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Ariel, Pacific NW poet

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Day 8 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 8/30 poem

Day 8 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. Continue reading “Day 8 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 8/30 poem”

Day 7 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 5/30 poem

Day 7 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD) challenges. And … day after midterms. Continue reading “Day 7 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 5/30 poem”

Day 6 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 6 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges…. and I’m running late. I usually post THEN sleep; last night I had to first sleep. Continue reading “Day 6 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD”

Day 5 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 5 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges. Continue reading “Day 5 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD”

Day 4 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD

Day 4 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges.

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Day 3 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD & 2/30 poem

Day 3 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges.

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Day 2 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD 2018 & 1/30 poem

Day 2 of 30 in our 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges.

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Day 1 NaNoWriMo & NovPAD starts9

Today is the start of the 2018 NaNoWriMo & November Poem-A-Day (NovPAD challenges.

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Oct 31 prompt and poem

Halloween!  And when dusk starts forming, I can’t wait for the neighborhood’s celebrants to take to the street!

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Oct 30 prompt and poem

So – getting ahead of the game …

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Oct 29 prompt and poem

I’m awake, I’m awake, I’m awake! And my ride is due any moment …

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Oct 28 prompt and poem

Sorry – still recuperating. Still sleeping a lot. Add in the unreal domestic terrorism of this Trumpian dystopia  – and I’m going to need a lot of caffeinated cola to deal with this day.

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Oct 27 prompt and poem

Steampunk Ball was last night & it has taken some time this morning to recuperate from that.

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Oct 26 prompt and poem

Sorry for the late posting – yesterday just exhausted me and I went to bed a lil’ earlier than normal.  … and slept later than normal. Since then it has been getting ready to head out the door. This evening is Salem’s 2nd Annual Steampunk Ball & I and the other committee members are switching into Defcon 5 in our preparations …

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Oct 25 prompt and poem

Another quickie today …

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Oct 24 prompt

The next few days are going to have to be short & sweet on the prompts.  Friday evening is Salem’s Steampunk Ball 2; I have shared before that I am on the planning committee for this event.

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Oct 23 prompt

Here’a conundrum for those experts on the supernatural …

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Oct 22 prompt and poem

Let’s go a little whimsical on our spooky theme …

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Oct 21 prompt and poem

Today is National Apple Day.  We say apples are very American –  there is apple pie, apple crumble, apple cider, legendary Johnny Appleseed – and one of my favorite love tokens,  apple cider donuts. I  spent Saturday evening sipping hot apple tea in front of a talkative wood fire.

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Oct 20 prompt and poem

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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Oct 19 prompt and poem

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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Oct 18 prompt and poem

I’m sitting, sipping a little Daydreamer tea that fellow poet, TL Cooper gifted me. My laptop, Pixy,  is still not charging up – so I have been using the desktop PC, MyLady, that rests on my bedroom desk. The hub of the home’s network, she doesn’t get much keyboard action but she usually is very active multi-tasking despite being quiet – a lot like me.   But the past few days we have been spending time together and I forget how cozy it can be to hide out in my purple room. I have a deep plum candle dancing, cushy lil’ cushion for my tushie, a cat purring at the foot of the bed, a fluffy blanket still warm from the dryer. Very safe, very secure …

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Oct 17 prompt and poem

Okay, let’s go with some urban myths now – a little Freddy Kruger, a bloody hook on a car door, a little Hannibal Lecter …
I want to slip my skin off and slide into eerie imagination.

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Oct 16 prompt and poem

My laptop once again is under the weather … but this time I have my desktop operational.
So let’s persist in our spooky shenanigans …

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Oct 15 prompt and poem

Updated. …

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