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. And huge thanks to those of you who come back, sometimes time after time to cheer other contributors on.
Huge thanks to David M. Gascoigne for providing the prompts last month. The
prompts will be here again this month and are provided by Hilary Melton-Butcher .
This
week's prompts are:
- Purposeful
- Solar
- Hog
- Trail
- Discouraging
And/or
- Chute
- Punt
- Oval
- Records
- Patient
- Hinders
- Origin
- Camping
- Wrinkle
- Sprout
Have fun.
Huge thanks to Hilary for testing us this month. The prompts will be here again next month but are being provided by Charlotte (MotherOwl).
If, as appears likely, I am absent for some of the month I will schedule the posts and they will still appear.
Lots of good words to build a story on, but at the moment the solar battery in my brain needs recharged...
ReplyDeleteSandra sandracox.blogspot.com
Sandra Cox: I hear you on that solar battery.
DeleteThanks EC for helping so much during this month - I just wish you well during your July ... and all the v best. Gosh what funny words I've so kindly suggested ... I look forward to everyone's tales. I'll be around to check in as often as I can ... cheers and good luck to one all - Hilary
ReplyDeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: Thank you so much for the words that have certainly tested my mettle at least.
DeleteClara thought she was incredibly patient. Bill in his usual purposeful manner had taken a punt and booked a week’s camping as something they might enjoy doing together. She hadn’t said a discouraging word and here she was/they were at the end of the first day. . She didn’t like camping as the wrinkle between her eyes would attest to anyone who knew her. Solar power was to be enjoyed indoors, not, as far as she was concerned, on the cold hard ground after traipsing over a poorly marked trail for hours.
ReplyDeleteHe had shown her the chute where his grandfather had vaccinated and stamped the hogs he farmed with his mark, an oval with a line drawn through it.
The tent was set up. Clara knew it would rain overnight and that the tent would sprout several leaks, the biggest over her bed. She also knew that Bill would be incredibly apologetic – as if he could change the weather.
Let the records show that she was prepared to do anything for love. Once. Her dislike of camping had its origins in family holidays and the records from them showed that it rained every single night – and was dry during the day.
After a rotten night and very little sleep she would be very glad in the morning to see the surviving yellow iris blooming by the pretty brook where the first night was to be spent. And there would be things of beauty to enjoy on other days too – not least the company.
Just the same, she was choosing and arranging their next holiday.
I’ll be working on it.
ReplyDeletemessymimi: I know - and I look forward to your creation.
DeleteHmmm this is going to be a challenge as I believe the challenge of a wordle is to keep it as brief as possible using all the words. This one could be my waterloo.
ReplyDeleterallentanda: You don't have to use all the words if they don't speak to you. I do hope you won't give up - I love your stories.
DeleteOh Alright then....flattery will take you everywhere:) Wasn't as difficult as first thought . https://rallentanda.blogspot.com/2025/06/wednesday-words-elephants-child.html
DeleteIt’s like gathering with friends to share stories and cheer each other on, keeping tradition alive in a digital age. A true community of writers at work.
ReplyDeleteMELODY JACOB: It is a gathering of friends. And lovely.
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