Hello friends! I hope you are all safe and warm on this cold, wet Sunday. We didn't see as much snow as some, and the ice hasn't been too threatening, though it's still raining ice right now so it's not over yet. Hopefully it ends soon. I do not look forward to being cold tomorrow, … Continue reading Snow and Sleet and Ice, Oh My!
Month: January 2019
Prompt 189-What’s In A Name 2
Do you like your name? Do you feel like it suits you? If you could change your name, would you? What would you change it to? I was named after a great aunt and a grandmother. I have never felt like my name didn’t suit me, though there was a period of time when I … Continue reading Prompt 189-What’s In A Name 2
Prompt 188-Favorite Holiday
What is your favorite holiday, and what do you love about it? I’ve always loved Christmas, though the reasons have changed over the years. As a kid, there’s nothing better than waking up before the sun on Christmas morning and running out to the tree to see if Santa came after all. As a working … Continue reading Prompt 188-Favorite Holiday
Prompt 187-New Beginnings
What has ended recently in your life, or what new thing has just begun? Hiei and Ali lowered the urn into the hole together. Kurama set an arrangement of flowers around the small, smooth stone marker. Of the small group gathered in the grove, only they had known Sayuri before. The Sayuri who had used … Continue reading Prompt 187-New Beginnings
Prompt 186-Useful Tool
What is the most useful tool you own? Pain. From her earliest memories of him, there had been pain. Back then, she hadn’t made the connection to him, but he was there the first time they had lost people, the first time she had truly understood the pain of loss. She had run to his … Continue reading Prompt 186-Useful Tool
Prompt 185-Bad Dating Ads
Make up a really awkward description or ad for an online dating site. TheWomanTheLegend: Tricentenarian wolf girl seeking dark and brooding potential mate. Preferably not much taller than me, good with a sword and able to take a punch. Will stay at my side and help me fight the hordes of demons that are after … Continue reading Prompt 185-Bad Dating Ads
I Got 99 Problems and Blog Titles are Half of Them
Happy Sunday! How's your weekend going? Relaxing? Productive? Some mix of the two? I did some socializing yesterday with my husband's work friends. We went out to Buffalo Wild Wings to watch the first NFL playoff game of the weekend. The Chiefs won, heck yeah! My team might be the Jets, but I've become a … Continue reading I Got 99 Problems and Blog Titles are Half of Them
Prompt 184-New Kid
When have you felt like “the new kid?” My new coworkers are all giants. Larger-than-life, living, breathing legends. I’ve never been more scared in my life. And let me tell you, when you learn you have super powers by accidentally creating a writhing shadow creature to shield you from bullies, you damn near wet yourself … Continue reading Prompt 184-New Kid
Prompt 183-Redo
If you had a “do-over” button, what one event in your life would you like to have a second chance at? The tower had a new skylight. Accidental explosions are not a castle-approved method of renovating, but they do make quick work of ceilings. I coughed the wood and dust from my lungs as I … Continue reading Prompt 183-Redo
Prompt 182-Inheritance
Describe in detail one item that you would love to inherit from a relative, or that you have inherited. Kita sprinted down a narrow alley between two shops in the Royal Merchant’s Quarter, her soft boots nearly soundless against the cobblestone. Her pursuers, by contrast, crashed loudly in the night, the metal plates on their … Continue reading Prompt 182-Inheritance
Closet Full of Notebooks 