Here is tonight's offering for the 100 Challenge Tara Roberts puts on over at Thin Spiral Notebook. She gave us the word listen and exactly 100 words for our response, no more and no less. This prompt was a particularly powerful one for me as a counselor because so much of what I do is… Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Listen
Category: Poetry
Patience
It's been a while since I participated in Tara's 100 Word Challenge over at Thin Spiral Notebook, which is too bad because I love this prompt. So I'm excited I had time to get back to it this week. We were given the word patience and exactly 100 words. Here's my response: Patience That niggling… Continue reading Patience
A Child’s View
I know I've told you before how much I love the writing prompt Tara does over at Thin Spiral Notebook, but I'm saying it again now. 100 words seems so simple, but it's a great exercise in thinking through each and every word you use to tell a story in a tiny space. And this… Continue reading A Child’s View
Gecko, Gecko
I loved the prompt from Tara over at Thin Spiral Notebook this week. The word lizard instantly brought to mind the ongoing chases and struggles my sister had with the geckos invading her apartment when she lived in Hawaii for a few years. She wasn't very fond of the geckos even though I thought they… Continue reading Gecko, Gecko
The Paperwork
I loved this week's 100-Word Challenge word--boxes. In the end, I climbed up on my soapbox a little to accomplish the challenge Tara set out for us in: The Paperwork So many little boxes sprouting on the forms like mushrooms popping up in dead and decaying wood sheltered in a damp and shady forest of… Continue reading The Paperwork
