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My date with Dolly

Growing up, my dad was a country singer/comedian. We traveled all over the country doing shows. I got to be on stage with him at the Grand Ole Opry when I was pretty young but I still remember it.



I sang some with him when I was younger but stopped as I started getting into the teen years. Probably a good thing, I think people liked me because I was young and all. Anyway, I got to meet some of the biggest country music stars of the time. I met Ernest Tubb, Charlie Walker, Lorrie… Continue

Added by Barry Parsons on November 11, 2009 at 9:37pm — 8 Comments

November 11, 2009

Thinking of you today

and all the things we shared

when no one else seemed interested

you acted like you cared



It's just the way I felt

I guess they maybe did

I never could quite feel it

Although I knew I should



Sugar cookies, petit fours

and twenty dollar bills

secrets known and never spoken

Perhaps we never will.



Glass figurines

pralines

ice cream and lady fingers

Sweets in a world

Like a snow… Continue

Added by Donna Stumpo on November 11, 2009 at 7:11pm — 4 Comments

Writing Exercise by Sherry/Biography in Phrases Only

Our fellow member Sherry went to a writing class and received the assignment to write your biography in short approx 3 word phrases separated by commas. No complete sentences. She shared hers with us, and I thought I'd give it a try. Who else wants to put their whole life in a paragraph of phrases with us? Here's what I came up with ...





yellow fuzzie blankie, elephants, house full, nursery school piano,the way is always in the music, magnus chord organ, uncle vit's pipe, hello… Continue

Added by wiffledust on November 11, 2009 at 9:46am — 7 Comments

Writing class project

Last night I went to my first creative writing class. In our first exercise everyone came up with a word they liked or didn't like. Then we had to create a story with them. It was a lot of fun, and a great way to jump start creative juices.

For homework we had to tell our life story using short 1-3 word phrases, separating each thought or event with a comma.

The idea so intrigued me that I came home and did the exercise. I thought I would share it here so the members can know a lot… Continue

Added by Sherry Somach on November 10, 2009 at 10:30am — 3 Comments

Autumn, Winslow and Me

Winslow lay curled in a white ball of fur at my feet. A crisp, cool Autumn breeze sailed through the screen door, beckoning my four legged friend and I to grab the leash and head out into the beauty of the day. I took his leash from it's hook and held it up for Winslow to see. "Do you want to go for a walk," I said to him excitedly. He launched himself from his place of rest and spun in wild and frantic circles. In an effort to not alert the napping… Continue

Added by Suzanne Duncan Lees on November 8, 2009 at 3:34pm — 6 Comments

Helping Hands - Support for the families of the Ft. Hood shooting victims

Hearing about the shooting that took place at Ft. Hood, Texas today brought the memories of losing a friend at Virginia Tech in 2007 crashing back into place. I am sick to my stomach at the atrocity of people shooting each other, but as Pres. Obama said, "It’s difficult enough when we lose these brave Americans in battles overseas. It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil." Twelve people were killed today, at least seven of which were soldiers most… Continue

Added by Steen Krause on November 5, 2009 at 7:00pm — 1 Comment

NaNoWriMo Update - Chapters 1-4!

Chapter One – Lucas

“Damn it,” Lucas exclaimed when he nearly tripped over Trooper, his three-legged chocolate lab while rushing around his small bedroom. “I’m never going to make it at this rate!”

He was getting ready for a romantic evening his girlfriend of three years had planned, though there was no occasion. What a woman, Lucas thought when she told him to look nice for a special night on the town, her treat.

Lucas Treadwater and Claire Danson met in their sixth grade year… Continue

Added by Steen Krause on November 2, 2009 at 11:52pm — 5 Comments

National Novel Writing Month

I am participating in National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org) this year, and I thought I'd share the first chapter of my novel... So here goes! Share your thoughts please!



Chapter One – Lucas

“Damn it,” Lucas exclaimed when he nearly tripped over Trooper, his three-legged chocolate lab while rushing around his small bedroom. “I’m never going to make it at this rate!” He was getting ready for a romantic evening his girlfriend of… Continue

Added by Steen Krause on November 1, 2009 at 8:04pm — 13 Comments

October 30

Eyes

blue like china seas

unfathomed

endless

I've seen these

before

like skies

far reaching as line of water meets sand

unbroken

steady in their gaze

with twinkling wisdom

trusting me.

My father's eyes?

crinkled corners

knowing smile

not cloud nor cataract to disguise

truth

the heart remembers what the years forget

a life become survival mechanism

incessant like catechism

Eyes deep as ancient… Continue

Added by Donna Stumpo on October 30, 2009 at 7:57pm — 8 Comments

Since I Met Maggie

I have a song you might like to listen to about a ghost I met in Colorado, but I'm not sure how to send it to you... I could send the lyric, but the song has a specific sound that makes it something.

