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, 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.
This week's prompts are:
- Specter
- Mountains
- Puppies
- Nature
- Cockamamie
- Burnt
And/or
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Carving
Zombie
Dongle
Foliage
Candlelight
Crapulence
Charlotte (MotherOwl) has given us Mint Green as the colour of the month. If you can also incorporate it into your stories she (and I) will be grateful.
Have fun.
In related news. This year is rapidly drawing to a close and I am seeking people who are happy to provide the prompts (either here or on your own blog) next year. If you are able to do so, please let me know in the comments, stating which month suits and whether you will post here or on your own blog. I hope to be able to post next year's schedule some time next month. Some kind souls have put up their hands, but I need more.
Got some good ones here. Thanks, EC, Alex, Charlotte and a belated thank you to Sean.
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DeleteSandra Cox: Alex set us a challenge this week. Or me anyway.
Lottie thought about it. And thought some more. The specters of Christmas past haunted her. Who was it that had the cockamamie idea that the only way to celebrate a day of religious significance was with excess. She could remember the year when dongles were the must have gift. And now they were archaic, resting in landfill or in the back of over- stuffed drawers. Way too much food, way too much drink, leaving the consumers zombie like, surrounded by discarded wrapping paper, suffering badly with crapulence.
ReplyDeleteLottie had been burnt once too often. Sipping on a mint-green smoothie (and yes, mint was an integral part of it), she came to a decision. This year she was going to start carving out a new tradition for herself and anyone else who wanted to come along.
A day spent in nature. Playing with the puppies, admiring the foliage on the trees. No gifts. And at the end of the day a quiet dinner outside, a dinner by candlelight, in the company of people who wanted to be there…
Yay, for Lottie and thank you for such an engaging post!
DeleteI love this idea.
DeleteHugs,
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All the words! Well done.
DeleteWell done with all the words! And I learned a new one: crapulence. That's one of those words that sounds a lot like what it means. ;-)
DeleteDiane Henders: A new word is always a win. And yes, crapulence is definitely onomatopeic.
DeleteI hope Lottie's plan comes together and everyone enjoys a peaceful day with good weather.
DeleteThat would be a delightful way to spend a holiday.
DeleteI'd like to be at Lottie's table. Good decision.
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Hi EC - the simpler the better - I so agree ... still I enjoy the family celebrations ... remembrances of times gone by - thank you - cheers Hilary
DeleteSounds just right.
DeleteExcellent use of the words and excellent celebration idea!
ReplyDeleteI'm always interested in Nature's elements: waters, mountains, forests, green foliage etc..
ReplyDeleteSpecters and Zoombies make no impression on me. I find them cockmamie.
I envy people that have talent for crafts such as carving on wood, stone, pumpkins and other materials. Sadly, I've got no talents at all.
Last evening, we had a romantic dinner by the candle light. It was interrupted by the noise of the puppies in the other room who refused to eat the slightly burnt food we provided them with. It appears they've become very spoiled:)
I'm not good with the various dongles for the computer. I usually get help from my next door neighbor. I found him, however, this morning with a throbbing headache caused by his uncontrolled crapulance.
DUTA: This is lovely - and expresses many of my own feelings - though I don't have a dongle manager.
DeleteLaughed at the last line!
DeleteUncontrolled crapulence is the downfall of so many at that time of year.
DeleteYou have my sympathy as I also have no talent for crafts of any kind.
Delete"Uncontrolled crapulence" is excellent. I laughed out loud.
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Hi DUTA - such a too often true story ... fun - cheers Hilary
DeleteYup, poor neighbour, though.
DeleteA mi siempre me ha interesado todo lo relacionado con tu país, así que todo lo relacionado con vuestra cultura, vuestras raíces y vuestra arquitectura, seguro que me va a gustar; aunque tu llevas muy bien y de forma muy amena tus publicaciones.
ReplyDeleteUn saludo, y perdona que no haya pasado antes por aquí, porque he tenido el blog bloqueado por un cambio de correo que hice.
Manuel Moreno Ramos: Thank you so much. I am glad that you were able to recover your blog.
DeleteHappy to see you back.
DeleteWe have our work cut out for us. I'll be back to link up.
ReplyDeletemessymimi: You are right about the work. I look forward to seeing how you meet this challenge.
DeleteOkay, got it, it will be over here.
DeleteQuite a diverse list, I had no idea crapulence was a word.
ReplyDeleteThis was tremendous fun. Part 4 of the continuing saga of Edward and Dahlia. All words and colour used.
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Edward!
I’m beginning to think you’re a specter! Carving out an actual meetup seems a cockamamie plan! I was up in the mountains fetching my puppies when you dropped into the gallery. Nature in the autumn thrills my heart and my easel, all those burnt foliage colours filling my canvas and my camera, all saved on a dongle for me to show you.
Without further ado, I suggest I cook dinner for you at my house on Friday next. Candlelight is optional. Post prandial crapulence is also optional.
