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dVerse — Haibun — Grounding

image link (not the actual cemetery) Frank J. Tassone is the host of dVerse for Haibun Monday. Frank says: What is worth remembering? Why are some events so important that we need to memorialize them, while others we can let slip away? How do we truly honor whom, or what, we want to remember? Using…

Tale Weaver # 224 – Estrangement – May 23rd.

Michael is the host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie’s Tale Weaver. Michael says: This week I am asking you to explore the concept of estrangement. It happens to so many of us.We may be estranged from family, from children, from friends and the reasons can be obvious and they can be mysterious and frustrating. From the dictionary:…

Friday Fictioneers — The new market

Rochelle, the host of Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle says: The next photo is the PROMPT. Remember, all photos are property of the photographer, donated for use in Friday Fictioneers only. They shouldn’t be used for any other purpose without express permission. It is proper etiquette to give the contributor credit. 100 words or less photo credit…

Family Frayed

image link Fandango’s FOWC is undermine, the Word of the Day Challenge is seldomly, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: keyboard, bananas, rattle Every time Sally told her twelve year-old son, Billy, to do something or not do something, Sally’s boyfriend, Quincy, tried to undermine her parental authority. Quincy had grown up in a…

Power & Control

image link Today’s Word of the Day Challenge is power. Today’s Mind Love’s Misery Menagerie asks us to consider the concept of control for Tale Weaver 206. Miranda had been employed by the hospital for 8 years as an educator on the dynamics of domestic violence (DV.) Her degree was in social work, which is…

#MLMM Wordle #218 Miss Platform

Mind Loves Misery’s Menagerie’s Wordle #218 gives the following words and asks that at least 10 of the words in a story or poem. I used them all except hypocrite and Schrodinger’s Cat. Parting Dislodge Volute- a spiral or twisted formation or object. Swap Doomsday Hypocrite Quiet Engine Miss Platform Schrödingers Cat Framework Miss Platform had been a caretaker to patients…