Daily Prompt: Fight or Flight Write about your strongest memory of heart-pounding, belly-twisting nervousness: what caused the adrenaline? Was it justified? How did you respond? ~*~ As someone who’s spent her life surviving the slings and arrows of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the point of almost burning out my adrenal glands, I suppose I could … More Freeze and Thaw
Daily Prompt: Use it or lose it ~*~ “I thought we’d never come back from that one.” “What one?” “You know, what just happened!” “I don’t know what you’re talking about.” “You were there! You saw it! Experienced it! Didn’t it have any impact on you at all?” “Honestly, you make such mountains out of mole … More Never The Twain Shall Meet
Daily Prompt: Buffalo Nickel Dig through your couch cushions, your purse, or the floor of your car and look at the year printed on the first coin you find. What were you doing that year? ~*~ In the desk drawer to my right ~ where I keep paper clips, and pencils and the like ~ there’s … More Hallelujah!
Daily Prompt: (Your thing) for Dummies ~*~ I would never label anyone as dumb or a dummy. The term is abusive. The very idea of it makes my head spin. As a certified Equine Canada coach (Level 1), Bronze certified trainer in the natural horsemanship methods of Chris Irwin, and a recent practitioner of Facilitated Equine Experiential Learning there’s one thing I know … More The Culture of Dumb
Daily Prompt: Breaking the Law Think about the last time you broke a rule (a big one, not just ripping the tags off your pillows). Were you burned, or did things turn out for the best? ~*~ In my 35 years of driving experience I’ve had about five speeding tickets. All were, admittedly, due to lack of … More Another Silver Lining
Daily Prompt: Teacher’s Pet ~*~ I was never teacher’s pet. Or, if I was I never knew it. School was a nightmare for me. At the time I wasn’t aware of it, but I was a child with abandonment issues lugging around a good deal of emotional trauma. My trust had been broken at an early … More My Life Teacher
Daily Prompt: Playlist of the Week ~ Five songs that represent this past week for me ~ ~*~ Oh, a music prompt! I love these … Having given a few moments thought to my week, these are the musical selections that come immediately to mind: Selection #1 ~ Right here, right now (Jesus Jones) ~ this could … More My Week in Music
Daily Prompt: Burnt ~*~ Gone, but not forgotten Ashes of another time, Things missed but not Lamented. For, should I die tomorrow I would leave you all Anyway to your fate, Whatever that might be. I’m sorry I could not Save you, but in my Heart you will ever live As a glowing memory. No … More Why even go there?
Daily Prompt: Burning Down the House ~*~ Todays’ prompt asks what five things we would save if our house was burning down, assuming that people and animals are safe. So, what five things would I save if my house was burning down? I pray this is something I never experience. Still, for the purposes of … More The Burning Question
Daily Prompt: Enough is Enough ~*~ ~*~ Insatiable. You are. Not to be satisfied at any time, by any means, because the soul lost knows not when enough is enough. Searching for what never can be for you know not that for which you seek. And I, your convenient and invisible slave, drown in your endless need at any expense, … More Insatiable
Shedding Light on the Family Tree 