13 Days of Christmas

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Word association with a Christmas theme. What comes to your mind for each phrase from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas?

1. Drummers drumming ~ broken sticks
2. Pipers piping ~ out of breath
3. Lords a-leaping ~ ballet
4. Ladies dancing ~ Rockettes
5. Maids a-milking ~ ice cream
6. Swans a-swimming ~ frozen in the ice
7. Geese a-laying ~ sunny side up
8. Golden rings ~ retirement fund
9. Calling birds ~ waking me up
10. French hens ~ Oo-la-la!
11. Turtle doves ~ love birds
12. A partridge in a pear tree ~ don’t look up
13. The first day of Christmas is December 25th and the twelfth day of Christmas is January 5th. The Christmas carol was first written down in England in 1780.

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Saying for this month:

“That’s not the Christmas Spirit.”

(Say it often to make everyone around you crazy.)

Merry meet and blessed be!

Rabbit! Rabbit! Good luck in December! The snow bunnies frolic and play all the live long day!

I am doing the happy dance today. 

50,025 words.

My wrists are very sore.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Break Time

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Work is kicking my ass. My word count for NaNo is sad. The edit on my novel needs attention as do the real live people and puppy in my life. 


OK, I admit it: I am an internet addict. There I said it. Let the twelve steps begin. (It’s not December yet so don’t think of that song.)


Your excellent comments and your wonderful blogs are a distraction I can not control at the moment (does that qualify as a successful completion of step one?)


I will be back on December 1st (with the exception of my traditional Thanksgiving Day Turkey.) In December, I will celebrate my five year blogiversary which is actually on November 23rd.


In the meantime, I must take care of things in my non-cyber world. I will miss all of you but I must detox.

Merry meet and blessed be.

Flash 55 – Eat Your Vegetables

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  During my annual health check-up, 

my doctor said I looked pretty good but 

I should eat more green vegetables. 

I thought I was getting enough fiber but 

he is the expert with a medical degree and all, 

so I took his words to heart. 

I would like you to meet my new hubby, 
Mr. Da-Doo.

Do you know who Da-Doo is?

Write a story in exactly 55 words.

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Thursday 13 - List of Lists

Here’s a list of 13 lists I found when looking for ideas to make up my own list.

These can be used for more than what their titles imply. All of them can jog a blog post topic out of your brain or help in your non-internets world.

None of them refer to that holiday in December whose name may not be spoken until Santa arrives in the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

1. Journal Writing Ideas
2. Ways to Simplify Your Life
3. Bucket List Ideas
4. Blog Post Topics
5. Science Fair Projects
6. List of Hobbies
7. Kids' Crafts Links
8. A List of Rewards
9. Ways to Make Your Blog Sizzle
10. Cheap Gifts for Your Sweetie
11. Money Saving Ideas
12. Fun Date Ideas
13. Scavenger Hunt Ideas

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Picture This

November Dawn
[haiku]

dampened sound

fog invading the morning

invisible hand

Picture This

I ran out the door this morning
hair still wet from my shower
coat collar cold and clammy
left shoulder in a Notre Dame hunch
from purse, brief case, camera, lunchbox
I paused on the top stoop
afraid to step
broken bones in my imagination
aching joints in fact
looking for a proper footing
I saw the sugar frosted grass
freckles of white on the roof of my car
clouds reflected in the windshield
sloe and heavy with snow
compressing my perception
I took a deep breath

Write a haiku based on the week’s theme.

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Echoes

The past speaks to me
at times when I least
expect it, when I least
want to hear it, when I am least
able to deal with it.
It has a power far
beyond its value, rattling round
the inside of my head, bouncing
from ear to ear and back again
until I wish I could dash my brains
out on the walls of a padded cell,
the white cushions absorbing
the blood sprays of memories
haunting me.

Write a poem on this week’s theme.

One Single Impression

microfiction Monday – R and J, redux

Susan’s Picture:

My Story:

Roland and Jules knew it would never work. 

They came from different 

socio-economic backgrounds: 

Roland's poncho - dazzling, 

Jules' - dull.

Write a story in 140 characters

using the picture Susan provides as inspiration.

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Autumn Assoluta

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I glanced out of my kitchen window, 
shadows and light playing tag 
in my peripheral vision, 
to see the leaves of my miniature, red maple 
kissing the heat of sun. 

Sunday 160 - Tell a story in 160 Characters.

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Weekend Reflections - Show us your shiny bits.

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It's Silly Time

* * * WARNING! WARNING! Naughty bits below. Do NOT look if you are easily offended. * * *

I said NOT

Oh, well, it was your choice.

A legal question . . . 

Is  this statuetory rape?
Or is it just a moosedemeanor...

Stop laughing! This is serious.
(Received this week in an email)

Play Weekend Funnies and help spread the laughter.

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Created by Shakira @ You Are Never Alone

Flash 55 - A Writer's Dilemma

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I do my best writing in the shower, 

while I am driving in heavy traffic or 

tossing clothes in the washer but 

my mind doesn’t have an automatic save feature. 

My secretary’s off duty, 

I have no pen and paper and 

the batteries in my recorder are dead 

(my voice is annoying on the replay anyway.)

Write a story in 55 words.

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