Dark and Stormy

Writing Prompt:  Finish this sentence:   It was a dark and stormy night.  So I drew the curtains and flipped on the lights.  No point in making this night any creepier than it was already set to be.

Writing Prompt: Fast Friends

“She recognized that this is how friendships begin:  One person reveals a moment of strangeness, and the other person decides just to listen and not exploit it.” – Meg Wolitzer Tell a story in which a character reveals a moment of strangeness to another character. The child sat on the marble floor, right there in […]

Bone of Contention – African American Interests

Daily Prompt:  Pick a contentious issue about which you care deeply — it could be the same-sex marriage debate, or just a disagreement you’re having with a friend. Write a post defending the opposite position, and then reflect on what it was like to do that. Let me start this post off by saying that […]

Musical Musings: My Week in Review

Daily Prompt: Tell us how your week went by putting together a playlist of  five songs that represent it. If you ever took the chance to understand the inner man . . . There ain’t nothing I ever do or say that folk don’t criticize me . . . I’m just a soul whose intentions […]

Ready, Set, GO!

The Daily Post writing prompt:  Set a timer for ten minutes. Open a new post. Start the timer, and start writing. When the timer goes off, publish. The window is covered in a swatch of gold, brown, tan and black.  It provides both protection from and a view to the world beyond.  The walls are […]

My Inspiration: Power, Love and a Sound Mind

Do you have a favorite quote that you return to again and again? What is it, and why does it move you? Today’s Daily Prompt is a timely reminder and just another boost/confirmation/acknowledgement from the universe that I am definitely on the right path in terms  of my freshly realized push towards completion. I have […]

I had a dream once . . .

Daily Prompt:  Just a dream You’re having a nightmare, and have to choose between three doors. Pick one, and tell us about what you find on the other side. I had a dream once. I didn’t know it was a dream at the time but when I woke up, sheets clenched in one hand and […]

Flawed?

Today’s Daily Prompt:  What is your worst quality? I am human, therefore I am flawed. I could probably produce a list as long as the year but what would that prove?  I am who I am. Detailing a list or categorizing one flaw as better or worse than another wouldn’t help you to understand me […]

Hindsight: Forgiveness

Daily Prompt: Now that you’ve got some blogging experience under your belt, re-write your very first post. This post was originally posted June 25, 2008. *** I have been struggling with the concept of forgiveness for awhile. People generally consider me to be pretty laid back. I’m the one folk turn to when others are […]

Daily Prompt: Fight or Flight

Daily Prompt: Write about your strongest memory of heart-pounding, belly-twisting nervousness: what caused the adrenaline? Was it justified? How did you respond? Crushes make me stupid. There is no other way to say it.  I like to think of myself ordinarily as a fairly intelligent individual, or at the least, I fake it like an […]