Ten Winter Musings

November 30, 2016January 6, 2017 / animar64 / Leave a comment

Imagination Prompt Generator:

Brainstorm 10 reasons why you feel the need to write now.

There is the promise of snow on Monday

Christmas Carols are playing on the radio and it’s time to read Dickens

Bells are jingling everywhere and the stores are stocked with chocolates wrapped in holiday colors

Long Winter Nights mean that ghosts have more time to walk next to me, behind you and they leave no footprints

in the snow.

Krampus visits the wicked this time of year and he likes mulled wine, just like me.

Holly Berries and Mistletoe are poisonous but at this time of the year, who cares?

Winter is fear

and I’m glad it’s

here.

Welcome Winter In

November 30, 2016January 6, 2017 / animar64 / 2 Comments

Pine Needles

burning candles

cookies baking in the kitchen

The first touch of snow

the crackle of logs

perfume, last years gift

From the dark outside

to the chill inside

Welcome Winter, come in.

Inspired By The Soul Food Café Prompt: The Solarium

Eureka

November 28, 2016January 6, 2017 / animar64 / Leave a comment

Photo A.M. Moscoso

November 28, 2016

This is a fun prompt from The Soul Food Cafe’s 2003 Advent Calender- you do some soul searching and list 45 things you are grateful for.

So that’s what I’m going to do here. I’m not going to pop out 45 because I’d like to reflect on them a bit. So let’s start cooking:

I am grateful for being able to write- I am grateful that some people enjoy my work and I am grateful for the ones who don’t. Having people respond to you art is what matters at the end of the day.
I am grateful for Dictionary.com It’s cooler and more reliable then Wikipedia- which anyone can mess with and they even have an icon to click so you can hear the word. Did I mention they have quizzes and trivia? The Science Geek in me is geeking out over this site. It’s fabulous!
I am grateful for Absinthe– I am not a big drinker- I’m not even a sometimes drinker but when I do go out and have that occasional drink, having one with a cool history makes the experience a little more exciting. Was it exciting? First of all, absinthe is green, people believed that drinking it would make you go insane and it tastes like licorice. What’s not to love?

Wow- that was fun!

I thought I would go the Sunday School, Touchy Feeley ” I am grateful ” road- but I’m hoping as I list these things out they all make me smile

AND

I think I’m going to add the Absinthe site to my blog links.

TBC

Soul Food Cafe 2003 Advent Calender Project:Eureka Stockade ( Day Three )

1. Keep a gratitude journal this month. In honour of the forty-fivers do 45vers – a list of 45 things you are grateful for – 45 things worth ‘fighting for’.

It Was A Magical Day

November 24, 2016January 6, 2017 / animar64 / Leave a comment

My family is a creative bunch of people- we love to tell stories and write, we love music and we love to draw and we love to draw and take photographs.

So what better time to celebrate these wonderful gifts then on Thanksgiving?

This year my youngest niece suggested we add touches of Harry Potter to our celebrations.

So she whipped up some Butterbeer:

Photo A.M. Moscoso

And then while sporting my House Sweater ( I’m in Slytherin, I know big surprise ) me and my nieces and son set up a craft table and made our wands while the turkey roasted: