Way
back when I had a Yahoo 360 blog with a group of friends who fancied themselves as writers, we used to do a
few challenges that provided a lot of inspiration and were a lot of
fun. One of them was that someone from the group would choose a word and then we'd all search for or take a picture and post it that represented that word for us. The
other was someone would post a picture and we all wrote a short story
inspired by it. It was funny to see personalities emerge through their
pictures and stories...some were poignant, some were dark and some were
downright hilarious!
Here is my first (hopefully of many) contribution for her 30 Word Thursday!
Softly falling flakes
gathering on the ground
Crystalline glistening carpet
beckoning me down
The lights reflecting on it
allowing brilliant glow
Falling backward, arms outstretched
making angels in the snow
gathering on the ground
Crystalline glistening carpet
beckoning me down
The lights reflecting on it
allowing brilliant glow
Falling backward, arms outstretched
making angels in the snow
oh my gosh...that was FANTASTIC...I LOVE that idea! As an English Major, I took several creative writing classes and one was about writing newspaper articles...I KNOW this is hard to believe since you read my ramblings, BUT I have always be a VERY concise writer. With the newspaper article, we wrote the article and turned it in. It was promptly returned to us and we were told to cut it EXACTLY in half...ok...struggle...THEN we handed it BACK in to have to do it AGAIN...OH MY GOSH...It is HARD to write anything in 30 words and since we don't have much snow, I REALLY did NOT even KNOW that was a snow angel UNTIL you told me...I thought a four-wheeler had gotten loose in the snow...LOL...Thanks for sharing this...SO FUN!
ReplyDeleteThis really brought back memories of my childhood. Thanks for that!
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your thirty words, especially "Crystalline glistening carpet
ReplyDeletebeckoning me down".
So happy to have you join in the 30 Words challenge! It is really hard sometimes to distill your thoughts down to just 30 words, but that is what I love most about it. I am challenging myself to take a new picture each week, to be present to what is in my world. And to be sure that it has NOTHING to do with jewelry, as that rules the rest of my life! Thank you for sharing your lovely words, and that image makes me feel like a kid again! Enjoy the day! Erin
ReplyDeleteGrowing up in Florida, we never made snow angels. When I was an adult and living in New York City, I made my first snow angel in Central Park. What I didn't know, as I threw myself down was that there was a rock and I hurt my booty! Ha ha ha! I laughed so hard. Thank you for bringing that lovely memory back.
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