It is time for the wonderful weekly haiku challenge as set by Ronovan. The words we have to use are ‘future’ and ‘give’.
Here is my take for this week.
“Give me some silver;
Let me tell you your future.
Oooh, you are naughty!”
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Episode 396. Freestyle Writing Challenge #3
Thanks to the lovely Erika who has nominated me to take part in another Freestyle Challenge. I really enjoy doing these as it is interesting to see which way your mind is going to wander given the time pressures and topic you are given.
The rules are:
- Open a blank document.
- Set a stop watch timer to 5 or 10 minutes, whichever length you prefer.
- Your topic is at the foot of this post BUT DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNTIL YOU ARE READY WITH YOUR TIMER!!!
My best vacation ever. this was the topic given to me by Erika.
I think for this one, I will go back to when I was 13 years old and the first time I had ever been on holiday abroad. It was actually a German exchange trip that my school was participating in. We had students over here from our twin town in Germany for two weeks. They would stay in our homes, and come to school with us, really just becoming a part of our family. We would then go back to Germany with them and do the same.
As I remember it, I was both excited and nervous. My exchange student was a lovely girl and we got on really well. I remember the first time seeing the pretty little village where she lived. All of the houses were different and seemed huge. Everyone knew each other and they were all very friendly to me.
The first morning I woke up over there I walked into the glass doors leading to the balcony as I didn’t realise they were there! I was very reluctant to eat the food as well, as I was very fussy in my youth and didn’t even like eating in front of people then. I had no choice though as they all sat around the dining table to eat and everyone helped themselves from large bowls of food on the table. I particularly remember the home made strawberry mousse her mother made as I did like that! Of course I managed to dollop some of it onto the prisitine table cloth whilst serving myself!
It was great going to visit her friends in the evenings, I was introduced to Frank Zappa and Camel cigarettes which even now, always reminds me of those carefree days sitting around a record player, smoking, (They all seemed to have large rooms or basements in their houses where their parents didn’t disturb them)!
Word count 315.
Time 10 minutes
My nominees are: (Should you wish to accept it)
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My first love!
I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Welcome to Friday! It’s a lovely day, the weekend is coming and I have some wonderful blogs to share with you. I have a mixed bag of treats for you this week. Everything from the silly to the sublime.
Kyrosmagica This was a wonderful take on one of the challenges that is going around at the moment. A funny and creative effort that I really enjoyed.
Heels And A Toolbox I have been following Vanessa’s blog right from when I first started. She gets up to all sorts of things, and always has a project on the go! This post however, is a little different to what you would expect, but an honest and heartfelt tribute.
Little Steps To Somewhere I have not been following this blog for very long, but I really enjoyed this post. It is light-hearted and funny and celebrates a little triumph that many of us can relate to!
I Refuse To Follow Your Blog Now this post looks at something from a totally different perspective, and rightly honours those that really deserve it.
The Write Place I love a bit of Flash Fiction, even though I can’t do it myself, I am still impressed at some of the creative stories that people come up with by just a photo prompt or a song title etc. This one is a brilliant example of how a great story can be told with so few words.
So there you have it. Please check these blogs out if you haven’t already as they are all wonderful and have lots to offer.
Have a happy Friday!
Rob from the V-Pub has nominated me to take part in a great new music challenge originally started by Rich.
So Rules.
1.Carry on from the last song of your nominator. A bit like a musical Chinese whispers.
2. Post 3 songs with some kind of link in the titles as above.
3. Add a little comment as to how they link as above.
4. Nominate 1 Blogger to carry on from where you left off.
5. Always link back to your nominator.
6. Could you all please ping back to Me waffles so I can see how things developed.
Thankyou and have fun.
Rich’s Last song was ‘Breathe’ by Pink Floyd
I went with ‘Breathe Again’ by Tori Amos
That is such a lovely song, Now my next one is a bit of a classic. ‘The Air That I Breathe‘ by the Hollies. Love this one.
Last of all, another classic and favourite of mine. Phil Collins In The Air Tonight.
I would like to nominate Ritu for this challenge
The lovely and talented author Erika has challenged me to participate in this new challenge. I am really pleased to take part in this as it takes me right back to my first post and it is interesting to see whether or not my blog has evolved.
The first thing I noticed, was that I had written about not feeling all that well. How embarrassing as I seem to write a few of those, wallowing in self-pity! I didn’t really know what I expected to get out of blogging, or where I would even go with it. In fact I didn’t even know if anyone would even read it!
I just wanted an escape from the awful depression that i was going through at the time, and my sister suggested that as I was quite a good raconteur, I might like to write things down as more of an escape really. So, here I am 9 months and many friends later!
Here are the rules:
- Copy-paste, link, pingback or whatever way you want to, your first post.
