Reena’s Exploration Challenge — Woman in Chains

Reena likes to delve deep with her Exploration Challenges. Reena says: Yes, you got it right. [Women are] about half of the world’s population. How do you view it? Are we really walking together with the other half, or just resisting/battling/complementing each other? PROMPT Woman – Her Journey FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no…

#50WordThurs — Falling

Teresa at The Haunted Wordsmith alternates with Kristian on Thursdays for 50 Word Thursday. Teresa says: Rules: **Find the muse within the photo or line provided and follow where it leads. It can be a story, anecdote, poem. Anything! **Story must be between 50 and 250 words, in 50 word increments. **Link back to this…

Coloring Club Plus — 3/7/19

  per wikipedia: Houses of the Holy is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was released on 28 March 1973 … This was Led Zeppelin’s final studio release on Atlantic Records before forming their own label, Swan Song Records, in 1974, which would be distributed by Atlantic. It was…

dVerse — Pantoum — Day Sailors

image link Another “imperfect” pantoum for dVerse. The pantoum is based on sailing experiences I’ve had. Gliding mute along the water We set sail with gentle winds Ripples on the ocean’s daughter Feeling warm air brush our skins * We set sail with gentle winds Dragon clouds across the sky Feeling warm air brush our…

Story Starter Challenge — Justice

Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith, has her daily Story Starter Challenge of: Today’s prompt: “That was your third strike.” Gianella had been a court officer for thirty years. Over time she learned not to go against what her adminstrators and mid-managers told her, especially when making court recommendations. There had been only two incidents where Gianella…

No More Cannon Fodder

image link Fandango’s FOWC is percolate, the Word of the Day Challenge is bovine, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: shortbread, cannon, guru Mongo, the guru, rode into the mud streets of the Old West town on a Mount Olympus-sized bovine named Pete. The townsfolk had sent their best rider to find Mongo and…

YPQ — Memories are a Many Splendored Thing

Fandango’s always brain-in-gear provocative question for this week is: “How do you know which of your memories are genuine and which have been altered over time or even made up?” My memories are valid. You do have to acknowledge that they were “recorded” back at the time they happened. You do not exist in a…