An August rerun for your reading pleasure! Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: he had no passport, typing blind, a friend went with me, winds off of Carmel, you can smell the money, true love, it was a surprise to me, Carol are you there, critter, does the door open, how do I … Continue reading The Passport
I wasn't sure where this was going, then I decided to take it over the top (literally) because why not??!! Written with my Thursday night writing group with the prompts: break my heart buttercup, only in my dreams, beware you are bound for heartache, wine keeps blowing the seas, tell me straight, don’t mince your … Continue reading In My Dreams
The prompt for this was to use the names of Oscar winning movies. I chose The Shape of Water In late February Marcella found a meager crop of unevenly spaced violets sprouting in the back lawn, no doubt a remnant of an older gardener’s vision. Most were the traditional deep purple, flowers intent on holding … Continue reading White Violets
These prompts are from Two Sylvias Newsletter: “How Does Your Garden Grow?”-flower prompts!—bleeding heart, devil’s backbone, cupid’s dart, angels’ trumpet, fairy bells, lamb’s ear, hen and chicks, sneezeweed, ghost pipe, earth star I didn’t know he was the devil until he pulled me close. We were dancing and I ran my hand down his back. … Continue reading I Didn’t Know He Was the Devil
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: do you have any new memories?, he was not ready, dream, we the people, but first the table of contents, he was actually nice to look at, mine mine mine, many details, the trouble with questions is that there are answers, a spool of thread (or … Continue reading Spool
As Thanksgiving approaches, I decided to share again this story from last year, a tale of abundance, gratitude, joy. Susan lost her glasses one morning, early before seven o’clock, while she was hiking along the American River Parkway. She was crossing the broad pedestrian bridge that spans the river between William Pond Park and Riverbed … Continue reading Lost and Found
Written with the prompt: one at a time please “One at a time please!” Marilyn heard a shrill, almost frantic request from a woman at the far end of the concession stand. A group of pre-teens were clustered around her, pawing at the cardboard box she held aloft. “I’ll start when you’ve formed a nice … Continue reading Play Ball
A Summer Rerun from 2021 Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: whatever you do, won’t piss off the crow; you can’t walk your alligator on the streets of Chicago; you keep that up and you’ll never have to worry again; looking for drive-by love; everything you need; here at last. And yes, I did … Continue reading Animal Magnetism
Time for a summer rerun! Enjoy! Written with my Thursday night writing group with the prompts: don’t go there, quiet enough to hear your own heart beat, everybody knows your name, startling, witch, had to make it across the street, from there I was sent to another small room, hung up when she heard my … Continue reading Notice What You Notice
I wrote this with my Thursday night group, and many of the prompts were inspired by the Colbert Questionnaire from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. See if you can figure out which ones: what is the best sandwich?, scariest animal, apples or oranges, what do you think happens after we die, favorite action movie, … Continue reading Afterlife
