Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
The prompt this last week was dreams – open to any interpretation of that. Even though I decide on the prompts, I had no idea what I was going to write about when I sat down to write this one. It’s not my best but at least I got something on the page. What do
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
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
This last week’s prompt was a great way to start National Poetry month: the Ode. A poem of praise. There are a variety of different types of odes but being that we didn’t have a lot of time, I chose the contemporary or irregular ode. Do you have a favorite type of ode? What would
It has been a moment since I have posted a piece from writing group. Sometimes I don’t like what I have written, sometimes the piece is too personal. This was a fun pieces to warm us in the heart of a cold January. The prompt was comfort. I went through a few ideas before setting
I hope everyone rang in the new year in style. Bear is defiantly not happy that we stayed up so late. He tends to put himself to bed at a reasonable hour. While I recover from the holiday, enjoy pictures of the chaos that is Bear. Bear: A Tale Happy dogs are muddy dogs. Sad
Winter is pretty much here but enjoy some of my autumn adventure and chaos with dogs and goats and mules. Sometimes I feel like my life can be a bit of a circus and then I remember that I’m the one who willing goes on said adventured looking for a bit of chaos. Also, I
This is the last in my Dubblefilm Jelly review. If you missed the first couple of posts this is a 35mm color film that is overlaid with various other colors causing each photo to come out with a unique color gradient overtop it. This film comes in 200iso and 400iso. These photos were shot in
Main Street Grapevine likes to think of itself as the Christmas Capital of Texas. In the spirit of that idea they have all of these Christmas themed photo opportunity spots. In the evenings Main Street is packed this time of year but during the day isn’t too bad. I took it as an opportunity to
The prompt this week was movement. This little poem is a moment that all pet owners can probably relates to, that moment when your pet gets ahold of something they probably should not eat. I hope you enjoy this bit of everyday chaos while I go crawl back into my editing hole. I see you
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