January 31st, 2022/tales in the winter night

Today’s Prompt: How do you feel when you look at the stars? Remember when Aukai told you stories of his people, how they had ancient star charts, how they used the length between thumb and finger to measure the horizon? He said the stars were really distant suns, some of them other colors. You justContinue reading “January 31st, 2022/tales in the winter night”

January 30th, 2022/I’m a pantheon of trees

Today’s Prompt: Describe yourself as a tree. Ooh goodie some nonsense. I love nonsense. Here are 7 aspects of myself imagined as trees. My independent self I am a mangrove tree, I live in salt water estuaries. I have bright leaves, my bark is rough, speckled like eyespots on potatoes. My roots run shallow throughContinue reading “January 30th, 2022/I’m a pantheon of trees”

January 29th, 2022/I got upset with this one

Today’s Prompt: How are you changing the world? After several hours of considering this prompt, I discovered how upset I was with the expectation to change the world. It’s too much for my anxiety to handle. It was tons of pressure on younger-me to do something useful then, in order to become a world-changing forceContinue reading “January 29th, 2022/I got upset with this one”

January 28th, 2022/pirates on the high C’s

Today’s Prompt: What is on your music playlist right now? …uh. That’s it I’m drawing a blank. I don’t engage with music in the form of playlists. I just listen to the songs I feel like listening to at the moment. That’s it I’m drawing a blank, the smell’s quite rank in the sandbank whereContinue reading “January 28th, 2022/pirates on the high C’s”

January 27th, 2022/where the wild things thrive

Today’s Prompt: Where do you go when you need solitude? I’m not going to write my entire snarky reply I thought of for this prompt. My only snark here will be this: well, where do you go when you need air? Above water, genius. Breathe. Okay here’s a poem:) Find me where the wild thingsContinue reading “January 27th, 2022/where the wild things thrive”

Cory’s Story: tell the timeless waters

…this place seems timeless. Magical. Enchanted. Winnie, can you hear me? Cory. Yes. I do hear you. I’m not close enough to the front to see. What’s going on? This desert is red, like Ribbon said. Spoke. Explained. Anything else? Yes. Plenty. I walk, and nothing changes. I am hungry, but continue to walk. IContinue reading “Cory’s Story: tell the timeless waters”

January 26th, 2022/warm and fuzzy self-love

Today’s Prompt: What is your favorite part about yourself? I love the fact that I can be creative. I also love that I’m empathetic. You know what? I think I’m just going to write out a list of positive things about myself. Because reminders of good things about yourself are a great way to combatContinue reading “January 26th, 2022/warm and fuzzy self-love”

January 25th, 2022/my heart runs of fire

Today’s Prompt: Write about what makes you feel strong. Heart. It runs of fire and water and rage and rain and wind and storms and lightning and Tears. Fears. In all my traveling, I have never found a mirror To my soul. In all my wanderings, I have never found a kindred spirit To myContinue reading “January 25th, 2022/my heart runs of fire”

January 24th, 2022/last night I lived in Star Wars

Today’s Prompt: Write about a dream you remember. Until a couple years ago, I was terrible at remembering dreams. Then one rare day in February, I had a dream, and for a reason I don’t quite remember, I decided to write it down. And the next time I had a dream–like a few weeks later–IContinue reading “January 24th, 2022/last night I lived in Star Wars”

January 23rd, 2022/makin’ it full circle

Today’s Prompt: Interview a fictional character. Hi! If you’re looking for an entire, worked-on-for-months short story of one fictional character interviewing another, go check this out. There, I’ve also written intriguing garden symbols and musings about the alphabet and mental health. If by chance you’d like some introductory info before beginning the story, check thisContinue reading “January 23rd, 2022/makin’ it full circle”