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Literary Saturday Prompt #13 – Careless Child

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” —The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde   She was just here a second ago. I was collecting … Continue reading →

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Fiction Friday Prompt #13 – The Little Blue Bottle

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt: write a story about a construction worker who makes a discovery of a lifetime at a construction site. My dad worked after the war as a builder. He worked for a company who did big construction jobs and … Continue reading →

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“Words to Write By” Prompt #12 – An Old Hero

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Ramble, preclude, canary yellow, gladiator, disengage, inure doughty, triumphal, somberly, begone ‘Begone ye divells, begone, ‘ said the old man to the space before him. No amount of arm waving on his behalf seemed to shift the … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver # 20: Vacations – The Cavern

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Michael

Overnight our travel plans changed. All plans to visit the Three Sisters Wilderness in Oregon were out the window with the sudden appearance of THE CAVERN!!! On the morning of our departure we were doing our final packing when we … Continue reading →

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Poetry Prompt Wednesday #13 – Freedom

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Michael

This week’s task is to write a “freedom” poem Is it worth it? The question asked so many times The struggle to escape my tormentor To break away Forge an identity A life away from humiliation. Its priceless I retorted … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #67, See-Saw, June 30, 2015 – Life is..

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Michael

Image: Alexa Houghton Life is a series of ups and downs We teeter at times On the edge of oblivion. Occasionally we totter When the going gets tough. But thankfully we pull back, The abyss is permanent Few ever return … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – June 29th, 2015 – Sherman Hospitality.

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “The Mayor and the town manager waved as their next victim approached.” The City of Sherman was famous for its hospitality. It was written about in every travel brochure I had read though I had … Continue reading →

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FFfAW: Week of 07-01-2015 – Waiting

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Michael

It was the best place I could think of for our first meeting. Half way between our respective homes. I had always loved Brella Park and had spent many hours there walking its many and varied pathways. I had told … Continue reading →

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Journal Monday Prompt #12 – My Life

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt: When you were a child, how did you imagine your adult self? Are you living your dream? Did you take a far different road than what you imagined? Or is your life exactly as your youthful self envisioned it … Continue reading →

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Wordle #67 “June 29, 2015″ – Bazza.

Posted on June 29, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Cantillate (to chant; intone) Haul Bazaar Purloin (to steal) Foreboding Junk Dwindle Rendezvous Incinerate Fistula (Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from … Continue reading →

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