Category: writing
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NTT Showcase: 01.02.25 Edition
Hey folks. Welcome! It’s been a very wild week since returning to work from holiday. Currently, I feel like I am neither here nor there as far as, well…everything. 😄 Trying to shake it off and get back to whatever passes for normal, but in the meantime, I’ll be tumbling down the stairs sideways! Thank…
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #118: 12.28.24
This is my reply to Shweta’s 6WSP Challenge. Check out her page for this, and other, excellent posts! Prompt for Week #118 (Dec 28, 2024 – Jan 3, 2025) Beginnings At last, your beginnings are revealed.
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Over The Mountain (Updated: 12/27/24)
12/27/24: The Great Prompt Banishment continues, so I am revisiting last year’s answer and making some updates. Pics, etc. Any new additions to the body of the post will be in bold. If or when I get to build my own reading and writing space, it’s going to look a little something like this… It…
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Today
Now that Laura has been able to post again, I wanted to share one of our recent collaborative efforts. Even though neither of us has been able to be online a lot as of late, and we’ve both had our own creative struggles, we did manage to put together a few things that I enjoyed…
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #117: 12.21.24
Below is my entry for Shweta’s 6WSP. Check out her blog for this, and other awesome posts! Prompt for Week #117 (Dec 21, 2024 – Dec 27, 2024) Gift Life is a gift. Live it.
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NTT Showcase: 12.14.24 Edition
Hello all, and welcome to the final NTT Showcase of 2024. Looking back, it’s been a heck of a year in many, many ways. But looking back at this specifically, it’s been case of growing bigger and bigger every week. To a degree that is, quite frankly, shocking to me. 😄 I would not have…
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It’s Gone
I had intentions of using this image to write a poem about my grandfather. Unfortunately, words have been failing me these days. I tossed around words, phrases, ideas. Nothing. Nada. Zip. I know I am far from the only one to have encountered this. I am sure it’s far more common than I even dare…
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Kymber’s Get To Know You #45
This is my entry for Kymber’s Get To Know You #45. Check out her blog for this, and many other awesome posts! Would you rather ride a bike, ride a horse, or drive a car? Drive a car. Although, “be rich enough to chill in the back and get chauffeured around” sounds like the top…
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #116: 12.14.24
This is my entry for Shweta’s 12/14/24 6WSP Challenge. Check out her blog for this, and other awesome content! Prompt for Week #116 (Dec 14, 2024 – Dec 20, 2024) Blind Blind by condition, or by intention?
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #115: 12.07.24
This is my entry for Shweta’s Six Word Story Prompt for 12/07/24. Check out her blog for this, and other, excellent posts! Prompt for Week #115 (Dec 7, 2024 – Dec 13, 2024) Fortune If you dare, your fortune awaits.
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NTT Showcase: 12.05.24 Edition
Hello folks, and welcome to this week’s Showcase. My apologies for the short and sweet introduction this week. I am still not operating at 100%. Please accept my sincerest thanks for all your excellent creations. As always, they were a joy to read. Your participation is greatly appreciated. 😊 If I missed any due to…
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Ink Stained Love
Today I received a very pleasant surprise in my mailbox. When I went to fetch my mail, I found a package from our very own E-Dawg, Ernest Federspiel. Within said package was a brand spanking new copy of his first published book, Ink Stained Love, with a personal message from the author himself! To say…
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #114: 11.30.24
This is my entry for Shweta’s 6WSP Challenge. Make sure to check out her blog for this, and other awesome posts! This week’s word is: Freedom Sweet freedom! Embrace the grand illusion.
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #113: 11.23.24
This is my submission for Shweta’s weekly 6WSP Challenge. Please check out her blog for this, and more, great posts! Prompt for Week #113 (Nov 23, 2024 – Nov 29, 2024) Resilience If you’re not resilient, then what? Special thanks to Laura for the fantastic logo! 🤗
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NTT Showcase: 11.14.24 Edition
If we’re going out, we’re going out in style, baby. So, here we are at last. The last NTT Showcase before our little hiatus. While I still plan to be around, NTT is going on it’s little break until 12/05/24. I would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to once again thank…
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NTT Showcase: 11.07.24 Edition
Hear ye! Hear ye! It is time once again for the Royal NTT Showcase! Where the denizens of the realm show off their unique and varied creations! We have gathered the finest prose, poetry and short stories for your enjoyment. By most royal decree..Let the games begin! (And as always, thank you all for your…
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #111: 11.09.24
The prize is yours. Just believe. ©️The Beginning At Last, Nov 2024
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NTT Showcase: 10.31.24 Edition
Good day to all, and I hope you’ve had a nice week so far. It’s that time of the week again to say hello to our little friend, the NTT Showcase. Lots of challenges this week with pingbacks being silly, etc., but that’s alright, we got through it, eh? My thanks to everyone yet again…
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Saturday Six Word Story Prompt (6WSP) #110 – 11.02.24
Sometimes hope, determination and reality meet. OK, yes. I sneaked an NTT mashup in too. 😉 ©November 2024, The Beginning At Last
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All Kinds Of Stuff (And Maybe Some Things)
As I have already seen around a few times, we are all works in progress. We’re always working on some thing or another in our lives. Whether big or small, there’s always something. Sleep: As regular readers know, I have been having one hell of a time getting my sleep situation under control. I believe…
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Sometimes I Wonder
Sometimes I wonder What’s going on in that head of hers? What’s she thinking right now? Is she happy? Is she content? Is she dreaming of some far off land? Is she staring into the distance because she’s bored? Does she wish she had more engaging company? Is she longing for some dreamscape that I…
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Congratulations Are In Order
To Ernie: Congrats on 100 subscribers, brother! To Kay: Congratulations on 100 subscribers! Well deserved! And, To Laura: Congrats on 800 subscribers! Go, you! 😊😊 My congratulations again to each and every one of you! Here’s to many, many more! Keep writing and keep posting!
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Kymber’s Get To Know You 38
Are you a backseat driver? Hell no. I’m perfectly content to let someone else deal with that. If I’m in the back, I’m chillin’ Do you prefer the pool or the beach? Pool. Too much sand on the beach. I’ll take a walk on it, but I ain’t one for hanging out all day there.…
The Beginning At Last 