Get Back!

Posted for a variety of prompts:Camera Critters “in other words” (Niels Bohr quote – cited below)Meme Express (writer’s choice)Slice of Life Sunday (“an error in judgment”)Totally Optional Prompts (a humorous poem)Wordless Wednesday’s Tuesday edition “An expert is a personwho has made all the mistakesthat can be madein a very narrow field. “Niels BohrNobel Prize-Winning Physician (1922)

Far Afield

Posted for a variety of prompts: Café Writing – Pick Three “destiny,” “plain” and “rules” and “strong”).Camera Critters (photo)Mad Kane (“vacation”)One Single Impression (“rest”)Photo Scavenger Hunt (“view”)Simply Snickers (“sacred,” “secrets,” “self” and “scorn”)Slice of Life Sunday ( “writer’s choice”)Smiley Saturday (“smile”)Sunday Scribblings (“solace”)Wordless Wednesday

Standing Still

Posted for a variety of prompts:Odd Shot Monday ("parking")Poetry Train Rockin’ Chair Writers (“Tell us what’s really on your mind.”)Simply Snickers (“standing” and “still”)Wordless Wednesday – Saturday edition Still Standing She’s standing still,Against her will,Although she’d ratherRun for thrill. Our mare of goldIs growing old,And yet her storyMust be told. Her motor

What Style of Jeans Are You?

The Fashion Police have left the building . . . .Actually, we banished those finicky folks from the barn. Still, this little survey sounded like fun. Here's what I discovered, although it's not really a news flash.Barn girls: Try the survey yourself, if you wish. Whether you call them denims or dungarees, what style of jeans are you?You Are Boot Cut JeansYou're fashionable and sexy - in an

Drawing Forth

Posted for a variety of prompts: Hump Day Humor (“surprise”), Inspire Me Thursday (“healing”), Meme Express (“Reunions”), Simply Snickers (“stand” and “still”) and Slice of Life (“Writer’s Choice”). Drawing Forth(Thankful Lines for a Friend's Designs)(for artme) My playful horse inspires me, true,But never quite as much as you.An artful friend with gifted skill,You raised me from the

An Ace in the Roll

Posted for a variety of prompts: Manic Monday (#125, questions below), Monday Music Mambo (word associations, below), Odd Shots Monday, Poetry Train, Wordless Wednesday’s Monday edition. An Ace in the Roll Horseflies nipping on my back,Irritating bug attack.Guess I’ll give myself a scratch,Rolling in this muddy patch. Buckling my knees, I drop,Then I flip without a

Playing H-O-R-S-E

Posted for a variety of prompts: Heads or Tails (“anything starting with the letter ‘O’”), In Other Words (quotation, listed below), Poetry Train, Totally Optional Prompts (“tempo”). Metaphors have a wayof holding the most truthin the least space.-- Orson Scott Card PLAYING H-O-R-S-E(Tankas of Truth) How we doubt His heart,Honoring much lesser gods,Human-bound

My Dirty Secret

Posted for a Meme Express prompt, a Simply Snickers prompt (“magnificent” and “moments”), a Heads or Tails prompt (“Share a Summertime Memory”), a Three Word Wednesday prompt (“rumor,” “shake” and “spontaneous”), a Writer’s Island prompt (“curiosity”), a Saturday Free-for-All prompt (“wasted time”), Wordless Wednesday and Poetry Train.Photo c2008 by Nickers and Ink My Dirty Secret "One