My address follows below. My cottage is mint green with an outrageous orange trim. You can’t miss it.
PS my puppies are ancient, almost zombies, but gentle and kind if they take to you.
Yours,
Dahlia.
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Now to see what the rest of you have done with the words!
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Wisewebwoman: Love it - and hope that next week's words can continue this saga, though I do hope that the post prandial crapulence can be avoided.
DeleteHi WWW - lovely continuation of Edward and Dahlia's story ... well done on using all the words and the colour - I forgot mint green... could have help with the crapulence! Cheers Hilary
DeleteWell done Postprandial crapulence sounds like a tongue twister to me :)
DeleteAh, will they meet up at last? I hope next week's words will tell.
DeleteI'll have a think this week EC.
ReplyDeleteGood tales.
Margaret D: I hope your thinking is productive.
DeleteBeautiful blog
ReplyDeleteRajani Rehana: Thank you.
DeleteHi Alex and EC - second set:
ReplyDeleteHe knew looking at Rudolf with his big fat red nose wouldn't help his crapulence – far too many zombie cocktails last night … he'd better get on with the job in hand. Focus ... was the word that came to mind … not included in Alex's list – but so be it …
Focus, focus to avoid all those carvings, gargoyles, I think they're called, they're not dongles though – those dangle around at this time of year … Christmas time … he'd better be prepared to dance through the foliage and squeeze down those chimneys – he hoped they'd have candlelight – it'd be softer on his eyes.
Rudolf wasn't being much help – he was goading the other reindeer to take him on a bumpy sleigh ride – he was lucky to have landed this one day a year job – focus 'mi boy' - here I come to fill those stockings those little kids have left out … only one day – then I can sleep off the zombie cocktails: yippee ... away we go ...
Cheers - thanks EC and Alex ... sent me off in a funny direction ... I've never had a zombie cocktail and I don't want to start now!! Hilary
Zombie cocktails - uffda! Good story.
DeleteGreat twist on the Christmas story Hilary! Very well done! I would avoid the zombie cocktails too, they sound deadly!
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Hilary Melton-Butcher: I do hope that no-one has put out a zombie cocktail (another zombie cocktail) for Santa to enjoy - and wonder how his glasses of milk are sitting. Another fun take on the prompts.
DeleteI hope he can get the job done at all in the state he's in. Good story.
DeleteNow I've written another mini-story. All beginnings and no endings. sorry. WfW.
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DeleteCharlotte (MotherOwl): I read (and enjoyed) your mini story a little while ago.
Always make an interesting read these stories :)
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: They do don't they - and I am always delighted and amazed at the different directions they go in.
DeleteIt's very diverse.
ReplyDeleteMELODY JACOB: It is. Which is wonderful.
DeleteWith such entertaining lists, I'm not surprised to read the entertaining contributions.
ReplyDeleteNicely done, EC and everyone who participated.
Rawknrobyn: Thank you. I found Alex's list challenging this week.
DeleteBy only candlelight, he saw the zombie, filled with crapulence, come out of the foliage as he swung his carving knife and cut of its dongle.
ReplyDeleteMike: Ouch. Even a zombie would object to that.
DeleteYou fight them with whatever you have.
DeleteHi Mike - is that to stop the crapulence? Good one - cheers Hilary
DeleteI was out in nature when I saved some puppies from a cockamamie burnt specter as it floated down from the mountains.
ReplyDeleteMike: Well done. Perhaps those puppies will save you some time...
DeleteGood work! Saving puppies, and your two stories.
DeleteHi Mike - puppies saved and now to be looked after ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteGreat blog
ReplyDeleteRajani Rehana: Thank you.
DeleteGreat list. I Wonder that how mountains effect the climate change. In here, some of them lost their ice. Have a wonderful weekend to you dear E.C. Greetings.
ReplyDeletebread&salt: Lovely to see you here. It isn't how the mountains affect climate change, but how climate change affects them. Too many mountains have lost their ice. I hope you have a wonderful weekend too.
DeleteES, what I'm sharing actually happened to me, though I'm making it a little more poetic to suit the words!!
ReplyDeleteWalking my puppies as dusk covers the MOUNTAINS. I usually feel so safe surrounded by NATURE. But today, I feel a presence. I take a deep breath and keep walking. The pups stop and look to the side of the road. There are no street lights, it's pitch black now. I turn my head. My flashlight dims and I think I see a faint light, a movement. My heart beats faster as I see the image of a lady, dressed in white, floating along the side of the road beside me. The puppies start to whine, I stop in my tracks. The wind blows as the SPECTER disappears. All is still. I shake my head and say out loud "Rain you have to stop watching those COCKAMAMIE horror movies!" Even as I utter the words...I know what I saw.
Rain: Definitely spooky. I wonder who she was - and love that you were able to use Alex's prompts to tell her tale..
DeleteExcited to read these.
ReplyDeleteLux G.: There are some great tales, each and every week.
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