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Wednesday Writing Prompt: Lick

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I had a hard time stopping at 50 words. I must be content to let your imagination fill […]

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Black Tortoise Press November 9, 2022 Uncategorized

2022 RAK Week #42

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This is election week. If you’re like me, anything that buffers me from the barrage of political ads […]

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Black Tortoise Press November 7, 2022 Gratitude, People, Things

Science Friday: Playful bees

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Oh my! When I saw this article in National Geographic, I knew I had to share it with […]

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Black Tortoise Press November 4, 2022 Things, Uncategorized

Wednesday Writing: Visitor

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Another 50-word story using a Rag-tag Daily Prompt. Today’s word is visitor. Maybe The Day of the Dead […]

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Black Tortoise Press November 2, 2022 writing

2022 RAK Week #41

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If I counted correctly, somewhere along the line, I missed two weeks. Yes, 2022 ends in just 9 […]

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Black Tortoise Press October 31, 2022 Gratitude, People, Things

Free-for-all Friday: The human microbiome and behavior

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Oh my gosh! Time flies. It’s been more than a minute since I wrote anything about the human […]

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Black Tortoise Press October 28, 2022 Things

NaNoWriMo: It’s that time of the year again.

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November is National Novel Writing Month. The challenge: write about 50,000 words during the month of November. That’s […]

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Black Tortoise Press October 26, 2022 Uncategorized, writing

2022 RAK Week #40

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My family began practicing Random Acts of Kindness when my kids were teens. Now they have teens of […]

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Black Tortoise Press October 24, 2022 Gratitude, People, Things

The Fourth Quarter: Facing Loss

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Funerals and loss are a part of life from the very beginning. In my life experience, children were […]

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Black Tortoise Press October 21, 2022 Aging

Writing prompt from RDP: Exquisite

crop osteopath checking up back of anonymous patient in hospital
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Today, I’m responding to RDP’s Wednesday writing prompt and keeping with Boy with a Hat’s challenge of a […]

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Black Tortoise Press October 19, 2022 writing

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