a new prompt: Things Too Frustrating To Be Bothered With
Eating grapenuts, dry, with chopsticks Rationally explaining anything to a baby, a cat or a fanatic Running between the raindrops What can you add to this list? Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Who is looking for fair and straightforward critique?
Another Blogiteer is leaving the building. He states as one of his reasons, and several comments on the post agree, that Blogit drew them in as writers but has become naught but another social playground. I say, it is what we make it, and that depends on what we want it to be. There are how many... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
and today, this came to my attention after many years...
perfect addendum to the previous post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPqmRNjoTE&feature=youtu.be Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
a poem of sea life
Came across this as I was going through old files... It may have appeared here before. Odd formatting... don't ask me! Octopus Lurking loosely,blobbishly unrolling, your enormous bulbous　head a-lolling, with a kind of neckless grace as you come pouring down the face of rocky coves and coral caves... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Who do you write for?
Do you find you write more when you have an audience? Does having that audience inspire you? Does it pressure you? Who is your best audience? Who do you want to write for? Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
5000 years from now...
what will have mattered? In a century, in a decade... what of today's experience and choice will have been significant? I look forward to your ideas, while I think on this, too. Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 14, 2011
photo prompt: the Brew House
http://www.flickr.com/photos/therovingeye/sets/72157626053902380/ What do you think? What do you feel? Do you imagine a story? Sense a poem coming on? Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, January 24, 2011
What you've got is what you want
Even in the midst of griping that I haven't got what I want in life, I have to admit, that what I have, I wanted more than what I'm griping about. It is so easy to look at things from the negative-- I don't want... to be alone, to be broke, to be hungry, to be... whatever. But that isn't much use,... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Prompt: The Best Gift Ever
The best gift my second daughter ever gave me was a few paragraphs she wrote and posted in her LiveJournal for the world to see, a tribute to the better things I have been as a mom, and as the person she perceives in me. As parents, so rarely are we sure we got it right... It moved me so much, to... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Prompt: Creative Space
You are working on a project... someone comes in and is interested... So interested that they are simply full of helpful suggestions and ideas! How does that make you feel? What is your reaction to that so helpful person? What is their reaction to your reaction? Where do you draw the line between... Sign in to see full entry.