The Bag Lady

In 1927 Fred Trump and his mother Elizabeth (Donald’s father and grandmother) started an empire known as E. Trump & Son. The organization was then passed to Donald Trump in 1971, and consists of approximately five hundred businesses with various products ranging from hotels to golf courses, chocolate bars and water. About two hundred-fifty of these entities use the Trump name. Donald passed his leadership to his sons in 2017.

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https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/11/06/weekend-writing-prompt-234-empire/

Stickly

Prickly

Coat of spines

Barely

Scary

A porcupine.

https://rugby843.blog

I put my finger on my pink legal sized tablet and found the word “brevee” which is a poetry form I thought I might try. A brevee was created by Marie Adams and has at least one stanza of six lines with a syllable count of 2,2,4,2,2,4. The rhyme pattern is aabccb. At the time I was in a hurry so didn’t try it, but hope to soon. Here is an example:

Cold by Judi Van Gorder:
Little
brittle
fragments of ice
splinter
winter
ski paradise.

Pretty cool, right?☺️

The Friday Reminder and Prompt for #SoCS Nov. 6, 2021

It is First Line Friday, welcome and let’s get writing.

Below, I give you the first line, and you all get to write the rest. This prompt alternates with Jim’s Music Prompts, so make sure to check back next Friday for some musical inspiration.

I’ll provide the first line, you get to write whatever comes afterward. Length, genre, and structure are completely up to you. Feel free to modify the line as you see fit, adding punctuation, quotes, or other bits if so desired. No need to tie it to the picture, unless you want to.

Or for more of a challenge, change nothing. You have a week to write it, enjoy!

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“Only the elders remembered a blue sky. When they were young, most people thought the idea of climate change was a conspiracy by certain groups of scientists with a secret agenda. What this could possibly have been is still a mystery. Years of selfish neglect and taking our world for granted has resulted in this predicament. Now you children suffer the consequences of their foolishness.”

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https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/first-line-friday-november-5-2021/#like-22758

“Yep Jonesy, it’s worrisome, alright. There was bountiful secret info in that notebook. Its loss will certainly cause a solid turd of turmoil in the old general’s gut when he realizes it was his fault. Does it seem to you he’s getting more forgetful these days? Well, whatever. We can’t tell the cadre about this, it will blow the whole project sky high!”

“Whatever you say, Sarge, I’m just glad it didn’t happen on my watch.”

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https://cyranny.com/2021/11/05/bountiful-word-of-the-day-challenge/?like_actor=102337606&like_hmac=ae90d2174644f7239379e44dd9f36c8d&postid=60208&like=1&source=sub_email

https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/rdp-friday-notebook/#like-11994

https://fivedotoh.com/2021/11/05/fowc-with-fandango-solid/#like-63300

https://onedailyprompt.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/your-daily-word-prompt-cadre-ydwordprompt-november-5-2021/#like-5540

https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/three-things-challenge-773/#like-75614

Share Your World – 11-6-17

According to ceenphotography.com, it is Monday again. I’ve been so busy in a good way, the past few days, even months seem to fly by. I spent most of the last three days with my daughter and granddaughters which was delightful. We perused all the Christmas aisles, bought one (college senior) a tree for her house, enjoyed her sister’s (college sophomore) Rice Krispie treats topped with chocolate, played 20 questions, hangman, etc in the car rides, and laughed a lot. I definitely recommend this type of activity!💗😂💗🎄💗 My answers to Cee’s questions this week are:

1. I prefer a two week vacation in a cabin in the woods, snow, cozy fireplace, comfort food and a great companion. I would never take a cruise. I don’t like being in or on water above my head. I have a fear of large objects such as floating with or without a lifeboat looking up at a big ship. Just thinking of being (even safe) beside something that big gives me the willies.

2. I’ve written before of my love of swinging. I don’t remember having toys really, but the swing from our huge tree in the yard was a wonderful thing. I loved the swings at a carnival and a porch swing, if I had a porch, would be heavenly. The feeling of flying, being free, is spectacular.

3. This is a tough one because I’ve learned a lot in my life and still am learning. But thinking introspectively, I think it is being able to forgive myself. And I’m still learning how to do that.

Inspiration this week is my grandson, the buddy, chauffeur, helpmate, always there when I need him guy. He fought a battle and won.

***http://ceenphotography.com/2017/11/06/share-your-world-november-6-2017/

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https://fivedotoh.com/2021/11/05/fandangos-flashback-friday-november-5th/

The dromedary plodded on, slowly across the landscape. It was avarice that created him, with my love of the desert and an incendiary memory of the sheik. With this holographic device I can expand or collapse my vision. To experience what before, I could only envision on a plastic screen.

I am able to trespass secretly, pluck my favorite memories of him or glue us together without traveling a single step. I see the scarlet veils I wore and the rare flowers he presented me on our first night together.

Now if you want to come along for the ride, so to speak, I advise you to buckle up.

https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/wordle-264/#like-22824

This is a Celtic knot. “The meaning of this Celtic Knot is that with no beginning and no end, it represents unity and eternal spiritual life. The symbols line interweaves through the circle in an unbroken flow.” I think we need these today. Here is one of my favorites.

“According to most historians, interlaced knot patterns first started making appearances around the 3rd and 4th centuries C.E. and can be found in many cultures around the world—they are not proprietary to the Celtic knots are believed to symbolize the interconnectedness of life and eternity, though specific types of patterns and knots do have unique meanings in addition to that.”

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https://fivedotoh.com/2021/11/03/fowc-with-fandango-knot/#like-63261

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https://godoggocafe.com/2021/11/02/tuesday-writing-prompt-challenge-tuesday-november-2-2021/

https://lindaghill.com/2021/11/03/one-liner-wednesday-updates/#like-15721