Behold the Beauty: Heeding Hailu with Chevrefeuille

Peace everywhere. Holy in its sheer beauty. Man can't duplicate. Written for Heeding Haiku with Chevrefeuille from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie from September 4, 2019: Holy Isle or Holy Island.  

The New Music Mogul: Three Things Challenge #177, September 10, 2019

Sitting by the side of the road playing her guitar, nine-year-old Leslie felt the excitement that attends making money of one's own for the first time. Her daddy, who taught her to play, sat nearby in his lemon-colored wide-brim hat, watching to ensure no gangster behavior on the little boys' part.  As the passersby dropped... Continue Reading →

Thankful For Car Lights: Twittering Tales #153

Guileless of the danger ahead, I continued my odyssey across Ireland. As I  came into a bend, I saw my lights illuminating the fence, an indication that I was on the wrong side of the road. I quickly adjusted, barely missing another car head-on. Silently, I said,"Forgive me!" (277 Characters) Fictional story written for Twittering... Continue Reading →

Earth is Groaning: Photo Challenge

Watching the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, The utter destruction in its wake. I feel the Earth groaning beneath my feet, Asking, "People, what more will it take?" I don't know how to answer the question, As I contemplate the electric sky. Research is seen as liberal gibberish, Not believed, no matter how hard scientists try.... Continue Reading →

The Debt That Will Never End

I have school loan debt. I had missed work for months because of my left lung collapsing three times, so I borrowed money to finish my doctorate. I started repaying the loan six months after I graduated with a PhD and found a teaching position. That was 13 years ago, minus about five months when... Continue Reading →

Zucchini Is Not Meant for Amateurs: Three Things Challenge

As this is one of the last Three Things Challenge prompts from Paula Light, I decided to write it, as I have missed so many in the past weeks with moving. The words are granite, zucchini, and lie. Connie looked at the zucchini in the pot, Hard as the granite around the kitchen sink. She... Continue Reading →

Believe and Don’t Judge: Wordle #149

Jesse feels like prey, as she lies motionless on the bed, trying not to awake her tormentor. Just the roughness of Carl's voice causes her to flinch. The decision to leave, to go back home to her family, has been spoiled by her sister's trivializing of her dilemma. Kathy elides the fact that those volcanic... Continue Reading →

No Fan of Camping!

I have been camping only once! For my husband, Douglas, camping was a youthful pursuit, and he is fervid in his love for the outdoors. He has so much camping equipment in the basement that is going unused, mainly because of me! When Douglas asked me to go camping in the Sierra Nevada in California,... Continue Reading →

An Airbnb Museum: Weekend Writing Prompt

Monet, Manet, Van Gogh, Kahlo, and O'Keeffe, Like a candy store filled with sweets, where do I start? Oh, if only they would allow me to rent an Airbnb In some of the wondrous museums filled with fervid art! I would linger for hours and days in front of masterpieces, Trying to understand all that... Continue Reading →

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