Day: October 18, 2021

Before It’s Too Late

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It’s a cautionary tale I’m telling you. We are destroying our planet and leaving behind a scorched earth for the generations that follow us. Yet there is a large part of our society that is in denial, as if they are under some sort of hypnotic trance.

Don’t blame me. I’m just the messenger.

It’s time to come out of the corner and step into the center of the ring. This is literally a fight to the finish between those who wish to save our future and those big money interests who continue to pursue their own short-term, unenlightened self-interests.

We must act. Before it’s too late. If it’s not too late already.

Written for these daily prompts: Word of the Day Challenge (cautionary), Ragtag Daily Prompt (scorch), The Daily Spur (part), Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (hypnotic), Your Daily Word Prompt (blame), and My Vivid Blog (corner).

Share Your World — 10/18/21

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Here are Melanie’s Share Your World questions for today.

Are you easily frightened or startled?

Only when someone unexpectedly sneaks up behind me and frightens or startles me. Otherwise, no.

If you were a ghost, what location do you think you would haunt? Is it the same or different from the location you’d want to haunt?

I don’t believe in ghosts, but Melanie said to suspend disbelief, so if I were a ghost I would haunt Mar-a-Lago and Donald Trump for the rest of his life and once he died, then and only then, would I finally be able to rest in peace.

What do you see in your mind’s eye when you close your eyes?

I see an idyllic scene with lush vegetation, mountain views in the distance, and the sound of water cascading down a small waterfall. Oh wait, that’s my backyard.

If a semi truck were about to smash into a crowd, and you could divert the vehicle’s course to hit only one person, would you? How would you decide who would become the victim?

I’d yell at the top of my lungs, “Run for your lives!” and hope for the best.

GRATITUDE SECTION

We got about .05 inches of rain last night where I live. And the 10-day forecast is calling for more rain and much cooler temperatures. We really do need that rain!

Blogging Insights — Non-writing Writers

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For her weekly Blogging Insights prompts, Dr. Tanya provides us with a quote about blogging or writing and asks us to express our opinion about said quote.

This week’s quote is from German-language writer of visionary fiction, Franz Kafka.

“A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity.”

Like most Kafka quotes and much of what he wrote, I found this quote to be rather “Kafkaesque,” meaning odd, peculiar, strange, surreal, unusual, and weird.

What does he mean by a “non-writing writer”? Is that someone who is not a writer but who attempts to write? Or is he talking about someone who is a writer but is not, for whatever reason, writing?

In either case, I am unclear why a non-writing writer should be considered to be a monster, or why not writing would be “courting insanity.”

I like to write, although I don’t think of myself as a “writer.” I enjoy blogging, but if, for whatever reason, I stopped blogging, I don’t believe that would turn me some kind of monster and don’t think that not writing/blogging would bring on any degree of insanity. I would miss it, yes, but I am pretty sure I’d remain sane.

Maybe I’m taking Kafka’s quote too literally, but I guess I would sum up my opinion about this particular quote in one word, which would be “huh?”

Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #140

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Welcome to Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge. Each week I will be posting a photo I grab off the internet and challenging bloggers to write a flash fiction piece or a poem inspired by the photo. There are no style or word limits.

The photo below is from Gratisography @ Pexels.com.

For the visually challenged writer, the photo shows two men armwrestling and there is money on the table.

If this week’s image inspires you and you wish to participate, please write your post, use the tag #FFFC, and link back to this post. I hope it will generate some great posts.

Please create a pingback to this post or manually add your link in the comments.

FOWC with Fandango — Hypnotic

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FOWC

Welcome to October 18, 2021 and to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.).

Today’s word is “hypnotic.”

Write a post using that word. It can be prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction. It can be any length. It can be just a picture or a drawing if you want. No holds barred, so to speak.

Once you are done, tag your post with #FOWC and create a pingback to this post if you are on WordPress. Please check to confirm that your pingback is there. If not, please manually add your link in the comments.

And be sure to read the posts of other bloggers who respond to this prompt. You will marvel at their creativity.