Wednesday, 29 November 2017

Words for Wednesday

 

This meme was started by Delores a long time ago.  Computer issues led her to bow out for a while.  The meme was too much fun to let go, and now Words for Wednesday is provided by a number of people and has become a movable feast. 

Essentially the aim is to encourage us to write.  Each week we are given a choice of prompts: which can be words, phrases, music or an image.   What we do with those prompts is up to us:  a short story, prose, a song, a poem, or treating them with ignore...  We can use some or all of the prompts.

Some of us put our creation in comments on the post, and others post on their own blog.  I would really like it if as many people as possible joined into this fun meme, which includes cheering on the other participants.  If you are posting on your own blog - let me know so that I, and other participants, can come along and applaud.
 
This month the prompts will be posted here.

This weeks prompts are:
  1. invincible
  2. wander
  3. goofy
  4. supreme
  5. purring
  6. pretend

And/or


  1. linen
  2. kick
  3. puny
  4. immense
  5. zoom
  6. sound
The prompts will be here again next month but provided by Margaret Adamson and her friend Sue Fulton.  The prompts will include photographs taken by Margaret's friend Bill.  Cindi has offerred to provide the prompts for January 2018 and will post them on her blog.

After that it is open to offers.  If you are willing/able to provide the prompts please let me know in the comments, specifying which month(s) suit you best.


 
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56 comments:

  1. Elephant's Child29 November 2017 at 05:05

    Washing and ironing the linen can wait. Will wait. Come wander the pathways of my mind.
    When the problems of the world seem immense, and I know that my puny self can do nothing I let my imagination run free. Goofy? Perhaps, but it works for me.
    As the karma queen I zoom through the skies, breaking the speed of sound and use my super powers to kick evildoers in the butt. On other days I am evil, sophisticated and beautiful, purring at the destruction I can wreak.
    I get immense satisfaction from my games. Come join me. Who will you be?

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    1. Lee29 November 2017 at 09:51

      Hahaha! I wrote and posted my effort before I read what you wrote, EC. As you can see in mine I become Super Woman! Together we can rid the world of all evils! lol

      Well done, EC...and thank you.

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    2. messymimi29 November 2017 at 12:06

      There's nothing like a daydream to help make it easier to face the day.

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    3. only slightly confused30 November 2017 at 03:44

      Oh wow....I will be your humble admirer...that's who I will be.

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    4. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:02

      I think some days I'm a little of both to be honest. I love your musings!

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    5. Sandra Cox1 December 2017 at 02:04

      How perfect. Your muse kicks butt.

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    6. Magic Love Crow1 December 2017 at 15:22

      Excellent!!!!

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    7. Susan Flett Swiderski2 December 2017 at 06:09

      I'd wander the pathways of your mind any day, dear lady. Such wonders to discover there...

      Yet another great job with the words!

      I hope your computer ills are short-lived.

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  2. only slightly confused29 November 2017 at 06:22

    A terrific month of words.....I've enjoyed every Wednesday. You know I'm up for doing a month or three...whatever you need. Thanks for the past month....you are truly a wordmaster.

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    1. Elephant's Child29 November 2017 at 14:10

      only slightly confused: Thank you, both for your kindness and for saying you will provide the prompts.

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  3. Alex J. Cavanaugh29 November 2017 at 06:22

    Someone is really going to have some fun with that second batch.

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  4. Lee29 November 2017 at 09:49

    Thank you for this month's words, EC. They've been fun to play with. :)

    "I WANDER through the field, lost in my own thoughts, with not a SOUND other than the PURRING of my cat, who never leaves my side, to disturb the peace.

    In the solitude of my surroundings it’s easy for me to PRETEND I’m INVINCIBLE...for once in my life a SUPREME being, instead of the usual GOOFY, awkward person I am. I’ve become Super Woman. I can ZOOM through the blue yonder at will saving the world.

    My imagination, as always, is wildly out of control. My vivid imagination is the only thing that keeps me going.

    If only I could KICK my shyness to the kerb it would make an IMMENSE difference to my PUNY life.

    Looking at the ornate invitation, one made from flax fibres, with its LINEN-like appearance and feel, I wonder if I am capable of plucking up the courage to attend the grand affair. Perhaps if I could garner the courage to face the madding crowd it would change my life, for the best, forever."

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    1. messymimi29 November 2017 at 12:07

      If you can dream it, you can do it.

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    2. Elephant's Child29 November 2017 at 14:11

      Lee: Two minds running along similar paths.

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    3. only slightly confused30 November 2017 at 03:46

      Of course you can do it...you are woman...all powerful.

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    4. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:05

      You must attend! And wear your golden, left-handed compliment bullet deflecting wrist bands as well! We will hear your roar!

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    5. Sandra Cox1 December 2017 at 02:07

      Throw caution to the wind! Attend the grand affair:)

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    6. Magic Love Crow1 December 2017 at 15:22

      I love reading what everyone wrote!

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  5. River29 November 2017 at 10:00

    I do the same as EC and Lee, when things get me down a bit. My mind just takes off on its own until I feel better about things. We could be sisters, in imagination.
    I can supply the words for January.

