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Posted on August 23, 2014 18 Comments

It’s been a while since I took on Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday challenge but this one called out to me. Enjoy. The colors pulled me to the wagon like a moth to a flame, rich red and sky blue scarves hung in the doorway. Golden yellow filigree designs trimmed the coach’s edges. I called out, “Hi, anyone […]

Free Write Friday – Temporary Blindness

Posted on March 28, 2014 14 Comments

It’s been a long time since I’ve responded to Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday, but the following prompt brought up vivid images. You find yourself in the lower level of an old ship. A calendar on the wall says 1682. There is a small window, and the view is nothing but open sea and a setting sun. […]

Waves Haiku 8

Posted on October 27, 2013 6 Comments

Walking watching waves timeless moments of being one with all that is

Free Write Friday – Two Prompts

Posted on October 11, 2013 12 Comments

It’s still Friday here in Alaska, so I am responding to kellie elmore’s two prompts. The first is for her nephew Khole who was recently born with heart problems. The second is to a photo prompt. Enjoy. Khole A child of wonder a child of joy special boy to this world a light making darkness bright traveling […]

Free Write Friday – Jake

Posted on August 17, 2013 20 Comments

Maybe a day late – but finally had time to participate in Kellie Elmore’s Free Write Friday. She provided the above visual prompt and here’s my short story. JAKE Old Jake leaned against the brick wall, then pulled his pipe out of his pocket, packed it, lit it and inhaled slowly. The sweet taste of tobacco […]

Free Write Friday – Awake

Posted on May 3, 2013 20 Comments

Today’s prompts were these words, lazy – rain – perspective – glint – somber – trinket – static provided by Kellie Elmore Awake The lazy girl turned over in bed and pulled the covers over her head as the rain beat against the window panes. She knew she needed to change her perspective about looking […]

Free Write Friday – Synchronicity

Posted on April 19, 2013 16 Comments

This week’s prompt has a special significance for me, although Kellie has not made any claims to being psychic. So, that is why I have named this poem – Synchronicity “The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself, unless you forgive the situation, unless you realize that the situation is over, you cannot […]

Free Write Friday – Stormy Night

Posted on April 12, 2013 21 Comments

It’s Friday again, and Kellie Elmore has inspired another short short story for Free Write Friday. Today’s prompt was the above photo. Enjoy. She no longer heard his words. It was always her fault. Ever since the second miscarriage everything was her fault, nothing she did was right. It was her fault they were lost that she […]

Free Write Friday – Wordplay

Posted on April 7, 2013 10 Comments

O.K. it’s Sunday, I’m late, but this was one I did have to think about and find the time to write – been way too busy. Here is the prompt as Kellie Elmore wrote it “I was given this prompt once: to take an ordinary task/object and make it sexy. To write about my selected subject […]

Keepsake

Posted on March 22, 2013 14 Comments

It’s Free Write Friday again. Had to pass on last week’s because we were traveling. This one is a bit of wordplay but touches the heart of the prompt provided so kindly by Kellie Elmore For the sake of keeping when nothing can be held forever or held onto Even memory declines and fades in the […]