From Salmon Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses”: I don’t fit in a category. Not me, not my ideas. The concept of “compromise” as wrong bothers me. Not because I “go with the flow.” I have no idea what “the flow” is. I’ve never been in… Read More ›
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UP UP AND AWAY: WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – Marilyn Armstrong
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up Many things are up for me. I am a very short person and I can’t even read the top shelves in my kitchen. And worse, I’m shrinking. Nonetheless, all my picture will be much upper than… Read More ›
WASHING, SANDING, BUT THE PAINT CAN WON’T OPEN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Prompt I had a really bad case of asthma last night and finding a position in which to sleep left me a bit tired this morning. But having finally convinced my lungs to breathe rather than wheeze,… Read More ›
WHY DID THE SHEEP CROSS THE ROAD?
WHY DID THE SHEEP CROSS THE ROAD? A writing prompt from Sue Vincent. Why does anything — or anyone — cross a road? “To get to the other side.” But. What was so important that it goaded a vulnerable sheep to risk an angry farmer… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY PHOTO PROMPT 2015 #18 — CHAI — 8-12-2015
CHAI This is the 18th Serendipity Photo Prompt. Eighteen in Hebrew is “Chai,” which means life. Every ending contains the seed of a beginning. Today is our little dog Nan’s date with destiny. We’ve been looking for a way out… Read More ›
DON’T EAT THE PADDLE WHEEL
New Orleans was a gastronomic delight. Every place we ate was better than the last, including the breakfast bar on the corner and the hamburgers in the gin joint down the street. From the moment we got on the airplane… Read More ›
A SERENDIPITOUS PHOTO STORY BULLETIN UPDATE
ANNOUNCEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENT! Next Tuesday will occur on Wednesday. In the name of keeping myself sane, I’ve decided to do this prompt a mere once per week. On Wednesday. Because Wednesday’s child is full of woe and it’s the middle of… Read More ›
A SERENDIPITOUS PHOTO STORY PROMPT – 2015 #2
This could be a hit or a flop, but it’s worth a try. I like telling stories linked to pictures. To help the process along, every Wednesday, I’ll publish a picture and write something about it. Sometimes, it may be a… Read More ›
A SERENDIPITOUS PHOTO STORY PROMPT
MARILYN’S LEAP OF FAITH This is the kind of stupid thing I do which can be a big hit or a total flop. I have no idea if anyone is interested. If you are not, please do not participate. Don’t be… Read More ›
WAITING TO BE BORN
WHAT KIND OF IDEA ARE YOU? From Salmon Rushdie’s “Satanic Verses”: What kind of idea are you? Are you the kind that compromises, does deals, accommodates itself to society, aims to find a niche, to survive; or are you the… Read More ›
THE ASS END OF LIFE – CREATION, DESTRUCTION, AND A CAT
Patricia was a silver-tipped Persian cat. Although she was not an outdoor cat, she managed to slip past us where her fans, the local toms, were eagerly waiting for her. She was unspayed because I had hoped to breed her. She apparently… Read More ›
Daily Prompt: Super Sensitive — See like a hawk
To see so far the hawks will envy me. To have eyes to reach beyond the trees, through the woods, see the farms and orchards. Would my camera follow my eyes? Could I capture images? Pixels are tiny, the sky… Read More ›