For today’s prompt at Tourmaline .’s Halloween Challenge, “treat,” I reworked the mouth of my Jack-o-lantern bokeh filter. Since my treat today is going to be homemade butternut squash soup, I thought I’d try my idea of putting jack-o-lantern faces on my squash. And it worked! So fun. Since treats are usually associated with taste,Continue reading “#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 6: Treating Myself to Conquering My Fears & Bokeh Jack-o-Squashes”
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#OctPoWriMo & Writober Day 5: Tricks Played Along the Path
How’s that for a trick? I found a simple healthy dark chocolate recipe, and a Halloween chocolate mold (glad I had one skull left, I already ate all the pumpkins). I think those little people are supposed to be cherubs (other chocolate mold), but I choose to see them as people running in terror. MyContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo & Writober Day 5: Tricks Played Along the Path”
My Skeleton and Other Wild Animals: #OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 4
Today’s theme for #tshalloweenchallenge is Skeleton. I’m so glad I found this challenge yesterday. I’m finding it very inspiring. Yesterday, I started looking through my Halloween fabrics and today, I started playing with my Halloween decorations. For once in a long while, my Halloween might not feel rushed and last minute. OctPoWriMo Today’s prompt isContinue reading “My Skeleton and Other Wild Animals: #OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 4”
Vespertilian Versimilitude
After posting my OctPoWriMo poem today, I happened upon #tshalloweenchallenge. Since I missed Pumpkin and monster, here’s my pumpkin that has a parasitic monster (again): Today’s prompt Bats reminded me of a poem I wrote during NaPoWriMo 2018 called “Be Forewarned: Expect Vespertilian Behavior.” I really like the word vespertilian (adjective – of, relating toContinue reading “Vespertilian Versimilitude”
#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 3
OctPoWriMo Fun News! The prompts are up at OctPoWriMo 2021! Today’s prompt is “Contemplation.” This prompt made me think of the work I did on “reflections” last month, and inspired me to take some mirror in mirror photos I had been too insecure to do before. The OctPoWriMo prompt for Day 3 (from 2018) isContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 3”
My Consciousness Streams on Day 2: #OctPoWriMo #Writober #SoSC
Though today is Day 2 of OctPoWriMo and Writober, it’s also Stream of Consciousness Saturday, so I thought I would start the day with some thoughts on “inspire/aspire/expire.” Unedited Stream of Consciousness At first I thought of the note I made yesterday about surrender: hope/disappointment/death and it fits. After looking up the words and findingContinue reading “My Consciousness Streams on Day 2: #OctPoWriMo #Writober #SoSC”
#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 1: Surrender
Welcome to the first day of October! OctPoWriMo I woke up excited to get started on my first poem of October’s yearly poem-a-day challenge, and headed straight to the OctPoWriMo site. Though the heading on the Home page says “OctPoWriMo 2021”, the prompt is still the Day 31 prompt from last year. So, I hadContinue reading “#OctPoWriMo & #Writober Day 1: Surrender”
September’s Changing Focus Blog Challenge: Reflections
Last month I was excited to find the Changing Focus Blog Challenge, because I’m always looking for ways that my talents and creativity can work together, and a multimedia project around a theme each month felt like just the thing for me. I came up with, and executed, my Pathways response in two weeks. IContinue reading “September’s Changing Focus Blog Challenge: Reflections”
Thinking About #Writober
I got in the Halloween spirit a little early this year. Yesterday, I was tweeting about Readers Imbibing Peril. It starts the first of September, but I always forget until October. So in one way I’m early by only starting a couple weeks late. This year’s group book is The Sundial by Shirley Jackson. IContinue reading “Thinking About #Writober”
Pathways: a video, music, and poetry project
Update 9/2/2021: After enjoying all the oral poetry for the Poetics prompt this week, I thought the poets of dVerse Poets Pub might enjoy this for Open Link Night. I hope you will check out today’s special guest post from Jacob M. Appel on revision as well. Here it is! My response to wRightingMyLife’s ChangingContinue reading “Pathways: a video, music, and poetry project”
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