First – Happy Hanukkah to all my Jewish friends! May your holy days be filled with peace and family.
Another band I love the sound of the past few years is Mumford & Sons – it sometimes feels like Continue reading “Dec 3 prompt & poem”
Day 13 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. I’ve been fighting my computer every step of the way Continue reading “Day 13 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD and 12/30 poem”
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Halloween! And when dusk starts forming, I can’t wait for the neighborhood’s celebrants to take to the street!
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Nothing to me is a scary & spooky as a spider. And many stories use them to up the fear factor. Tolkein inserts the Spiders of Mirkwood in Hobbit & Shelob in Return of the King. Aragog & his children in Harry Potter. In Doctor Who, itis the arachnoids, (Think I geek much?) Arachnophobia. The early myths of Arachne. Etcetera, etcetera etcetera.
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Today’s prompt comes from one of my favorite Halloween movies, and – no – It’s not horror or suspense. But family-friendly “Hocus Pocus”.
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Let’s do two prompts for today. Continue reading “Oct 6 prompt and poem”
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Sunday morning and I’m baking bread. Which is a minor miracle around this house Continue reading “Sept 30 prompt and poem”
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Wednesday – which means #1linewed writing game on Twitter. Today’s theme is “dare”. Continue reading “Sept 26 prompt and poem”
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Today’s post is going to be short & sweet, as Monday has used up all my metaphorical spoons.
But it is a prompt that is Continue reading “Sept 25 prompt and poem”
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Been waylaid a bit with pain. Which means my touch has been toxic to e-devices the past few Continue reading “Aug 15 – 18 prompts”
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Happy Tuesday. Let’s have a little fun with today, shall we?
Tuesday’s July 24 prompt is “the world’s only hope is Jerry (the comic book cashier)”
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I keep falling down those rabbit holes; seriously, I think that March Hare has a thing for me. But there’s only so long I can walk on ceilings before the need becomes driving for solid earth again.
Yesterday’s prompt was “theater” Continue reading “Mar 27 & 28 prompt”
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Today’s is World Water Day and water is a frequent motif in my poetry. Partly because I am a Pisces and water resonates deeply for me – but mostly due to the fact that water is such a major building block for life and humans.
So today’s prompt is “water” ! Continue reading “Mar 22 prompt & poem”
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Ariel, Pacific NW poet 