Month: July 2023

Happy Birthday Hamish!

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All dogs go to Mars!

WP Prompters want to know: Dogs or Cats?

Hamish Macbeth
Photo A.M. Moscoso

Today is my Dog’s birthday.

Hamish Macbeth is turning 9 years old and in those nine years

he has made a lot of dog friends and in addition to that

when he was a pup and a young dog, he was raised by three cats who

had raised by my Mastiff/  Retriever  – the sweetest girl ever named Cerberus.

In my heart I know Cerbie is looking over

the Grandpup she never got the chance to meet and raise and I know how lucky he is

to have an Angel like that looking over him.

So today I don’t want to plant a flag and declare if I am a cat or dog person.

I just want to say that I have been blessed to have had both of these wonderful animals in my life.

Happy Birthday to  the best boy in the world.

Hamish Macbeth
Photo Pualani K.

Hamish and Stitch
Photo Pualani K

Hamish and his Late Brother Micey 2018 Photo: A.M. Moscoso

Hamish and his Brothers L to R  Kolchak, Darwin and Hamish
2014
Photo A.M. Moscoso

Hamish Macbeth
2022
Photo A.M. Moscoso

Time Killers

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Inspired by the WP Prompt: Which activities make you lose track of time?

Artist Unknown

Watching storms rolling in from the Sea and down from Mountain tops

covered with black leafless trees and fog.

Sitting in front of  a cold fire place next to three

dogs with warm red and orange eyes and six cats with soft paws and sharp white teeth.

Listening to songs being sung  slightly off key by a pale singer accompanying itself

with a perfectly

tuned guitar

and turning over in my mind those cemetery gates that  swing open,

all on their own

every time I drift by.

I Know You

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RDP Tuesday: Forte

 

I am not scared of monsters

or things that go bump or scream in the night

I wasn’t blessed with an over abundance of bravery

or fast and sturdy legs.

 

I think that what I am good at

and it has always served me well

is embracing the things that make me afraid

and giving them a name.

Halloween 2023 Writing Prompts

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31 Halloween Writing Prompts From Simple Simon & Co.

#1.  It was a dark and stormy night…

#2.  There was a strange feeling in the air that morning…

#3.  And suddenly the wind changed…

#4.  The wind blew and the tree scratched across the window…

#5.  And standing there in the glare of the headlights…

#6.  By the light of the full moon he could see…

#7.  And that is when she saw it in the rear view mirror…

#8.  From behind the door he could hear footsteps…

#9.  The doll was there standing in the hall…

#10.  The air was still and yet one solitary swing moved back and forth…

#11.  Lightning flashed and the rain beat against the window…

#12.  Who could be knocking at this late hour?

#13.  Just then the clock struck midnight…

#14.  A sudden gust of wind swiftly blew out the candle…

#15.  The flashlight flickered and then went out…

#16.  She could have sworn that the portrait’s eyes followed her as she walked across the room…

#17.  The hair stood up on the back of his neck when he saw…

#18.  A blood curdling scream sent shivers down my spine…

#19.  Off in the distance a wolf howled…

#20  As the clouds parted the light of the moon finally made it visible…

#21.  Down the empty hall the floorboards began to creak…

#22.  The fog rolled in thick and mysterious…

#23.  The house stood there alone on the hill…

#24.  I watched as the shadow crept closer…

#25.  The black cat lept from her perch, arched her back and hissed…

#26.  A strange force seemed to be pulling her onto the path towards the graveyard…

#27.  No one knew the mysterious stranger at the costume party…

#28.  A low moan began in the distance and slowly grew louder and louder…

#29.  It started like any other Halloween with the trick or treating but then…

#30.  It was late at night and the road was deserted…

#31.  Everyone in the house was fast asleep when…