This
meme was started by Delores a long time ago. Computer issues and then life issues led her
to bow out. 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, and mixing and matching is encouraged.
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. And huge thanks to those of you who come back, sometimes time after time to cheer other contributors on.
This week's prompts are:
- Cyrillic
- Rogue
- Perish
- Paris
- Parish
And/or
- A foolish waste of time
- Overcome
- Reading secret messages
- New orders
And/or
She has been very generous hasn't she?
I am going to continue to add a further challenge to the mix. Charlotte(MotherOwl)
has assigned a colour to each month of the year. This month it is pine
green and if you can include it in your Words for Wednesday
contribution each week in January she and I would be very grateful.
Have fun.
I hope you will join me in thanking Sandi for the prompts she has given us this month. Next month lissa will be providing the prompts on her blog.
This was going to be the week I tried using the prompts again__not sure after seeing these.
ReplyDeleteMaybe just use one?
DeleteAnne in the kitchen: Sandi is right. I have missed your take on the prompts and as you know you don't have to use all of them.
DeleteBonus if you can incorporate all of it!
ReplyDeleteYes. You win the Internet today if you use all of them and the song! 🎉
DeleteAlex J. Cavanaugh: I have done it. Sort of.
DeleteMine probably could have - but I didn't read before I posted ... but Alex - challenges us ... cheers and EC - I'm going to read now! Cheers Hilary
DeleteI am ashamed to admit it but my chances of reading new orders in a secret message would be a foolish waste of time if they were written in Cyrillic or as a musical score. Cyrillic I could perhaps learn, but musical appreciation is a step too far, Mission Impossible as it were.
ReplyDeleteYou and I would perish if deciphering messages in either language depended on me. Others are overcome by the beauty of music. Not me. Bird song yes, but not the sounds produced by humans. People have told me that they cannot trust anyone who is not moved by music, but it seems I am a rogue. It means very little to me, and irritates me as often as it pleases me.
I am humbled to know that millions of people all over the world, from a small parish community in Paris to a sprawling city in Uzbekistan would fare better than me, and have a language in common that I lack.
Well done! All I could think of was To perish in a Paris parish would be a foolish waste of time.
DeleteBoth GREAT!
DeleteJanie Junebug: I really, really like your use of Sandi's prompts.
DeleteEC, you did a great job using the prompts to showcase your uniqueness.
DeleteJanie Junebug, well done!
Congratulations EC - love the use of Paris and Uzbekistan ... fun to read - cheers Hilary
DeleteImpressive and entertaining as always, Sue.
DeleteI'd also do better with Cyrilic than with music. Althoug I love some music and have even played myself, my memory for music is bosh. I love your honesty.
DeleteBRAVO E.C.
DeleteWoot,woot, EC. Good job!
DeleteNicely done, Sue! My periodontist told me that he never trusts anyone who doesn't like dogs. We both love dogs and music!
DeleteFundy Blue: It seems that you can only half trust me. Dogs yes, music no.
DeleteShe was an outlaw, a rogue, living in Paris, but no one knew that. She had narrowly escaped her past because she finally realized if she continued her pursuits she was sure to perish. She wanted to carry out the new orders but reading these new Cyrillic secret messages she was overcome with dread and knew it had all been a foolish waste of time. She had been altruistic in previous pursuits to benefit her small town parish but now she realized her identity was sure to be revealed and her life would be in danger if she continued. She bowed out gracefully and took up a new life hopefully devoid of the dangerous adventures she'd had in the past. Linda Starr
ReplyDeleteLinda Starr: This is wonderful. I hope her new life is safe and fulfilling.
DeleteThere comes a time when to gracefully bow out is the right thing to do.
Deletewell done!
DeleteHi Linda - cleverly brought together ... I could visualise her plight - glad she bowed out early enough to start again with a new life - cheers Hilary
DeleteGreat job, Linda. I hope her new life will be tranquil and satisfying.
DeleteHere to a new life for your heroine. Cheers!
DeleteWell done, Linda!
DeleteNew orders will help me overcome a foolish waste of time reading secret messages.
ReplyDeleteMike: I hope so, I really hope so.
DeleteNicely played.
DeleteWell done Mike - cheers Hilary
DeleteAre you sure? Well done anyhow.
DeleteGood job.
DeleteA note in Cyrillic from a rogue agent may cause him to perish in a Paris parish.
ReplyDeleteMike: I love that Sandi's prompts have been spurring Captain Succinct on to multiple efforts.
DeleteAnd again, nicely done.
DeleteI like how you squeezed together perish, Paris, and parish! 😂
DeleteFun to read ... and Sandi's comment is very appropriate - you've been succinct and to the point once again = cheers H
DeleteShort and sweet - once again.
DeleteLoved it Mike!
DeleteThat Cyrillic
ReplyDeleteRogue must
Perish!
Writes itself dear
DeleteCloudia: And so say all of us (though not the writing itself bit).
DeleteQuite so!
DeleteSo agree with you ... cheers Hilary
Delete*smile*
DeleteHappy to see everyone using some not all of the words. I will do that next time.
DeleteThanks for the prompts, Sandi!
ReplyDeleteI hear the game is afoot and will be back to read and link up.
My bit of fluff story will be over here.
Deletemessymimi: As always I am looking forward to reading your take on Sandi's challenging prompts.
DeleteHeading over now...
DeleteThe link didn't work?
DeleteSandi: The link will go live in a few hours. It is always worth waiting for the positive spin that messymimi puts on the prompts.
