Today is photo prompts; It is Paint The Town/Write The Town season and both days this weekend has an event. So you get to attend Continue reading “Jun 23 & 24 prompts”
Okay – hand’s healing slowly and while I haven’t been able to access my ‘puter much, I have been making progress on next week’s art projects, formatting chapbooks and rehearsin Continue reading “Jun 20, 21, and 22 prompts”
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It becomes more and more clear to me that the laws of physics just get wrapped around me.
How else can I explain Continue reading “Jun 17, 18, and 19 prompts”
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Operative operating system today … so let’s do this …
Today’s is “life in a zoo” .., Continue reading “Jun 12 prompt”
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So two days behind; let’s get caught up.
Wednesday’s prompt was “uploaded photo”. Continue reading “Jun 15 prompts”
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Back to sending my prompts no-frills via phone …
but undeterred!
Sunday’s prompt is “the rest of your life in a library”. Continue reading “Jun 10 & 11 prompts”
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Today is beautiful here in Salem, Oregon. Warm, sunny – with just the right amount of clouds to keep it from being hot. So let’s get caught up …
Yesterday’s prompt was “life from your pet’s perspective”. This always results in some interesting lines. And you learn something new about yourself when you look through another’s eyes.
Today’s prompt is “missed appointment“. … something I have been all too familiar with the past couple of years.
One of my pet persona poems (I was pretty miffed at myself, can you tell) …
Want to look up past prompt? Maybe one of my past Pinterest “Ariel’s List”?
I’ve made it easy for you. You can find them in my archive on my Poetry Prompts page.
And speaking of art collections – I upload my various ones here …
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Again going with a photo prompt today – It is Paint The Town. Write The Town Event 2. And I am at Gaiety Hollow.
This year the organizers have arranged music
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In Salem, we are getting a reminder of how precious clean water is. And how easy it is to screw up communications.
The past week we have had cyanotoxins in our tap water. Of course – our City did not notify us until late Tuesday Continue reading “June 1 prompt”
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So, a lil’ computer/e-devices issues today. But I used the downtime to catch up on the dishes.
June is coming up fast, Continue reading “May 30 prompt”
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Yesterday, our wanderings led us to Waterloo State Park, just south of Lebanon, Oregon. Which suited me fine as I am a “water creature”.
At first Continue reading “May 29 prompt”
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Today it is National Memorial Day in the United States – a day to remember our loved ones past on, especially veterans and soldiers who have sacrificed for our liberty and freedom.
Today I am Continue reading “May 28 prompt”
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So, many of you know I juggle my time back and forth between Ariel & CC Willow, between poetry & painting. There are times I feel that tug-of-war more than others …
Last night I stayed up uploading artwork onto ties – the latest product introduced on ShopVida (just in time for Dad’s Day!)
So let’s make today’s prompt “tying one on” because I feel rather drunk with not enough sleep … Continue reading “May 27 prompt”
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Today’s prompt is inspired by my cat …
“sleeping
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Headed downtown because it is the day to switch out exhibits!
Today’s prompt is “taking down art” Continue reading “May 25 prompt”
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As CC Willow, one of my art mediums is digital photography. And, oft-times, those photos inspire a poem (or three).
I’m looking at one of my pieces today of my late hubby hugging a Redwood tree. Truth be told, Continue reading “May 23 prompt & poem”
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Today is National Solitaire Day. I find games can be used for great effect as metaphors in poetry.
Today’s prompt is “solitaire” Continue reading “May 22 prompt & poem”
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It’s such nice weather today … let’s make today’s poem be a happy, peaceful one.
Today’s prompt is “garden gate”. Continue reading “May 21 prompt”
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The past few days I have been unexpectedly participating in holding a bullying manager accountable for their actions. Continue reading “May 19 prompt and poem”
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SLIDing today … and SLIDing blind for the most part.
Let’s not go too far for today’s prompt .
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It’s been perfect gardening weather and all the green inhabitants of Boxwood Cottage are growing like… well, a weed! Including the ivy.
When we bought Boxwood Cottage, it came with a few “wild areas covered with English Ivy under the trees. Continue reading “May 15 prompt and poem”
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I’ve been having today’s prompt muse around my head, re-arranging the furniture, knocking down walls.
Today’s prompt is “write a love letter”. Continue reading “May 14 prompt and poem”
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Let’s go the other way this Mother’s Day – Even if you don’t all have a child, we all have been children at some point.
Remember what that was Continue reading “May 13 prompt and poem”
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Perhaps you have someone who you love like a mother. Maybe there’s someone who chides you like a Continue reading “May 12 prompt and poem”
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Today I’ve been thinking of one of my favorite artists, Vincent Van Gogh… and, hey, I’ve a pix taken yesterday of him & I together – him the beauty, me the brains.
My favorite portrayal of Vincent was in Dr Who (the episode that centered around the Church of Auvers painting), when Smith’s Doctor & Amy Pond spent time with Vincent. We almost all know that Van Gogh suffered
Continue reading “May 11 prompt”
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