Written for RDP, where Martha asks us to
get creative with the words βadventureβ.
Thanks, Martha! Hereβs my take.
Tag: Memories
Like Sugar In Rain
Written for Violetβs Challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: βOne must be very sure of the
bank before one opens an account.β
Hereβs 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. Hereβs 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 Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
#446 where weβre asked to be creative in
exactly 38 words using the word βimplantβ.
Hereβs 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 Melissaβs Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #350.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
The Empty Chair
Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inΒ
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Β Hereβs where the photo prompt took me.
Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!
Novembre
This week at Glyn Wiltonβs Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs my November artist and her song.
RDP Sunday: snowflake
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
Β creative with the word βsnowflakeβ. Thanks, Doc!
Hereβs where the prompt word took me.
November Air
This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs my November artist and his song.
Come Sail Away
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
#441 where weβre asked to be creative in exactly
73 words using the word βceruleanβ. Also for Sue &
Gerryβs Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge –
βbucketβ. Hereβs 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 βephemeraβ. Hereβs my take.
Try To Remember
This week at Glyn Wiltonβs Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs 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. Hereβs where the image took me.
Just This One
In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephantβs 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 Sammiβs Weekend Writing
Prompt #424 using the word βdemureβ,
Gerry & Sueβs 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 Jimβs Thursday Inspiration #278 –
βLonely People.β Hereβs my spin on things.
Night Air
Written for Eugiβs Moonwashed Weekly
Prompt, incorporating βforests cloakedβ,
βundisclosedβ and βpurple hazeβ.
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 weekβs inspiration word is
βrememberβ. 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 βChristmasβ. Here are some happy
childhood memories from a piece I wrote in 2018.
This is my 2024 version of βSo This Is Christmasβ.
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 Writerβs 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 dβVerse Poets where our inspiration
today is βreflectionβ. 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. Hereβs my flash.
βWell, here we are, Chip. Back in Beech Grove, Indiana!β
βYou know, Babs. The old homestead really hasnβt changed much.β
βThe Colonial Movie House is still open! Man, Iβm so happy they didnβt get rid of that beautiful faΓ§ade. Mom hated it, always saying it looked like a widowβs walk.β
βI bet you canβt remember the first movie we saw there, sis. Loser buys lunch.β
βAre you kidding me? It was βThe Blobβ with Steve McQueen. God, I loved that man!β
βThatβs right! I forgot about your crush!β
βLook! Fire Station #1910 is now a burger joint. Youβre buying, bro!β
NARΒ©2024
100 Words
Author’s Note: Beech Grove Indiana is the birthplace of Steve McQueen.
This is βSteve McQueenβ by Sheryl Crow
From 1958, here is the trailer from βThe Blobβ starring Steve McQueen and βa cast of exciting young peopleβ!
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantβs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.
Memories of Me
Written for dVerse Quadrille Monday #206.
Our prompt word is βbend; 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.
NARΒ©2024
This is βPretty Ballerinaβ by The Left Banke
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantβs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.
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