NTT – Baseball Baby!😉

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Joe never believed in time travel, but thought it would be cool. One night as he lay restless trying to sleep, thinking about it, he felt a strange sensation, as if he was being transported. He opened his eyes to see what looked like an endless scene. He had been transported into a strange place. Suddenly he realized he was encased in an hourglass, but he could breathe and felt no ill effects. Thoughts turned to a place he always wanted to visit if time travel was real, it was decades ago. The more he thought of the game, the more real the scene became. The glass surround filtered away and he was sitting behind home plate at “Game 7, of the 1960 World Series, when Bill Mazeroski hit the series winning ninth-inning home run, the first time a winner-take-all World Series game ended with a home run, and the first World Series to end on a home run. Mazeroski’s home run gave the Pirates their third title overall and their first since 1925.” Joe couldn’t believe it, a childhood dream came true! Then the scene faded and he was back home in his bed. Had it been a dream or did time travel exist? And the hourglass? “I felt it!” Of course Joe had no sleep the rest of the night.

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**Thanks to Kevin for the image!

**https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_World_Series#:~:text=In%20Game%207%2C%20Bill%20Mazeroski,and%20their%20first%20since%201925.

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No Theme Thursday: The Return

Ovi Poetry – Exercise Motivation

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Get up at dawn, wear workout clothes

Sun is out, no need for a coat

Grab the dog, wake him from his doze

Motivation thin, but we’re trying.

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Motivation in music earned

Dancing the salsa, twists and turns

Fun movements while calories burn

A playful way to exercise.

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Ovi Poetry Challenge 53: MOTIVATION is your inspiration.

W3 – Onomatopoeia

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This week’s challenge is to write a haibunpoem under the theme of “the beauty of night”, and include not one but THREE onomatopoeia words in either your prose or haikus.

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The most beautiful thing in the night is a full moon, but stars are of equal value if seen from a dark venue.

owls screech from tree boughs

a sizzling hot star streaks

bright in the night sky

quick as a wink it is gone

and the owl’s lonely voice hoots

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W3 Prompt #112: Wea’ve Written Weekly

The Writer’s Workshop

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  1. Choose one of the prompts (or as many as you want) and write a post that addresses that prompt.
  2. Publish your post on Thursday (or earlier or later).
  3. Leave a comment on this post with the URL of the post on your blog. If you’re a WordPress user, you may use a pingback to do this (just be sure it’s there when you do so).
  4. For good blog karma, drop by this post and comment on as many other posts as you can.

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I chose number six: What tv character did you want to be as a kid!

Wonder Woman!

She was beautiful, strong, loyal, and believed in truth and justice. She proved it in every comic book edition and tv episode. The modern Wonder Woman portrayed by Gal Gidot in the “Wonder Woman” movie was just what I pictured she would look like in person when I was a child.

https://www.thepopverse.com/

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Writer’s Workshop Prompts for June 20, 2024

Simply Six Minutes

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Music for the common folk

Music played and sung

Music heard to invoke

When played under the sun.

Feelings of comfort

Feelings of calm

Feelings shared with consorts

Acts like a balm.

Notes played, notes heard

Notes enjoyed by everyone

Notes of happy or a sad word

Even lyrics for a heart undone.

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 06/18/2024

Friday Fictioneers

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Sue started to panic, struggling, trying to move her arms but they seemed glued to her sides. Then thinking she could kick her way free, she tried moving her foot. No luck there either—she was surrounded in some sort of cocoon-like thing. The strong threads of the cocoon were shiny and looked like wet nylon string. She felt some moisture from them, but it was the occasional large, slimy drop landing on her head that caused her to look up. Only able to move her head a bit, Sue rolled her eyes up to see an enormous spider’s dripping maw.

100 words


http://rochellewisoff.com/2024/06/19/21-june-2024/