-- Bill

Added by Bill Nash on October 28, 2009 at 1:44pm — 1 Comment

A Shot of Inspiration

Jack Daniels Pictures, Images and Photos



As writers we take our shots where and when we can get them. A recent adventure to the Austin Film Festival proved to be just the inspiration I needed. If you are an aspiring screenwriter, or writer in general, this was the place to be. First I must mention one of the classes I took was called A Shot of Inspiration, and as the class was in session, Daniel Petrie, Jr. writer of Beverly Hills Cop, The Big Easy, and Shoot to Kill, passed around shots of whiskey.… Continue

Added by Dorraine Darden on October 27, 2009 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

This Wild Ride Called Life

I'm sitting in front of a warm, glowing fire. Everyone else in the house - meaning husband, the big, barky dog, and the demanding cat have curled up and fallen asleep. I have reading by the fire on my schedule, but first I wanted to share a few things with family, friends, and readers.



Writers often hear that readers want to peek inside their lives and that their blogs are a good place to do that. To share a little of what's on our minds. Sometimes writers are very, very good about… Continue

Added by River Jordan on October 26, 2009 at 11:28pm — 3 Comments

Ghost Story

The ghost didn't really feel it ever had much of a chance.



It was an average ghost, of average height and girth. It had an average personality, and an average i.q. It had experienced, yes, quite an average life before being relegated to ghostdom.



It had died on a gurney, whilst being wheeled to a waiting ambulance, after choking on a large chunk of tuna in a sushi restaurant. All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't squeeze that goddamn piece of fish out of… Continue

Added by David Vidal on October 26, 2009 at 5:46am — 6 Comments

Do orbs count?!?

Have to share this - not really entering the contest, but I thought this was a little spooky. I never knew "orbs" until my daughter explained them to me (she's very much into the paranormal). I took this photo a couple of weeks ago and have no explanation for the little "reflection" at the base of the tree, especially since the sun was shining on the other side of said tree. This was taken in a park, but on the grounds is a very old house with a very small (only two headstones) cemetery. I was… Continue

Added by Elle MacNeil on October 25, 2009 at 11:59pm — 10 Comments

OPERATION PHONE HOME

These days, it seems that almost everybody has a friend or family member in the Armed Services, stationed "over there". With the holiday season fast approaching, we can do great good by helping our brave loved ones to be able to get in touch with their folks at home by donating to this very worthy and practical program that the USO runs each year. If you are interested in making a difference for someone who has to spend their holiday season so very very far from home, please go… Continue

Added by Donna Stumpo on October 25, 2009 at 8:38pm — 3 Comments

Wiffledust Creativity Contest 2-Do You Stand a Ghost of a Chance? Oooo!

Ok, Folks! Here's your next chance to be a Wiffledust Creativity Contest Winner! And if you win, you get a $20 Borders Gift Certificate and your entry will be in the next Wiffledust Webzine, our E Newsletter and plastered on Facebook. Unless you're shy. In which case, we'll figure something out...



So what do you have to do? Well you're a creative group. This won't be too hard. By Halloween at the strike of midnight...this means the midnight that begins Halloween not ends it, submit… Continue

Added by wiffledust on October 24, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Ride This Train

ron Pictures, Images and Photos

As writers we ride many trains over the course of careers. As Deanna, from across the holler at The Life of a Working Writer Mommy can attest, sometimes we just need to switch it up and try something fresh. She never believed she was suited for fiction, but here she is, writing great fiction. Go, Deanna! We never know exactly what we can do or what we'll enjoy until we give it a shot. In writing there are so many different trains…

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Added by Dorraine Darden on October 21, 2009 at 9:00am — 4 Comments

Remembering Mom

It was a tough day today. Mom was on my mind a lot and I'm not sure why. She usually creeps up on me at odd and random times, like when I try to call someone and automatically begin to dial her number, a number that hasn't reached her in just over two years now; or I think of something that I know she'd have appreciated and then realize she's no longer there to tell anymore. Today it began while I was running errands and realized the stores had all the Christmas decorations and diplays up… Continue

Added by Elle MacNeil on October 19, 2009 at 12:22am — 6 Comments

Saturday Lament

I remember folding the freshly laundered onesies and putting them away. I sat in the rocking chair, a warm August breeze blew the white eylet curtains ever so slightly. I scrunched my toes into the thick pile of sand colored carpet and took it all in. Blue bunnies sat on crooked alphabet letters and seemed to parade across the wallpaper of the nursery. The brand new cherrywood crib shone as the sun bounched of the side. I had dreamed of the day our… Continue

Added by Suzanne Duncan Lees on October 17, 2009 at 3:59pm — 4 Comments

New Lyric- Here's to Us

'Here's To Us'

coyright 2009 by Rick Reiley



Here's to the people who make things happen

Workers of body and mind

Those who tote barges and lift up bales

And hang their lives on the line



Here's to those who accomplish a little

And those who accomplish a lot

Those who make breakfast and pour morning coffee

And paint lines on the parking lot



Here's to the others, the culprits and misfits

The ones who don't fit at… Continue

Added by Rick Reiley on October 15, 2009 at 9:16am — 3 Comments

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