The Sandbox Writing Challenge 2018 — Exercise 17 Posted by calensariel This week we’re going to get a little serious again. We all go through tough times in our lives. Some more so than others. Put your thinking caps on and sort through your experiences, then tell us… What is one of the worst emotional storms you’ve weathered in…
A Response to What fascinates me? March 2018
Calensariel has writing assignments for us here on her blog: Impromptu Promptlings What fascinates you? Animal, vegetable, mineral? Seen or unseen? Something common? Something weird? Whatever it is that grabs your attention, please share it with us! If you have a hard time coming up with one thing, make a list! The world is full…
Saturday Sound Bites-Scary
Thanks Calen for that writing prompt found here: https://promptlings.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/saturday-sound-bites-scary/ "07 SaturdayApr 2018 Posted by calensariel What are your three biggest fears? What about them scares you so much?" Do I have to limit it to three? (Disclaimer: I have an anxiety disorder and my fears are an unfortunate part of my daily life. I make…
What Makes Me Feel Loved
The Sandbox Writing Challenge 2018 Exercise 11 from Impromptu Promptlings What Makes Me Feel Loved When I remember a shared memory or moment from twenty years ago with a friend I talk to three or four times a year birthdays and holidays come and go but when I call he answers his smile travels through…
In Ohio
https://gunroswell.wordpress.com/2018/02/09/favourite-foto-friday-in-february/ Gun Roswell, I love your images of undisturbed piles of snow and that parent pushing a stroller through the snow. I always wanted skis on my kids strollers in the winter 🙂 Your images always make me wander off in thought: In Ohio, I'm laughing at your images Not being mean, just commiserating…
A launch point 10/12/2015
Wait patiently and good things come to you wrapped up in juicy packages. I abducted a spider's web the other day and gave it to a snake we were observing for the week. (That beats me crawling around looking for spiders in all of my corners, though it does solve an issue.) I like to…
Sheldon’s Writing Prompt: hands
Thanks Sheldon for your prompt: https://sheldonkleemanartworks.com/2017/09/15/spoonful/ A left and right mirror image make things everyday: hugs are real good pat pat pat, belch smile and remember children held in hands. We greet with a handshake "How do you do" "How are you?" "So nice to meet you." Pleasantries made awkward if hands were replaced by…
The Sandbox Writing Challenge 36 — Lonely part 2
https://promptlings.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/the-sandbox-writing-challenge-36-lonely/ What makes you feel lonely? What makes me feel lonely is the realization that someone I love is not listening, so why bother talking anymore I have a toddler to cuddle, children to talk to, friends to commiserate with cats to confuse me and strangers to meet who will feign interest if only…
The Sandbox Writing Challenge 36 — Lonely part 1 (revised)
https://promptlings.wordpress.com/2016/04/19/the-sandbox-writing-challenge-36-lonely/ What makes you feel lonely? Sitting thinking on a bench waiting for a milk scented cheek to rest upon hugs from chubby arms and sticky hands I crave this love that is lacking I have been forgotten it will rain soon and I'll be washed away into the grass Waiting for anyone to notice…
Loosening Up Exercise — The Sandbox Writing Challenge Part 3
https://promptlings.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/loosening-up-exercise-the-sandbox-writing-challenge-part-3/ Now on to the loosening up exercises. List 1: What words would you use to describe your spouse, partner, or best friend? eager, helpful, playful, shy, enthusiastic, List 2: What words would you use to describe your enemies those with whom you have a personality clash? narcissistic, manipulative, oppositional, petty, vindictive List 3: What…
Amanuensis Sobriquet-Reverie 