You Were Our Anchor

(I should apologize for the following blog as it is raw and unedited… as are my emotions.  Therefore it seemed ridiculous to go through and make corrections…this is how feel unedited and raw…) (forgive me) I was floored this morning from a text. Just as usual I got up to get my coffee going.  I…

It’s Only Wrinkles

“You are growing old, and much land remains to be conquered.”                    [God to Joshua]   It seems I see a new wrinkle each day.  Ok…maybe I’m dramatizing a bit, but isn’t that a writer’s prerogative…? But, seriously, now that I’m over 50 I’m seeing things in…

Photography Challenge: Variations on a Theme

This week, show the same thing — an object, place, or person — presented in several different ways. Earlier this month I was fortunate enough to escape my normal, daily routine, and take a road trip to Orlando, Florida.  The place, Bonnet Creek, was absolutely breathtaking!  Right outside my door was this lake filled with…

The Cabin in the Woods

Today’s two word-prompt combination: [WordPress:  Candid]  +  [Writer’s Block:  Virus]  = The Cabin in the Woods *** The cabin appeared innocent enough, but to be candid, it too was infested by the same demonic virus that ran rampant in the woods. What’s the old idiom..  “…looks can be deceiving…” ?   Yes, that was the one….

Photography Challenge: Silence

This week’s photo challenge is simply…Silence. I took the photograph above on one of my silent get-a-ways. Forever an introvert, I am drawn to silence. These are just a few of my favorite sounds of silence… Quiet mornings with coffee in hand… In my hammock, all is silent, save the cicada and birds overhead… Lying…

Silently…it dies…

  A loophole…peace…hope to gain… A place to hide…to escape the pain? Yes, this has happened…and that has too… Regret…of all these things I do. Where is this place…of which I search? Standing…bleeding…covered in dirt, My face ashamed…I am a disgrace. I guess this loophole…an imagined place….? I look…your eyes…and find it not there… Just…

The Face Behind A Broken Window

So, I continue my quest to combine two prompts, one from WordPress (WP), and the other from The Writer’s Block (WB).  The intent is to create an interesting challenge that will entertain the minds of my readers. This is the equation of today’s combination:   [WP = Brilliant] + [WB = Write a story about…

The “Airport Test”

                     Thanks for stopping by Redhead Reflections! I hope this day has treated you well thus far, and I send out good energies to all who read this! Today’s word from WordPress is Forlorn, and the prompt from my book, Writer’s Block is…Opening Lines. So, I…

Haiku: America Bleeds

[WP’s daily prompt = Allergic] +  [Writer’s Block Prompt = Diet] =  Haiku: America Bleeds ***                               A diet of hate,                           And no allergen to greed America bleeds……