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 –
β€œWhat 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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Free Verse, Poem

Colette

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts – 77
where the prompt word this week is β€˜small’.
Here’s where the prompt took me ….

a poem about our youngest granddaughter.

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Haibun, Poem

Little Foxes

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday: ‘silver’.
Our host Frank asks us to write a haibun with
the word β€˜silver’ as our inspiration. This is my haibun.

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Short Story

Ten Words, One Note

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts
where the word this week is β€˜voice’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Montreux

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is

Friday Fictioneers and here’s where the photo took me.

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Poem, Quadrille

Pops

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #228. Our host
Mish asks us – just for the halibut – to write a quadrille
using the word β€˜fish’ in any configuration. Recalling
the many stories about my husband and his identical
twin fishing with their Pops, this is my quadrille
.

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.

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Miscellaneous

Divine Intervention

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #041
. I chose pic #3.
This is where the image took me.

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Longer Stories, Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

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Music Blog, Musing, Short Prose

Agrigento

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #040
, using pic #1.
This is where the image took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Grandma Rose: Brioschi

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #420
using the word β€˜fizzle’.
In exactly 62 words, this is my take.

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Short Story

Suspended Animation

This is The Unicorn Challenge where we are
encouraged to write a story in 250 words or
less using the photo below as inspiration.
I used a story of mine from 2019 which I
remembered the minute I saw the image.

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Short Story

In Vino Veritas

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Short Story

The Tiniest Of Creatures

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Music Blog

Presenting the Fabulous Ronettes

Written for the April 27 edition
of Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say. 

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Uncategorized

Share Your World – 4.15.25

Written for Share Your World
where Di is asking us a few
questions. Here are the Q&As:

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Musing

I’d Be Lost Without It!

Written for Friday Faithfuls
where the theme is β€œGetting
More Out Of Your Phone”.

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Story

The Bus Ride

Written for OLWG #410.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my story.

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Uncategorized

Share Your World

Di at pensitivity101 is asking us
to share our world by answering
a few questions. I can do that!
Here are her questions ~

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Haibun, Poem

Identical Grief Revisited: A Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets – Fancy
Meeting You At The Pub Today and
Saturday
. We are asked to share any
poem of our choosing. I am sharing
a haibun I wrote almost one year ago.
Since then, our feelings remain unchanged,

except now laughter comes a bit more easily.

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