A Day In Life

One person's great day is another person's terrible one. I don't just mean this as an "the world is what you make it" sort of deal, though that is true. I just mean that the world keeps turning bring different experiences to every person on Earth. Everyone is living their own complex lives in which … Continue reading A Day In Life →

Role Model

Writing Challenge: May 13, 2018 Prompt: Are you a role model for anyone? When she told me I was her role model I was taken aback. Me? A role model? How? Why? We had been friends since high school, for 8 years now. I am not older, I’m not any more accomplished, I’m not … Continue reading Role Model →

What is Kindness?

Writing Challenge: April 19, 2018 Prompt: Describe kindness Kindness is compassion. It is empathy and generosity. It is listening, sharing, and understanding. It is soft, warm, and light. Kindness is the smallest acts, words, or gestures that brighten lives. It is the unnecessary necessity. It is often overlooked, and underappreciated, but most influential part of … Continue reading What is Kindness? →

Loud and Shy

writing Challenge: April 4, 2018 Prompt: Are you loud, outgoing, or shy? I am loud, but insecure. When in a new situation I will either react with bravado or retreat within myself. I am outgoing when I need to be- when I need to get things done, be productive, or move around. I can network … Continue reading Loud and Shy →

Island of the Lost

writing challenge: Nov 21, 2017 Prompt: Write about a lost object (I went a bit off topic) There are many tales about an island of lost things- a place that somehow attracts the mislaid, misused, and misguided. People and things alike wash up upon shores made up of millions and billions of the miscellaneous. It’s … Continue reading Island of the Lost →

Librarian

writing challenge: November 6, 2017 Prompt: use a line from a favorite movie to inspire your writing Movie: The Mummy (2000) Scene: Evie and Rick talk by the fire I am not just some up-tight librarian. There is more to me than dust and … Continue reading Librarian →

Devils- Found Poem

*This is a found poem written for a school project. Every word and line is taken from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness* That heart of darkness, Is it not frightful? The shackled form of a conquered monster; Truth stripped of its cloak of time, The truth of the “civilized man”. Angel or a fiend? A … Continue reading Devils- Found Poem →

The Man We Call Hobbit

Writing Challenge: June 15, 2017 Prompt: Write about faeries, elves, ogres, or some other mythical creature. We call him “The Hobbit”. He comes into our building twice a week to play DnD. He stands out the most among the motley crew Because he is the one most likely to wander the building- With his big, … Continue reading The Man We Call Hobbit →

Neighbors

Writing Challenge: April 24, 2017 Prompt: Makeup a story or poem about your next-door neighbor. We lived next door for 2 years- But I never knew your name. I know you own two cars- One used regularly and one never touched. I knew you were single And that you have two children, A boy around … Continue reading Neighbors →