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Tag Archives: loved ones
Gertrude and Jack Attend a Resist Trump Rally: Friday Fictioneers
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We all show up at wrong parties from time to time – whether birthday parties, whoopee parties or political parties…
For Continuous Relief on the Oxycontin Line: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle
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Inspired by the recent article in the New Yorker Magazine, the on-going heartbreak of addiction and lack of action by our elected officials to stop the onslaught….
I Once Loved A Northern Mockingbird: dVerse ~ Poets Pub
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Life sings to us. We don’t always hear it. Sometimes when we do, it’s too short, fleeting. We want it back. Love is the same way…
To My Love: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle
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When The Kids Move Out: Limerick Off Monday
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Ever wonder what life will be like when the kids move out? Don’t be fooled by that illusion. When it is said that something’s too good to be true, well, you know the truth, it’s too good to be true…
Seagram’s 7: Five Sentence Fiction
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Love and admiration, family and memories, proud women and what this country is built on…
FTM: A Transgender Sonnet… The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”
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A difficult subject; a plethora of emotions and thoughts and opinions. Gender and sexuality and love and what is right and what is true is very messy… and requires time, patience, understanding, and a hope and faith in doing the … Continue reading
Loving You – My response to “Mwah” by fortyoneteen
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Words are joy, are love, are connections… Continue reading
The Time Keeper: Five Sentence Fiction
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Vacant Chairs: Visdare
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From Zed to Alpha: Renewal — Friday Fictioneers
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To Bill and Janet… of bwfiction, bwthoughts, and This, that and the other thing
To the Only Flame that Matters: Five Sentence Fiction
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A Visit to the Tonight Studio: Friday Fictioneers
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Memories linger like the scent of her perfume or the touch of the pillow that she never shared with me because it was her favorite…
Some Kisses are Divine
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You must remember this – a kiss is still a kiss… The fundamental things apply – as time goes by (“As Time Goes By” music and words by Herman Hupfeld)
Jesus at a Doorway II
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Every Time is the First Time: Five Sentence Fiction
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We Go Cruisin’: Day One — Sailing
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This Was a No Dream, Becky Friday Fictioneers
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With ten uncles and aunts, I was part of a large Jewish family. Fortunately, I grew up in New York City; they, for the most part, lived in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania. An unlikely place for a … Continue reading
My Tongue and My New Braces: Reason2Rhyme Poetry Prompt
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New Year’s Eve with the Steinfelds: Friday Fictioneers
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Newtown: The Sunday Whirl
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What Christmas Does
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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…
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
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
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 “R’s” Have it
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Of Girls and Hair: The Other Great Depression —— 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.
Grateful Vittles: Five Sentence Fiction
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Lillie Mcferrin posts a “Five Sentence Fiction” prompt. This week it is: FEAST
I’m so glad we had this time together…
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I will be gone (although some of you think I’m gone already) for two days…
The Android Family Enjoy Their Friday Dinner: Friday Fictioneers
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Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about.
A Bewitched Silence: Julia’s Place 100WCGU
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What is 100WCGU? Each week there is a prompt: a few connected words, a selection of individual words or a picture. The prompt is: … the silence was deafening …
George and Gracie Practice for Gracie’s Sports Medicine Class: 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.
His Spirit: Life Slices
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Life Slices explores living moments. Exposing the best and the worst in everyday experiences, Life Slices shows how life affects each of us in significant ways.
John and Karen Hawk the Fair: Friday Fictioneers
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Friday Fictioneers – Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about. This week it’s: John and Karen Hawk the Fair Karen. This is smart. … Continue reading
It Is Not My Fault That There Are 282 Words In This Story! (Somebody else threw in those extra 182 words. I swear it is not my fault) Julia’s Place 100WCGU
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What is 100WCGU? Each week there is a prompt: a few connected words, a selection of individual words or a picture. The prompt is: … It Is Not My Fault … As usual you have 100 words to add to … Continue reading
Voting is Really About My Father
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The first time I voted was 1968. I had just started college, the Vietnam War loomed large, flower power was blossoming, and the world … Continue reading
It Can’t Be That Time… Julia’s Place 100WCGU
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What is 100WCGU? Each week there is a prompt: a few connected words, a selection of individual words or a picture. The prompt is (click here to visit this week’s post): … it can’t be that time … As usual … Continue reading
Life Slices: Eighty-Six is Enough
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Life Slices will explore living moments. Expressing and exposing the best and the worst of life, as well as those everyday but taken-for-granted experiences, Life Slices will feature situations that affect each of us in some important way. Inspired … Continue reading
A Bed Time Story Except It’s Three O’clock in the Morning: Another “My Son, the Snake and Me” Tale
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I hope you will find this a fun lazy Sunday reading…. My son owns a ball python, and although he lives away at college, he brings the snake home with him when he’s on break from school. This is the … Continue reading
Lying Here Dying at the Sky: Reason2Rhyme Poetry Prompt – “Here’s Your Sign”
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kbnelson’s Reason2Rhyme Poetry Prompt: “Here’s Your Sign” Transcribe the text of a sign that you encounter. Write maintaining the tone of the sign. I used her sign picture Lying Here … Continue reading
Being Clear is Essential, Ha! — Julia’s Place 100WCGU
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From Julia’s Place: What is 100WCGU? Each week there is a prompt: a few connected words, a selection of individual words or a picture. You have 100 words in order to write a creative piece. This week’s prompt is: (see … Continue reading
Your Big Baby Father Slipped This In! — Julia’s Place 100WCGU
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From Julia’s Place: What is 100WCGU? This week’s prompt is: (see this week’s prompt site by clicking here) *evil cackling heard from behind* Julia writes: …something a little different… Well it’s my son’s 36th birthday this … Continue reading
The Bridges of Men – Picture It and Write
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Picture it and write from ermiliablog@wordpress Write a paragraph of fiction to accompany the image. Or, it can be a poem Anyone who wants to join in is welcome. the picture prompt for this week is below: … Continue reading
Damn It: It’s Probably the Chili Peppers
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You know this couple. You’ve been there. Up in the middle of the night: Weird dreams, weird conversations, weird food affects. Damn It: It’s Probably the Chili Peppers “I’ve seen her before….” “Honey, it’s late. You’ve been dreaming” “Mary, I’ve … Continue reading
Dear Hanging Shoes: kbnelson’s Poetry Prompt
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kbnelson’s Poetry Prompt… Monday, July 16, 2012 Reason 2 Rhyme – “Letter to the Landscape” This week’s prompt is: Write a letter to a landscape or scene you pass through today (or often). For example, “Dear Williamsburg Bridge,…” Dear … Continue reading
Grandpa, Grandma, and Murray’s Championship Balls: Julia’s Place 100WCGU
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From Julia’s Place: What is 100WCGU? Each week there is a prompt: a few connected words, a selection of individual words or a picture. You have a limited number of words to write a creative piece. This week’s prompt is: (see … Continue reading
This Day in History – Reason2Rhyme Poetry Prompt
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The following is reprinted from an email to me today from Ms. Karen Nelson: “This Day in History” Featured Poet – Randy Mazie Congratulations to Randy Mazie! He was the drawing winner this week for the “This Day in History” poetry … Continue reading
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