Crackerberries's Blog, page 35

What a Writer Experiences

Idea arrives; brain explodes into creativity! This photo and idea came from The Write Photo Challenge

Take the Challenge

  Got a funny picture, maybe a funny story? Need a little get up and go because yours got up and went? Check out the new blog and get ready to share your thoughts and ideas. Share a story, share a photo… look for snapshots to give you a little inspiration, a quote to get...
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Read a Good Book?

Read��a good book lately? I did. Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips. I loved it. A factual story with a blend of fiction. Kept my attention on every page. I loved it so much that when I finished it, I was disappointed. You know that feeling you get after finishing a good book? It feels...
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Jellyfish?

 

Where Splendor Rests

  Where Splendor Rests �� How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation ��� ���Your God reigns!��� �� ~Isaiah 52:7 �� In the deadness of winter when everything seems lifeless, hopeless, if you search you will...
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Blank Canvas

Dog laying at her feet Blank canvas, sweet retreat Brand new dream fills her mind Yesterday���s worries far behind Outside snow squalls in winter air Studio warmth��leaves her without care Brushes strategically lined for use ���Let���s get started,��� whisper���s her muse Flick of her wrist, paint cap flies Nimbly brush canvas before vision dies Illustration...
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Dignified

Dignified Passing it by, or toward it folks stride, Upon the weathered slats their bottoms reside. Many will contemplate schemes with pride, Others in shame and grief undignified. Promises made while adulterers lied, Broken-hearted lovers sat here and cried. Hopes and dreams shattered and defied, Crying over a pet which recently died. Long walks to...
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Act of Kindness

Act of Kindness Jenna sat at her desk staring out at the park across from the office building where she worked. On any given day, fifteen to twenty-five homeless people would cluster in the botanical garden around a fire which they built with debris and other trash collected. They would warm themselves until the police...
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Off to the Carnival

Off to the Carnival Going with your friends to the fair, Eat all you want without a care. Go on all kinds of fast paced rides, Tilt-a-whirls and water slides. Visit the barns of pigs and oxen, Until the smell becomes quite toxin. Eat candied apples and vinegar fries, Play a game, and win a...
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Chapter 7- The Salt-Water Killings

  Brianna Pike and her husband moved from Hemet, California to the east coast in the late nineties. Although she had lived in California all her life, for some reason she felt New England beckoned her. When she met Tom the store manager of Wal-Mart was making a very big deal of the situation. Tom […]