On The Corner of HODGE and PODGE

#937460

July 5, 2018 at 1:55pm

PROMPT Benjamin Franklin wrote this witty epitaph acknowledging his belief in reincarnation. The Body of B.Franklin, Printer Like the cover of an Old Book Its contents turn out and Stripped of its lettering and gilding Lies Here Food for worms But the book shall not be lost For it will be as he believed Appear once more In a new and more elegant edition Revised and corrected By the author. What are your thoughts on his epitaph? Reincarnation? Beautifully and apt... [Read more]

#937297

July 3, 2018 at 7:33am

PROMPT “Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you,” says Carlos Ruiz Zafón, in The Shadow of the Wind What do you think he means? Don’t we see in a book what its writer has written? As you read an author, you will see things through his or her eyes — while, at the same time, what you're reading will also be colored in its own special way by your own experiences. In a play-on-words, you might call this double v... [Read more]

#936985

June 27, 2018 at 4:52pm

PROMPT Have you ever been in stage or performed for an audience? For starters... I believe that meant to write "onstage" instead of "in stage" but who can tell? I can tell you of one time when I was both onstage and in stage, and that was when I was baptized at the age of ten. When it was my turn, I walked onto this stage in our church basement. Then, I walked down into this pool that had its surface at the same level as the stage fl... [Read more]

#936919

June 26, 2018 at 4:16pm

PROMPT Donald Hall, a former poet laureate of the USA, who passed away on June 23, 2018, once said, “Literature starts by being personal, but the deeper we go inside the more we become everybody.” What are your thoughts on the quote? Sometimes, things I experienced early in life will end up having the potential to plant seeds of empathy, reassurance, and other positive emotions in others. At times, it simply makes people remember how it was — or... [Read more]

#936776

June 22, 2018 at 11:52pm

PROMPT Write a complete story about a cat in 55 words. Back in the Fabulous Fifties when we liked Ike and loved Elvis, Mrs. Zion had a litter of kittens in a former pig trough in the basement of our bank barn. I picked one out and named her Debbie. With yours truly as ring leader, {x-link:https://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/934640}she and I{/x-link} were partners-in-crime for the next seven years. Written By For: (Art by ... [Read more]

#936668

June 20, 2018 at 11:59pm

PROMPT Prompt: "I explore the world by looking to the past." Toma Clark Haines Write your views about this quote. If you look at my blog called Sentimental Journeys, you will see that I do this quite a bit — or, at least, you will when I have more of it written. I'll put a bitem to it in the comment section and say a bit more. For now, I need to post this... Written By For: (Art by ) Welcome 2 my neighborhood in ... [Read more]

#936333

June 14, 2018 at 11:57pm

PROMPT "Start each day like it was your Birthday." Kate Spade How would you live each day if everyday was your Birthday? I would live as I'm living right now because everyday IS my birthday! Chuck Cox (the minister at our church from 1976 until 1985) told about how he answered this question: " Are you saved? " He said that his reply was that he had been saved, was now being saved, and would continue to be saved. In other w... [Read more]

#935931

June 7, 2018 at 11:51pm

PROMPT What books are on your summer reading list? When I went to list some of the books that I had ready to read online, I couldn't find them. Going to have to check around and see what the problem is. I have some other books (the traditional kind) that I was going to be reading as well. Anyway, this is one of those questions that I wish you had asked me at another time. Right now, I'm so busy putting things together that I've had to... [Read more]

#935916

June 6, 2018 at 11:52pm

PROMPT Life is about creating yourself, not finding yourself. Do you agree? At this time, I'm in the last hour of the 74th anniversary of {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings}D-Day{/x-link} and traveling towards my half-birthday, which will be taking place on June 12. June 12 would seem to be a great day to grand-open "THE BIG PROJECT", but do I want to wait that long? Am I finding myself, creating myself, losing myself, re... [Read more]

#935781

June 4, 2018 at 11:48pm

PROMPT In his book {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Club_Dumas} The Club Dumas {/x-link}, {x-link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_P%C3%A9rez-Reverte} Arturo Pérez-Reverte {/x-link} says, “Even if there is foul play, without the rule there is no game.” What does this quote mean, and how does its meaning reflect in your life? For starters, I'm going to include a bit more of the dialogue: "...The rule is to know and k... [Read more]

#935694

June 2, 2018 at 11:55pm

PROMPT What does a person mean when they say they need space? Actually, I'm looking for some space at the moment where I can FINALLY focus on getting my life caught up to where I want it to be. It would be nice to have between three and five days where I set the hours and activities with no unexpected distractions. Just like a kind of retreat for getting things done. Written By For: (Art by ) Welcome 2 my neighborhood in ... [Read more]

#935439

May 28, 2018 at 11:47pm

PROMPT This might apply to any country you are from. What are your feelings for the Memorial Day, and if you were made to serve in a branch of the military, which one would you choose? One of the things that I'd like to do when I get back on my feet again financially and am driving again is to return to doing what my folks and I used to do every year at this time: going to the various cemeteries and decorating the graves of friends and loved ones. When... [Read more]