- State what type of post that was. E.G. Introduction, Story, Poem
- Explain why that was your first post.
- Nominate 5 other bloggers. Five because I know the pain of opening a lot of tabs at once.
Here is my first ever ‘episode.’
Here are my Nominees:
This week Ronovan has come up with some more challenging words for his weekly haiku prompt and has given us ‘gain’ and ‘hound,’ Tricky!
Here is my take on it.
You hound those birdies
When they drop some tasty crumbs
Their loss is your gain!
I have been challenged by my lovely friend Ritu to take part in this latest challenge. It is to write a paragraph without using adjectives! Oh this is going to be tricky for me, as I am inclined to use more than my fair share of them. I am going to have a go though of course, so let’s see if I can wean myself off them in order to write this paragraph.
Rules:
1) Write a paragraph without using a single adjective.
2) Keep the link of the original Veracity Challenge in your post (so that the creator of the challenge may receive a pingback)
3) Anyone can join the challenge, you don’t have to be nominated!
4) Nominate 6 Bloggers for this challenge
I sat at my laptop for a few minutes trying to think of something to say that did not involve using adjectives. It was not easy as I kept having to push words to the back of my mind that wanted to come out and play; they were not used to being ignored. This paragraph is so flat without them though and I am bored of it myself! I need some colour, as this is too grey. I need ADJECTIVES!
I made quite a hash of this challenge as I thought I might, but it was fun having a stab at it 🙂
I would like to nominate anyone who fancies having a go at this challenge to participate.
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Episode 381: Freestyle Writing Challenge #2
I have been challenged to take part in the Freestyle Writing Challenge by two lovely ladies, one being Ritu and the other Erika.
Here are the rules:
1. Open a blank document.
2. Set a stop watch timer to 5 or 10 minutes, whichever length you prefer.
3. Your topic is at the foot of this post BUT DO NOT SCROLL DOWN TO SEE IT UNTIL YOU ARE READY WITH YOUR TIMER!!!
4. Once you start writing do not stop until the alarm sounds! Do not cheat by going back and correcting spelling and grammar using spell check (it is only meant for you to reflect on your own control of sensible thought flow and for you to reflect on your ability to write with correct spelling and grammar.)
5. You may or may not pay attention to punctuation or capitals
6. At the end of your post write down the number of words to give an idea of how much you can write within the time Frame.
7. Put the whole document onto your post and nominate 5 others and give them a new topic. Remember to copy paste the rules in!
I have gone with the topic that Ritu chose, as I saw her nomination first, however Erika also had a great topic.
What I thought life would be like as an adult when I was a kid.
When I was a kid I thought that life was going to be so much better as an adult. After all, there would not be a load of brothers and sisters around to have to share everything with! I also used to hat eth fact that myself and younger sister had to go to bed at the same time even though I was two years older than her! I thought that it would be great being an adult as I would be able to go to bed at whatever time I wanted!
I envisioned myself with a husband and a few kids loving in my own large house probably somewhere by the sea. I didn’t consider how I would get to wherewithal to pay for all the wonderful things I would have. I knew that I would probably work, but I thought It would be with children as a nanny or something like that.
One thing I did know though was that I did not want to live on my own, ever! Although I am quite happy in my own company, and in fact like being on my own quite a lot, I also like to know that there is someone else in the house so that I am not completely alone.
I thought life as an adult would be doing what I wanted all of the time, without having to consider anyone else’s feelings. I could eat when and what I wanted; watch anything I liked on TV, go anywhere I liked; and that life would be filled with fun with no responsibilities!
264 Words, 10 Mins.
Here are my nominees as I would love to see their responses to this challenge.
Your topic is
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What music gets you up on the dancefloor?
Oooh that naughty Ronovan has given us some tough words to use in his weekly haiku challenge this week. We have got ‘lock’ and ‘gab’ to make something out of!
Here is my take on it
The gift of the gab;
flattery and promises.
Put a lock on it!
I have been nominated by the lovely Ritu to take part in the latest crazy challenge which was originally started by Asil. I have seen what a good job others have made of it and I thought it might be too much like hard work, but I do love a challenge so I will of course have a go.
1) Write a whole paragraph ( a paragraph sounds easy right?) without any word containing the letter “e” (still easy for ya?)
2) By reading this you are already signed up.
3) Challenge at least five bloggers to do the challenge. They must do it within 24 hours or it is considered as failure.
4) If you fail or pass, suffer in the Page of Lame.
5) If you win, wallow in the Page of Fame.
6) You can check your standings on my menu Your Standings.
Here is my stab at it!
This is not actually my kind of thing, how can I just omit such a popular part of a word? Nothing looks right with a paragraph that is missing such a vital symbol. Sod this for a laugh, I am off to boil my brain!
I would like to nominate anyone who fancies having a go at it! 🙂
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