Haiku, Poem

RDP Tuesday: horizon

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€˜horizon’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Poem, Wordle

Wintry Night

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #455.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

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Acrostic, Cinquain, Poem

Green All Over

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #30 where
our inspiration word is β€œenvy”. Also for Sue &
Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge

and the word β€œprepare”. This is my cinquain.

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Short Story

The Word

Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #350
.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Musing, Stream of Consciousness, Uncategorized

RDP Monday: bulb

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word β€˜bulb’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Short Story, Wordle

Playing By The Numbers: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #735. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our prompt words: hook,
sway, hearts, strip, chain, dizzy, sweep, you, stick, swell,
steam, and shock. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Longer Stories

Getting Closure

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge 411.
The following quote is suggested as our muse:
“It was not my idea, but it happened.”
This is where my imagination took me.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Sunday: reverie

Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us to get creative with the word β€˜reverie’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Short Story

The Empty House

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #225.
Here’s my story, using Fandango’s teaser.

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Music Blog

State, Country Or Place, Oh My!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Geographical Areas”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Saturday: clutch

Written for RDP, where Punam asks
us to get creative with the word β€˜clutch’.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Musing, Song

Baby Come Back: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #310 –
β€œOh Sherrie”. Here’s my response.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

Through The Wall, Softly

Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about neighbors.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge

RDP Friday: change

Written for RDP, where Martha Kennedy asks
us to get creative with the word β€˜change’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Poem, Writing Exercise

Postcard Moment

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” #318.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Poem

Lofty Dwelling

Written for David’s Weave Written Weakly #189
where our friend Violet has prompted us to write
about some lovely artwork from the National Gallery of
Art website. This is my pic & my response. Thanks, Violet & David!

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Flash, Mini Story

Making Magic

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Word Challenge

RDP Thursday: broke

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks  
us to get creative with the word β€˜broke’.
 Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Short Story

Sky Full Of Lies: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #734. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our prompt words: rinse,
days, still, thicket, bomb, fake, criminal, foster, imagine,
lies, sky, and sink. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Limerick, Poem

Little Bit-O-Honey

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #261
. The prompt
word is β€˜candy’. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Wednesday: thunderstruck

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word β€˜thunderstruck’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Oh What A Night

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.Β 
Here’s my December artist and their song.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Thursday Shift

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #454.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

balance, try, flat, beauty, understand, hope,
give, peace, happy, thought, dedicate
, and share

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Flash, Micro Story

Alone

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#445
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 16  words using the word β€˜wait’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Tuesday: achievement

Written for RDP where Martha asks
β€œWhat’s one of your greatest achievements?”
Here’s my response. Thanks, Martha!

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Longer Stories

Reindeer Christmas Party

This story is one of several I have written for our
5-year-old granddaughter, Colette, for Christmas.
I can’t wait to read them with her.
Also in response to Missy’s Mad Challenge#069
and for Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – β€œred”.

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Flash, Mini Story

Deep Sea Mystery

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#316
, exactly 80 words using these eight prompt
words: β€˜creep’, β€˜mermaid’, β€˜tea’, β€˜video’, β€˜red’,
β€˜gallop’, β€˜agent’ and β€˜pillar’. Here’s my flash.

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Monday: treat

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word β€˜treat’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem

City Shopping: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #29.
Our inspiration word is β€œstrength”.
This is my ABA Mirror Cinquain.

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Limerick, Poem

Beside Themselves Elves

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #260
. The prompt
word is β€˜boring’. This is my limerick.

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