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June 5, 2024
One-Liner Wednesday: On the One Hand…
#OneLinerWednesday I’m sure my grandpa wasn’t the only person who ever said this, but he was the only person I ever heard say it. Like, a lot. A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: A joke that reminds you of someone. MA
June 4, 2024
Food Tuesday: Egg Mac
#FoodTuesday There’s a restaurant around here that makes fried mac and cheese. Fried! Mac! and Cheese! It is SO GOOD, I always get a shareable appetizer of it just for myself, then I have it for four or five meals. Here’s what I had one…
June 3, 2024
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Babysitting Fluid
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I may have said this before. If so, put your fingers in your ears and go “la la la”, because I’m about to say it again. One of my favorite feel-good movies is Adventures in Babysitting —…
June 2, 2024
Sunday Snapshot: Good Idea/Bad Idea
#SundaySnapshot I had a sweet potato that I forgot in the pantry and it sprouted. So I cut the sprouted end off and stuck it into a pot that had cracked open over the winter. Unbeknownst to me, at least one cracked piece was buried…
June 1, 2024
Caturday: Adi — Victim of Love
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #calico #calicocats #scottishfold #scottishfoldlovers #Adi #AdiLadyFluffington #FrauleinProfessorOverknocker Hewwo! Um, I’m Adi, okay? EverMom says it’s bad to get on her nail station and knock bottles and stampers and scrapers onna floor, but she plays wif dem, so why can’t I? But…
May 31, 2024
Fridays For Future, Climate Strike Online, StoryADay May: Gross
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline Gross It had seemed like a good idea at the time. Stanley had been a tinkerer all his life, and his second tinker dream had always been a time machine. His…
May 30, 2024
Thursday Doors, StoryADay May: Steffie in The Red Barn
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #ThursdayDoors The Red Barn “I said I want to work alone from now on,” Steffie told Pete, her handler. “Sorry,” Pete said. “There aren’t many solitary agents who also work well with others,…
May 29, 2024
StoryADay May, One-Liner Wednesday: Palfrey
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #OneLinerWednesday Palfrey “I won’t lie,” said the smiling farmer. Caroline took a step back. In her experience, I won’t lie was only second to I’m in business for the glory of the Lord…
May 28, 2024
Food Tuesday, StoryADay May: The Magic Ingredient
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #foodtuesday The Magic Ingredient Angela had been a cook/housekeeper her entire adult life – indeed, since before she was a legal adult. She had never wanted to go to college, and had only…
May 27, 2024
StoryADay May, Nail Art: Memorial Day
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt Memory My memory is of a boy I didn’t know. He was a friend of my older sister’s. He gave himself a party when he got…
