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Evil thoughts

A premonition

It’s not of your volition

Or because of misused admission

A cover of white might act as contrition

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/premonition/

He was always thought to be a cancer in society, always present when not invited, always layogenic, but you could feel his creepiness. He was always lurking, it would not be considered far fetched to assure yourself of that fact and keep vigilant. Rumors of his violent behavior were never suppressed even in what some refer to as polite society.

Some suggested he had autophobia, with his constant lurking, but there were no granite facts to prove this. In fact his kind were rarely social butterflies. He always seemed to be looking at you with a sideways stare, obvious and transparent to everyone. His gaze could drive you to consume copious amounts of calming chamomile tea if that was your drug of choice.

A constant stare from him and your face might bleach white with fear, thinking you might be his next victim. But this is no fairytale and he didn’t really devour Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, or did he?

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/02/26/wordle-186-2/

It is the effort

It is not lack of learning

It is body strength

It is not the will I lost

It’s impetus to complete

http://colleenchesebro.com/2018/02/27/colleens-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-73-energy-knowledge-snyonymsonly/

I like Russell Crowe in practically every movie he is in. This one, “The Insider” features him as Jeffrey Wigand and you can hardly tell the difference between the actor and the real person behind these true events.

“After seeking the expertise of former “Big Tobacco” executive Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe), seasoned TV producer Lowell Bergman (Al Pacino) suspects a story lies behind Wigand’s reluctance to speak. As Bergman persuades Wigand to share his knowledge of industry secrets, the two must contend with the courts and the corporations that stand between them and exposing the truth. All the while, Wigand must struggle to maintain his family life amidst lawsuits and death threats.

Release date: November 5, 1999 (USA)

Director: Michael Mann

Box office: 60.2 million USD

Awards: Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actor, Satellite Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Satellite Award for Best Director, National Board of Review Award for Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor, MORE

Screenplay: Michael Mann, Eric Roth“

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He liked it quite tart

Her preference was the sweet

Met at apple pie

RonovanWrites #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #190 Tart&Sweet

The wooden planks creaked with every step, even though he was walking slowly. He listened carefully, almost enjoying the comforting rhythmic sounds. The path was familiar and he often sought solace in the quiet forest. It had been a month now, and he still couldn’t believe it.

Last month he was working at his office when his wife called, asking to meet him for dinner. She said she had a surprise for him. He wondered what she could mean by that, but then remembered they had met with a realtor and looked at a home they dreamed of owning. They had only been married a few years but both were successful and thought the time was right.

He shut down early and went to meet at their special restaurant. Anything important to them both was always discussed there. Hurrying down the street, his cell phone rang. It was an unidentified number.

The dinner meeting never took place. The unknown number was a hospital. His wife had been in a car accident and pronounced dead at the scene. As he identified her body, the coroner approached with condolences for both deaths. He asked, “both”?

“You didn’t know? Your wife was pregnant”.

200 words

https://sundayphotofictioner.wordpress.com/2018/02/25/sunday-photo-fiction-february-25th-2018/

Monday, February is flying by, and time for ceenphotography.com‘s Share Your World. Her questions and my answers below:

1. What are you reading right now?

Nothing outside of blogging at the moment. Too much going on.

2. What was your first adult job?

My first adult job was a clerk in the USA Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in New Hampshire. I had just graduated from high school, taken the civil service exam with high scoring and it was a great first job. Of course the way things are done in the Army is very different than a regular office with tons of carbon copies for everything and files! The system is very different. But it was a learning experience in lots of ways. And if you don’t know about carbon paper, you’re too young to read this!😂

3. What is your favorite breakfast cereal?

I don’t eat breakfast, I try but rarely do. I find cereal, if I have milk, is good at night for a snack. But I don’t like milk, rarely have any, so cereal isn’t a priority.

4. What made you smile this week?

It doesn’t take much to make me smile. I’m usually smiling or laughing at something, even if it’s just in my own head. Sound like a grinning dolt, don’t I? Ha! Had fun yesterday with grandsons. One stayed the weekend and yesterday helped mop my floors, thank heavens! Then we celebrated his birthday by going to the “Black Panther” movie which he was anxious to see. It was a smiley day.

Share Your World – February 26, 2018

Just sitting here finishing my grilled cheese

Read Danny’s post, and thinking, jeez!

Is he trying to push his luck?

Wants to be lightning struck?

Actually I really agree

But that’s just for him and me

You all can think what you like

But I admit I’m afraid of the lightning strike

It’s one of those things like Murphy’s law

Or a jinx if you will, happens to all

Just when you think everything’s fine

Sit back, relax, maybe drink some wine

Whack! Here it comes, the “I told you so”

You shouldn’t have thought it would easily go

Letting your guard down, sitting back

Causing fate to step in and it has a knack

For tripping you up, letting you know

There’s no way you’re in total control

Now the Prompt of course is imagination

And it’s times like the above causing consternation

That your mind can make things hopefully viewed

And you find, it’s okay, and what is valued

That life is sometimes hard we can all agree

But your brain and mind will be helpful to thee

Let you see what is, but also what can be

That’s how I see it, do you think like me?

https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/imagination/

I thought about this Prompt a lot, and after first thoughts of the basic “golden rule”, love–all the regulars, I think one that pertains to me and my children and their families is perseverance.

Everyone has struggles, some more than others. It can be choosing a path and realizing you took the wrong one, having the strength to make a decision to choose again, and the hope to be successful. Deciding to have children and doing your best certainly takes perseverance. I’ve read blogs here from people striving to be the best parent; it takes strength and courage.

Health problems are explored in this medium, even in my own case. Believe me, it takes gumption to maintain a good attitude and care for yourself even though you’re tired of fighting it, either physical or mental, sometimes both. And these stories are from what I assume to be intelligent, successful people who have fought and won, or not giving up until they achieve their particular idea of success.

What is also on my mind is the other half, the ones with no help, no support of a loved one or even a stranger across the world. I wonder how to really help them in the best way. We need to persevere to find the answers.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/02/25/sunday-writing-prompt-243-core-beliefs/

She woke up to find him sprawled over the kitchen buffet, a wonder to behold except for the constant snoring in his dreams. Was he envisioning the barmaid that waited on him, asking his order, or the half naked dancers at the end of his rented hotel room bed? Jason would often be found this way, hungover, useless again this day, unable to be the husband she had wanted.

It was only another familiar morning in her life. Even the darkened clouds of rain refused to faze her anymore.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2018/02/24/