Tag: writing
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Primrose Place
“I dare you!” Whenever Mikey said those words, trouble would follow. He found mischief the way a compass finds north… sheer magnetism. I used to consider him a leader (and I the follower), but his dares always put me in the front lines – where the danger was – while he hid in the shadows, shielded…
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Extra! Extra!
Read all about it! Miss Abernathy had always been near and dear to us before she started that damn Newsletter of hers. She called it… “Nan’s Neighborhood News.” At first, we all thought it was sweet. Nancy would write about things like who won the three-legged race at the fair, what was on sale at…
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The Best Medicine.
Laugh and the World Laughs with You. Whenever I hear the word Laughter I think of Robert Plant. “Does anybody remember laughter?” Rumor has it that he added that line spontaneously (while singing Stairway to Heaven in case you’re still trying to place it) while playing in concert back in 1973. No matter his reason,…
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Juxtaposition
I was mistaken when I said that the letter J would be purely (or mostly) visual. After exploring the word juxtaposition, which I’ve heard many times before in reference to art or photography, the primary meaning I found was “the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.” My image seems…
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The Fish, The Feline…
and the Juggling Fool. -Multiple Choice Day- I’ve been too indecisive lately, so I decided to leave the choices up to the reader. Below is the unedited version, straight out of my Illustrator program. The featured image is the same, but with blur and paint effects added. For a person that enjoys Illustrator, you’d think…
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The ‘Dog’ in Doggerel
I felt sorry for poor old Detective Dan,Who Deduced that the perp was Miss Daisy.There were reasons for his suspicion,But the townspeople said he was crazy. Dan was sure that Miss Daisy had been there,He found her scarf at the scene of the crime.It was on the floor, near the body,Soaked in blood, and covered…
