Author Archives: Michael

Journal Monday Prompt #11 – What Shapes Me

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Michael

(Image is me standing in front of a mural wall I helped my artist son paint in 2014) This week’s prompt: write about something that helped to shape your outlook on life. I found this prompt challenging in that it … Continue reading →

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Wordle #66 “June 22 2015″ – ‘Stinging’ Nettle

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Converge Prod Burrow Messiah Tendon Gag Poultice Limit Intenerate (to make soft or tender; soften) Peroxide Generosity Nettle John Nettle was a most spiky character, There was nothing intenerate about him. He didn’t have a soft side … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #112 “Personification Car” – Blossom

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Michael

I was the model of 53, Swish and just the ant’s pants As modern as you get back then. I’ve carried a family From one end of the state to the other. Blossom was what they called me Reliable and … Continue reading →

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Literary Saturday Prompt #11 – Final Act

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: To sleep! perchance to dream: ay, there’s the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come. —Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare. It was about your escape From pain and memory From associations … Continue reading →

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Fiction Friday Prompt #11 – ‘Love is a many splendored thing’

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: ‘Love is a many splendored thing’ Write from: 2nd person POV You don’t know the thrill I received When into my inbox came your card. I didn’t think you’d noticed me But my heart leapt the second … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 20/15 – Bone

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Michael

Badge by Doobster @ Mindful Digressions This week’s prompt: “bone” ‘Can I have a sandwich?’ I asked. ‘In a minute,’ my aging neighbour would say. ‘Oh but I’m hungry.’ ‘You have wait a bit, I have a bone in my … Continue reading →

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“Words to Write By” Prompt #10 – Pistillates

Posted on June 19, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: vulture rubble bleached resound pistillate overindulge ghostwritten sienna washed-out stepchild My uncle Rex grew pistillates. He had hundreds of them in his greenhouse and around his yard. He tended them daily and said they were the only … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 18: Fathers in a Flash – A Bit of Pece and Qiet

Posted on June 18, 2015 by Michael

My dad worked a lot when I was a kid. He left early and came home late in the afternoons. Sometimes he worked on the weekend as well. As a result we did a lot around the house, chopped wood, … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt Wednesday #11 – Gathering

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt write a “gathering” poem. It was a gathering of the minds Of the tall and the short The black white and brindle. We gathered as one Shoulder to shoulder Arm in arm. What asked one are you here … Continue reading →

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FFfAW: Week of 06-17-2015 – Saturday Ritual

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Michael

Dad was sitting at the table with the racing form guide in front of him. This was a Saturday ritual at our place. He’d study the lists of races, select the horses he thought were worth betting on, fill out … Continue reading →

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