DeleteThanks, all. This was fun!
ReplyDeleteSandi: I am really glad that you are enjoying it. You certainly stretched me.
DeleteYes, thank you Sandi, this has been quite a challenging month.
ReplyDeleteYes very generous and I'm going to try and put something together since, It's so not a waste of foolish time to overcome reading secret messages and keep placing new orders for more wild and blazing secret messages to decipher!
ReplyDelete21 Wits: Thank you for joining us again - and no, not a waste of time at all.
DeleteWell done 21 Wits ... good to see you - cheers Hilary
DeleteAlso a shortie, well done.
DeleteNicely done. Deciphering secret messages keeps the wits sharp.
DeleteMine has been posted a bit earlier than usual here: a stranger in a strange land
ReplyDeleteCindi: I loved your heartfelt piece.
DeleteHi EC and Sandi … here's mine on the 2nd set and video:
ReplyDeleteI don't have the brain to deal with this – Mission Impossible – honestly what an incredibly foolish waste of time to set the group this test.
Which one of us has the capacity to deal with these scribbles … yes a few clever clogs … but could we have some new orders – I don't think I can keep my eyes on these extraordinary coded, or are they secret, messages for the rest of the day?
I'm almost overcome with exhaustion worrying about another remarkably odd assignment – known as Words for Wednesday.
Cheers Hilary
Hilary Melton-Butcher: Well done. This week's prompts ARE challenging and you have more than met them.
DeleteHehe, well done. Now you can rest.
DeleteNicely played!
DeleteGood job Hilary as always.
DeleteThe ending really made me laugh, Hilary!
DeleteCreative and delightful, Hilary. These are challenging prompts which I hope to be able to get to this afternoon.
ReplyDeleteIt was bad enough READING SECRET MESSAGES in CYRILLIC script, but on this PINE GREEN paper it was even more difficult. At first, I thought it was A FOOLISH WASTE OF TIME but that ROGUE, Andrew, had insisted that it would be fun and intellectually stimulating. This spy game was getting a little too intense for me, however. Andrew issued NEW ORDERS with the gravity of a real spy. He was quite OVERCOME with it all, and even inserted cryptic messages into the PARISH newsletter. PERISH the thought that he could just let it go for a while. Imagine my shock when I turned on the morning news to hear that a double agent had been arrested in PARIS for passing secrets to the Russians. It was Andrew, of course. I guess for him it really did get a little too serious and he got caught up in his own world of fantasy. I imagine he will enjoy deciphering messages on PINE GREEN paper in his prison cell. We may not be seeing him for a while.
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: Loud applause. Which I hope you can hear...
DeleteHi David - more likely mouldy walls ... no paper and certainly not bright pine green?! Excellent little snippet of life ... cheers Hilary
DeletePerfectamente tu relato podría servir como guión de una buena película de espionaje.
Delete¡Enhorabuena!
Saludos.
A spy thriller in a few sentences. Well done!
DeleteHe pretended until his pretending became real. A little like my story, but probably more likely.
DeleteGood job with all the words and phrases.
DeleteHeHe! A fun take, David!
DeleteOnce again a chapter on Susan. After dinner I'll return and read all your lovelyt stories.
ReplyDeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): I have read and am intrigued with your take. I am also pine green with chagrin that I left your colour of my take. Mea culpa.
DeleteOh, EC it's perfectly fine. You wrote so well.
DeleteI love how creative this is getting. Sorry I rarely contribute and have nothing for today either.
ReplyDeleteBe well, friend.
Rawknrobyn: Thank you for visiting and applauding. Stay safe, well and happy.
DeleteAN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION by Granny Annie
ReplyDeleteHer parents told Susie the ROGUE was a FOOLISH WASTE OF TIME. Randall kidnapped Susie and took her to PARIS. Her mom and dad were frantic to get her home and by some miracle they managed it. The pair of lovers then communicated in their own way, READING SECRET MESSAGES written in CYRILLIC. Her parents found the packet of bound letters in Susie's pine green box. They were OVERCOME with grief, knowing their child would definitely PERISH under this man's trance. The took the messages to the PARISH and let their priest read them. This religious leader demanded Susie be given NEW ORDERS in the family. It was time to lock her in the basement.
Great story! Poor Susie, locked in the basement, pining for Randall no doubt.
DeleteGranny Annie: Poor, poor Susie. I hope that love laughs at locksmiths and she and Randall can be reunited.
DeleteSure sounds impossible for Susie and Randall. Who knows what's best?
DeleteGreat job! And what an unexpected ending:)
DeleteSandra sandracox.blogspot.com
Good take, GA.Locking her in the basement probably won't work. Some people will do anything for love.
DeletePlease read my post
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteRajani Rehana: Thank you.
DeleteFor my first assignment, I was bluntly told; You will be reading secret messages in cyrillic then when you reach Paris, go to the parish of Notre Dame. Your contact will be a shot man dressed in a pine green suit. There you will make arrangement to be picked up by a Nissan Rogue to continue on. I thought I would perish before I even began this assignment. What a total waste of my time, I thought. The only way to overcome this mission impossible was to ask for new orders and hoping the assignment would be more doable.
ReplyDeleteJulia
Julia: I love this, and hope that the new orders are forthcoming. Soon.
DeleteYeah, sounds rather impossible. I hope the new orders are more doable.
DeleteWhat an amazing of strings. I:M or M:I has come great music.
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: The video was impressive wasn't it?
DeleteWhat fun and thank you, always an enjoyable read :)
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Thank you.
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