Join us for Colleen’s weekly challenge. This week the prompt words are COLD AND SAFE. I have used CHILLED AND GUARDED for the synonyms in this- my first ever- Etheree. FREEDOM Step into another way of living chilled flesh is a sign not of death but of change where spirits once were guarded within these […]
#Synonymsonly Colleen’s 111th Challenge- Celebrate and Number
HAPPY ELEVENTY-FIRST CHALLENGE! Join us for Colleen’s eleventy-first challenge, where this week, the challenge is to craft a poem using synonyms for the challenge words ‘celebrate’ and ‘number.’ 111 ~ A Haibun Auspicious symbols Honoring life’s memories – Colleen’s Poetry Challenge – One hundred and eleven Tantalizing tastes of verse. As I sit […]
Fantasy vs. Magical Realism
Originally posted on Colleen M. Chesebro:
In the quest to define the genre of my novel, The Heart Stone Chronicles – The Swamp Fairy, I stumbled across a definition of a genre I had not previously explored. It is called magical realism. Although I have categorized my novel into the fantasy realm, after further reflection,…
Soul Work – Week beginning 5/14/18, Three-Rune Spread, Wunjo, Uruz, Nauthiz, (all reversed) Messages from the Runes
Originally posted on The Sisters of the Fey:
This week’s Soul Work and three runes spread reads from right to left: Wunjo (Reversed) (pg. 115), Uruz (Reversed) (pg. 100), and Nauthiz (Reversed) (pg. 105) The Book of Runes, by Ralph H. Blum. I selected these Rune Stones on Sunday, April 22, 2018, for the week ahead. “The three rune spread…
Perception is Reality
Click here for this week’s Writer’s Quote Wednesday PERCEPTION IS REALITY I can vividly remember stumbling out of a darkened cinema near London’s Piccadilly Circus some thirty-plus years ago, the two of us coming to a sudden stop as the bright lights, the city sounds, and the suffocatingly clammy warmth of […]
Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Challenge: Help and Smile
Join us for Colleen’s Weekly Tanka Challenge: Help and Smile
Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday: Prompt words – Fog and Change
Join us for Colleen’s Tanka Tuesday: Prompt words – Fog and Change Great choice of words to get the little grey cells in my brain working! 😀 Thanks, Colleen! ♥ Photo courtesy of Pixabay.com
Writer’s Quote Wednesday – Goodbye, sweet sun…
Join us for Writer’s Quote Wednesday over at Silver Threading! Check out Colleen’s fabulous Fall poem. ♥ This year, especially, I begrudge the start of Autumn. After breaking my hip 4 weeks ago, I felt as if I was forced to merely observe the second half of summer through shaded glass, from a hospital […]
#WQWWC – “Rebirth” – J.K.R., and My Own Story
Join us for Writer’s Quote Wednesday. This week’s challenge word is ‘REBIRTH.’ Yesterday, I saw a video posted on Youtube of J.K. Rowling, talking about failure, It is one of the most heart wrenching and inspiring things I’ve ever seen and so jammed packed with fabulous quotes that I could NOT pick just one and […]
Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 27 – Vintage
Click here to join us on Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge! This week, the challenge is ‘Vintage.’ It probably won’t surprise anybody that several of the items that are precious to me are books! Aside from having succeeded in purchasing replacement copies of all the childhood books I loved and lost when my family moved to […]
