Photo for Sunday Writing Prompt, March 28, 2021 from Mindlovemisery's Menagerie The end of the road Leads to new paths and places For us to explore. Written for the last Sunday Writing Prompt by Michael at Mindlovemisery's Menagerie: the end of the road. I wish you the best in your new endeavors, Micheal. I thank... Continue Reading →
Always Prove Them Wrong: Three Line Tales #267
Photo by Conor Luddy via Unsplash Charlotte ambivalently hopped home with just one tennis shoe on, scared to tell Mama that she didn't know where the other shoe was, but also still celebrating that she'd had the courage to accept the dare from Teana to run over the sands at the beach and into the... Continue Reading →
Denying Doesn’t Change What’s Happening to You: Photo Challenge #355
Walking through our lives with blinders on Won't change the reality of our situations. It makes the trials longer and the suffering greater, But it never results in any meaningful cessations. So take off the boxes and face your life head-on, Experiencing the good, bad, and, inevitably, the ugly. For only when you take your... Continue Reading →
We, too, Flourish and Bloom Like the Flowers: Photo Challenge #353
Photo by Ellie Burgin on Pexels. com Mila felt lost in her sadness at having to move again, this time for her mother's work. Her father promised her that it will be the last move, just one more new school to conquer. As she walked in the woods, she felt the heaviness of the moment... Continue Reading →
50 Word Thursday Challenge #106
Photo for the 50 Word Thusday Challenge “I stared at her as if she’d lost her mind.” Olive, the nut-brown seal knew that the people came to see her perform, not these two goof balls. So, Olive jumped in the water and performed all of her tricks. The people were cheered. Written for the 50... Continue Reading →
Free to Travel Again: What Do You See?
Photo by Timor Kozmenko It had been so long since she was able to travel and enjoy the cultures of other places! Finally, vaccines are working, and freedom to move about the world has been restored. Her nerves were nearly frayed from the strain of being isolated from nature and other people! This place had... Continue Reading →
Not Quite What We Wanted: Three Line Tales
The three planning commissioners stared flabbergasted at the sculpture model of the proposed statue of the town hero, which was basically just a stick figure! Commissioner Williams, who had been singing the praises of this guy, was mortified! But, as much as he hated to say so, the design was worse than bad, it was... Continue Reading →
Healing My Inner Child: What Do You See? #61
Image Credit: Tim Hufner @ Unsplash I grieved the childhood that she missed, That little girl who was unloved and unwanted. Through the years, I felt her hunger and pain, And by her presence, I was continuously haunted. Oh, the mistakes I made trying to find her relief. I searched for the love she craved... Continue Reading →
Trouble for a Good Cause: Photo Challenge #344
Ben is a radiologist with a sense of humor, As evidence by the trouble he engenders With the xrays he prepares for the doctors, Whose laughter leaves no diagnosis hindered. Ben means no harm when breaking the rules, For he believes that much laughter is healing. So, he adds those little extras to the pictures,... Continue Reading →
Music for Heaven: Photo Challenge #341
Photo from NASA With eyes closed, she played an exuberant tune on her saxophone, Using the Qi in her body, to escape the dark of which she was prone. Nothing ostentatious, just the sweet music that originated in her heart Flowed out of her instrument as she practiced her wondrous art. Up in the sky,... Continue Reading →