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This is my lame excuse for a contribution to the 100 Word Challenge at Julia’s Place.  I THINK that’s where I’m linking (if I can remember how to link up).ON BECOMING A DING-A-LING(Prompt:  Lest we Forget) They say “lest we forget”. I ask, “forget what”?At my age, I can’t remember annnnything!I can’t even recall what it is I forgot!I just get by on a prayer and a wing.~~~~Remembering where I am

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  This week, Jenny has given us a picture prompt and 100 words!  We are to write from the perspective of a nearby window in the photo.  I want to get inside Jenny’s head for a little while, just to see how her mind comes up with these interesting prompts. LIVING VICARIOUSLY (Prompt:  Looking from the window in the picture shown below)     From the window, I watch them run up and down

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Don’t ask me why, but I am joining Saturday Centus at Jenny Matlock’s.  Once again, she has given a prompt that proves her blog is aptly titled Off On My Tangent.  Jenny, you didn’t have to play this horrible Halloween trick.  All you had to do was ask, and I would have gladly given you a treat!  Just wait until you see the prompt.   Yep! That’s it.  That’s the prompt.  I know, you

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I am joining Bluebell Books for this week’s Short Story Slam.  The delightful picture below is the prompt for this week.  I hope it is okay that my contribution is youth-directed.   It had been a difficult school year in the new town, and I was not looking forward to summer.  In frustration, I kicked my foot against a stone in the yard.  To my surprise, the stone moved.  A turtle poked his

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  Life has been soooo busy lately.  I am happy to be able to again join Saturday Centus at Jenny Matlock’s Off On My Tangent.  Thank you for hosting, Jenny. FOOLED YOU, FOOL! (Prompt:  I planted a little story seed) We’d been dating almost four years. I cooked grand meals to serve each night, I brought to him three nightly beers, And choked back words to avoid a fight. ~~~

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Submission to:  Week 54 of Thursday Poets Rally hosted by Promising Poets Parking Lot. COME FOR CHRISTMAS Mother, can you come visit here? I’d love to feel your presence near, Hear your voice one more time, Feel your hand holding mine. Come for Christmas in our home Bring Daddy too; don’t come alone. You’ll both be elated and proud to see who your grandchildren have grown to be. You

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  Life has taken me away from blogging lately, and I’m glad to be again joining 100 Word Challenge (which has become a 50 word challenge this week) at Julia’s Place.   THE ALTERNATIVE (PROMPT:  The Autumn Leaves) Raking the Autumn leaves takes so long. I constantly battle them on the ground. But when the Autumn leaves are gone, Old Man Winter will come around.    The Autumn

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I am not a woman of few words.  It is just so hard for me to say anything with 100 words, but trying to is good exercise for my mind, so I’m linking to Saturday Centus at Jenny Matlock Off On My Tangent. DETOURED DESTINY (100 words + Prompt:  The number you have reached is no longer in service)   Attending a bachelorette party, Susan sat alone while the others danced. John was

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Jenny’s mind has been working overtime lately.  She just keeps coming up with new ways to make me fret over joining Saturday Centus.  This week, she has given us 100 words, plus the prompt, and our submission is to be solely dialogue!  Jenny, Jenny, Jenny, you sure love to challenge us!  The title of my contribution this week is Famous Last Words, and after writing this, I think this may end up

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This week, the prompt for the 100 Word Challenge at Julia’s Place is “out of the mouths of babes”.   MAY I SEE YOUR RESUME? (Prompt:  out of the mouths of babes)  For extra money, Herb’s Uncle Marty allowed him to clean the bar each night.  One night, three gorgeous, scantily dressed women strutted through the door.  One of them said, “We’re singers, and we’re here about a job. 

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Rebecca at Bluebell Books kindly invited me to join Short Story Slam.  This is my first contribution to Short Story Slam, so I hope I’ve done it correctly.  The picture prompt is shown below, and the challenge is Children’s Literature.    DONALD’S DAY ON THE FARM Photographer, Donald Duck, Isn’t having very good luck. The sky was dark and very cloudy And the animals were much

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 Do you think Jenny is trying to get rid of some of her Saturday Centus participants?  Oh My Gosh Jenny! I almost didn’t participate this week.  32 words, INCLUDING the prompt (in the Autumn), to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!  In the Summer, you used the excuse that the heat was causing you to give us difficult assignments.  Surely, even in Arizona, the heat has dissipated some.  Does

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I’m again linking to the 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups at Julia’s Place (the new location for this meme).  Thanks for hosting, Julia.BLIND DATE(Prompt:  Photo shown below)I had asked my friend, George, to stop bringing me blind dates.  George assured me, “This one is the exception.  She’s a delicate flower. A real beauty.  You won’t believe it when you see her.”Who could pass up an enticement

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This is my first time to join the 100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups at The Head’s Office.  I hope I’ve done it correctly. HIT AND RUN (PROMPT:  MARY THOUGHT)     Knowing that Mary was hard of hearing, I spoke loudly, as I inquired about her children.  “Don’t you have a daughter?” With tears in her eyes, she replied, “We did, but she was killed in a hit and

