Monthly Archives: January 2017

Standing Up

Posted on January 16, 2017 by

Today I cannot be quiet.  Today I must stand up and be counted.  As a woman who has risen above being sexually attacked by someone whom I trusted yet who thought it was his god given right to have sex, … Continue reading →

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It’s A Beautiful Thing

Posted on January 15, 2017 by

When I saw today’s one word prompt I wish I could say that my first thoughts were of the intricate beauty of a Faberge egg, or the ethereal light captured in Monet’s Water Lilies series or the sublime simplicity of … Continue reading →

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Someday My Prince Will Come

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

Too many of us girls have and had been raised on the Disney paradigm of “one day my prince will come” thought when it comes to our place in the greater scheme of things.  Who didn’t wish to be Snow … Continue reading →

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Cold Bony Fingers

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

I don’t know if the snow from last night’s storm is so much clinging to the sides of the trees as much as having been sand blasted on due to the wind.  It was definitely a winter wonderland that we … Continue reading →

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The Sun and The Moon

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

After several days of constant wintery weather with no breaks of sunshine I am deeply missing that big, warm orb in the sky.  The feel of the sun’s rays on my face seems a distance memory from when we were … Continue reading →

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No Will No Way

Posted on January 5, 2017 by

I was trying to make a piece of flash fiction come together about a little boy in a candy shop and the shopkeeper distracted for today’s one word prompt of “tempted”.  Of course real life completely took over and created … Continue reading →

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Crossing Paths

Posted on January 4, 2017 by

Over the past five days I have successfully avoided crossing paths with all other human beings except for my husband.  Now for the vast majority of the population that would seem like a punishment, as most humans are extroverts.  I, … Continue reading →

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Farewell To The Holidays

Posted on January 3, 2017 by

via Daily Prompt: Gone It’s all gone.  Well, almost all.  The tree came down the very next day.  Of course it had been a live tree until we cut it down and it was getting quite dry.  Making it go … Continue reading →

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Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here Daily Prompt: Interior

Posted on January 2, 2017 by

via Daily Prompt: Interior The interior spaces of my mind are packed with consequential and inconsequential matters.  My minds eye flits from one item to the next, mulling it over, examining it from every angle.  What are the potential outcomes? … Continue reading →

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Looking Back, Looking Forward

Posted on January 1, 2017 by

This year I am challenging myself to return again to writing and blogging.  Shoot, just by posting this entry I am already ahead of the game versus last year.  Last year was a real mixed bag of events for Poncho … Continue reading →

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