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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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Writing Prompt #113 “Backpfeifengsicht” – Oh Malformed One

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Michael

I look at you every day Just once I wish you’d catch the next train, a later bus That you’d sleep in and spare me this horror. But no you haunt me Forever in my sight I see you in … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale prompt June 26th 2015 A Japanese Fairy Tale to inspire you – The Watchmen

Posted on June 27, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: write a short story or poem in which curiosity is one of the themes. Curiosity killed the cat. That much was plain to me when I discovered Fluffball dead beside the fern garden. The cat was my … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 19 – Locked In – An Unspelling Potion

Posted on June 26, 2015 by Michael

Image: Michael Grogan….Innsbruck Austria* I loved to taunt the old crone who ran the magic shop in the town mall. She was an ugly old woman with an unpleasant personality and I liked nothing more than to rattle her door … 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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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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Photo Challenge #65, Sadness, June 16, 2015 – A Boy Wanting to Love a Girl

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Michael

Photo Credit: Zwobel What will it take to reach you? I cry for you daily As I watch from afar Your struggles in an abyss With demons Who covet you maliciously. There’s one who stole your childhood Who destroyed all … Continue reading →

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Wordle #65 “June 15, 2015″ The Radish

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Michael

This week’s great words: Delve Tonight Murky Reservoir Marinate Commission Stricture (an adverse criticism, an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body, a restriction) Dregs Magniloquent (speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous;bombastic; boastful.) Frame … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #111 “Men” – Its Not Easy Being Male

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Michael

It’s not easy being male We are on any one-day Loathedhateddspisedlovedneededdesired We are capable of the most heinous of actions We have trouble understanding our masculinity We have trouble relating to others We fear being different, We strive to be … Continue reading →

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