Did You Say “Mambo No. 5?” No, I Said Sonnet 116!

If I were asked to recite a poem or song lyrics from memory, I would probably choose Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116.  For those who are unfamiliar with this Sonnet, it is written as follows: Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments.  Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, […]

Nov 2014

It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Isn’t It?

Today’s prompt was asking for a favorite holiday memory.  Well, my memory isn’t very good, so I thought that I might write about my love/hate relationship with Christmas.  I know there are a lot of mixed feelings about Christmas and that they differentiate from person to person.  For me, Christmas is a very depressing, yet […]

Nov 2014

This Isn’t That Bad The Second Time Around

Today a friend prompted me to write about a classic piece of literature that I have read that I didn’t like the first time around, but came to like the second time I read it.  It took me a while to think of something because I’ve read a lot of books that I have had mixed feelings […]

Nov 2014

Ain’t Nobody’s Business But Mine

I was having trouble coming up with an idea for a prompt for today’s entry, so a friend helped me out.  She asked me what kind of business I would open if could and why.  I had to give this quite a bit of thought because there are two different types of businesses that I […]

Nov 2014

Well Hey, Autumn! What’s Up? And Look! It’s NaBloPoMo November 2014!

It’s the first of November, and I think I can finally say it.  Autumn is here!  I know the first day of autumn was supposedly on the autumnal equinox back on the twenty-second of September, but we have had unseasonably warm weather up until now.  These past few days have been absolutely wonderful.  I really […]

Nov 2014

Hooves Imprinted on My Heart

When I was in my adolescence and teenage years, I used to ride horses.  I started when I was twelve after going to a pony camp for one week in the summer of 1993.  It was an introduction into something that made me feel almost completely whole.  I was a troubled child and teenager, but […]

Nov 2014

Struggles of a Perfectionist Trying to Be Perfect

Do you feel pressure to be perfect?  How much of it is tied to what you see online? I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t feel pressure to be perfect at some point in their lives.  In my case, however, I am always struggling to be perfect.  I have been told that I am a perfectionist […]

Nov 2014

Jumbo-gardeners: How Elephants Affect Weather

Head to your favorite online news source.  Pick an article with a headline that grabs you.  Now, write a short story based on the article. I had an elephant once.  His name was Piccadilly Barnes.  He was the most awesome elephant in the world because he used to tend the garden in my back yard […]

Nov 2014

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

Vanilla, chocolate, or something else entirely? When I think of flavors, I think of ice cream.  I’m good with ice cream as a topic because I could probably talk about ice cream for several hours.  My only issue, however, is that I can’t choose a favorite flavor of ice cream.  There is a little coffee house […]

Nov 2014

Spiders? Oh Hell No!

You’re locked in a room with your greatest fear.  Describe what’s in the room. It’s hard to choose a greatest fear when you have so many.  I happen to have a long list of things I fear, but I guess if I absolutely have to choose, I would say spiders rank up there at the […]

Nov 2014