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August 17, 2014
Visual Writing Prompt: Contemplative Objects
A Contemplative Nature
“Look down” was the sixteenth #augustbreak2014 prompt, and I started by taking the usual photos of plants in my garden, since not much else was of interest in the immediate vicinity. Then I realized my well-worn statue of St. Francis was “looking down.” Perfect.
From looking down my train of thought went to meditation and its cousin, contemplation. There is a long tradition of placing inanimate objects in gardens as focal points, and not only as part of good design. Foca...
August 15, 2014
Visual Writing Prompt: Lucky Objects
Number 107
“Blue” was the fifteenth #augustbreak 2014 prompt, and the first thing I thought of was our front door. It was a red door for most of the years we’ve lived here, but I did a little digging into Feng Shui, and learned that a door that faces East ought to be a watery color like blue, green, purple, black, etc., with palest yellow also acceptable.
I happened to have an unopened can of blue exterior enamel from a project that ended up being a different color, and decided to give it a go...
Visual Writing Prompt: The Back Story in Hands
A Long Ago Song
The next #augustbreak2014 prompt was “Hands,” and specifically your own. My hands have grown stiff and bony with arthritis, but at one time they were quite at home on a piano keyboard. They still itch to play, but neither the old piano nor the old hands make particularly beautiful music. It’s in the past.
Other things show up on hands–manual work, injuries, gardening, oddities in the nail beds–the sort of things Sherlock Holmes would notice and from which he’d create an entire...
August 13, 2014
Visual Writing Prompt: A Harmless Vice
White Chocolate
“My guilty pleasure” was the thirteenth prompt for #augustbreak2014, and I had to think about that one for a moment. Which one should I choose? I mean, I could certainly go for a glass of Veuve Clicquot, but taking a picture would mean shelling out serious dollars for a bottle.
But there was a block of white chocolate in the house. I’m crazy about white chocolate–I’ve always been the one to go for vanilla over cocoa flavors. Dark, dark chocolate has some health benefits, but non...
August 12, 2014
Visual Writing Prompt: The Gathering Spot
Table Tableau
“On the table” was the twelfth prompt for #augustbreak2014, and the suggested example was a gathering around a kitchen or dining table, as in breakfast, kids, and newspaper. I used to have that sort of table scene, myself, but the table is only used a few times per year now. I get the newspaper online. Sorta miss the old way, of hearing it clunk against the front door when it was tossed on the porch, spreading it out to read on the table while sipping coffee, and enjoying the vi...
August 11, 2014
Visual Writing Prompt: Writing by Hand
A Poem
For the #augustbreak2014 prompt “Handwriting,” I had to rummage around for something other than grocery lists and the contents of the notebook in my purse, which contains episodic fragments for my WIP. This made for an accidental trip down memory lane when I dug around a file cabinet and came up with this scrap of yellowed notebook paper from thirty-eight years ago.
The thing is, I remember the day I wrote this as vividly as yesterday, and am amazed that it made it this far into my life...
Visual Writing Prompt: The Choice of Beverage
Tea Time
There was always the temptation to get clever with the #augustbreak2014 prompt “Drink,” but by the time I had the chance to take a picture, I was desperate for a cuppa tea. I took this pic while waiting for the water in the kettle to boil, and while the tea was steeping.
The choice of beveragecould saya lot about a person. Do they favor coffee or tea, water or cola, do they take their iced tea plain or sweet? Is the coffee purist black or dolled up with cream and sugar and other flavor...
August 9, 2014
Visual Writing Prompts: The Secret Bag
I’m a Minimalist
Today’s #augustbreak2014 prompt was “In my bag.” I’ve seen this one before, where people take a pic of the content of their bags, totes, or purses, maybe to see whether or not it is necessary to carry that much, or as a way of seeing what kind of person you are.
From my assortment, you can see that I like to write things down, a bare-minimum phone is all I need (or can afford, take your pick), I wear hearing aids, I like chewing peppermint gum, my wallet needs are minimal, and...
Visual Writing Prompts: Limited in Time
Against the Clock
I groaned when the prompt for “Selfie” came up next on #augustbreak2014. I tried it when I first acquired an iPod, andthe resultonly emphasized my resemblance to the namesake of the Old Maid card game, ca. 1960′s. That’s what aging does to a long neck and jawline with an inherited tendency toward a wattle. But I put my faith in Instagram and boldly went where I didn’t really want to go.
The first few tries gave a partial view of the clock on the wall to my left, along with a l...
August 7, 2014
Visual Writing Prompts: Objects of a Certain Age
Today I Must Concentrate
Day 7 ‘s prompt for#augustbreak2014: “Today is….” That was simple enough, for I have one thing and one thing only, at least this afternoon: to concentrate. All distractions need to be set aside. I can do this, but taking the photo and writing this post must go quickly, and then it’s back to working on the novel.
I find loads of ideas in everyday life, work, and surroundings, perhaps because my heroine is a middle-aged woman. Of course, I’m married, and my character Char...
