Life’s Reality – or another crazy night? Ligo Haibun Challenge
This week the Ligo Haibun Challenge presents two quotes as prompts! I have chosen the George Carlin quote: * . “And then there are the times when the wolves are silent and the moon is howling.” ―...
View ArticleA Halloween Mystery – The Pumpkin Family’s missing Engine!
“Dag blasted, Jack! What’ve you done with the engine?” Mr. Pumpkin was really angry. It was just about time for everyone to pile in to go to the Halloween party and with no engine in the pickup they...
View ArticleNo Safe Side to Midnight – Scarier Sequel to earlier Scary Story!
I wrote (for me) a scary story a few months ago. The Safer Side of Midnight. Being Halloween I was persuaded to write a sequel to this story. We left our heroine in a rather precarious situation,...
View ArticleHorton the Elephant – hears a “tardis”
For all you “Dr Who” lovers – a bit of fun! copyright Nick Holmes Horton Hears a Tardis The day started out simply pleasant In fact Horton knew it was great, His favoritest meal the bestest real deal...
View ArticleThe Flow of Words , haibun writing – an assignment!
Hi everyone, I’ve been working on a blog dedicated to the writing of haibun for awhile now, but it has been ‘slow going’ for a variety of reasons. Today I’d like to pass along some information from a...
View ArticleFriday Fictioneers – The Walkway to Nowhere!
Photograph: Copyright Adam Ickes © ~ The Walkway to Nowhere! The raised passageway was built from wood locally grown and hewed. The builder had provided the wood at no cost. Locals were surprised by...
View ArticleWriter’s Tip (content, promotion) – Who are you writing for?
Be sure your subject matter is something your reader can really get into! Something they will enjoy! Something that holds their interest. … Once upon a time there was a village filled to overflowing...
View ArticleThe Shores of My Inevitability.
The Freedom of my Thought! My mind wanders. Flotsam – Impregnable, polluting, and ever enticing – floats nearby, pulling me inexorably toward the shores of my inevitability. Is there freedom in...
View ArticleWriters Write – Right? A Promotional Post!
~ That’s what we do! In whatever way we accomplish this – we write! Promoting our written words can be much more difficult, so anything that helps to get the word out (ha,ha) is a good thing! I was...
View ArticleHappy 450th Birthday William Shakespeare!
The “Willy” most of us don’t know. Today he’d be a prolific world class blogger for certain. William Shakespeare Everyone knows of him, the famous playwright who wrote timeless words. But the real man...
View ArticleChildren of the Stars – Shine Brightly!
I look up at the night sky, countless stars scattered across the vast heavens bringing peace to my soul, infinite and yet so beautiful! Born of the planet Earth, none-the-less, I know we are all a part...
View ArticleSunday Photo Fiction – The Trucker
The truck stood waiting. His tricked out, shiny and sleek, big rig, 18 wheeler. The engine had been idling and now was warmed up and ready for him to go on his midnight run to the city and then out...
View ArticleTo Be … Not Who I Am!
Deus ex machina When words become less than the sum of their parts. When that which I read and write becomes copied, duplicated, downloaded, passed on, reproduced and SHARED in every conceivable format...
View ArticleShadow’s Simulacrum – The Enclosure Of Our Cage!
We move about … barely recognizable phantasm – illusionary spectrums. We come upon a border where day dream and night dream blend together. we pass through … Beyond life’s existence, perhaps …...
View ArticleA Writer’s Good Intentions!
Entry in my day journal this morning: Today is the day. I will finally complete the Inspirational Book for Women I’ve been working on for more than a year (Okay, a year and a half – really? It’s been...
View ArticleA Passion for the Written Word.
Whether you are a dedicated writer or an avid reader, it is passion that moves you. For the writer it is the longing to write, his or her passion – to embrace the muse. For the reader of the written...
View ArticleNot Just Memories – A Poem!
~ Not Just Memories If all I had were memories That would be fine with me Or just a few mementoes That I could go and see But I have much more than this How lucky I must be For I have the day I’m...
View ArticleSome fun for Everyone – Horton hears a Tardis!
I first wrote and posted this about a year ago, I hope you enjoy: For all you “Dr Who” lovers – a bit of fun! :) copyright Nick Holmes Horton Hears a Tardis The day started out simply pleasant In fact...
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