Tag: dog story
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Jack’s Wood: Odd Prompts
I am picking up the thread of something I was working on last year. You will want to read Jack’s Stick, and Jack’s Quest, if you don’t recall them. *** Jack was snuffling along the garden wall again. Right along the back, where he always spent the longest time. I’d decided very quickly after he’d…
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Odd Prompts: The White Stag
This is my weekly prompt submission for Odd Prompts. I was challenged by Kat Ross with an image of a peek-a-boo deer. I challenged Cal Primer with ‘Living in a mossy forest, there is…’ This is sort of a continuation of Jack’s Stick. “Silly widgeon.” Jack’s ears perked up a little at his mistress’s…
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Odd Prompts: Jack’s Stick
So I started a weekly writing (or art!) prompt for the year. The writing group More Odds than Ends is taking part, along with other folks, hence the name ‘Odd Prompts.’ It works by people who want to participate submitting a short prompt to oddprompts@gmail.com and then on Wednesdays, the prompts are published as…
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The Death of a Mole
Mornings around here are usually quiet. Coffee, breakfast, hollering at the kids to ‘rise and shine.’ The First Reader usually takes the time to actually cook eggs and toast, and this morning took it into his head to make both of us bacon, too. So I was puttering around the kitchen and dining room finding…
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Is this… Morning?
I think I overdid it yesterday. Between spring rising, and house guests at the end of the week, I’d decided it was time to do a big cleaning. So today I’m sore and stiff and just a wee bit cranky. Did I mention I have midterms all this week? Yeah. So I’ll be studying. However,…
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Artfully: Day 4
On the fourth day of Christmas, I gave to my true love: five dogs, and a cat. I’m sketching dogs for my son, who wants me to illustrate a story he’s trying to write, about five dogs who are in fifth grade together, a cat who is their friend against the odds, and another dog…