How ‘Bout That?

Please, no applause. The other day, my dear friend Em at Earthly Brain posted about self worth, and I commented that, "Presently, I define my self-worth by how well I provide for my family and prepare The Girl & The Boy for life after 18 and by how much kindness, compassion, and respect I manifest …

4 Octobers and a November

My friend Soph at sophiaismaa hit me with this intriguing Trip Down Memory Lane Through Pictures tag a few days back, so I took the opportunity to reminisce a bit. Please check out Soph's site.  She is amazing, talented, intelligent, and bold.  Thank you for thinking of me, Soph! As usual, I had to ponder …

A Dream of Flight

My friend Soph at Sophia Ismaa Writes knows how much I love to spin a good yarn and knows I'm almost always a sucker for a good tag.  The other day, Soph tagged me with this awesome new (to me, anyway) storytelling challenge.  Thank you, Soph!  After reading her wonderful story, which I hope y'all …

The County Fair, parts 1 & 2

Via The Haunted Wordsmith's 'Finish the Story #9' The other day, my friend The Haunted Wordsmith wrote part 1 of a story titled "The County Fair" then tagged me with her "Finish the Story" challenge.  I finally had some time today to respond.  Below are Wordsmith's rules for the challenge followed by her part 1 …

A Bit (More) About Me #1

--Via Melanie at Sparks From a Combustible Mind's Unofficial SYW 7/30/18 I recently began following Cee Neuner at Cee's Photography because, after seeing several of the Bloggers I follow respond to Cee's "Share Your World" challenge, I decided I wanted to get in on that.  When I learned that Cee is taking a break 'til …

My 13 Reasons Challenge

When my friend Soph at Sophia Ismaa Writes tagged me with this, I had no intention of accepting the challenge.  Not because I found it uninteresting but because there is nothing keeping me going other than the mere fact that my body continues to function well enough to keep me alive. Let me explain.  Although …

A Common Tragedy

Confession:  When I first saw my friend Rachel Ann’s invitation to attempt her “List Story Writer’s Challenge”, I was skeptical.  About whether or not a story could be told using nothing but lists.  About whether or not I could tell a story using only lists.  But after reading her original and very interesting list story …

Steve’s Tale Part 6

A Darla Nyte story My friend Victoria at Raynotbradbury tagged me with her "One Day With a Star" blogger challenge, and my immediate response to its theme meshed perfectly with the chapter of a short story I was working on at the time.  This story, let's call it "Steve's Tale", is itself the continuing sequel …

Spring Cleaning Book Tag

Holy CRAP, is it already July?!? Because I'm so well-loved by my followers, y'all, I was fortunate to have not one but two of my friends tag me with this challenge today.  Sophski at Sophia Ismaa Writes and Britchy at Bitchin' In the Kitchen somehow sensed that I finally have a bit of free time …

3-Day Photo Challenge

I don't take many selfies, don't often take photos of my routine daily activities, and rarely try to document the day-to-day of my mundane life.  So when my friend Victoria tagged me last Friday with the 3-Day Photo Challenge, I was momentarily flummoxed about how to respond.  But then my little pea-brain started churning, and …