The Bag Lady

It’s a pool, the kids exclaimed, one of many treats they will experience this vacation. They had been waiting for months, looking forward to this trip that included Disney world, seeing sharks up close and even a glass bottomed boat ride! All the school days forgotten for two weeks. That was the plan. Then Joe decided to sneak out of mom’s view and jump in the pool, not realizing it was the deep end and he couldn’t touch the bottom. Panic set in and after his mom rescued him, Joe sat on the side for the rest of the day.

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25 September 2026

Sue knew she could win the kissogram quiz because she had the most beautiful rosy red Cupid’s bow lips of all the contestants. There was no adversary to compare with her. If only she hadn’t chosen to eat a blueberry waffle before the contest!

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Can You Tell A Story In…

“Sweatpants season has finally arrived!”This was a suggested one liner but these days you rarely see anyone not wearing sweatpants or pajamas!🥴

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One-Liner Wednesday – It’s cold already!

Today the meaning of service is pretty complicated. My first thought is military service and how badly, even disgusting, the treatment and disrespect of military members by the leader of our country and the pentagon. Fools and philanderers take the lead in their jobs, making speeches, declaring unnecessary wars, threats to our allies, and that is only a trifle of their unqualified behavior. The latest by Hegseth about testosterone checks? Omg, unbelievable! How is this happening? It’s mind boggling! Service used to mean serving our country to the best of our ability. Trump has no idea what that means. He only serves himself in every aspect of his life. I’ll stop here😐

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Writing Prompts

fading buds

such fragrant blossoms

bees delight

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nice filler

a bouquet standard

lovely smell

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SenHai Saturday #70

I thought I would never see, I hoped when a child, a bugbear monster at my knee.
Now being an adult you see, I rarely look at anything near my knee
but on my tablets and on my phone, constantly
a bugbear for certain, and you’ll agree
everywhere he can be. Social outlets, and on tv,
everywhere you can see
his face, jaw constantly moving
never attitude improving,
just a bugbear, it’s clear to me.

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Weekend Writing Prompt #486 – Bugbear

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sunsets orange red

now turning robins’ egg blue

cool weather begins

pink streaks with a golden love

Mother Nature gifts us all

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https://rallentanda.blogspot.com/2026/09/senryu-sunday-september-20th.html?m=1

Joe thought it might be folly, and the profit would be nil, but the money rolled in. Then he saw an evil stream of casualties start to drop. The people who this new leader and his building business harmed who it was supposed to help. They woke up cold and rent increases made them hungry. It finally dawned on Joe that he was complicit in this phase of the business and now there would be a reckoning. It was an illegal endeavor where the residents suffered.

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There are a few journeys I have taken that changed my life, most I have written about here on my blog. I use this platform to voice concerns and happenings and worries, but also happiness in activities and especially family.

This is for the prompt:

Oceans

seagulls pick at it

looking for tasty treasure

people ignore it

waste brought in to rot on shores

how careless we are with earth

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traveling on ships

cruising above unseen trash

watching the dark waves

hidden poisons for the fish

look deeper to save the seas

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Poetics: Pilgrimage, revisiting your journey

Sue tried not to tremble and pressed her palms into the dentist chair arms. The machine taking X-rays was moving quietly around her head and she hoped it would hurry. It didn’t make noise or hurt her, she was just scared. She started to detect music playing somewhere and she thought, that doesn’t work, and let her jaw relax after holding the required piece of plastic firm in her mouth. It seemed the entire pace of the X-rays was interminable. Sue survived the trip to the dentist but was worried about the results. Luckily she needed no work done.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #495