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Photo Challenge #86 November 10, 2015 – Maryann

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Michael

image by Valentina Kallias ~ “Apocalypse Horseman Pestilence”   Maryann was a jokester She lived the other side of the black stump. She spent half her days on a combine harvester The other on a stump jump plough. The farm … Continue reading →

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Bonus Wordle “November 9, 2015” – The Teekva Soup

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Michael

This week’s bonus words: Cagestruck (via Yves) to be clueless of the customs, dialect/language/slang, and haunts of an unfamiliar city. Ardle (via Michael) a person who urinates whenever and wherever the mood strikes them. Shiprighteous (via KO) A smugly moralistic … Continue reading →

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Music Friday Prompt #15 “Daughter” by Loudon Wainwright – Three Daughters

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkI-07rzEnA First one born into a world that was so certain Where I thought this baby thing would be easy But you didn’t read the memo You led me up a path of discovery Wonder and at times utter frustration … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #38: Tales Twice Told – Watching the Arrivals

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Michael

You see them all at the train station every morning. From 5.30 through 8.30 they come and go hurrying quickly into the city. The weird and wacky, the sad and the happy, the focused and the dreamers, the lovers and … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #85 November 3, 2015 – Illusion

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: “Decompose” by zaldy icaonapo At first you were beautiful No words to describe how I felt Your beauty shone through. All the right words were spoken Promises made, vows exchanged. But it turned to an illusion Your beauty faded … Continue reading →

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Wordle #85 “November 2, 2015” – Ardling

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Water Submersible Kelp Migration Plexus (a network, as of nerves or blood vessels. any complex structure containing an intricate network of parts: the plexus of international relations.) Ungainly Nonchalant Mutilate Nickel Melanin (any of a class of insoluble … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #131 “NoEnd House Part 9″ – In The Clutches Of Evil

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Michael

This week the word to use is ‘penitent’. I am so sorry, Penitent, that I worried you so Disappearing, missing in action. It must have been agony for you All those thoughts of me gone Lost forever. But I was … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #37 Pet Story – Frank

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Michael

Image © Joey’s Canine Candids Frank was the cutest of all our dogs. A little brown fluff ball of a dog but so loving and devoted to us. He had come to us via a friend at the dog rescue … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #84 – October 27, 2015 – On the Post Office Steps

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Michael

Image “Somewhere in Between” by Anne Worner CC BY-SA 2.0. He sits on the Post Office steps His clothes wrapped tightly around A frame that now days feels the cold. He appears as the workday begins and takes his position … Continue reading →

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Wordle #84 “October 26, 2015” The Girl with the Strawberry Birthmark

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Elapse Birthmark Auburn Haunted Acanthus (any of several plants of the genus Acanthus, of the Mediterranean region, having spiny or toothed leaves and showy, white or purplish flowers.) Flare Unaccountable Mighty Loathsome Tumultuous (highly agitated, as the mind or … Continue reading →

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