Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #272 –
‘People Get Ready’.
Our inspiration is ‘ticket’. Here’s my spin on things.
Reflections In The Moonlight
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.
Enough’s Enough
Town With No Cheer
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 March artist and his song.
Weird Al Wednesday – 3.19.25
Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic
“Say, Al! I thought I’d feature you doing a solo
number today and showing off your amazing
vocal chops. What do you think about that?”
Yakety Yak
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #278”
Exactly 35 words including the four required prompts:
‘yeti’, ‘burger’, ‘zoom’ and ‘taboo’. Here’s my 35 word story.
Alabamy
Written for OLWG #409. The three prompts are
shown below. I have incorporated some lines
from a piece I wrote a few years ago. This is my take.
Family Tree
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #91.
This week’s inspiration word is
“wisdom”. Keeping with the year’s
theme of positivity, this is my Ovi.
Get Off My Phone!
Written for Friday Faithfuls
theme “Suggestions”
Date Night
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #407
using the word ‘mandate’, Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts Wednesday Challenge (‘stodgy’), and
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
(‘dainty’). In 71 words exactly, this is my little story.
How Sweet It Is!
Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday post,
‘Parts of the Day’. Jim has asked us to write
about a song that incorporates times of day.
Here’s my response to this week’s challenge.
CEO
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #129.
The prompt this week is “vision”. Here is my 6 word story.
Unaffected
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #129.
The prompt this week is “vision”. Here is my 6 word story.
Breaking News
Written for dVerse Poets Pub
Complaint, A Poem of Lament
This is my Clerihew
Sunday Morning With Carlo & Marie
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.
Nature’s Buffet
Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompts.
Inspirations appear below. This is my Dectina Refrain.
No Way Out
Written for OLWG #408. The three prompt
phrases are shown below. This is my story.
The Argument
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.
I’m OK, You’re OK
Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #27 –
‘Daddy, Where Did I Come From?’
Our inspiration is ‘green’. Here’s my spin on things.
March, the Mad Scientist
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 March artists and their song.
Star Child
Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #128.
The prompt this week is “dream”. Here is my 6 word story.
Hoots Mon
Written for dVerse Poets – Quadrille #219
A Poetic Hootenanny. Our inspiration this week
is “hoot”. This is my hootenanny quadrille.
Weird Al Wednesday – 3.12.25
Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic
“Say, Al! Did you know Tom Hanks has been
in more than 80 movies and you’ve only been
in 15? What do you think about that?”
Swamp-A-Palooza: A Limerick
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #277”
Exactly 40 words including the five required prompts:
‘hammock’, ‘playboy’, ‘alligator’, ‘bassoon’ and ‘tender’.
This is my 40 word very short story in limerick form.
The Last Violin
Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge (important) and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge (fragile). This is my response,
originally written in 2017, my 1st year blogging.
Carpe Diem: An Ovi
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #90.
This week’s inspiration is “opportunity”.
Keeping with the year’s theme of positivity,
this is my Ovi.
A to Z Challenge

The A-Z Challenge is coming up soon and this is the first year I’m participating. My theme is a topic near and dear to my heart, something I blog about often: the world of entertainment, in particular music and film. I’m excited! Watch for my first post in April; a very special friend is preparing a custom-made logo for my theme as we speak!
Stay tuned!
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Until Love: A Reverse Etheree
Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompts.
Prompt words appear below.
This is my reverse etheree.
911
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #406
using the word “decisive”. In 39 words, this is my flash.
The Story of Youngblood Priest
Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday
post ‘Get Over It Day’. This is my song.