Flash, Musing, Poem

RDP Sunday: turn

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

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Musing, Trivia

RDP Saturday: haze

Today at RDP, Punam has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘haze’. Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Trivia

Did You Know

Who died of a ruptured appendix on Halloween?

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Miscellaneous, Musing

RDP Wednesday: shuttle

Today at RDP, sgeiol has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘shuttle’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: fancy

Today at RDP, Martha has asked us to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing on
the word ‘fancy
. Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Musing, Uncategorized

Update on ‘Cyster’: AKA ‘The Lump’

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Musing, Very Short Story

RDP Friday: annoy

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘annoy
. Here’s my take.

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Miscellaneous, Musing

Did You Know

How did the tradition of pumpkin-carving get its start?

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Musing, Short Story

RDP Wednesday: cranny

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘cranny
. Here’s my take.

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Musing, Short Story

RDP Tuesday: pet

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word ‘pet
. Here’s my take.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Saturday: sandwich

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word ‘sandwich
. Here’s my take.

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Miscellaneous

Mother Knew Best

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #85
incorporating the word “club”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.

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Miscellaneous

Hand Jive: Follow Up

After X-Rays & MRI

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Free Verse, Poem

Free As A Bird: Embracing The Panic

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #400
where we are invited to choose a bird and divination
from An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations.
This is my
true poem about learning to deal with panic attacks.

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Short Story

Life Lessons

Written for RDP Friday: PIANO!
This is my story.

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Informative, Miscellaneous, Trivia

Did You Know?

Which bird has the largest wingspan in the world?

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Music Blog

Captain Beyond

Written for Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Stream of Consciousness

Hand Jive

Written for Stream of Consciousness where
our prompt word is “hand”. Here’s my stream.

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Miscellaneous

Nowhere Man: State Of Mind

Written in response to 9/12/25 Friday Faithfuls

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Music Blog

Everybody Knows

Written for Song Lyric Sunday where
today’s theme is philosophical songs.
Here’s how the theme inspired me.

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

What was the first toy advertised on TV? 

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Short Story

Tomorrow Never Knows

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #303.
Some of you have read this, originally written
several years ago as I recounted a true story
about events experienced by me in the hospital

after surgery. The hallucinations were
very real and I remember every detail.

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Music Blog, Musing

Hold Me Tight

Written for Thursday Inspiration #295 –
“What I Like About You
. Here’s my take.

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Poem

Neon Gods

Written for dVerse Poetics: It’s Noisy In Here!
Our host, Mish, is asking us to write a poem
of any style dealing with noise. Here’s mine.

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Musing

But I Won’t Do That

Written for John’s writing workshop.
I’ve chosen prompts #3 & 5. Here goes!

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

You are getting very sleepy……

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Poem

Slowly Dying

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #047
. I chose pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Miscellaneous

Walk This Way

Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration #293
where the these is “Walk This Way” Here’s my take.

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Miscellaneous

Family Reunion

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

A U.S. vice president had a #1 hit song.

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