Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
Day two started with us crossing the river on the no. 3 ferry. The ferries are free and, at least during the day, run consistently. These ferries are for bikers and pedestrians… mostly. We did see one tiny EV car use the ferry. I think I’ve seen dogs bigger than that car. Canal Cruise If
So this prompt was a suggestion by a club member and it got a lot of love. It was also a fun bit of first person point of view writing. The prompt was to write from the point of view of the demon or ghost doing the haunting or possession. Here were some of the
While on this trip we had a lot of good food. We didn’t eat a ton of Dutch food (besides stroopwafels and those are delicious) but we did eat food from a lot of other cultures. I don’t think we had anything bad. It is too much to list everything but here is a sampling.
Our first full day in Amsterdam was a nice slow start. The only thing we had planned that day was a walking tour of the city. This allowed us to see the city but not to the point where we were fighting too much jet lag. Hotel IX When we travel internationally we like to
I will admit, when I first took over the Writing Group, I wasn’t sure how the poetry forms were going to go over but the group members really seemed to like them. This poem form has lots of specifics. From Poets.org: The villanelle is a highly structured poem made up of five tercets followed by
Earlier this year Keltin and I spent a week in Amsterdam and we absolutely loved it. I have tons of information on this trip coming but here is a sneak peak. Zaanse Schans Windmills Yes, this was SUPER touristy. Yes, I dressed up to get cute photos. Yes, I was cold but it was worth
This was one of those projects that we knew we wanted to do but didn’t know how to start. So, we sat on it and brainstormed and forgot about it and finally got around to planning it. It only took over two years. That being said, I did not do most of the work. That
This was a fun prompt, yes, it was to make a spoof of a recipe blog posts but instead of telling about a fantastic recipe, we wrote about how it went wrong. This could be a real story, a magic, fantastical fiction. Whatever made us happy. Mine as magic. Also, if you are curious for
The prompt this week was to write a fable. The basics of a fable are that they have a moral and the characters are typically animals. This was surprisingly difficult. I’m not sure mine is a good fable but it follows the basic rules. Have you read a fable since you were a kid? Have
I am behind on my travel posts, life has been busy. So while I sort out my travel writing and decode my journal notes, enjoy these airport shenanigans. Okay, we didn’t actually cause any issues at the airport but I did go exploring because I was bored. What do you do while bored at the
McGee Travel Tales 