The Top 10 – 10 Words or Less New Year’s Resolutions

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This is it! The top 10 New Year’s resolutions in 10 words or less…

Two Old Humorists Feeding the Birds and Talking in the Park

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Sometimes people shut you out of their lives, and sometimes writing is a way to work it out for yourself…

Invictus by William Ernest Henley

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My mother likes to say that all good things come in three’s. I’ve posted Rudyard Kipling’s If and Max Ehrmann’s Desiderata – and I think William Ernest Henley’s Invictus is a great third piece in this collection. By the way… … Continue reading →

Newtown: The Sunday Whirl

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Where were you when the lights went out?

Desiderata by Max Ehrmann

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Many people know the prose poem entitled Desiderata – which means “desired things” in Latin. But if you don’t, please take a moment to read it through.

I See Willie Nelson in My Mirror

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I’m not getting older, I’m getting more country

From the Beginning to the Ends: Five Sentence Fiction

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Lillie McFerrin posts a “Five Sentence Fiction” prompt. This week it is: The End                         From the Beginning to the Ends From the beginning to the end, ours was … Continue reading →

If by Rudyard Kipling

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Although a little preach-y, maybe even a little Polly-anish, and certainly something way out of my reach, I get consolation, hope, and inspiration from these words… It may be that someone else may benefit today from them, too.

Smoking Mirrors: Friday Fictioneers

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Something’s wrong with this picture…..

The DUBSTEP Goat

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The goat is a symbol of great vivacity…

I’ve Never Seen the Fiscal Cliffs

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What cliffs have you seen?

What Christmas Does

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This is what Christmas does…

Visions: Lillie Mc Ferrin – Five Sentence Fiction

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Want to see what I see?

If I Hear “Twas the Night Before Christmas” One More Time…

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Well, I’m getting two for the price of one

My Dissolute Soul: Picture It and Write

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Some things will stay with us to the grave…

An Angel’s Choral Light: the Sunday Mini-Challenge

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Have you ever heard an angel’s chorus?

Enigma: The Sunday Whirl

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How do you solve an enigma?

Jimmy Diamonds, I Hate You: Picture It and Write

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Those were the days, back in Canarsie…

Global Warming

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Hmmm… what does it take to believe?

Come Play in my Garden

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This is the place we’ve all been waiting for…

Master and Catmander:

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This is a cat’s tale…

Kid Poet

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We’re the cowboys of the world.

A Real Sleeper: Julia’s Place 100WCGU

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Wow. Two Julia’s in a row. Seeing double? This story will calm you down…

They Worked When We Put Them Away: Julia’s Place 100WCGU

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The Chanukah Lights: an Irish Limerick for a Jewish Occasion

On Twenty Children Dead in Newtown Connecticut: The Sunday Whirl from Friday

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I’m not sure what to write as an introduction to today’s post. We all know it…

Dog Gone Devotion: Five Sentence Fiction

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Want to know about true devotion. Check this out.

On Maligning the Poor Pear

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The pear gets a bum rap in Randy’s latest column about the fruit and all of its dire consequences. Read the rest of the story…

Friday Fictioneers – So, I’m Sitting in Jersey, or Sandy II Redux

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Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about. This week it’s:                                         So, I’m … Continue reading →

The Sands of Time Slip Away: Picture It and Write

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Picture It and Write from ermiliablog@wordpress Write a paragraph of fiction or a poem to accompany the image. The picture prompt for this week is below:                             … Continue reading →

Mud, Old Shoes, and Toilet Paper: To Whimsy Mimsy

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Whimsy Mimsy posted this challenge: Write a poem, sensual or romantic, and include the words (or ideas based on them) mud, old shoes, and toilet paper.                             … Continue reading →

The Forger: Sunday Whirl “wordle”

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The Sunday Whirl blog invites writers to write a poem or short prose using some or all of the “wordle’s” 12 word.

To You, My Love, To You: Five Sentence Fiction

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Lillie Mcferrin posts a “Five Sentence Fiction” prompt. This week it is: TIME                     To You, My Love, To You Midnight is a long way off, and I’m still not sure … Continue reading →

Fleas and more fleas

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I wanna talk about Fleas….

The Hands of Time

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Just a little thinking about time

Twisted Christmas Tongue Twisters

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A few little twisted Christmas tongue twisters…

Friday Fictioneers: My Little Ho-tela-dee (also known as The Hotel Dick)

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Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about.

A Manic Clash: Sunday Whirl “wordle”

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The Sunday Whirl blog invites writers to write a poem or short prose using some or all of the “wordle’s” 12 word.   This week’s words are:                           … Continue reading →

The Pills’ Grim Progress from this Major to that Which is to Come

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Picture It and Write from ermiliablog@wordpress Write a paragraph of fiction or a poem to accompany the image. The picture prompt for this week is below:                         The Pills’ … Continue reading →

Longings

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Let’s get right to the point or points of our desires

Reflections

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Everyone has a line. Where’s yours?