Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
This deep dive into newspapers started with something fun: writing into an advice column. I want to note that while I am advocating for newspaper style the subject matter can be anything from real to fantasy to sci-fi. My question is actually one I have been asking lately – not for a thesis – but
We rode a variety of different types of trails while in Utah. Everything from flat topped mesas to slot canyons to between the hoodoos of Bryce Canyon National Park to a hogs back. I cannot put into words how beautiful this part of the country is. When you watch my video below you can hear
The prompt this week was poetry but make sure to include a metaphor. This is a figure of speech that gets used a lot but it is still work re-visiting. Metaphor: A figure of speech that compares two different things by stating that one is the other, highlighting similarities for emphasis or symbolism (Grammarly.com) When
The prompt for this piece was to write about a special event gone wrong. It could be fiction, non-fiction, whatever makes the writer happy. Mine is fictional and I had a lot of fun writing it. Do you have a story about an event gone wrong that you could later laugh about? Let me know
In the continuation of working with figurative language, this prompt was to use euphemisms. Euphemism: Figure of speech that replaces a harsh, direct, or unpleasant term with a milder, more indirect expression (Grammarly.com). We must be free-spirited And strong-willed While going Toe-to-toeWith those a bit too economical with the truthThey aren’t even trying to Hide their light-fingered ways So we
It has been a long time since I’ve done a Close to Home post where I talk about the importance of exploring places near to where you live that are often over looked because they are just in your backyard. We went on a ghost tour of the Fort Worth Stockyards. This tour is run
Love can be for people, places, and for things. This prompt was one of mine to the different forms of love that are locked in our memories. Tell me about your first car in the comments. The Gold Brick My first car was a family hand-me-down. Originally my Nana’s it was a gold 1994 Lexus
A little something for Valentine’s Day. Not an ode to a person but love of a living thing. Thorny vines clinging to an old barbed wire fence. Delicate petals scorching under the Texas sun, edges turning from palest pink to scorched brown. Despite their delicate nature and the tenacious tendency to cling, and the thorns
I really wanted this week’s post to be about the beautiful trails we rode in Utah. But in light of resent events, I thought a look at history was a better use of my time. Here are some sights related to the events of WWII that I think are particularly meaningful now. US History: Amache
I am back after the chaos of the holidays. The prompt for this week was to write a poem while using the figurative language, apostrophe. Apostrophe: Apostrophe as a figure of speech is when a character addresses someone or something that isn’t present or cannot respond. The character might speak to someone deceased, an inanimate
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