Madness Ignited

image link   Fandango’s FOWC today is madness and Word of the Day Challenge is ignite. This gloomy weather is getting to me. Today’s offering is both disturbing and frightening. WARNING:  It may be triggering and is not suitable for children. Don’t say you weren’t warned! a finger traces an imaginary line down a path…

Mirrorball

gif link The Word of the Day Challenge is resolutions. Fandango’s FOWC is enigma. The offering today are two nonets, one a reverse (the first one is the reverse), but each uses both prompts for today. I also tried to make them complement each other. Orb Focus Of varied Resolutions Generates versions Enigma of what’s…

Beads and how the world turns

image link The Word of the Day Challenge is traditions. Fandango’s FOWC is revenge. Today’s offering is in the form of a villanelle. As an introduction, I wanted to talk about how I was inspired to write this. On Saturday, I went to Hobby Lobby to take an art print that my older son got…

Plumbing and Potential

I have had two plumbing technicians out to the house during 2018. The first one was in the summer and the second one was on Friday. The first one was to figure out why the sewage was backing up into the house. The second one was to do a seasonal inspection of my furnace. Please…

Blessed Union

Pledged with this undying oath Spoken true from hearts of both Wildly improbable and sentimental Yet broken would be detrimental Joyfully do we pledge our troth Kernel of love sprouts burgeoned growth Our meeting and falling not accidental Ordained with grace, true and gentle * The Word of the Day Challenge is oath. Fandango’s FOWC…

Iron Mike

image link Today’s Word of the Day Challenge is boxing.   Fandango’s FOWC is caricature. I’ve always been both fascinated and repelled by boxing athlete and celebrity, Mike Tyson. From what I learned about him, he was living a rough life before being “discovered” by a boxing coach counselor while he was in a residential treatment…

A Scary Christmas Story

image link Fandango’s FOWC is formidable. The Word of the Day Challenge is family. Today’s story is also part of A Guy Called Bloke’s Pimp Imp’s December’s Dastardly Deeds Challenge for December 24, with a story prompt of Trolls are for life not just Christmas! Trolls are for life not just Christmas! A troll family…