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  • IHOP Stop

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    Well, we survived last weekend’s adventure…but I still have to tell you about the IHOP stop! Abbey and I were dreaming BIG about having a meal in peace and uninterrupted. Remember how we were parched after the water was sadly dumped in the fancy fountain at The Orpheum? That life-giving (and keeping Sal’s UTIs away)…

  • Daughter and Mother Day Out!

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    Most of you who know me  know I am living with ALS and have been blessed with a slow progression. It has been 14 years of deterioration of my body. I have transformed from a 6 foot tall athletic woman to a 4 foot Humpty Dumpty in a wheelchair. I imagine myself as an ogre…

  • SOB!

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    Gotcha! I have not been changing teams to the dark side! Recently I had a great time with SOB. It made this old girl in the scoot get some self esteem back. My daughter was with me along with Lauren and Zuri. I know front row students are aghast. Ms. Alley is taking a walk…

  • Advice on Publishing Needed

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    Any writers know a good, easy self-publishing app or website? I prefer a website because I write with my eyes on a special ipad. I am a gazer, quadriplegic. I used a publisher for my first book. I am at 30,000 words of the next novella. Do you have any experience? Any advice is welcome.

  • Sicilian Toffee Scandal

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    The previous challenge was to write a story in 52 words using the following seven words in it somewhere: The Sicilian Godfather was putting the squeeze on the App Toffee Inc. for recycling his family recipe with cheap ingredients. The stealthy recipe called for rare pink Himalayan salt. He sued the Toffee tyrants for fraud…

  • Full Moon Fever

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    Here’s a new story challenge for you: Can you tell a story in 60 words using the following words in it somewhere: 7/3  Magnolia Hill Retirement Home had an insomnia outbreak because of the full moon. They were banging tambourines at a fever pitch while they raided the janitor closet. They made headdresses out of…

  • Touch

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    “We don’t have a virtual God…God enters into the messiness of our world and he touches us.” Today my devotional focused on touch. Boy, I miss giving hugs, the high fives, and simple firm handshakes. The past holiday weekend was a tough one. My independence of adjusting myself and driving was taken when my chin drive…

  • Sparkly Blue

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    Here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 71 words using the following words in it somewhere: The widow drove to the local pharmacy to get her prescription shampoo. She leapfrogged through traffic in her sparkling cornflower blue Prius; the shampoo turned her octogenarian hair the same sparkly blue. The…

  • I Still Miss You…

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    I think I am figuring out why I have been losing medulla as in oblongata. I’m desperately seeking a Papa Smurf, Ratz (I was his Paparazzi and he was Ratz), Poppy, or MSH (My Sweet Husband.) Also, I am in another ALS decline. I don’t wanna look the Beast in the eyes. I have to…

  • Mania at the Masquerade Theater

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    Thursday means it’s story time. Can you tell a story in 62 words using the following words in it somewhere:LASSOIMPERSONATESHRINEVIDEOJANITORCONGEAL The Tom Jones impersonator was lassoed by the octogenarian in the front row. She almost made the getaway until she tripped the janitor and spilled his congealed cleaner. The people waiting at the Tom Jones…