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Wide Open Spaces
A shiver ran up my spine, Mama's voice in my head, don't count the crows, baby. You know why they're called a murder. Don't tempt fate. Let them tell it to the devil.
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The Key Man
Photo Writing Prompt used for Today It was the first nice day of Easter break. We were playing kickball in the street when we noticed him. He was tall and lean with a rucksack slung across his back. He carried with him a bunch of keys on a loop that jingled as he walked down the street. We skipped and ran behind him as he walked. “Hey, mister why you got all those keys?” “hey, mister where you from?” “Hey mister, what you got in your pack?” “Hey mister” He never spoke a word, just kept walking like he was on a mission. We decided to follow at a safe…
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Bashful Smile
Could this child be a relative, maybe a distant cousin with those blonde eyelashes like mine and that nose that looks like my son's? I don't recollect any family in the Scott's Run area but sometimes families traveled when a mine closed.
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Almost Famous
Today is April 1 which means its the first day of the A to Z Challenge. Last year I did poetry and poets, but this year I wanted to do something a little easier (less research) and also more creatively challenging. This year I am using random old photos that I found on Flickr Commons as writing prompts. This will let me get my creative juices flowing without having to be bound by a certain style. So expect anything from poetry to vignettes. Find out more about the challenge by clicking this button. Almost famous is not good enough. what price have I paid my dreams lie in dust. Almost…
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Writing a Stream of Consciousness Exercise #SoCS
Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “all or nothing.” The first thing that popped into my head when I saw this prompt was this song. (video put in later) I have no idea why except the word nothing is in it. It has been a while since I have participated in Stream of Consciousness Saturday and so I am a little rusty or maybe it’s just that my stream is a little stagnant. So here I am giving it my all but I seem to be getting nothing. Hmm… I have this technique that when I have to write something I just write and let everything flow out on the…
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Memories ‘Round Here #BehindtheBlogger
The prompt for behind the blogger today is ‘Round Here. ‘Round Here can be anything and nothing but I am supposed to use this prompt to tell something” real” about myself. Something that the readers of this blog would be interested in learning about that I don’t necessarily blog about most days. This post is supposed to share some insight into my life, but all I can think of is this Tom Petty Song. For those of us coming of age in the 80’s, this was one of our breakup songs. I remember listening to this song and crying my eyes out after I broke up…
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You Don’t Know Me #BehindTheBlogger
You don’t know me but reading my blog gives you some insight into who I am right now. Who I was before remains a mystery at least for a little while. My lives are starting to collide with old friends discovering my blog and new friends discovering my life. On my blog I reveal bits and pieces at a time but it is focused on my life now, not what came before, so I will share a few things that came before so that you can learn a bit about me, the person, not just the blogger. In 2011, I lost my house to foreclosure and was featured on…
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The Riverside Speech
There could be no greater writing prompt on January 15th then leadership. January 15th is the birthday of a great leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Much has been said and written about Dr. King and I am sure that anyone who reads this is aware of his famous speech “I have a Dream” that was delivered in Washington DC. Most people are not aware of a much more powerful speech that was delivered exactly one year prior to his assassination. This speech given at Riverside Church in New York showed a more radical side of Dr. King. Most people are not aware of a much more powerful speech that…
