below. I am
Pisces and the color chart says my color is pink.

What is your zodiac color?

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Music Blog, Musing

I’ve Been Loving You For Too Long (To Stop Now)

Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #298 –
β€˜Lovin’ You.’
Here’s my spin on things
.

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Flash, Very Short Story

New Perspective

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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Music Blog

Stairway To Heaven

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 artists and their song.

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Ekphrastic, Poem

Chiaroscuro

Written for dVerse Poetics: In Other Words.
 Our host Melissa Lemay from Mom With A
Blog
asks us to dive into the world of color
and detail as we write an ekphrastic poem
inspired by the artwork of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Here is the painting I selected and my poem.
In addition, the words shown in bold are the
artistic terms I chose to include in my poem.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.7.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
β€œSay, Al! There’s been some talk today about
whether Yoda is transgender … not that there’s
anything wrong with that. Do you think he is?

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Ovi Poem, Poem

Another Tomorrow

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #98.
This week’s inspiration word is
β€œsurvive”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Limerick, Poem

Oh, Boo Hoo!

Written for Laughing Along With
A Limerick #230
where our prompt
word is β€œsnitch”. This is my limerick.

Continue reading “Oh, Boo Hoo!”
Short Story

M.I.A.

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #3.
Each week the inspirational list will
be comprised of 21 randomly selected
words; we must use at least three.
Here’s our list of words; I have used all.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Living Large

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #135
– β€˜dream’ and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt
using the photo
below for inspiration. This is my six word story.

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Short Prose, Short Story

One Shot

Written for OLWG #416.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

We’re Here For The Sex

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #414
using the word β€˜periwinkle’
in exactly 30 words and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – β€˜pink’.
In exactly 30 words, this is my story.

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Music Blog

The Cars First Public Appearance

Written for the May 4, 2025 edition
of Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say. Β 

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SenHai

Desert Skies

Written for Susi’s SenHai Saturday #3.
The photo below is our inspiration;
we are to respond with one senryu
and one haiku. This is my take.

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Uncategorized

WHAT A SCREWUP I AM SOMETIMES!…

WHAT A SCREWUP I AM SOMETIMES!

Greetings my friends. I screwed up the publication dates of my two most recent stories …. ‘Faking It’ and ‘Undercover’. If you see a message that says “OOPS! Nothing Here” …. or words to that effect …. I apologize. There really are two new stories floating around somewhere! If you can’t find today’s posts and you’d like to read them, you may click HERE and HERE. Thanks! I hope that helps alleviate the mess I made! – Nancy

Short Story

Undercover

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Faking It

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?
#285”
– exactly 18 words including the following
prompts: β€˜gobbledegook’, β€˜chairman’, and β€˜sale’.

In exactly 18 words, this is my story.

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Music Blog, Musing

Memories and Inspirations

Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #278 –
β€˜Lonely People.’
Here’s my spin on things.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Losing It

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 “Losing It”
Haiku, Poem

First Morning

Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt
, incorporating
β€˜gentle dew’ and β€˜nature’s beauty’.
This is my response, a haiku.

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Short Story

Come Sundown

Written for OLWG #415.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Inconspicuous

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #134
– β€˜wonder’. This is my tiny story.

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A To Z Challenge, Music Blog

That’s Entertainment – Letter Z

Welcome to the final installment of
β€œThat’s Entertainment!” and the
2025 WordPress A To Z Challenge!

Our musical journey has come to an end.
Let’s see who’s closing out the adventure.

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