Tale Weaver #133: under red skies, don’t step on a penny
Step on a crack, break your mother’s back. Find a penny, pick it up, give it away, double your luck. Red sky at night, sailors’/shepherds’ delight/Red sky at morning, sailors’/shepherds’ … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #131: Go Ahead, Make My Day . . . 3.8.17
A visit to National Calendar Day provides all sorts of lovely trivia tidbits. For example, today is National Watermelon Day. I have fond remembories of sharing an old narrow row-house … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #129: Around The House 20.07.17
In Disney films, or nightmares, or psychedelic ramblings, inanimate objects take on lives of their own: talking teapots; rampaging brooms; breathing walls; philosophizing couches. Weave a tale from the perspective … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #127: Nursery Rhyme Rifts 06.07.17
Back in May, I posed the what if question . . . and one person applied it to the Peter picked a pint of pickled peppers tongue twister in an … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #125: of the writerly persuasion 22.06.17
“Definition of a Writer: One who tells stories that demand to be told.” Ana Patrick “You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #123 08.06.17: The June Bride
There is the tradition of the June Bride. The Goddess Juno was the protector of women – especially in matters of marriage and childbearing, hence the June bride in Juno’s … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #121 25.05.17: Reverse/Naughty Fairy Tales
Earlier in the tale weaving saga, Michael encouraged us to write bedtime stories for adults. I’m revisiting that prompt, with a wink and a nod, and thinking concepts like: an evil … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #119: What If 11.05.17
This week, I’d like you to suspend logical and engage in some magical thinking. To play a “what if” game. I’ve listed some potential what if scenarios, but please feel … Continue reading
Saturday Mix — Lorraine 29.04.17
Welcome to the Saturday Mix – the Lorraine edition. Here, in the playground of words, are flash fiction, poetic and shadorma challenges. Feel free to do one or all – this playground … Continue reading
Tale Weaver #117: Observations 27.04.17
I am a people-watcher – especially at airports, bus and train stations. I wonder who the people flowing past are, where they are going, and why. I imagine all sorts of … Continue reading
