via Photo Challenge: Unusual When I first had my house all to myself, one of the first things I did was buy two potted plants to liven up the walkway leading to my front door. I bought these specific flowers because I raised them at my old house, and they flourished. I’d never had a plant flourish under my hands before. So these flowers felt … Continue reading Two Flowers, Two Lives
via Daily Prompt: Control Anthem by Ayn Rand showcases a dystopia of the distant future. It’s about society’s effects on the individual. I’d like to take some time to discuss how it’s ideas might apply to friendship and romantic love. These applications may be old news to you, but I’m excited to share my thoughts and see what you think. Just a note: I will insert a … Continue reading Love, Friendship and Control
via Daily Prompt: Lush We often hear the word lush and we think tropical jungles with leaves the size of our chests, and green. That really deep green that seems somehow mature. It’s been living for a while; don’t you dare mess with it. We think lush and we think being surrounded, enclosed, comforted, full. My life right now is lush. It is full of … Continue reading Lush
Today’s Daily Writing Challenge was to write about the creation or invention of something. One of the suggestions was the ceiling fan. It was Florida. It was summer. It was humid. The rain had just ended and the moist air clung to the furniture, wrapped itself around the throats of everyone. The thought of human touch, so pleasing in the winter (whatever two weeks of … Continue reading This Fan Sucks on the Ground
Today’s Daily Prompt is: If you found a message in a bottle, what would it say….. http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/daily-prompt-water/ I did not do what they demanded of me. I fought through the storm of rejection; I started from scratch. I built my future from scraps. My bones ached. My muscles grew numb. My eyes burned. But my hair blew. It blew with the fresh winds of freedom. … Continue reading Daily Prompt: Free Air Is the Only Air.
