Category Archives: Days in the Life
16 Random Questions
For this post, I’m not providing answers, or even opinions. I’m reversing polarity on this blog post, and instead asking questions, any and all of which you are free to provide answers to if you have any. -Why are so many people and organizations unwilling to be small? -Is there an intrinsic value to indiscriminate …
Boston: One Week Later
If you keep up a regular online presence in any given medium, as I do, there are events that in some ways call for a response, even if they don’t fall within your usual topics of discussion. I imagine the attack on the Boston Marathon last week would qualify as such an event. Obviously it …
Personal Linguistics
I’m a writer. I work with words. But like anyone else, I also need to use them in everything else I do. Also like everyone else I have particular go-to phrases or words to express or indicate certain concepts and feelings. That isn’t to say I never use alternatives, because I do. Yet everyday speech …
Scintilla13 Day 16 (The Final Day)
We bet there was a story you wanted to tell that didn’t line up with any of the prompts. Write it anyway – and use it to write a one or two sentence prompt that others could use to tell a good story of their own. Then, share it with us, if you’re comfortable. Most aspects …
Scintilla13 Day 15
Tell the story of how you got the thing you are going to keep forever. Include an image in your post, if you can. This mug has never held a beverage. I was in college when I got it. I had been sick, quite sick for several days. Sick to the point of asking …
