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Saturday, April 30, 2016

Prompt: The Temple

A friend of mine recently posted on facebook something about temples. Hers is the Mormon Temple, and her post was about Biblical temples, and how they are built for people to meet and make their covenants with God. Later, I saw a post about Jane Goodall, and her statement about how the forest is her... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Clouds don't have linings.

Long drives bring out long thoughts about, usually, unimportant things. For example... There are so many expressions that, when thought about, don't make sense as we say them and think them. "Every dark cloud has a silver lining." But what is a lining? It is that lightweight fabric on the inside of... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 28, 2016

Saying goodbye to a dream

Sometimes, you have a dream... sometimes, you make it come true... then, you find out it wasn't really what you needed or wanted, and yet... I sold the RV today: set it on a tow truck and watched it roll off to new dreamers. It has been sitting unused for months... well, enough months to make a... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Prompted by Travel

Today's prompt is your opportunity to tell of your most trying travel experiences: What happened and how did you deal with it? Charlie and I, with sudden snow and ice upon our route, are avoiding greater potential troubles by sitting tight a little later in the day, hoping the roads will clear... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, March 14, 2016

Pat reminded me...

This, on the topic of the Patriarchs taking over the defining of Matriarchs... MEDUSA O maid, you once were lovely, full of grace, and named for Wisdom in eternal female form-- Metis, Maat, Medha the names you bore... But the passing generations, reshaping and restructuring the norm, made you over... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Write of me, and I will write of you...

This challenge was issued on Charlie's Facebook page, something shared by a friend. It is a risky proposition in a world where cleverness is valued sometimes more highly than kindness, but an irresistable writer's prompt! Do you dare to write of someone who will respond by writing of you? Today's... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Now the other side of the coin...

There is a peculiar theory among ad makers that irritation makes people remember an ad, and thereby a product. This has always seemed strange to me: If an ad irritates me, I remember I don't like the product, and will avoid buying it. It's hard to say which ads I dislike the most, but one is the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

What are your favorite commercials?

Mostly I really really hate the non-stop parade of advertisements on TV. It's why I don't have actual television. But now and then... I am remembering a Pace salsa ad with cowboys around a campfire, way out in the desert... with a microwave. At the end, one turns to the cook and asks, "Where'd you... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Words

What do you think about words? To writers they are tools of the trade, but everyone who speaks uses words. Some who can't speak use words: Chimpanzees and gorillas make up new words in signs even when they have been taught our words for things. We express our thoughts or hide them with words. It's a... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Kabu has recently shared her travels in Egypt, andTAPS had a field trip

...and wandered by car into a sort of magical place. This prompt is about found places: magical, haunting, blessing, spooky, healing places... There are so many kinds of magic! Years ago, I took such a drive up in the mountains north of Vancouver, BC. I wanted to see wildflowers in subalpine... Sign in to see full entry.

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