Friday Fictioneers: 26 May, 2023
May 26, 2023
The path of life is full of strife … More Friday Fictioneers: 26 May, 2023
2023-5-12 Friday Fictioneers
May 12, 2023
PHOTO PROMPT © Jennifer Pendergast Energy is Matter is Energy “Don’t waste energy thinking about it, it doesn’t matter,” friends said. There was an enormous amount of energy bounded up in the smallest part of her being. It mattered. There was fusion. A gravitational pull brought them together. For a time, it burned hot. Two … More 2023-5-12 Friday Fictioneers
April 30 Friday Fictioneers: Travelling Along the ICW95
April 29, 2023
Life in a world covered by water. … More April 30 Friday Fictioneers: Travelling Along the ICW95
Friday Fictioneers: A Poem
April 14, 2023
It’s the 14th of April and I just now realized its Poetry Month. April is not only Earth Month, but Poetry Month. In honor of such, and indulging my penchant for writing bad poetry, I wrote my fiction narrative with a poetic license and theme. … More Friday Fictioneers: A Poem
Friday Fictioneers: Out of the Ruins
April 7, 2023
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. For use for Friday Fictioneers prompt only. Out of the Ruins Ellie stumbled. Enoch walked on. Ellie wiped away sweat. Enoch got further away. Ellie sat down on a stone. Enoch was out of sight. Ellie sat amongst the ruins. This vacation was her idea; a desperate attempt. How much … More Friday Fictioneers: Out of the Ruins
#FridayFictioneers: What do I do with these kids?
March 24, 2023
“But it’s a ‘circus’ party!” Shari whines, “What’s a circus without a clown?” … More #FridayFictioneers: What do I do with these kids?
Shifts in Tidal Forces
March 17, 2023
The lane stretched out before Joe. For 18 years, he and his wife were on a planet orbiting around their daughter, Stella. 11 months ago, halfway around the world, in an Airbnb, Stella was found unresponsive on a bathroom floor. 12 weeks ago, his wife asked him to leave. Less than a day ago, he … More Shifts in Tidal Forces
On the path
March 1, 2023
She was taking her evening walk. The one she missed the day before. Walking forward on the path, leaving her day behind her. Her thoughts came randomly as she carelessly strided pass other walkers, runners, trees and low flying birds. She exhaled. She stepped. She inhaled. She stepped. Exhaled. Step. Her Fitbit counted each one. … More On the path
Photo Of The Day
December 12, 2021
2021-12-12
December 10, 2021
Photo of the Day: 2021-10-12
December 9, 2021
Photo Of The Day: crows coming to roost
Remembering mom
May 8, 2021
I often reflect on how easy it would be, how comforting, to believe in God and angels. To know that when I could not go on, Jesus would carry me. My mother had faith in all of that. … More Remembering mom
Saturday Morning Musings…
March 27, 2021
What we talk about when we talk about equity: support of all kinds is necessary to succeed. How does one pull one’s self up by the bootstraps if one does not have boots?Those of us of a certain age were fed the myth of a land of freedom, where a man (yes, man) could go … More Saturday Morning Musings…
A thrilling absence
October 7, 2020
Today, I was mindful to notice nature. Reading the steps on the Greater Good website, I decided to look up and notice the clouds. I imagined tapered, white, fluffy clouds that were socially distanced. I saw them clearly in my mind as soon as I had the thought to look up and notice them. What … More A thrilling absence
HAPPY EARTH DAY!
April 22, 2020
Donned our masks and gloves and went outside to pick up trash today. #EarthDay 2020 Listened to Ed Begley’s daughter read the Lorax
A Story of Family: My Story
January 10, 2020
As I was reading a recent post by WAMU on facbook, I kept shaking my head. The title was ‘For Some D.C. Parents, It’s Too Expensive To Work’ by Eliza Berkon. The gist of the story is “D.C.-area parents contend with some of the highest child care costs in the country — annual fees in … More A Story of Family: My Story
Today in this obscure life… Monday 9-16-19
September 16, 2019
After picking the boy up from school, I dropped him off at home before going on to the grocery store. Boy: (clumsily gathering his stuff. mumbling) I hate my life. Im going to go kill myself. He pushes door closed. I turn down the passenger window and yell out to him. Me: “Make sure it’s … More Today in this obscure life… Monday 9-16-19
Day 18: NaPoWriMo
April 18, 2019
What is even a poem? I have a feeling This ain’t it
Day 17: NaPoWriMo
April 17, 2019
Open my cover Flip, Flex and turn the pages Water is my weakness
Day 15/16: NaPoWriMo
April 16, 2019
A purpose To drive our lives Or to distract from the Nothingness That fills the void with feelings We decline, questions We never ask Answers left unexplored Being Filled with tasks and accomplishments Quantifications qualified Without substance A life built on a resume Chosen words to highlight A curriculum vitae Without a connection to Life … More Day 15/16: NaPoWriMo
This Obscure Life 