Writing Challanges 2023

Bon Voyage You Little Devil

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Inspired by the WP Prompt: What cities do you want to visit?

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I want to visit cities that are not on maps

I want to travel to towns that you find on accident when you are driving late at night

and there isn’t a single street sign to guide you and you are  low and gas  and the

Moon and the stars are unnaturally bright and you can hear the Ocean, which is funny

because 15 minutes ago you were driving through a land locked state  that hasn’t as a

taste of Ocean  air for over 300 million years.

I know those cities are out there- I dream about them almost every night.

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And For One Night Only

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WP Prompt: Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech?

December 31, 2017 ·
Dancing Statue, Pike Place Market

Let me tell you a little about my family.

We love to get up on stage and sing, or act or give speeches and anyone one of us who says that is not true is pulling your leg.

Swinging from my family tree are magicians, magician’s assistants, musicians and politicians too.

Some of them were born story tellers so for them anywhere is a stage for them and being a musician ( or a singer ) or being able to sit down and capture a room with a story or two are the most prized  spots you can hold in my family.

When I say ‘ my family ‘ I am talking about both my Mom and Dad’s families and as I may have mentioned before they are as different as night and day in a lot of things, but that love of performing or creating is something that they have in common.

So I could give you my resume- I’ve been a musician, I’ve been in plays. I’ve written speeches and given them too and if I ever say, ” but I get so nervous  every time I think about getting up in front of people or I publish a story on my blog-”

I’m pulling your leg.

amm

Mind Games

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WP Daily Prompts asks, What are your favorite physical activities or exercises?

No snark intended WP Prompters, but my favorite form of excercise is when my imagination runs wild.

When my imagination runs wild happens my heart rate goes up, I don’t crave junk food and I smile more.

And maybe it’s just me, but my hair looks and fluffly and  shinier at those times too.

Dear Krampus-My First Letter

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Fandangos One Word Challenge ” Transgression ”  has  inspired me to create a series of posts with one theme- My Letters To Krampus- ho ho ho!

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Christmas isn’t exactly my favorite time of the year now, so in the hopes of not ending up on  Krampus’ bad side ( does he have a good side? I wonder ) I am writing to him to plead my case- that maybe I’m not a total Christmas Spoiler and don’t deserve a budle of sticks for Christmas

My first effort is: I heard the worst Christmas Story Today

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Dear Krampus,

She told me a story about her family.

She told me that  she has two nieces and that every year she wishes she could see them for Christmas but she can’t- it’s not like she couldn’t just drive over and say ” ho ho ho ” and give then gift cards to Starbucks.

She just can’t bring herself to, as she put it, ” perform the ritual “.

She told me that one of her nieces was born with  a debilitating disease that ran in her Sister-In- Laws family and had her Sister-in- Law not been selfish and wanted a baby, her niece wouldn’t have to have such a challenging life.

Her other niece, she told me, was as vain and vapid as her Mother and that in her niece’s entire life she had never seen her with a book in her hand.

Her vain and vapid niece was gorgeous though and to prove it she showed me a picture of her niece.  As she gazed down at her phone into  her nieces image, I saw true love.

I got the feeling that in Her mind this image of a you woman making duck lips at the camera made up for her niece’s lack of intellectual curiosity and that spelled out the hint that being  vain and vapid was a trait that ran on both sides of the family.

I told her I had three nieces and that they were all finding their way in the world- including my niece with Autism and they were doing their best to find their way through the world.

She winked at me and said, ” of course they are “.

I wanted to reach out and jab my finger into her stupid overly made up eye.

That year like every year I see my nieces at Christmas and that sometimes  I see them with books in their hands and sometimes they wear  alot of makeup and sometimes they tell great stories and jokes and other times I wonder how such unique and stunning creatures could be related to me.

I know I am lacking in the Christmas Spirit Krampus, but  on this day I didn’t tear someone’s eye out their head and I told a nice Christmas story about my family,

AMM