Promise

  “I cannot recall the words of my first poem, but I remember a promise I made my pen, never to leave it lying in somebody else’s blood”. ~ Audre Lorde ~ It’s been over 25 years since I read Ms Lourde’s promise to her pen. I can’t remember the exact year. What I do remember is how this promise …

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Getting Back On Track

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success. ~ Elbert Hubbard ~ Nablopomo Writing prompt for Monday, January 5, 2015: Tell us about your worst habit? I have a few bad habits but since I have to narrow it down to what I believe to be the ‘worst habit’, I’d …

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Stream Of Consciousness: A Higher Love

  I’ve come to the conclusion that Love is the only thing in life that really matters. When it’s all said and done I pray that all of the people I love will know they were loved, deeply. Not in the obligatory familial sense. I want to give them more… Like the lyrics in that wonderful old song by Jackie Wilson; I …

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SOC Sunday: I Want To Learn

  Stream of Consciousness Sunday is a five minute brain dump hosted by  Jana’s Thinking Place . Today’s (totally optional) prompt: What new tricks have you learned or would like to learn? Go I want to learn: – How to get the posts out of my head and onto the blog. If I could do that… I’d fill volumes! – How …

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Stream Of Consciousness: Random Thoughts

Stream of Consciousness Sunday is a five minute writing exercise. The rules are simple. No proofreading, no editing. Just a pure 5 minute brain dump. Click on the badge and head over to Jana’s Thinking Place if you’d like to link up. No Writing Prompt Today: GO I could write all day today and still I wouldn’t be done emptying …

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The Teacher I Will Never Forget

  By the time I arrived at Saint Ignatius Catholic School at the start of my fifth grade year, I’d already been to three other Elementary Schools. I’d become accustomed to being the new kid and had already developed habits that would stay with me well into my adult years. I’d learned to blend in, to sit quietly, do my …

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SOC Sunday | Beginning

I don’t contribute regularly to SOC Sundays even though I enjoy telling myself that I will remember to find out what the prompt is each week… and I haven’t added my two cents to the pot since Jana of Jana’s Thinking Place took over as the SOC host. Thanks Jana 🙂 One of the things I enjoy most about stream of conciousness …

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SOC Sunday | Free To Be Me

Stream Of Conciousness Sundays is a five minute free writing exercise hosted by Fadra of All Things Fadra Today’s Writing Prompt: Do you have a secret blogging life? Are you connected to your “real life” friends and family through social media? How does that affect your writing? I suppose on could say that I have a secret blogging life. Not because I’ve …

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SOC Sunday | Dumb As Dirt

Stream Of Conciousness Sundays is a five minute free writing exercise hosted by Fadra of All Things Fadra Today’s Writing Prompt: What happens when you are reminded of your teen years? Happy? Jealous? Feelings of bitterness or regret? Perhaps I have such a low tolerance level when it comes to thick headed, numskull, teenage dimwits is because I lived inside of …

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