Limerick, Poem

Time Out

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #314
and Esther’s Laughing Along With A
Limerick #257
using the word ‘snacks’.
Here’s where the photo prompts took me.

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Acrostic, Poem

RDP Friday: raucous

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘raucous’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Mini Story

When The Cat’s Away: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #306 – “Alabama”.
 This is my response to the challenge.

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Mini Story

Los Angeles

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

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Mini Story

RDP Thursday: parallel

Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘parallel’. Thanks, Toes!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Dirk Malone, PI: The Snitch

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #312,
exactly 77 words using these 7 prompt words:
wishy-washy’, ‘marshmallow’, ‘impound’,
‘eagle’, ‘violin’, ‘balcony’, and ‘roster’.
Here’s my flash in 77 words.

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Trivia

Did You Know

What group started out as
Linda Ronstadt’s backing band?

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Wednesday: gorgeous

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
 with the word ‘gorgeous’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Short Story

The Confession

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #459.
Our prompt words this week are: front,
thrum, mix, echo, memory, fear, think,
hold, mass, never, ready, and late.
Here’s where the prompt words took me.

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Music Blog

November Air

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 November artist and his song.

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Poem

RDP Tuesday: absurd

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘absurd’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s were my mind went.

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Uncategorized

Veterans Day, 2025

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Fantasy, Mini Story

The Rent

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #059
. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Wordle

A Fading Echo

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #731. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
rooted, years, footsteps, creaks, look, stir,
hour, loop, clock, echo, before, and slips.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Haiku, Poem

RDP Monday: flinty

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word ‘flinty’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

Rock Bottom

Written for AI Drabble, a new challenge from
Mike Jackson where there are two main rules:

1) all written work must be exactly 100 words;
2) all written work must be AI generated.
We are provided with a word prompt
and an image.
All ideas/suggestions are mine as interpreted by Claude AI.

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Cinquain, Poem

It Don’t Come Easy

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #25.
Our inspiration word is “fire”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Poem

RDP Sunday: sepia

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word ‘blink’.
Thanks, Doc!  Here’s my take.

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Fantasy, Poem

Come Sail Away

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#441
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
73 words using the word ‘cerulean’. Also for Sue &
Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge –
‘bucket’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Music Blog

A Few Of My Favorite Things

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
‘Ring On Her Nose’.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Poem

RDP Saturday: blink

Today at RDP, Punam asks us
to get creative with the word ‘blink’.
Thanks, Punam!  Here’s my take.

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Song, Uncategorized

Dirty Little Secret: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #305 –
“What Difference Does It Make”.
 Here’s my inspirational response.

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Song, Uncategorized

Rising Sea Levels: Friday Faithfuls

Written for the 11/7/25 edition of Friday Faithfuls:
“Rising Sea Levels”. Here’s my response.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: transcendent

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word ‘transcendent’.
Thanks, Martha!  Here’s my take.

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Mini Story

The Journey

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #449.
Our prompt words this week are: follow, future,
happiness, inspire, lie, mistake, monument,
secure, short, stunned, thought, and walk.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story

The Continuing Adventures Of George & Martha, Vol. 9: The Yellow House

Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
 Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Thursday: waver

Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us
to get creative with the word
‘waver’. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Short Story

Silent Witness

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #311.
Here’s where the photo prompts took me.

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Limerick, Ovi Poem

Dumpster Diving

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #256
. The prompt
word is ‘litter’. This is my limerick.

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Poem

RDP Wednesday: regal

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word
‘regal’. Here’s my take.

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