Tag: challenge
group name: twowordchallenge
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February 02, 2006 12:04 AM EST --
I made myself a promise tonight. I will put away this year's holiday memories in a bottle wrapped in rose-colored cellophane, a red bow around its neck.
Through the bottle with miniature . . . more
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March 02, 2006 11:02 AM EST --
In a world of so many options, with choices made amid the yin and yang of the world, can any judgment be made that is not tepid?
The curse, or blessing, of seeing all sides (not just both there's . . . more
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March 26, 2007 07:55 PM EDT --
Take a deep breath.
The two word challenge for this week is: Dangerous Liaisons.
You can exhale now.
I thought this might be rife with meaning for anyone who's ever been in or considered being in . . . more
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May 29, 2007 05:52 AM EDT --
Lost Soul (synchro) is hosting this week's two word challenge, but wanted me to put the article up for him. He has made an excellent choce:
Divine Arrogance.
You can write prose or poetry of any . . . more
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June 24, 2007 05:49 PM EDT --
This week, a delicious assortment awaits your discriminating taste.
Summer days, sad surrender, spicy peppermint, leather cup
OK. I had help from family members.
To participate in the Two Word . . . more
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November 26, 2007 10:59 PM EST --
I put the decorations in storage after the holiday season (the beginning of the New Year), and take them out again after Thanksgiving (toward the end of it). I love the nostalgia. . . . more
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May 09, 2007 06:38 AM EDT --
Hello, this week's Two Word Challenge is a little late but is entirely appropriate for the upcoming Mother's Day holiday. Jennine D. had a great idea: Mother Memories. Jennine is busy . . . more
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February 13, 2006 07:09 AM EST --
Fuzzy edges.
The world exists in sharp relief. Reality is revealed with stark clarity.
But at the fuzzy edges of my mind I still see you.
The perimeter has been secured. High walls prevent unwanted . . . more
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February 13, 2006 12:11 PM EST --
Doctor, it's just a game. We choose someone who will get the rush and we press her against a wall and then we use a bag, a tie, a belt, or even a scarf and tie it around her neck. And then we choke . . . more
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March 25, 2006 02:13 PM EST --
My sleep patterns are sometimes rather strange. Having no need or desire to conform to any schedule, sleep comes when it decides. Yesterday, it came in the late afternoon.
I awoke at 11 p.m. after what . . . more
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March 28, 2006 10:30 AM EST --
Bed rests, made.
Clock ticks in hall.
TV, muted, waits for the game tonight.
Dishes drip; slow cooker bubbles.
Floors sparkle, bathroom gleams.
"Dear John" apologizes on counter.
Body perfumed, . . . more
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March 28, 2006 11:40 PM EST --
Mary knew that first impressions carried more weight than the average person realized. With deliberate strokes, she applied the last of her coral lipstick and then scrutinized each of her facial features . . . more
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April 22, 2006 11:29 AM EDT --
With my brother being roughly twelve years older than me, I have few memories of him as a sibling in the home. He was out and about and then moved out by the time I was aware of my surroundings and building . . . more
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May 08, 2006 01:27 PM EDT --
So much of my life plays in my mind like a desert highway at night. Bathed in a desolate moon which illuminates the sagebrush and broken cactus along the road but nothing more. Dark monoliths loom just . . . more
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May 26, 2006 05:27 AM EDT --
Hedgey came from a meadow far away
Waddled her way across a wide high-way
Plucked her quills out on the way
Shaved her coat and with that was a rat
She says, Hey babe
Wanna see life from the other side . . . more
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January 30, 2007 09:58 AM EST --
In honor of Robert Burns' (1759 - 1796) birthday January 25th, I am including his poem "To a Mouse" here with the two word challenge, wee biff.
Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous . . . more
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May 23, 2007 07:43 AM EDT --
This week, in honor of Memorial Day weekend, I thought it would be appropriate to offer the following Two Word Challenge word pair:
Remembering Others.
This is a good challenge for anyone who wants to . . . more
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June 17, 2007 07:53 PM EDT --
I was honored, but scared, to have been asked to host this week's Two Word Challenge. What was involved, I asked? Just write the article, they said. Would I have to judge? No? . . . more
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February 21, 2006 01:09 PM EST --
Somewhere a memory burns
Amidst the clouds in my brain
There is no time
No feeling
An open wound, gaping
Laughing
Reminding me, never allowing
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February 27, 2006 08:05 PM EST --
I drove my son to Bowdoin College today on a fast road, cold and windy. I don't like small New England colleges. I prefer universities in cities; they're vibrant, alive to being young.
It was . . . more
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