99 word prompt : kids
November 25, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write about a canceled flight. Where was the flight headed? Who does it impact and why? How does a protagonist handle the… Continue reading
Tag Archive: children
FLYING BLIND…OR… HOW TO LIVE IN MOROCCO FOR 2 WEEKS ON $800.00.
This is for you, Barb Taub. Another story about traveling after 50 that shows we have a sense of humor. The post was first published on the Nudge-Wink Report in 2014. At the… Continue reading
Ronovan Writes poetry challenge : Decima
Ronovan has a new challenge today, so I’m trying it out for size. The Traditional Décima Poem: Décima poetry is a 10 line stanza with 8 syllables per line. The rhyming pattern is abbaaccddc. Using… Continue reading
Ballade
I reach for a thought that melts away …snow falling outside a sliding glass door …children playing in white too bright for my mind. Only shadows remain. She looks into my camera, her… Continue reading
Parenting
Parenting is like being the lighthouse beam that’s trying to yell, “Danger, Will Robinson” and no one is listening. Parenting is like watching a movie where the good guy is about to get… Continue reading
Seriously
If you don’t do serious…I have many posts among the thousands I’ve written that are funny — or I think are funny — You decide. I have this neighbor… I’ll call him “Dick.”… Continue reading
#Weekly #Tanka Prompt #Poetry Challenge – Week 83 – Spring & Joy
Remembering youth, we live again through children, their joy becomes ours. Spring fades to summer and fall, yet winter holds wondrous life. ©Joelle LeGendre
Senseless Sunday Sarcasm : Children
Dad said Grandma’s house was “rustic.” I think he meant “rusty.” I wanted to visit with Fat White Dog because she’s my favorite. I asked Grandma why she couldn’t put the other… Continue reading
RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #92 Life&Path
Flows the path of life, child in mother’s footsteps walks toward her byway.
Try-Athlon
I’m shamelessly copying most of this from my own Facebook page. Only this time I can use bullets instead of dashes. Well… I’m NOT Johanna Quass, who can do this at 86 years old.… Continue reading