The Bag Lady

https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2022/10/02/wordle-572/

Superimpose? I see what you’ve done
Making it appear you’re number one
I suppose the vast majority
Not the enlightened minority—
These days at least
Refuse to see the beast
The lurking one hiding there
Behind trees waiting, as if a bear
So when elected, the truth is revealed
Showing yourself, your evil no longer concealed.

Weekend Writing Prompt #279- Superimpose

Often used in my family growing up and now with my friends and extended family, this phrase always puts a smile on my face. I know, crazy, but it’s the little things…

Today I looked it up because as kids we said it playing Cowboys and Indians and before anyone tries to correct my PC, I know you may not like to hear it but we were not brought up racist or rude. We grew up with the concept because our father grew up in the west with great respect for Native Americans.

Here are a couple of interesting articles about the phrase from http://www.npr.org. I prefer the second one, how cool is that one? I love words and phrases and their origins.

“The first time “long time, no see” appeared in print was in the 1900 Western “Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West, by William F. Drannan. That last part of the novel’s very long title is relevant here, as it gives a good indication of the kind of story Drannan wanted to tell.”

“The second widely accepted etymological explanation is that the phrase is a loan translation* from the Mandarin Chinese phrase “hǎojǐu bújiàn”, which means exactly “long time, no see.””

https://rugby843.blog

Same Same But Different
Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. That’s right, you need to dig out your thesaurus and find a synonym for each word instead. Your words are:

1. shoe
2. toy
3. plant
4. rush
5. flame

Your writing form is either poetry or prose.

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“Give me that slipper! Go play with the rubber hotdog, watch out for my hibiscus! You’re always in a run! Oh, you know I love you, such a sweet puppy, but my fiery temper is not to blame. You need instruction from an obedience class. Then maybe can be friends”.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2022/10/01/same-same-but-different-saturday-mix-1-october-2022/

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “me.” Find a word that starts with “me” or use the word “me” as the theme of your post. Have fun!

You wouldn’t want to be me today. I’m tired and cold, not even a wink of sleep last night and why? No idea😳. I hope your start of the weekend fares much better👍🏻👋🏻.

https://lindaghill.com/2022/09/30/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-oct-1-2022/

This week’s theme is HOBBIES AND PASTIMES
Your final three words for this week and September are:
TRAVEL
FLYING
DIVING

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How would you like to travel

Let your present world unravel

As you’re flying on a slipstream

Or diving in an ocean dream

You may travel anywhere at will

Your imagination has the skill

Walk, run, dive…just try

Let your imagination fly.

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https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/three-things-challenge-m102/

This is the final post in the My Name scavenger hunt – Write The Anna or a Dr. Stella poem. I chose The Anna. Which was created by James Gray in honor of the poet and news columnist Anna Nash. This form is an unrhymed 7 line form with a strict meter requirement and uses the theme of love.

The Anna is a hepastitch poem in seven lines. Iambic pattern:

L1-2, L2-3, L3-4, L4-5, L5-4, L6-3, L7-2.

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Ah love

Innocent

Teenager’s start

Young, fresh and dewy

A beginning

Romantic

Trusting

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https://murisopsis.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/looking-at-love/

This is a song from the series “Friday Night Lights” which I am enjoying this week. Life in a small town in TX where football is king is true to life.

https://rugby843.blog

http://cyranny.com/2022/09/30/perplexed-word-of-the-day-challenge/

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/09/30/rdp-friday-jinx/

Before she could stop herself, she opened the casket. Inside a black corpse, probably at least two hundred years old. She looked at the only bright thing inside, a huge ruby necklace pendant, just spread across mold covered bones. She hesitated and then grabbed it quickly, the action sending a shiver up her spine. She shook off the sudden tremor and shut the coffin lid.

It was disgusting, reprehensible, but if the legend was true, this gem would rejuvenate her lover. Second thoughts as to why it was actually on a dead corpse seemed to drift away as she stuffed it in the pocket of her jacket. “I told him I would try anything to save him and if this works, we can both be happy again”. This was her excuse for such a disrespectful act.

Returning to their home, she cleaned the ruby to it’s original luster, replaced the chain with a leather string, and placed it around his neck, then sat by the bed.

Later that evening, her lover actually sat up in bed and asked for water. She was elated and rushed to the kitchen. She didn’t seem to notice him coming up behind her. She felt the sharp sting and then they both were rejuvenated for eternity.

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https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/ragtag-daily-prompt-thursday-rejuvenate/

https://chellebcom2.wordpress.com/2022/09/29/todays-prompt-black/

http://fivedotoh.com/2022/09/29/fowc-with-fandango-before/