Jan 10

Come on, editors! Come on, Editors!

Today’s prompt is Has a book changed your life? Don’t they all? The book I am currently reading is The Most of Nora Ephron. I’m only 75 pages in and feel myself changing and it’s not because it’s a “must read.” …

Nora Ephron

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Nora Ephron

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Jan 9

The White Elephant in the Room

What is the most memorable gift you have received? The most memorable gift I received was the moment I saw another colleague open his “white elephant” gift at a work party at WNIJ. It was a crocheted Cthulhu ski mask. …

Cthulhu

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Cthulhu

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Jan 8

A (micro)cosmic tug

After I read this morning’s prompt How far back in your family tree can you go? I took Barbara for a walk and thought about her family tree. Who was Barbara’s mother? Who was her father? Who were her litter mates? Are they still alive? Beats me. Some animals come…

Chihuahua

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Chihuahua

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Jan 7

No Mess Left Behind

Today’s prompt: Write a short story or poem about rain. I wrote a haiku series about Kevin McCarthy and the Rain Delay rain leaked into the House this week, falling faster than we could catch it Rain Dance eventually it let up and the reigning Speaker is dancing Afterparty Cleanup while the rest of us clean up the mess the Grand Old Party left behind

Republicans

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Republicans

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No Mess Left Behind

Today’s prompt: Write a short story or poem about rain. I wrote a haiku series about Kevin McCarthy and the

Rain Delayrain leaked into the                                               House this week, falling faster                                       than we could catch itRain Danceeventually 
it let up and the reigning 
Speaker is dancingAfterparty Cleanupwhile the rest of us
clean up the mess the Grand Old
Party left behind

Thanks for reading!

Yours in Haiku,

Connie

Jan 7

Nerd by Nerd

Today’s prompt is, “Why do you write?” Some people can think things through. Others like to talk things out. I like thinking and talking, but if I’m to make any personal progress as a human being, I need to write. It’s my physical way of processing data, assessing facts and…

Anne Lamott

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Anne Lamott

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Jan 7

Think of yourself as planet Earth

Over the Christmas holiday, I read the book How We Live Is How We Die by Pema Chodron. I read it in tandem with another book entitled Wicca Nature Magic: A Beginnier’s Guide to Working with Nature Spellcraft. And yesterday, I visited with my Baha’i friends at the local Baha’i…

Pema Chodron

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Pema Chodron

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Jan 6

The Little Television That Could

Today’s prompt is, “What is a treasure that’s been lost?” Black and white televisions with limited reception. I had a tiny TV from 1995–1999. My friend Eddie McNulty gifted it to me when I moved into my first “alone” apartment in Stevens Square of Minneapolis. It was my first time…

The Women

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The Women

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Jan 3

Faroo Fuh-rah, Funiculi Funicula

Today’s prompt is, “What is the earliest memory you have?” I have many. Here’s a list: Seeing my dad pull up in his cream-colored station wagon when he got home from the newspaper. Stubbing my toe and marveling at how the wound was a perfect brick red-colored circle. Picking up…

Pavarotti

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Pavarotti

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Jan 2

‘This ain’t your night’

Today’s prompt is, “How are you brave?” Sigh. I’m not particularly — or even generally — brave. No one has ever called me a warrior. I’m not fierce. I don’t slay. I’m neither a fighter nor a beast. …

Marlon Brando

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Marlon Brando

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Jan 1

Begin the Blogine?

Today’s Bloganuary prompt is, “What do you want to achieve in 2023?” My answer: a better vocabulary. In 1991, I stage-managed a holiday musical revue called I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas for Carolyn Vincent Productions at the Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis. …

Begin The Beguine

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Begin The Beguine

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Come on, editors! Come on, Editors!

The White Elephant in the Room

A (micro)cosmic tug

No Mess Left Behind

No Mess Left Behind

Nerd by Nerd

Think of yourself as planet Earth

The Little Television That Could

Faroo Fuh-rah, Funiculi Funicula

‘This ain’t your night’

Begin the Blogine?

Connie Kuntz