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August 10, 2016
Writers Quote Wednesday – INNOCENCE
Welcome to another edition of Writers Quote Wednesday sponsored by Colleen Chesebro of ‘Silver Threading‘ and Ronovan Hester of ‘Ronovan Writes‘. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then you may add artwork, photography, a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can add anything you like to highlight your quote. Have fun with it!
We have a great theme this week: INNOCENCE chosen by Colleen.
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Innocence actually means a state that is unblemished by guilt, malice or any other wicked intentions. So shouldn’t we try to hang on to some of our innocence? Innocence should never be misconstrued as ignorance. As adults we should seek knowledge and experience, but there’s a part of us that can always remain innocent.
Illustration by Sybil Erdnuss-Baum (DeviantArt)
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“A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.”
~Martin Farquhar Tupper
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“An honest man is always a child.”
~Socrates
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“When we take revenge against another, we lose some of our innocence.”
~Patrice Redd Vecchione
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“No security of mind is so salutary as that of innocence: guilt, however confident, has inexorable fears.”
~Norman MacDonald
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“Innocence tinctures all things with brightest hues.”
~Edward Counsel
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Age of Innocence by Staša Sahman
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Happy day everyone!
Tagged: DeviantART, innocence, quotes, RonovanWrites, Silver Threading, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q, Writers Quote Wednesday 
August 5, 2016
Haiku Friday – Sizzle & Sleek
Sizzle and Sleek are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. These words are great but presented a real challenge for me.
Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Digital Art by Alienette on DeviantArt
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Smooth words lit a fire
My heart sizzles in my chest
I hold hell inside me
And keep your smile in my eyes
As you, my love, watch me burn
~Vashti Q
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Have a great weekend everyone!
Tagged: haiku, haiku friday, Love, poetry, RonovanWrites, Tanka, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q
August 3, 2016
Writers Quote Wednesday – PASSION
We have a great theme this week: PASSION chosen by Ronovan.
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Painting by Marta Nael
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I lifted my eyes
And in the evening sky
A rare star shined bright
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I opened my chest
She saw the scars on my heart
I asked the fine star
Bring my bloodthirsty lover
Where love leads, this fool follows
Artist Marta Nael
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“True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.”
~Ellen G. White
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“A woman in love respects and raises up her man. She is his constant source of support. She matches his heart and passions with her own. She sees the very best in him, even when he does not. She is his foundation; what he returns home to.”
~Elizabeth Bourgeret
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“A man in love is cautious with the decisions he makes, words he says and actions he takes, so he never purposefully causes her pain. He believes in her when she struggles believing in herself. He is her foundation, where she feels safe to be her true self.”
~Elizabeth Bourgeret
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“I would prefer to live with bleeding heart where desire see darkness of uncertainty because I need to know the existence of love”
~Seema Gupta
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Enjoy the rest of your week everyone!❤
Tagged: haiku, Love, passion, poetry, quotes, RonovanWrites, Silver Threading, Tanka, The Writer Next Door, Writers Quote Wednesday 
July 29, 2016
Haiku Friday – Pie & Dust
Pie and Dust are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Illustration by Sara Pope
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Here’s my attempt for this week’s words Pie (sweet) and Dust . . .
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Temptation is sweet
My body pleads like a child
The dust then settles
Followed by sting of regret
I broke my diet again!
Illustration by Sara Pope
Last week I didn’t get a chance to post ‘Haiku Friday’, so this is what I came up with last week’s words Sing and Flower
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Little flower sleeps
Curled up like a tiny seed
Dreaming of singing
In the morn the sun will shine
Stretch up tall and sing your song
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Have a wonderful day, everyone!
Tagged: haiku, haiku friday, poetry, RonovanWrites, Tanka, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q 
July 27, 2016
Writers Quote Wednesday – BELIEVE
Hello everyone! A warm welcome to my blog. Thanks for stopping by. First, I wanted to apologize for not having a ‘Haiku Friday’ post last week. Sometimes life happens and takes you by surprise and your time is no longer yours. I hope to make up for it this week.
Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge is sponsored by Colleen Chesebro of Silver Threading and Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then, write a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can include photos, photo quotes, or anything else that helps to highlight your quote. Have fun with it! I don’t know this week’s theme because I had to work on this post before this week’s theme was chosen, so I chose my own. I chose BELIEVE in honor of my friend Colleen Chesebro who has recently revealed the book cover to her first book, The Heart Stone Chronicles – Book 1: The Swamp Fairy In her post she gives a fascinating account of the day she encountered a fairy.
In her words . . .
I heard a sound that instantly caught my attention. At first, I thought it might be an injured bird rustling in the thick underbrush. I peered into the foliage and drew back in surprise. Read on here.
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“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”
~Audrey Hepburn
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“The fairy poet takes a sheet
Of moonbeam, silver white;
His ink is dew from daisies sweet,
His pen a point of light.”
~Joyce Kilmer
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“We call them faerie. We don’t believe in them. Our loss.”
~Charles de Lint
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Watch all nature’s things
There are fairies in the air
Breathing loveliness
To inspire the blushing rose
Raindrops are like fairy breaths
~Vashti Q
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Spread your wings and let your inner fairy fly!
Tagged: believe, fairies, poetry, quotes, RonovanWrites, Silver Threading, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q, Writers Quote Wednesday
July 20, 2016
Writers Quote Wednesday – HOPE
Happy Wednesday everyone! We’re over the hump of the work week and that much closer to the weekend.
July 15, 2016
Haiku Friday –– Time & Grow
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Time and Grow are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Here’s my contribution for this week’s challenge . . .
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Measure time’s advance
Yet the timeless in you knows
Today is tomorrow’s recall
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“Time is an illusion.”
~Albert Einstein
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“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away”
~Maya Angelou
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Have a wonderful day and remember growth only comes through continuous effort, and effort means work.
July 13, 2016
Writers Quote Wednesday – MEMORIES
Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge is sponsored by Colleen Chesebro of Silver Threading and Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then, write a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can include photos, photo quotes, or anything else that helps to highlight your quote. Have fun with it! This week’s theme chosen by Colleen is MEMORIES.
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The following is a re-share of a little slice of my childhood that I had shared a couple years back.
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SUPERHEROES COME IN ALL SIZES
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As a child I wanted so badly to be a superhero. I loved Superman, Batman, and especially Wonder Woman. In elementary school I tied towels, throws, blankets—whatever I could find—around my neck to wear as a cape. I ran around the house, leaped from my sister’s top bunk bed to my bed, jumped from one sofa to the next, and basically drove my parents insane. Needless to say, I was a hyperactive tomboy.
In sixth grade I had a friend who was half the size of everyone in the class, very frail and petite and also wore glasses. A bully, whom I will call Godzilla, a tall, big-boned girl twice the size of the rest of us, picked on my small friend relentlessly.
Whenever Godzilla hurt my friend, I sensed a piece of me withered and I grew weaker. I was terrified of the bully, as was most of the student body.
One day, the fire alarm in my school rang. We did the usual: filed in straight lines down the stairs to exit the edifice, crossed the street and stared at the flameless, smokeless windows of the school building, while listening to our teacher talk about the dangers of not following instructions during a fire drill.
As we clambered up the steps on our way back to class, Godzilla stood behind my petite friend. The bully shoved her into the kid in front of her, yanked on the baby hairs on the lower hairline on her neck and slapped her on the back of the head, while my poor friend moaned and sobbed.
Something came over me that day as I watched my little friend suffer in silence while everyone stood idly by. I could no longer laze while Godzilla tortured my friend. When we reached the top of the stairwell I grabbed Godzilla’s arm, turned her around to face me and yelled at her to stop hurting my friend. The tormenter snickered at me and shoved me with all her might. I tumbled down the stairs. When I reached the bottom, I leapt to my feet and dashed up the stairs. With a Bruce Lee-like move I kicked her square in the abdomen, knocking her against the wall, taking her breath away!
