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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Senryu for Magpie Tales

Tess Kincaid, of Magpie Tales, offers the following image as writers' prompt:




image:  Bert Stern


her cellophane wrap
easy to see, hard to read
a first grade primer


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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

X for ABC Wednesday

Xiphias, a swordfish.


According to Wikipedia, the swordfish is named after its bill resembling a sword.  This makes it superficially similar to other billfish such as marlin, but upon examination their physiology is quite different and they are members of different families.

original watercolor sketch


After I battled one of these for nearly a day before bringing him close enough to the boat to permit a quick touch before the deckhand returned him to the ocean, I hardly knew whether he was a marlin or a swordfish. But I did notice he was huge and heavy. 


Have you challenged an Xiphias?


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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

W for ABC Wednesday


Wishing you a cozy warm winter with a wealth of spirit, energy and joy!

Wishing you a wonderful 2012!



original watercolor



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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Senryu for Magpie Tales

Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales offers the following image as writers' prompt.










image: Lee Friedlander, 1966

folded arms
detached his shadow
saved her heart


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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Viatical for ABC Wednesday

A viatical settlement is the sale of a life insurance policy by the policy owner before the policy matures. More information can be found at Wikipedia.

An early Christmas present (from me to me) of the Kindle Fire means that I'm reading with renewed enthusiasm. Added to this is the ability to digitally download Kindle books from the local library. The most recent series of books on my list comes from author James Grippando, creator of lawyer Jack Swyteck. Reading the second of his series, Beyond Suspicion, brought up viatical and I remembered when that word was prevalent in investing terminology.

And never let it be said that I read more than a couple of chapters before playing a bit of Angry Birds. All this excitement brought housework to a complete stop.

Do you buy gifts for yourself or am I the only one who does?















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Monday, December 12, 2011

Haiku for Magpie Tales #95

Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales offers the following image for writer's prompt.


image by Mostafa Habibi



house of sand
an escaping dream
twist of time


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Tuesday, December 06, 2011

U for ABC Wednesday

 Please follow the link to see others' entries for the letter U.


One of the oldest USPS sites that I'm familiar with. As far as I know, this delightful place didn't have a local post office aid.

The mail is now delivered  by boat and distributed by which ever body is on hand to keep the boat near the dock while the pilot passes over the mail and whatever groceries were requested from the store in a small town on the other side of the lake.


Are you familiar with an older version?


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Monday, December 05, 2011

Senryu for Magpie Tales #94

Tess Kincaid of Magpie Tales offers the following image for prompt.



Lunch, George Tooker, 1964, Columbus Museum of Art



dark of rye
color-free milled wheat
artful knead


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