Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: PLACE . When I first started thinking through the prompt “place,” I […]
6 Ways Our Marriage Resembles a Tree
Twenty-five years ago (8/8/92), I stood on the Brooklyn Promenade and said “I do” to Wayne. Intrigued by the SITS Girls prompt, “If you were to describe yourself as a tree, what kind of tree would you be?,” some arborial thoughts on our 25-year old marriage. We aren’t a “flashy” tree like the Hawaiian Rainbow […]
Five Minute Friday: Try
Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: TRY. Even though it may violate the FMF principles just a tiny […]
Next Steps: My Job Hunt
Now that my father-in-law has passed away, it’s time to reshuffle the career/life deck of cards. While he was with us, I had to be home, and that requirement limited my vocational options. Writing this blog is my way of forcing myself to put some of the building blocks in place (resume updated? check!) and […]
Five Minute Friday: Inspire
Welcome to this week’s Five Minute Friday. Our instructions, via creator Kate Motaung: “Write for five minutes on the word of the week. This is meant to be a free write, which means: no editing, no over-thinking, no worrying about perfect grammar or punctuation.” Today’s prompt: INSPIRE. My thoughts on inspiration tonight may be a bit on the […]
Moss H. Kendrix and the Island of Assumption
Lacking any blog post ideas this week that really excited me, I searched for prompt ideas. These 365 creative writing prompts from ThinkWritten came to the rescue. I decided to do number 68: “Random Wikipedia Article: Go to Wikipedia and click on Random Article … write about whatever the page you get,” mashed up with Kat Bouska’s […]