Category Archives: Writing prompt

Moral Mondays: Mommy Lessons

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

Nothing good ever happens after 2AM   My mother never liked waiting up or me. If I said I’d be home at midnight she expected me to drive in at midnight. If I was late there was a frostiness the … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt: May 8 2016: The Tarot – Major Arcana – The Hanged Man – Paradox

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Michael

This tarot card is about control and release, surrender and sacrifice of old patterns of thought and conditioning, which yields a deeper, broader, understanding and perspective, and choice. I know I’m at my wits end So much is weighing on … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Haunting Tales – Ghost

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt how about a little haunting? It’s true what they say; we ghosts stay with the living we just live in another room. * I’m stuck in this limbo, I want out but there doesn’t seem to be … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – The Break – Grandma’s Vase

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt we look at something breaking. My mother’s most valued vase stood upon the mantle above the fire in a place of prominence. She had told the story of its importance all through my childhood and was more … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #64: May 5 2016: School Yard Games – Hand Tennis

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Michael

Image: (Traffic Light Tree ©Kevan CC BY 2.0) Red Light Green Light Think of this game – traffic lights – the significance and symbolism, importance of them – and expand upon it, however you wish.   As children we were encouraged … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Coffee Anyone? – The Writer

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Michael

Todays #maydays prompt: to feature a coffee break in your writing today. As a writer he loved the process. The exploration of an idea, the creation of characters, the development of a plot line all served to motivate him to … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #111 – Doors

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Michael

Image: Anna O. Photography You turned out such a bitch What started as a love made in heaven You turned into a hellish journey. For so long I thought we were fine We had differences, who doesn’t? We played as … Continue reading →

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FFfAW – Week of 05-03-2016 – Spring Awakening

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

Image: by momtheobscure   It was the annual spring awakening day at Slave Rock. It had its pagan origins and no one was quite sure when the sculpture was done but it was a landmark you never ceased to marvel … Continue reading →

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Wordle #107 “May 2nd, 2016” – Greasy Barr

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Michael

This week’s great words: Greasy Entice Cryptic Marrowbone Collision Lead Edge Hole Kuebiko (n. a state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence, which force you to revise your image of what can happen in this world—mending the fences of … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #63 – Arrival – The Visit

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Michael

This week we are asked to consider the concept of an arrival   It was the flickering of lights, then the alarm beside my bed that triggered me awake and into a state of uncertainty. At 6am one’s lights don’t … Continue reading →

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