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I am joining Saturday Centus again this week.  Jenny has given us 100 words plus the prompt.  This may be my last Saturday Centus for awhile, since Jenny is threatening to begin making them more difficult next week.  Let’s all butter her up, so she’ll be nice.  Jenny, you are a wonderful, fabulous, incredible blogger, and you have an amazing writing talent.  You come up with fabulous

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This week’s Saturday Centus may contain 100 words, plus the prompt.  I hope my contribution is acceptable.THE ROBBERY(PROMPT:  WHAT KIND OF A PIZZA IS THIS?)    Thank you for visiting my blog.  Other Saturday Centus contributions can be found at Jenny’Matlock Off On My Tangent.  Laurie

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Again, she’s given us one hundred words, plus the three word prompt!  Thanks Jenny!GOOD NEWS?(Prompt:  Surprise! I’m pregnant)The minute my teenage daughter walked in the back door, I could tell something was wrong.  “Mom, sit down.  I have something to tell you.”Oh no, this is bad, I thought, as I sat in a chair.“I hit a pedestrian with the car.”“Oh no, is he alright?”“He died.”“Oh Dear God.”“I’

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     In addition to the four word prompt, Jenny has given us 150 words for this Saturday Centus!  Hooray!  Thank you Jenny!HE KNOWS TOO MUCH(Prompt:  If I die young)     I’m sad that he knows too much, this eleven year-old son of mine.  He was too young to understand then, and we don’t talk about it now. I see him, sitting alone on the porch step, elbows on his knees and chin in his hands.  I’m

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This week, Jenny has again given us only 50 words for Saturday Centus, BUT, she is giving away another gift!  What fun!  INAPPROPRIATE LAUGHS (PROMPT:  LAUGH OUT LOUD) When the preacher pauses for objections at a wedding, I battle to not laugh out loud in the solemn setting.   When someone falls, of this I’m certainly not proud, But I have to struggle to not just laugh out

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  I’ve been away from my computer, so I am late getting to Saturday Centus.  Jenny is having a giveaway, so I had to hurry to participate.  This week, Jenny gave us 50 words in addition to the prompt.DARK DAYS AHEAD(Prompt:  “You are my sunshine”)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Your heart is no longer mine. So, I’ll be leaving this place now. “But you are my sunshine.  Live in darkness? Tell me

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  I feel like I’ve received a gift!  Jenny has given us 100 words this week!  I used to think 100 words were not enough, until she started limiting our centus to 15 and 25.  Well, you taught me a lesson, Jenny.  I am now grateful for the plethora of 100 words! Thank you!  The prompt this week, is a fun photo. LEGEND HAS IT THAT…“What’s for breakfast, Mom?”  I motioned for him to follow me outside

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I hope my poem last week wasn’t the cause of Jenny giving us an even more difficult assignment this week.  15 words!  I don’t like challenges that much Jenny.  IRRATIONAL FEARS EXCUSES(prompt appears in bold print)Before I die I want to in a marathon run,But I fear being killed by the starting gun!Thank you for visiting my blog, and thank you for hosting Jenny.  I’m not going to thank you for

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Oh My Word!  Jenny wasn’t kidding when she said she was going to make the Saturday Centus more difficult this week!  I immediately decided that I wouldn’t participate.  But then..I decided I had a word or two (actually 25 words, excluding prompt) to say to Jenny!ODE TO JENNY(the prompt appears in bold print) Writing this is hard for me,Cause I’m not    getting any younger.She is a shrew, you’ll

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Jenny is threatening to give us more difficult prompts (and probably fewer words)!  I already think that the 100 word limit is VERY difficult, and I haven’t seen a prompt yet that I would consider easy!  So….I’m afraid – very afraid!  LOST AGAIN(The prompt appears in bold print)We were lost again.  I knew I was nagging, but I had to try one more time.  Why don’t you turn around, and get

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Saturday Centus’ hostess, Jenny Matlock Off On My Tangent, provides a prompt each Saturday, and this week, in honor of Independence Day, she came up with a doozy!  At least she allowed us 100 words this week (excluding the prompt, which is in bold print in my contribution).  Last week, she only allowed 60 words!  I don’t know how she comes up with a prompt for each week.  Jenny, thanks for

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I am happy to be joining Saturday Centus at Jenny Matlock’s Off on My Tangent again this week.  The prompt is “Dear John”, and the word limit is 60!!  And I thought the100 word limit was difficult!  (I think I may have an extra word in my little contribution this week!  Please don’t kick me out!)  I am seldom serious about anything, so I hope that you will accept my little contribution as a

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This has been a private blog for a couple of years.  My inner critic makes it difficult for me to share this blog with others.  With this post, I am going public with my battle against my inner critic.  The Saturday Centus at Jenny Matlock’s Off On My Tangent is my reason for bringing my battle out in the open.  I wanted to play along, but it’s not much fun to play in the game if nobody else can

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