Water gives life. It also takes it away. Write a short piece – fiction or non-fiction – inspired by one or both of these statements. I sat at the edge of the surf, just in the right spot for the water to hit my feet every time the tide came up. The sand was cooler…
I Hate That Room
This week’s prompt:Think of a room from your past. It can be any type of room at all. Take a mental picture of that room. What happened there? What is it like? What is the atmosphere there? What are the smells, the sounds, the sights? How does it feel? ************************************************************** I stood in the sterile hallway…
Movies for Sale…
The prompt? We want you to imagine you’ve just had a fight with a friend, a co-worker, husband, significant other, child – you get the picture. You’re mad. It’s time for revenge. What would you sell? Write a humorous listing for eBay or Craig’s List. Talk about the history of the items, why they must…
At the Farm
I’ve decided to do something new this week and join with other writers at The Red Dress Club and throw my hat in the ring, or my words on the page. However you want to look at it… Today’s prompt says this: “imagine that after you have died and your daughter/son will be given the…
Have Your Cake and Read It Too
I probably shouldn’t have had another piece. Actually no… I just shouldn’t have, no “probably” about it. But it was just a sliver… although mid-cut I decided I wanted a little more than a sliver and began to cut my piece at an angle, afterward gingerly gathering all the crumbs that landed as I changed…
Do You Remember the First Time?
No, I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about lots of things in life that we do for the first time. Like riding a bike with no training wheels or losing a tooth or flying in an airplane. Things that are both exciting but can make you anxious all at the same time… I was…
Where I am From
A couple of my favorite fellow bloggers did posts like this not too long ago and I was inspired by them to write this… I am from cotton farmers and people who speak “Czech”. I am from Summer nights catching fireflies and Fourth of Julys sitting on top of my Dad’s old Chevy watching the…
Life Lessons Learned Through Another Mother
So there’s this other Mom I know in the community that I run into quite a bit. For the sake of this post, let’s call her Julie (that is NOT her name and for the life of me I can’t remember it right now, so it could possibly be her name, but I’m about 98.356%…
Just Fly Away
When the kids and I were driving to Alexandria last week I had time to sit with my earphones in and listen to my own music as they sat in the back and watched Toy Story for the 800 gazillionth time. The drive was quite nice, through the country side of western Louisiana, past many…
Distractions
I feel like I’m constantly distracted. I feel like other people are constantly distracted. On any given day while my husband is talking to me during dinner after he has just walked in the door 5 minutes ago and I’m bribing the 2 year old with the promise of dessert to eat his vegetables and…