Ugly Duckling Song

March 18, 2011

Call it fate, kismet, coincidence, nothing, whatever you believe, but when The Red Dress Club ladies provided this week’s prompt, it felt as if they handed me a sign - write about a time when you took a detour. Where had you intended to go and where did you end up? A fiction piece crossed my mind at first. I [...]

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You won’t be using them anyway…

March 15, 2011

It’s Spring Break here in North Texas. While most we know are either driving Colorado locals nuts while skiing or roadtrippin’ across the Hill Country like we originally planned, we’re now just chillin’  – easing into daylight savings, flying kites, shooting hoops, building Legos cities, writing very little – it’s all good. But during this [...]

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“Smashing Success”

March 11, 2011

This week’s Red Writing Hood prompt: write a short piece, either fiction or non-fiction, about something ugly – and find the beauty in it. Word limit is 600. I went with fiction. I hope you like it even though it’s a departure from my usual tone. Any and all constructive criticism is welcomed in my [...]

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Call me Solomon.

March 8, 2011

A couple weeks back, the fam attended a dinner celebrating a dear friend’s 40th birthday (hey Mich!). Held at a gorgeous Italian restaurant, there was plenty of wonderful wine, food, laughter, and the Hubs and I had the boys plugged into the iPhones. Heaven. Anyway, I ended up sitting across from an absolutely lovely couple, the husband being [...]

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If I were a real Southern Lady, I’d have some cute calling cards.

March 4, 2011

My blogging comes with a whole host of “have to’s” – catch the typos, fix the grammar, watch the language, etc. It’s because of all my “have to’s” that I rarely get to my “want to’s.” Hmm. Sounds oddly familiar. So today I’m being completely selfish and leaving you without a fiction piece. I know, [...]

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To peek or not to peek?

March 1, 2011

I’ve never been able to successfully separate a yolk from an egg white. My mom has this cool Tupperware thingy you put on top of a small Pyrex bowl that does the job nicely, not that she can’t do it the old fashioned way as well. I’ve always tried to duplicate her actions, carefully sliding [...]

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Grass is always greener.

February 25, 2011

This week’s Red Writing Hood prompt: We want you to imagine you’ve just had a fight with a friend, a co-worker, husband, significant other, child – you get the picture. You’re mad. It’s time for revenge. What would you sell? Write a humorous listing for eBay or Craig’s List. Talk about the history of the [...]

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I could take a pill, but he’d still be a rat.

February 22, 2011

The anxiety started a couple of weeks ago, brought on by the site of that all-too familiar white envelope placed in Youngest’s preschool cubby. No, not a note from the head teacher wanting a conference (again), but a birthday party invitation. Let me preface this by saying that it’s a rare day when I turn [...]

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Road Trip

February 21, 2011

The Red Dress Club has led me to so many wonderful writers for sure, but more importantly, to a whole gaggle of fantastic souls including Nichole at in these small moments. Turns out, she fell and hit her head (not really) and then asked me to join her in Small Moments Monday. Please visit here, [...]

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So, you want to know what’s in the closet?

February 18, 2011

This week’s Red Writing Hood prompt: Write a piece – 600 word limit – about finding a forgotten item of clothing in the back of a drawer or closet. Let us know how the item was found, what it is, and why it’s so meaningful to you or your character. Hmmm. How nicely a continuation of my [...]

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