8 Life Lessons that Didn’t Come with the Box

The other day, I was out and about shopping for a remote car starter so I don’t have to spend the winter getting into a car so cold it makes the Pluto seem down right balmy. I was reading the particulars of a model when a salesman (read: teenage boy) asked me if I needed … Continue reading 8 Life Lessons that Didn’t Come with the Box

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 36 Submissions

EXTRA! EXTRA! #FFC52 Week 36 Submissions! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 36 Prompt: Memento Mori (remember that you will die) I just love the creative stories that came from this prompt!! Great work, all! Be sure to read and comment on everyone's work as we are all here to read, be … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 36 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 35 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 35 submissions are in! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 35 Prompt: “Well, to be honest, I threw it away.” Killer submissions this week! Great work all! Be sure to read and comment on everyone's work as we are all here to read, be read,  give, and get … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 35 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 34 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 34 submissions are in! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 34 Prompt: “You have ten seconds . . . " Really imaginative and unique submissions! Great work all! Be sure to read and comment on everyone's work as we are all here to read, be read,  give, and … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 34 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 33 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 33 submissions are in! Share your Flash Fiction stories on Twitter: #FFC52. Week 33 Prompt: Open the book you are reading right now (or a favourite if you aren’t reading anything, oh, and shame on you!), turn to page 33 (or 33% on e-readers) and write a super flash fiction about … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 33 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 32 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 32 submissions are in! It's important that every writer have a tribe, a community in which we can be challenged, be vulnerable, and of course, be read! For me, the FFC#52 challenge is just that--our tribe, our community! For this, I thank all of you! Perhaps you might even get a … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 32 Submissions

Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 30 Submissions

Extra! Extra! #FFC52 week 30 submissions are in! It's important that every writer have a tribe, a community in which we can be challenged, be vulnerable, and of course, be read! For me, the FFC#52 challenge is just that--our tribe, our community! For this, I thank all of you! Perhaps you might even get a … Continue reading Flash Fiction Challenge – Week 30 Submissions

100 Happy Days (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, & 52)

100 Happy Days! The challenge! I have to say that consciously thinking about my life from the perspective of what makes me happy and what I'm grateful for really does work! I now spend more time in a grateful mindset about all the simple amazing things that make up an hour, day, week, year of … Continue reading 100 Happy Days (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, & 52)

100 Happy Days (42, 43, 44, & 45)

100 Happy Days! The Challenge! Day 42 - Turkey Larb Weird name, but totally delish! Recipe. Day 43 - The Clash "Death or Glory" I'm no musician or music expert, but the guitar rifts with the clanging twang of the high-hat, makes me want rock out in a mosh pit! And the opening line: "Now … Continue reading 100 Happy Days (42, 43, 44, & 45)

100 Happy Days (37, 38, 39, 40, & 41)

100 Happy Days! The Challenge! Day 37 - Griffin & Phoebe G & P in moment of non-chaos! Day 38 - Hello, Sun! The first sit outside with a book after a long winter! Cheers!   Day 39 - Zombifying Pictures Hilarious! Day 40 - A Great Saturday Night! With my brother and his fiance, … Continue reading 100 Happy Days (37, 38, 39, 40, & 41)