by Eileen | Jun 5, 2022 | Writing prompts
At first, the tornado is nearly invisible. Against the sky, it’s white on white. — Greg MacGillivray If you’ve ever lived in a tornado-producing region, you’ll know the visceral terror of a tornado dropping out of the sky unexpectedly, changing...
by Eileen | May 29, 2022 | Writing prompts
When the sun is setting, leave whatever you are doing and watch it. — Mehmet Murat Ildan We rush through our days, physically, mentally, and emotionally–our imagined future robbing us of the present. Instead of savoring a toddler’s curiosity about...
by Eileen | May 23, 2022 | Writing prompts
Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness. — Anne Frank Light gives us direction, but it also dictates what we can see. Our deeply held (and often unspoken) truths and firmly entrenched habits act the same way. They guide us, but they...
by Eileen | May 16, 2022 | Writing prompts
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion. — Antisthenes Ever want something so badly it becomes the only thing you can think about? You’re obsessed. The origin of the word obsess come dates from middle English meaning...
by Eileen | May 8, 2022 | Writing prompts
Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy. — Paracelsus Love ’em or hate ’em, mushrooms are a staple in both the kitchen and the emergency room. And maybe soon, the pharmacology...
by Eileen | May 1, 2022 | Writing prompts
Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil, and you’re a thousand miles from the corn field. — President Dwight D. Eisenhower Know-it-alls. We’ve all met them and truth be told we’ve all been them at one time or another. Things can look...
by Eileen | Apr 24, 2022 | Writing prompts
In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks. — Chris Patton I don’t always like this fact. There is a short but firm list of opinions and attitudes that I’d like to see never make it to the voting booth. I bet the...
by Eileen | Apr 18, 2022 | Writing prompts
There are places. Abandoned places. Forgotten places. These are the places I like to be. — Dawn Kurtagich We can tell a lot about the things, places, and people we abandon in our life. Some are freeing. Perhaps you’ve rid yourself of a couple toxic friends, a...
by Eileen | Apr 10, 2022 | Writing prompts
Life is always at some turning point. — Irwin Edman We must choose. Everyday. All the time. It’s the turns and changes that get us where we want to be. Think of all the seemingly insignificant decisions you make in a day. How many of them have led to life changing...
by Eileen | Apr 3, 2022 | Writing prompts
Telling someone about what a symbol means is like telling someone how music should make them feel. — Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code This sculpture is made of the very barbed wire once used to corral the Great Plains, fencing out the bison and contributing to their...
