The Great Pumpkin rises! *Halloween special*

Today’s Daily Prompt is “Trick or Trick”: It’s Halloween, and you just ran out of candy. If the neighborhood kids (or anyone else, really) were to truly scare you, what trick would they… Continue reading →

How Thailand changed my view of sunsets

In the midst of my dozens of job interviews and all the stress that comes with job hunting I completely missed this wonderful Daily Prompt: New Dawn How often do you get to… Continue reading →

Guinea pig on the road – no lemons

When life gives you lemons… make something else. Tell us about a time you used an object or resolved a tricky situation in an unorthodox way. The scene in “Raiders of the Lost… Continue reading →

The Eighth Sin – Noise

Remember the seven cardinal sins? You’re given the serious task of adding a new one to the list — another trait or behavior you find particularly unacceptable, for whatever reason. What’s sin #8… Continue reading →

Flight from hell

Daily Post – Back to Life After an especially long and exhausting drive or flight, a grueling week at work, or a mind-numbing exam period — what’s the one thing you do to… Continue reading →

Aging without social preconceptions and prejudice

Daily Prompt “Age is just a number,” says the well-worn adage. But is it a number you care about, or one you tend (or try) to ignore? A topic that never grows old.… Continue reading →

From Archenemy to BFF

In response to this daily prompt  I could philosophise about if we should have just one or several best friends and what defines a best friend, but I prefer telling you a story about… Continue reading →