Daily Archives: May 31, 2012

Don’t Let it Get You Down

May 31st, 2012 / Categories: words / 4 Comments »

Her face brightened whatever room she entered. And, she entered those rooms in style; a nod to everyone and that smile, lordie, that smile!

I was taken with her the first time I saw her. The smile didn’t always reach her eyes, but on the days it did we all felt bathed as if from the hand of God Himself.

My question to her was answered slowly, thoughtfully. “You know? You can’t keep letting it get you down. I just flick it off my shoulders and carry on. You all are my strength. You all are why I can smile.”
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This is for Lance’s 100 Word Song challenge. This week the chosen song is OK Go – This Too Shall Pass. I loved the video that goes with the song. Check it out – and come join the challenge.

Mrs. Spencer

May 31st, 2012 / Categories: Moose Nuggets, words / 3 Comments »

“I am in full possession of my faculties, young lady.”

Mrs. Spencer pushed away the hand that had been offered and muttered; “silly git. Always wanting to wrestle me this way and that. Acts like she thinks she can boss me around. I’ll show her who’s an invalid. Certainly not me. I can still walk!”

The aide stepped back to allow Mrs. Spencer the illusion she had woven for herself. Recovery from illnesses seemed to go quicker if patients got mad enough to “show ‘em.”

One walked tall, the other shuffled, as they made their daily constitution to the cafeteria.


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The word of the week from Velvet Verbosity is Possession. These are my 100 words on that.

I feel Mrs. Spencer’s pain. Several years ago I had surgery, after which I sucked greedily on the proffered ice chips. Those ice chips were cut off without warning “until she gets up to move around.” I was quite upset – in pain – but I got up and moved around, muttering as I walked past every nurse’s station on the floor.

🙂 It works.

Way (way) back, man

May 31st, 2012 / Categories: Hear Me, Moose Nuggets, talkin' to mahself, words / Comments Closed

I took a trip on the wayback machine today . . . found one of my first blogs – and some not so great, very bad, icky, nasty poetry I had written and posted on Lessa’s then poetry collab. Okay, some of it was NOT so bad . . . but I flinched when I read some of the pieces. I’m sure I thought they were very good then.

Funny how our thoughts change with our lives, isn’t it? Mind you, this stuff is from 2001 and 2002. Lord only would HOPE I can write a bit better nowadays.

Of course, some of what I write these days is drivel, too.

The trick is . . . to keep on writing. Never mind what the critics say – whether bad or good – never mind what your own gut says (gosh, Moosie, this is GOOD stuff!) Just keep putting it out there. Hone the craft. Work the words – let the words work you. Re-read it and toss it aside to molder for a bit – then take it out and re-read it – aloud, if you please. Get a different day’s take on it.

Maybe, just maybe, we will each find that one glimmering diamond that we have hidden inside us. When we do – SHARE it with the world.

Write on, word nerds, write on.