100 Word Challenge: Boredom

March 21, 2019March 27, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 3 Comments

I hope that this change in seasons will give me the kick I need to get motivated… to do more than sit on my arse and binge watch Netflix. Well, I am crocheting but that takes very little effort. It’s been rainy around here, so even it I was so inclined, I wouldn’t go outside … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Boredom

100 Word Challenge: Spot

March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 3 Comments

Perhaps it’s a sign of advancing age, but when I found a little extra money in my budget this month I didn’t opt for new spring clothes or a new purse, no I was more practical. I bought a spot rug cleaner, and I am ][ this close to being giddy about shampooing my carpet. … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Spot

100 Word Challenge: Give

March 6, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 7 Comments

This week is the beginning of Lent Season ~ that 40-day stretch in the Christian calendar distinguished by hundreds of thousands of people depriving themselves of chocolate and alcohol in the month leading up to Easter ~ Wednesday begins a time of fasting from sin and vice. Just as with making a New Year's Resolution, … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Give

100 Word Challenge: Pink

February 27, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 11 Comments

We are sneaking into March later this week and I am SO looking forward to warmer, and hopefully less damp, weather. In the region of Florida where I live, late February - early March is considered planting season. I have potted plants that didn’t fare too well over the winter - mostly due to neglect … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Pink

100 Word Challenge: Blank

February 20, 2019February 27, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 11 Comments

For the longest time, my writing mojo has been on the fritz. I just couldn’t get my brain to come up with any stories, or at least any that I wanted to pursue. That was until today. I’ve been taking notes while watching documentaries on Netflix. There are a lot of good fictional story ideas … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Blank

100 Word Challenge: “Dear…”

February 13, 2019 ~ Tara R. ~ 6 Comments

I’ve been reading Terry Pratchett’s “Going Postal.” The basic premise is that a habitual criminal is plucked from the hangman’s noose by the supreme ruler of Ankh-Morpork to serve as the Postmaster of the town’s moribund post office. (This is a stand-alone in the DiscWorld series.) The mail must go through, even though it has … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: “Dear…”