The Bag Lady

tattered page

saved memory tree

family

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#Easy Peasy Writes – 8/6/25

“Coffee, tea, or me?” Shari said coquettishly as she slid out of the kitchen banquette.
“Do I have to choose? I would love all three but in reverse order.” Jerry approached his wife and placed a big kiss on her cheek. He was late getting dressed for the office again, but never could just get out of bed and leave. His wife was a seductress and he enjoyed every minute of her.
“Well I guess you’ll have to wait in the car, because it’s my turn to dress.”

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8 August 2025

Well this morning, after another no sleep night, my motivation involved a pounding on my door at 6:30. I had no idea who it was but might be a package I had to sign for, but at 6:30??? I got up and went to the door, no one there and then found a handwritten paper shoved under my other door. It was a notification of games being played at 4:00 pm. 🙄😵‍💫🤨😳. Otherwise, coffee motivates me.

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This Week’s Writer’s Workshop Prompts: August 7, 2025

forest

bright wild flowers

white birch bark peels to black

young beasts roam free and unburdened

untamed

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Cinquain Poetry Prompt 12: WILD is your inspiration.

sitting, edging sleep

a tiny butterfly lands

my knee a runway

pajama flowers invite

gracious morning gift to me

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Writing Prompts

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.” – Charles Baudelaire

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One-Liner Wednesday – Would you look at that!

This is a rant because I have been on the phone or online half of my day trying to get a prescription sent with a delivery order from Walmart. After all this time, I finally saw a notice way down on the pharmacy site saying I can’t have this delivered because it’s a certain prescription and no, it’s not a narcotic. In January, I placed an order and went to pick it up and it was $16.81 – today I find out it is costing me $28.61. Of course I notice all food items have gone up in cost but I can hunker down but meds are necessary.

So I call BS and I don’t need to spell that out because you know what I mean – every time Trump opens his mouth that’s what comes out! His latest rant showing his absolute stupidity is that he was lowering prescription prices by 1200%. You don’t need to be a mathematician to know that that is absolute BS.

I don’t need any financial help provided by the fantasy of a 1200% decrease in prescriptions. What I need is what every other United States citizen needs and that is a (deleted) president. A president that shuts his mouth once in a while or tells the truth.

Done for now…

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Silver considered not like gold, to be inferior somehow…who has made this decision?

necklaces in gold

often over silver base

gold plate desired

vermeil disguising silver

liking gold, not silver’s shine

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Haibun Monday 8-4-25: Silver

Here are this week’s questions:

1.  Would you like to relive parts of your childhood? Possibly, playing in the brooks and forest, sliding down a snowy hill on a piece of cardboard, riding a horse. Too many to count!
2.  Did you believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy? Definitely🥳
3.  Was there a childhood habit you never grew out of? Opening my mouth before my brain engaged.
4.   Were you part of a large family or an only child? I was the youngest of four sisters, and we all lived with grandparents too.

Gratitude: We’ll it rained and hailed here, loud booming thunder and the hail broke a fence and windows, pummeled my granddaughter’s beloved pickup-all while the fam was gone to CO. I am grateful no one was hurt but a great deal of costly damage to their home. This is a video I took from my apartment door, nothing like downtown damage.

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Share Your World 4th August 2025

Once upon a time there was a princess named Sara. She adjusted her bodice and curls, with the new shorter hairdo. She was usually demure but today she was not hiding her passion for the gentleman caller. Her first meeting with Charles was brief but surprised Sara, and changed her mind of what she thought about fast relationships. In the garden she made sure the holly arbor framed her well as she paused shyly. Charles fell for her coy smiling act and they lived happily for a while.

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MLMM Monday Wordle #436