Written for RDP, where Martha asks us to
get creative with the words ‘adventure’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Tag: Memories
Like Sugar In Rain
Written for Violet’s Challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: “One must be very sure of the
bank before one opens an account.”
Here’s my response to the challenge.
A Decade Of Us
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #457.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!
closed, kind, lights, love, memory, over,
pleasure, presence, smile, time, touch, and whim
Fade Into Indigo
Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about a border, either in
space or time. Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Topper
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #456.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!
content, fairy, huge, joyful, look, pretty,
reception, residents, step, swipe, tinsel, wobble
Frequencies
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#446 where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 38 words using the word ‘implant’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Wintry Night
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #455.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!
The Word
Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #350.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Empty Chair
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.
Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!
Novembre
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 her song.
RDP Sunday: snowflake
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
creative with the word ‘snowflake’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.
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.
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.
RDP Tuesday: ephemera
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word ‘ephemera’. Here’s my take.
Try To Remember
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 September artist and his song.
Walk Of Life
Written for Only Murders In My Mind Weekly
Writing Prompt #72; the photo shown below
is our prompt. Here’s where the image took me.
Just This One
In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.
Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged
to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.
Broken Alliance
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424 using the word ‘demure’,
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge (intoxicating) and OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.
Memories and Inspirations
Written for Jim’s Thursday Inspiration #278 –
‘Lonely People.’ Here’s my spin on things.
Night Air
Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly
Prompt, incorporating ‘forests cloaked’,
‘undisclosed’ and ‘purple haze’.
This is my response, an etheree.
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.
Mostly Fishing
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.
Christmas Memories: An Ovi
Written for Ovi Poetry Challenge #79.
This week’s inspiration word is
“remember”. This is my Ovi.
Obsolete
Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host
Rochelle 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.
So This Is Christmas
This week at Writing Prompts, Esther has teased us
with the word ‘Christmas’. Here are some happy
childhood memories from a piece I wrote in 2018.
This is my 2024 version of “So This Is Christmas”.
Snow Job: Sharing My World
Written for Share Your World 25th November
where Di has asked some questions about snow.
MARIE-ELENA
Written for The New, Unofficial, On-Line Writer’s Guild.
This week the three prompts from aooga at OLWG #392 are
1) a Texaco bathroom, 2) Gaucho, and 3) Chinese work songs.
This is my story.
In Prescious Moments Of Lucidity: A Haibun
Written for d’Verse Poets where our inspiration
today is “reflection”. Here is my haibun.
Steve McQueen
Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
has asked us to use the photo below as inspiration
to get creative in 100 words or less,
making every word count. Here’s my flash.
“Well, here we are, Chip. Back in Beech Grove, Indiana!”
“You know, Babs. The old homestead really hasn’t changed much.”
“The Colonial Movie House is still open! Man, I’m so happy they didn’t get rid of that beautiful façade. Mom hated it, always saying it looked like a widow’s walk.”
“I bet you can’t remember the first movie we saw there, sis. Loser buys lunch.”
“Are you kidding me? It was “The Blob” with Steve McQueen. God, I loved that man!”
“That’s right! I forgot about your crush!”
“Look! Fire Station #1910 is now a burger joint. You’re buying, bro!”
NAR©2024
100 Words
Author’s Note: Beech Grove Indiana is the birthplace of Steve McQueen.
This is “Steve McQueen” by Sheryl Crow
From 1958, here is the trailer from “The Blob” starring Steve McQueen and “a cast of exciting young people”!
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Memories of Me
Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday #206.
Our prompt word is ‘bend; here is my poem.
I long to be myself again,
before the pain began.
Now wistfully staring at
old photos
of a younger me,
lithe with slender arms
and shapely legs
which once did bend
with graceful ease.
Dancing dreams fill my nights;
I want to sleep forever.
NAR©2024
This is “Pretty Ballerina” by The Left Banke
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