Category: Daily Prompt
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Caregiver
Unhurried, without shaming. Care so gentle that she forgot her place in time. Through clouded eyes and deafened ears, she recognized her mother, long deceased. With cool fingertips, her only unwrinkled skin, reached out to touch. The resemblance uncanny. Weekend writing prompt: https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/weekend-writing-prompt-205-uncanny/
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Micro-Retreat
Months of stressful multitasking has left my mind and body depleted. It took extraordinary planning to carve out a few precious hours. Could a short break have a notable effect on my spirit? After a parent teacher meeting, I take the slow way home, a road that winds through woods and fields. I let my…
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They looked for angels
They looked for glistening silver wings. They looked for radiance. They listened for voices so beautiful their throats would clench. They overlooked their frowning neighbor who volunteered in the homeless shelter on the weekends. They looked for the guardians that would give them their heart’s desire. They looked for signs that their lives were charmed.…
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Her hands
Always lumpy. Long slender fingers with unsightly large joints. Flexible. Too flexible. Tips curved up slightly. Always chewed and bitten. Cuticles, not nails. Sometimes calloused. Always dry. Now with scars from gardening. From cooking. From art. Now spotted from brilliant sun light while biking. While kayaking. Now wrinkled from years passing. Quickly. Far too quickly.…
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Messy
The conference room was glorious. One wall of windows looked onto the bay. White sails sparked on the brilliant blue water. A pastel patchwork of houses adorned the hills. From here the city looked pristine. Of course, she knew that appearances can be deceiving. People love to believe in the smooth glossy perfection. She gave…
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Above
The library was out of free glasses. Every store for miles was sold out. I moped around with no desire to look at shadows. The clouds rolled in. I looked away and lined and used my sunglasses to shield my phone camera lens. Some how the combination captured a reflection of the partial solar eclipse.…
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Imagine
With a little imagination, we can do anything. No more spoon fed ideas! Puréed politics is as unpalatable as over-cooked carrots spun through the food processor. Talking heads in 1950s suits telling us what to think is so retro (and not in a good way like that mid-century modern you’ve been eying). If your words…
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When things get tough, remember to BREATHE
Be present. Remember everything passes. Each moment is a new beginning. Abandon “should be” thoughts. Trust in your power. Here is your opportunity for growth. Embrace it. ——— written in response the daily post, mnemonic. <a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/mnemonic/”>Mnemonic</a>
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Resolving to simplify and find the abundance in my life
Clutter hides our abundance. Too much makes us feel like we do not have enough. All these things not quite right, or worse, hiding the treasures we already possess. —– Inspired by the desire to jump off the consumer bandwagon and today’s daily post. <a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/simplify/”>Simplify</a>
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Resisting the propaganda machine.
Propaganda is pervasive and we are more easily influenced than we would like to admit. Information is flowing so quickly we are drawn to shortcuts to make sense of the world around us. Simplification of complex ideas to a single emotional meme works like a virus. Right, left or center, no one is immune. Some…
Teresa Berkowitz 