Nanny Hero

image link Fandango’s FOWC is watch, the Word of the Day Challenge is fire, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are report, nanny, zombies, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge sentence is : “Quick! Get in here!” I still remember Darlene, my childrens’ nanny, with love and thanks. Without her we probably wouldn’t be here now. Back…

Mind your menders

Image link Fandango’s FOWC is empath, the Word of the Day Challege is passion, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are oracle, brunch, volume Every Sunday at 11 a.m., the Oracle Association of Monterey met at Rosine’s Restaurant for brunch. It was an opportunity for socialization, but it was also a chance to do “case…

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…

Dance for the Devil

image link Fandango’s FOWC is victim, the Word of the Day Challenge is team, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are uranium, moss, dancer Nancy grew up in Janesville, a town that was comprised of a bar, a church, a hardware store, a mom n pop grocery store, an elementary and middle school (the high…

Strawberry Fields Forever

image link Fandango’s FOWC is health, the Word of the Day Challenge is monotonous, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are velvet, cloud, hippie Strawberry Fields had been a hippie for over 50 years. Although the term had faded over the years, Strawberry’s free velvet spirit had not. She no longer saturated her lungs with…

Kangaroo Bandit

image link Fandango’s FOWC is reckoning, the Word of the Day Challenge is fragile, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are kangaroo, light bulb, taco Nobody thought much about when the kangaroo escaped from the zoo that June. They figured animal control would hunt it down and take it back and that would be that….

Horse in a Sling

image link Fandango’s FOWC is case, the Word of the Day Challenge is learning, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are filter, keepsake, salad Joe had learned so much during his eight years of college on his academic journey towards becoming a veterinarian. He had done an internship at the local vet’s office the past…