Music Blog

The Name Game

Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday theme
‘Namesake Day’, where he has asked us to
write about a song that mentions our name.
This is my name and these are my songs.

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Music Blog

Across The Universe

Written for Friday Faithfuls
February 28, 2025.

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Short Story

Punta Cana

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

I’ll Huff and I’ll Puff

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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Flash

Summer Fling

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #404
using the word “tarnish”. In 55 words, this is my flash.

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Music Blog

Which Song Is Better?

Written for Thursday Inspiration #269
Run For Your Life
. Here’s my spin on things.

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Music Blog

February Sky

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
where we’re asked to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured February artist and his song.

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Poem, Quadrille

Electra Glide In Blue

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday.
The prompt word is ‘indigo’; this is my quadrille.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday 2.26.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic
Say, Al! I think it’s time for another Jacko
parody. What do you say about that?

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Flash

The THC Volkswagen Blues

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #126.
I have also used one of the great images by Kevin @
The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
The prompt this week is “lost”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Short Story

The Facade

Written for OLWG #406.
The three prompts are shown below.
Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction;
it is not about me and my husband.
The only parallel is the death of my
husband’s identical twin on April 2, 2024.
This is a look at what might have been.

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Poem, Tanka

Putting The World On Pause

Written today for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt.
The theme I’ve chosen is ‘simplicity summoned’.

This is my tanka.

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Etheree, Poem

To Be Free

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge 369
where the theme is ‘isolation’. This is my etheree.

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Fifties, Music Blog

Love Me Tender

Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday post
‘Matching Song and Movie Titles’ where he asks us
to write about a song that was used as the
title of a movie. Here is my ‘matching title’.

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Flash, Very Short Story

So Sue Me!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
– #275”
exactly 46 words using the five required
prompt words: ‘deadbeat’, ‘cat’, ‘fiesta’ ‘septic’ and
battery’, for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt (10)
and for Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – ‘gawking’.
This is my 46 word very short story.

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Short Story

And The Band Played On

Today I have reprised a story from 2018.
Rewritten 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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Music Blog

My Two Cents

Written for Friday Faithfuls Penny Production

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Music Blog

Going Back To New York City

Written for Thursday’s Inspiration #268
It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)

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Very Short Story

In The Right Hands

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 story.

Continue reading “In The Right Hands”
Short Story

Smoking And Other Cravings

A few of you may remember this from
years ago; to my new readers, welcome
to the jungle. Reworked and rewritten

for OLWG #404. The three prompts
are shown below. This is my story.

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Music Blog

Colder Than A February Morn

This week at Glyn’s Mixed Mixed Music Bag 2025,
Week #7
, he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured February artist and his song.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 2.19.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
Hey, Al. What do you have to say to all those

people who said Coolio never approved this parody?

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Flash

Let The Music Play

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #125
and Kevin’s The Beginning At Last/ No Theme Thursday
for 2/13/25. This week’s prompt word is “escape”.

Here is my 6 word story.

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Very Short Story

That Inner Glow

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
and the word “absence”
and for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
and the word “embellishment.
This is my response.

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Ovi Poem

Center Of Attention: An Ovi

Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #87.
This week’s inspiration word is
“focus”. Keeping with this year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.

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Short Story

Bug Off!

Written for John Holton’s Writer’s Workshop
for the week of February 13-20 in response
to his prompt: Tell us about an encounter
with a bee or wasp (or hornet). Here’s my story.

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Flash

Dog Eat Dog

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?-#274
exactly 39 words using the four required prompt words:
‘injunction’, ‘fluffy’, ‘tractor’ and ‘pyramid’ and Esther’s
Writing Prompts #52: ‘team’. This is my 39 word flash.

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Flash, Short Story

The Ark Accord

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #403
using the word “theory”. In 81 words, this is my story.

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Music Blog

They’ve Got It Covered


Today in Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday post
entitled ‘Transcending the Original’, he has asked us

to write about a song we feel was better than the original.
Written for Song Lyric Sunday, here are my songs.

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Fantasy, Short Story

Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep

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

Continue reading “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep”