Which is not the problem. Dogs bark, good doggie, you are soo brave. No, the problem, as I reward my puppy for protecting us with her vicious golden retriever looks and bark, is that I have new neighbor’s moving in. Again. Sigh. Now why is this a problem? Let me tell you. Because I don’t have cookie dough in the house and I don’t want … Continue reading My Dog is Barking at the Neighbors
Writing Prompt from 642 Things to Write About by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto Hmmm. Two dollars isn’t a lot of money, unless….we go to the Google machine and go back in time. Let’s figure out what it would have been worth in the past! (Just for fun) Turns out, it wasn’t that fun. Various sites claim that in 1913 a dollar would be the … Continue reading Two Dollars Isn’t a Lot of Money, Unless…
Writing Prompt. Let’s go. The first thing that comes to mind would be my body, but that may be cheating. Even though I adore cheating, I’ll try to think of an actual item. Something solid. We have a few antiques, passed down to me from previous generations. But then, that seems obvious – a bit off the mark for the task, too. Hmm. Something that … Continue reading The Oldest Item in Your Possession
Thank you, San Francisco Writer’s Grotto, for the writing prompt – I think. Knock Knock Who’s there? Shut the hell up. Shut the hell up who? Shut the hell up. OMG, I just realized how hard it is to write a knock knock joke. But, you know, my first attempt does have attitude. I like it, but let me try again. I think you should … Continue reading Write a Knock Knock Joke Then Use It in a Story
Writing Prompt, San Francisco Writer’s Grotto Pop-tarts, honey, raisins. I drove into the neighborhood feeling lighthearted as I watched my puppy in the driver’s side mirror. She’d recently begun to feel safe in the car-car and was hanging her head out the window, ears blowing back as the summer breeze caught her. She sniffed the air, absorbing all the smells in our neighborhood. She knew … Continue reading Open Your Kitchen Cabinet. Write a scene incorporating the first three things you see.
Prompt from 642 Things to Write About by the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto. Yuk. This will be really hard for me. Forgiveness is not my strong suit. No one who knows me, or for that matter, has read my work, would disagree. Let me come through the back door. What does the word “dislike” mean? Right off the bat, I can think of people I … Continue reading Write a Love Letter to a Person You Dislike
So there I am, at the dealership, ready to whip off my jacket and pull out my checkbook, when I suddenly remember, as the zipper goes down, that I still have my pajamas on. What is wrong with me! Wait, I know. I’m a writer. I have no time for things like putting on real clothes. That December day I was driving home from the … Continue reading I Bought a Car in my Pajamas Today
My work, my passion, my escape is into the glamorous world of the Carrows. But then again, I’m doing them a disservice by only speaking of their exotic, privileged surroundings. At heart, my series is a family saga. I know who these people are, and I sincerely like hanging out with them. Someone, (memory lapse), wrote a book about characters coming to “actual” life. Was … Continue reading A Character’s World
Hello friends and readers and welcome to my site. I appreciate your visit! Beginning a first blog on a new website is a daunting task. Especially since there won’t be an editor out there checking my work. What? I have to do it myself? What an incredibly crazy world. (I threw in that adverb to irritate those who hate them. You say they’re wrong—I say … Continue reading Annabelle Blogs Welcome
