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Lens-Artists Challenge #248 – Mood
This week Sofia challenges us with Mood in Photography. Do you remember those old mood rings from the 70’s? They were a popular trend and fashion accessory. Supposedly, the mood ring color corresponded to the wearer’s emotions. Of course there was no scientific research to back it up, but we didn’t care. The color became our…
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Street Art on the Wall
For Friday Fictioneers 100-Word Challenge: 5 May 2023 Photo Credit: Dale Rogerson Since her family moved to Brooklyn, the village where she was born and raised is still much on her mind. Layla finds solace in reliving bits and pieces of the village in the neighborhood she now calls home. Street art on the…
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April 24: Story Challenge in 99-words
As the snow recedes (again), a hillside in Hancock is covered in purple crocus. I didn’t know what to expect when our false spring arrived hot enough to force blooms and buds only to dip back below freezing with back-to-back blizzards. Would the buried blooms rise again? The color of hope is purple. Or is…
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Still Waters
~~~ It is overwhelming. Thoughts and words whirl in my head desperate for release. Churning like the sea in a hurricane. No structure. No sense. No rhyme or reason. The pressure building till pen and paper burst the dam. A torrent of flimsy concepts, half thoughts, and unrefined prose spew across the page. Arrows and…
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The Games We Play
“Children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate.” – unknown Miss O came home from school on Friday with a complaint that one of her classmates was taunting her with “Leon the Lion.” Geez, I thought – it could be way worse than that, but the classmate is one that just knows…
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Eagle instincts
butterflies soar highcaterpillar stories failto see the eaglewithin – struggle to escapeephemeral destinies Tanka Tuesday Weekly Prompt Eagle instincts
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A-Z Challenge: T is for Texture
One of the biggest draws for me in learning to use acrylics was the potential for creating really dense solid texture in my paintings, so I’ve recently got hold of a small basic pack of six ‘dimensional’ acrylics to try. They looked deliciously thick and viscous for applying liberally with a painting knife and I…
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Reclusive
Nose under throw rugs,looking for what’s been swept aside;or rustling about in back closets,turning over the unused and out-of-date;or straddling boards in the attic,straining to ascertain new, if not precarious, angles –the writer’s home of choice is seclusion. (Image mine) Reclusive
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Greetings
I would like to welcome you to a journal of fulfillment, on the contrary i had this idea of a page, where i could express and share my thoughts. This may be one of the many to come, sharing inspiration stories is what am all about. Thoughts, prayers, faith and expectations. Hope this reaches you…
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Low Hanging Fruit
Everyone can tell you an apple a day keeps the doctor away but what they won’t tell you is you have to throw them pretty hard. ** Thanks to Lei (http://thefrustratedpoet.wordpress.com/) for the nudge. Still alive * Here’s some music I did with a friend a year ago and forgot to plug anywhere, whoopsie! https://thebirdsiheard.bandcamp.com/album/finally…
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