Answer Me This — Yard Sale Ripoff
Suze, over at Obsolete Childhood has introduced a new prompt called “Answer Me This.” Suze says it’s “an alternative daily prompt” to the WordPress Daily Prompt, which she characterized as “ones that...
View ArticleWDYS — The Unmasking
I’ve always felt vulnerableAshamed, intimidatedSo I donned a maskTo cover my shame, my embarrassmentGiving me a clean slate to beThe man I wanted to beThe man I hoped to be Then you came alongWanting...
View ArticleFOWC with Fandango — Flimsy
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is “flimsy.” Write a post using that word. It can be...
View ArticleA2Z Challenge — The Letter O
I am unofficially participating in this year’s A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is girlfriends. O is for Olivia D. Okay, I know these posts make it sound like I had a thing for the secretaries at...
View ArticleOne-Liner Wednesday — Smoking Cannabis
“Apparently smoking cannabis can affect your short term memory. Well if that’s true, what do you think smoking cannabis does?” Mickey P Kerr, British comedian, musician, and social commentator...
View ArticleAnswer Me This — Say What?
Suze, over at Obsolete Childhood has introduced a new prompt called “Answer Me This.” Suze says it’s “an alternative daily prompt” to the WordPress Daily Prompt, which she characterized as “ones that...
View ArticleA2Z Challenge — Feedback Requested
I am unofficially participating in this year’s A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is girlfriends. I’ve published 15 posts so far (of 26 posts to get to Z) and I’m looking for some feedback. My wife...
View ArticleJudy’s Numbers Game — #17
Judy Dykstra-Brown has come up with a new weekly prompt for the new year that she calls “The Numbers Game.” This week’s number is 138. To play along, we need to go to our media/photo file and type...
View ArticleFOWC with Fandango — Ruthless
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is “ruthless.” Write a post using that word. It can be...
View ArticleA2Z Challenge — The Letter P
I am unofficially participating in this year’s A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is girlfriends. P is for Patrice H. Patrice was my first older woman and my first African American woman. I was 23...
View ArticleThursday Inspiration — Sins and Commandments
For this week’s Thursday Inspiration prompt, Jim Adams has asked us to write a post using the prompt word sin, or going with the image on the left above, or with water we feel fits the prompt. I’ve...
View ArticleFOWC with Fandango — Surplus
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is “surplus.” Write a post using that word. It can be...
View ArticleA2Z Challenge — The Letter Q
I am unofficially participating in this year’s A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is girlfriends. Warning: This post is NSFW. Q is for Quinn F. We’re heading back to high school to introduce you to...
View ArticleFibbing Friday — Even More Uncommon Words
Di (aka Pensitivity101) hosts Fibbing Friday, a silly little exercise where we are to write a post with our answers to the ten questions below. But as the title suggests, truth is not an option. The...
View ArticleMLMM Friday Faithfuls — Dumbing Down the English Language.
For this week’s Mindlovemysery’s Menagerie Friday Faithfuls challenge, Jim Adams asks us to write anything about the English language. This is a timely question for me because of a discussion I had...
View ArticleWDP — Random Encouter with a Stranger
Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you. This random encounter with a stranger didn’t happen to me. It apparently happened to a woman who posted it on our local...
View ArticleFOWC with Fandango — Valiant
Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is “valiant.” Write a post using that word. It can be...
View ArticleA2Z Challenge — The Letter R
I am unofficially participating in this year’s A to Z Challenge. My theme this year is girlfriends. R is for Rhonda R. One day I walked into my office and there was a small plant with a sticky note...
View ArticleReflections of an Aging Baby Boomer
I forgot to post my Flashback Friday post yesterday. Probably due a combination of fighting off a bout of Bronchitis that has drained much of my energy and posting my daily A to Z posts. Or maybe just...
View ArticleMultiple Prompts Saturday
Like I told the officer, Detective, there was no way he was doing it. And that was that, I thought. Things weren’t great between them; she was beginning to grate on his nerves. Then he called me...
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