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    1. Elephant's Child29 November 2017 at 14:12

      River: I think we all do. Cindi has her hand up for January already. Would February be ok for you?

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    2. River30 November 2017 at 14:52

      February is now pencilled in my diary.

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  6. Hilary Melton-Butcher29 November 2017 at 10:48

    THe first six: invincible wander goofy supreme purring pretend


    The goofy cat, supreme in his omnipotence, purred happily a la couch .... pretending that he had not seen us return from our wander around the woods ... invincible that he would not be turfed off his sofa seat ... as we decided on tea and cake.

    Cheers Hilary

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    1. messymimi29 November 2017 at 12:08

      That sounds like a cat!

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    2. Elephant's Child29 November 2017 at 14:13

      Hilary Melton-Butcher: Jazz is the supreme being in this house too. The chair, the bed, whatever his black-hearted self requires.

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    3. only slightly confused30 November 2017 at 03:46

      Typical cat.

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    4. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:06

      probably also hoping you would share some cake with him!

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    5. Sandra Cox1 December 2017 at 02:02

      I bet he was right too, Hilary:)

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    6. Magic Love Crow1 December 2017 at 15:23

      Got to love our cats! LOL!

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  7. Jimmy29 November 2017 at 12:09

    Nice job on the words this month EC, I have really enjoyed being part of it. Thank you my friend.

    WFW – Crushing cars at the Dollar Store
    here is the link to mine for this week that I posted on my blog.

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  8. Margaret D29 November 2017 at 20:22

    The sound and smell of the fresh linen as I got into bed made me feel special, being rather hot I though later in the night I would kick the side out that was tucked in to help keep my feet cool.
    Auntie had certainly gone to immense trouble for my yearly visit.
    Grab my iPad to read the news but had to zoom in to look at this punky looking women dressed in black from head to toe, and I wondered why – I’m still wondering why!

    Well I had a go :)

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    1. messymimi29 November 2017 at 20:54

      A very good go! Sometimes the things i see on the "news" make me wonder, too.

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    2. Elephant's Child30 November 2017 at 07:40

      Margaret-whiteangel: Fresh linen is wonderful. The news? Frequently does my head in. Thank you for joining us this week, and I loved your use of the prompts.

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    3. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:14

      An excellent go at the words. I love fresh linen sheets also!

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    4. Margaret D30 November 2017 at 14:20

      Thank you :)

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    5. Sandra Cox1 December 2017 at 02:01

      Good job, M-w! I could feel the coolness of the sheets.

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    6. DMS2 December 2017 at 11:19

      Great job! :)
      ~Jess

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  9. messymimi29 November 2017 at 20:54

    Hello, happy Wednesday! Thanks so much for providing the words this month.

    http://messymimismeanderings.blogspot.com/2017/11/tis-season-christmas-card-season.html

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    1. Elephant's Child30 November 2017 at 07:41

      messymimi: I have been and marvelled at your story. Sadly your link doesn't work again.

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    2. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:18

      they probably cut the power as well! An excellent story!

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  10. Sandra Cox30 November 2017 at 02:50

    The GOOFY cat liked to WANDER and PRETEND he was INVINCIBLE, certain he reigned SUPREME over his little corner of the world. But at the end of the day the little feline could be found curled up in a ball, PURRING in my lap. Both of us content to sit and rock, watching the sun set and daydreaming of new adventures that dawn would bring.

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    1. only slightly confused30 November 2017 at 03:48

      So lovely....a soft little cat purring and dreaming in your lap.

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    2. Elephant's Child30 November 2017 at 07:41

      Sandra Cox: It sounds like the perfect ending to the day - for both of you.

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    3. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:19

      A lovely use of the words! I love purring cats and wish I could record mine!

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    4. messymimi30 November 2017 at 10:38

      All felines, i think, have this happy idea in their heads. In the end, a full tummy and ear scritches are more important.

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    5. Sandra Cox1 December 2017 at 02:02

      Thanks all. We love our purring kitties, don't we?

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  11. The Happy Whisk30 November 2017 at 06:27

    The list of words in the first batch, look fun. Tempting ... ever so tempting ....

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    1. Elephant's Child30 November 2017 at 07:42

      The Happy Whisk: Give in to temptation. We all did.

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  12. Cindi30 November 2017 at 08:01

    Here is mine ~ a possible lead-in for next month's words... The Letter

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  13. River30 November 2017 at 14:54

    Mine will be on my blog tomorrow.

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  14. 21 Wits1 December 2017 at 11:56

    I'm sorry you're having computer issues. Hoping you get your computer working again! Enjoy your weekend.

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  15. Sue Catmint1 December 2017 at 20:17

    Hope you're back soon, EC, with your computer issues fixed. In the meantime, I heard a purring sound coming from the linen cupboard. I wandered over, and to my immense surprise, it wasn't a puny cat after all. It was a cicada, of immense size as cicadas go, making a zooming sound. I kicked the door shut in order to get some peace.

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  16. Lowcarb team member2 December 2017 at 11:06

    So sorry you are having computer problems.
    Hoping you can get them fixed soon.
    May your weekend be a good one, and Happy December Wishes too.

    All the best Jan

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