At first, I didn’t understand what had come over me. I felt no pain after falling down the flight of stairs. I had never moved so fast, and what I felt was a tap of my foot turned out to be a karate front snap kick. I was charged on adrenaline.
Godzilla stood motionless against the wall, wide-eyed and panting while I gave the ninja death glare, and the other kids cheered me on. From that day forward, I believed I was a superhero in the making. Whenever I saw a kid bullying another, I was compelled to interfere. I would call out any teachers who I thought ignored bullying or did nothing to stop it. I was the anti-bullying superhero.
After a few black eyes, busted lips and detention hours I learned that fighting, yelling and accusing were not going to solve the issue of bullying.
In high school I made it my business to go to the principal whenever I saw a schoolmate bully another. I was quickly labeled a tattler and became very unpopular for a while. Not much changed as far as the bullying.
I was frustrated. What kind of superhero is unpopular?
As an adult, I finally realized that the best weapon against bullying is awareness. Spreading awareness about all kinds of bullying will help decrease the abuse. At least my inner superhero very much hopes so.
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Enjoy your day everyone! And remember, every day is a chance to make great new memories.
July 8, 2016
Haiku Friday – Dazzle & Sky
Dazzle and Sky are this week’s prompt words chosen by Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. Ron hosts a challenge that anyone could participate in called Ronovan Writes Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt Challenge every Monday, and you have until Sunday to create a post featuring your haiku poem. He is an author and poet and also does author interviews and much more on his blog. Be sure to check it out. Read Ron’s Haiku Prompt Challenge Guidelines for more information.
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Dazzling Summer Sky
The clouds glow with excitement
And the wind breathes fire
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Happy Friday!
Tagged: haiku, haiku friday, poetry, RonovanWrites, sky, summer, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q
July 6, 2016
Writers Quote Wednesday – Beauty
Writers Quote Wednesday Writing Challenge is sponsored by Colleen Chesebro of Silver Threading and Ronovan Hester of Ronovan Writes. Anyone can participate by choosing a quote by a favorite writer then, write a short piece of flash fiction or poetry to share with us all. You can include photos, photo quotes, or anything else that helps to highlight your quote. Have fun with it! This week’s theme chosen by Ronovan is BEAUTY.
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At the risk of sounding cliché I will say that beauty is indeed in the eyes of the beholder. To a mom her baby is the most beautiful creature alive, to a stranger the same infant may look like Winston Churchill or Mr. Magoo. A man may walk into a bar with his girlfriend who he immediately determines is the most beautiful woman in the place but to the others there she may not even be close to that. A man may spend a great deal of money on a work of art he finds exquisite, meanwhile his friends could be wondering what possessed him to buy such a hideous painting. By now you get the point––I hope.
I also believe that our perception of beauty can change. I once had a crush on a football player in college. I thought he was the hottest thing since Johnny Depp (in early 2000s). After a couple of dates and finding out what a jerk he was I took another look at him and he didn’t seem as good looking anymore, as a matter of fact I couldn’t understand what I saw in him in the first place. The opposite also happened to me. A man that I didn’t find very attractive, not that I thought he was ugly, but I just thought he wasn’t my type, kept pursuing me. He was so sweet and kind that before long I began to see him differently. One day I looked at him and he seemed very attractive. He had won me over with his kind nature and suddenly I saw him through different eyes. I believe personality has a lot to do with how people perceive you.
I also believe that if you look hard enough there’s beauty in all things.
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“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.”
~Audrey Hepburn
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“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.”
~Confucius
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“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.”
~Ashley Smith
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“Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived.”
~David Hume
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“It took a long while for me to know that I’m beautiful. I remember going through this phase when I was younger of wanting to pass by mirrors and not look at them. That was so ridiculous. I’ve learned now that beauty starts from within.”
~Kelly Rowland
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Have a beautiful day, everyone!
Tagged: beauty, quotes, RonovanWrites, Silver Threading, The Writer Next Door, Vashti Q, Writers Quote Wednesday