#935114

May 23, 2018 at 11:54pm

PROMPT Have you ever won a contest and found out that the prize was something totally different then advertised? Write about your experience with real life contests. When I was in eighth grade, I really went all out to sell more than $100 in magazine subscriptions, because I wanted to be in a bracket to win this record player that you didn't need to plug in because it ran on batteries. It was a combination record player and radio, and I was looking for... [Read more]

#934738

May 17, 2018 at 11:57pm

PROMPT Make a list of everything that inspires you-from books to web sites, paintings and movies and anything else you can think of. I can't make a list of everything, as the list is neverending (as in always being added to). However, I can share directions to a place where you will be finding a growing number of inspiring sheets that will be a lot like what this prompt is asking for... Enjoy! (e:delight} Written By For: (Art by ... [Read more]

#934681

May 16, 2018 at 11:56pm

PROMPT Will you be watching the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan? You knew this was coming. It all depends on whether or not I happen to be up at that time. There's a chance that I will be and a chance that I won't be. In other words, it might be possible that I'll sleep right through it. I still remember when the groom's mom and dad (or should I say mum and dad) got married. It was July 29, 1981, and Uncle Finley and Aunt... [Read more]

#934575

May 15, 2018 at 11:57pm

PROMPT “What is that you express in your eyes? It seems to me more than all the print I have read in my life.” Walt Whitman Do you sometimes look in other people’s eyes and imagine who they may be and what they may have done with their lives? Also, do you think this is what most poets and writers do? The following song... {embed:https://youtu.be/8Ms3mJFkSeg} ...has a very special meaning to me. It takes me back in time to 1990 when I'd m... [Read more]

#934397

May 11, 2018 at 11:54pm

PROMPT The mirror never lies. Or does it? At carnivals, fairs, and amusement parks, there is often an attraction known as a house of mirrors. This attraction is usually located within another attraction known as a fun house. Anyway, these attractions contain a number of mirrors that are distorted in some way so that you (or should I say your reflection) might look taller, shorter, fatter, thinner, etc. than you really are. There's a scene out of the... [Read more]

#934143

May 8, 2018 at 11:54pm

PROMPT Is what people learn in schools enough for living this earthly life? Or what are some of the things you learned in life that the schools didn’t teach you? And what would be important to teach young people before they start on their own? Answer any or all of the questions, in any way you wish. I'm going to answer — at least, in part — all three of these questions. Is what people learn in schools enough for living this earthly life? ... [Read more]

#934136

May 7, 2018 at 11:59pm

PROMPT If you have ever met a highly manipulative person, what are the characteristics, actions, or feelings of such a person? Or if you haven’t met one, can you imagine what they’d be like, and could you use such a character in your fiction? Can you make him or her the protagonist, antagonist, or a secondary character? The deadline is amost here, so I'm going to make this brief and say: DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED!!! Written By ... [Read more]

#933960

May 4, 2018 at 11:58pm

PROMPT Since Fivesixer ☮ (suser:fivesixer} likes facts on Fridays, let's give him 11 uses for a drinking straw except drinking that's too dang easy. Just checking in to let you know that a response to this will be finished in a few hours and will be found here: Written By For: (Art by ) Welcome 2 my neighborhood in Blog City where I live On The Corner of HODGE and PODGE Go {x-link:h... [Read more]

#933851

May 4, 2018 at 12:00am

PROMPT "Spring is like perhaps a hand / (which comes carefully / out of Nowhere)arranging / a window, into which people look," writes e. e. cummings, using the image of a hand and its actions to describe the nature of spring. His musings go on in the poem to make various imaginative leaps, but its twists and turns are held together by the shared exploration of a specific subject. Try writing your a poem, short story or blog entry that begins with, "... [Read more]

#933844

May 2, 2018 at 11:53pm

PROMPT Zachary Schomburg's poetry collection Fjords Vol. 1 (Black Ocean, 2012) was inspired by his desire to write poems based on the dreams his friends had shared with him. In an interview for the Pleistocene, he explained that part of his process was "e-mailing my friends or having a beer and talking to them about their most interesting dreams or their most recent dreams, and trying to make poems out of them." The resulting poems have the odd clarity of dre... [Read more]

#933684

April 29, 2018 at 11:56pm

PROMPT What's one of your most favorite Springtime activities, and how did you happen to get into it? Here I am writing at the last minute again due to unexpected delays, so, I'm going to give you a quick answer to the prompt question: Hunting for and eating wild mushrooms. These days, I only get the chance to eat them once in awhile, but I grew up both hunting and eating them. In was just one of those wonderful parts of growing up where my ... [Read more]

#933227

April 22, 2018 at 11:59pm

PROMPT What do you consider "trouble", and how do you stay out of it? This is an entry that will discuss some of the many faces of T R O U B L E Let me start off by saying that I'm T R O U B L E Personified And Suspect That I Was Born That Way ... Seriously, the kind of T R O U B L E that's associated with me is, overall, a positive type, so I'm not actually lo... [Read more]

#933224

April 21, 2018 at 11:58pm

PROMPT Whenever a certain person comes to visit, your walls turn from their color to black. One possible explanation: The person has a warped sense opf humor and some black paint in a big sprayer. Each time he comrd over, he redecorates your house. Fortunately for you, he lives a couple of thousand miles away and only appears about every four or five years... Written By For: (Art by ) Welcome 2 my neighborhood in Blog Ci... [Read more]