SEP: What You Want
Saturday Evening Post time, so grab a cuppa and snuggle into a rocker. The fans are on high to chase away the evening heat. Children tell you what they want as a matter of need. Without telling you...
View ArticleAshen Lily
The impish fairy has decided pastorals are not outmoded by personifying a seed. Yes, a seed. How often do we scoop the seeds out and throw them in the garbage? Sometimes, we toss them aside by our...
View ArticleCrumbles
The impish fairy is pouting because I flatly refused her homicidal recitation for today in favor of a twist on my normal stance toward silence. She even went so far as to offer a darker version of...
View ArticleSearching…
Keywords make finding what we want easy. Telling a clerk for what we search makes it simpler for us to get help finding it. What happens when we have no idea how to describe what we want? Single...
View ArticleHeart Heroes
The Little V is busy this season with Hoops for Hearts. She was really specific in the reasons why. Stop by her page and give her some encouragement. If you can help with a donation, she will be...
View ArticleOn and for a Strike
Labor often institutes strikes to exhibit its value when it feels exploited. Writing is a labor of the heart and soul. When the words disappear, the value is rarely on exhibition. This Catch 22 is...
View ArticleWhat do you know?
Has anyone ever told you, It is not what you know but who you know? Up for a challenge? Jobs When you venture into the job market the first time, it is painfully obvious the adage is true. Trying to...
View ArticleSaturday Evening Post: Not My Way
I am all for naked cats.” ~ Red Dwyer When the inevitable look comes, you know the one… a cow looking at a new bicycle, the remainder of the quote is “There is more than one way to skin them.” Likely,...
View ArticleMuse for Monday
Mantra has been singing of late. She appears to have come across some emotions she was unaware were prevalent in her social circle. Perhaps, you will see what form changes she is sporting with these...
View ArticleNever Expected
For those who have haunted The M3 Blog for a while, you are familiar with the tributes we pay to those who die. A number of memorials are tucked amongst the posts. I have lost many over the years, both...
View ArticleMusing after Monday
Moving from the world of want to a state of need is a revolution. Often, the catalyst for this level of change is deep emotional connection. The motivation of love is the most celebrated emotional...
View ArticleYou Can So
Have you ever listened to an account and the first thought you have is I cannot get there from here? Our brains are capable of imagining all manner of concepts and acts which we have a moral repugnance...
View ArticleIt Would Be Better If…
How often have you held something in your hands and said, “It is good, but…”? The same can be said of many things in our lives, not the least of which is what we use to define ourselves. Our tenet...
View ArticleSEP: Examination
It is the last weekend before the world falls into the winter (in the northern hemisphere) celebration. Once it is complete next weekend, we enter a period of deep reflection for most at the close of...
View ArticleMuse for Monday
It is hard to contemplate a world where words are simple, yet daily we find the simple ones explaining the quantum complexities in their minutia. Mantra has been musing on words lately. Not with words,...
View ArticlePrompt: Favorite Room
Hands down, my favorite room is the bathroom. I frequently call mine the boardroom. Wanna take a bath? At some point before I had children, I loved the lock on the bathroom door because it ensured...
View ArticlePrompt: I hate this chore.
For all the OCD in the world, there is one chore I hate more than all the rest. My affinity for shoes is known the world over. Complete strangers have admitted to calling me “The Shoe Lady”, “High...
View ArticlePrompt: I cannot live without…
Five things I cannot live without? These may shock you. 5. Coffee. Somehow, you thought that would be number one. Admit it. Actually, it may be tied with TAB and wine. 4. Books. Whether reading them or...
View ArticlePrompt: Junk Drawer
Some claim America is the only country where people designate a place for junk. Be it avarice, sloth or organization, what one stores in a junk drawer is revealing. What is in mine? While I tend to...
View ArticlePrompt: Dream Job
Over the years, my dream job changed from rodeo clown to author with a ton of stops along the way. Now, I only have one. Will you join me on a Month of Prompts? Grab the picture. Link to the page. It...
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