image link Vert was a 1965 Imperial Sedan Green Hornet. He’d sat on the lot of Sal’s Sweet Deals for a good two years. Day after day, week after week, month after month, Vert experienced the tacit rejection of the stream of customers that spilled through Sal’s lot and chose others but not him. Vert…
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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #97 — Writing, Creativity, and Writer’s Block
image link Note: Please read these with a caveat that they most likely come, at least partially, from things I’ve read before. On writing: Simply begin. If you have no idea when you start, just type. Pull from that deep pool in your mind whatever bubbles to the surface. Be ready with the net on…
#MM Music Challenges — Wild Wild Life and Quentin Tarantino’s, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Jim Adams is the ever-patient host of Mindlovemisery Menagerie’s Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [The Talking Heads song, “Wild Wild Life”] and use it for inspiration in any form of creative expression (including but not limited to short stories, a piece of flash fiction, poems, lyrics, artwork, photography, (etc.)…
Mlady’s Touch
Lena never failed to be amazed by how agile her cat, Mlady, was. Mlady liked to do vertical leaps onto tabletops, then step delicately around each item on the table without wobbling any. One time Lena observed Mlady go through the paneless window of the china cabinet and step over and around each precious knick-knack…
Tale Weaver – #233 – July 25th – Darling
image link Carl lived a mundane lifestyle that suited him just fine. He was able to work from home and his needs were simple: food, clothing, shelter, and someone to call darling. The quarterly bonus was electronically deposited into his account. The purchase that he had painstakingly custom-designed had been waiting in “the basket” for…
50 Word Thursday — Up to No Good
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” by J.K. Rowling, The Prisoner of Azkaban Being ruler of my realm hasn’t been easy. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, but good never got anyone anywhere important with any speed. I wanted my power and wanted it while young enough…
Resolute
image link So I swear on the notes of Pan’s flute Cross my heart I remain resolute Broken heart, checkmated With my love unrequited Lost my taste for sweet juice of love’s fruit. Fandango’s FOWC is resolute and the Word of the Day Challenge is unrequited. Today’s offering is a limerick.
Tao-Talk 