Crackerberries's Blog, page 11
May 13, 2022
The Bar is Closed
Freaky Freaking Friday’s Fun Flash Fiction Fairytales and Folklore The challenge: take the daily Wordle and the Merriam-Webster word of the day and create a short story of no more no less than 100 words. Title not included. Feel Free … Continue reading →
May 12, 2022
Love Lost
Human love,Ever so limitedFlipper heartsFull of flawsEmotionally manipulatedSenselessly wanderingIncognitoLonging for loveThe taste of licoriceThe scent of Thai BasilYet lost, and alone, in The north woods. Cheers Inspired by NoLoveForFatties
May 11, 2022
Paint Chips
Crawling through the tunnelsWoven sporadically Underground Dark truffle nestsCreatures unknownRooted strategically Along the corridor The tunnel opensA room of agin barrelsOnce filled with whiskey From the tunnel a whoosh of warm airBefore the rush of monstersWoken from sleep Leaving a … Continue reading →
May 9, 2022
One Celebration → Two Memorials
In some of the southern states tomorrow is a celebrated holiday and some businesses are closed. Confederate Memorial Day, celebrated on May 10th in several southern states. Apparently southern women decorated the graves of soldiers even before the Civil War’s … Continue reading →
May 6, 2022
Doomsday
Clank, clank, clank. “What’s that noise?” “It’s coming from that,” he pointed across the field. Cows shied away from it. Buzzards tried to land on the erected object protruding from the ground, but a magnetic force field protected the entity … Continue reading →
May 4, 2022
A2Z REFLECTIONS
As I reflect on the A2Z 2022 blogging challenge I’m brought back to my first reflection post that I did in 2015.Wow 1500 participants that year! That reflection post lead to another reflection that changed our whole life. Tall Cool … Continue reading →
April 30, 2022
Zugzwang
Zugzwang is a German word used in chess. It is a situation in which the obligation to make a move in one’s turn is serious. A player is said to be in zugzwang when it’s his turn to play and … Continue reading →
April 29, 2022
YIKES
Yikes! The yearly A2Z is just about complete. YOUNG bloggers YEARN for traffic to their blogs while seasoned YUPPIES YAWN that the YARDWORD is over. Time to thank the YOUTH for playing along and saying YES I need YOU to … Continue reading →
April 28, 2022
Xylophagous or Xylotomous
Today’s word(s) creep me out. Wood eating insects. Termites. I’ve seen them before. Our house has been treated for them and it reminds me we need to get it inspected again. Researching what termites can do to a structure is … Continue reading →
April 27, 2022
What?
Weather vs. whether Write vs. wrightWhich vs. witchWood vs. wouldWine vs. whineWeave vs. we’veWeek vs. weakWhere vs. wearWaste vs. waistWave vs. waiveWalk vs. wokWail vs. whaleWait vs. weightWatch vs. watch (noun vs. verb)Way vs. weigh While I was trying to … Continue reading →
