Category: Random Rants

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Sharing a Bit of My World

Tina Stewart Brakebill


1.  Do you drive, and can you remember your first car? I’m from a midsize midwestern city in the US so driving was a given. Once I got my license (at 16) I shared a car with my dad. It was a red 5-speed (manuel) Toyota Corolla. He got it during the day to drive to work (so I still had to take the bus to school) but I had it at night and on weekends. Loved that car!!

2.  Have you ever ice skated? Like driving, ice skating is a given in a midwest town. I had my own white leather figure-skating style ice skates. We skated at the city park ice rink but also on the lake. Learning to do a halfway decent spin was my crowning achievement.

3.  What was your favourite sport at school? Ice skating and bike riding were not school sports, so the answer would be NONE. I have horrible memories of kickball and dodgeball and softball and basketball and ….

4.  What was the last movie you saw at the cinema? I’ve seen two movies in a theater in the last five-ish years: Project Hail Mary and Barbie. Fist my bump!

Gratitude: Check back with me tomorrow. I’m too fearful about the elections to channel much gratitude this morning.

Thanks for the inspiration.

Share Your World : 2nd November 2026
Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

wishful thinking

Tina Stewart Brakebill

properly mad

the top spins a tall tale

of a glittering lad

too great to fail

 

but great can be bad

and fake glitter corrodes

so properly mad

the foundation implodes

 

properly mad

the broken top tries to spin

but it wobbles and falls (SAD)  

and finally We the People win      

 

Photo by Kulbir on Pexels.com

 

Thanks to FOWC for this chance to vent some wishful thinking in awkward verse.

To all participating in NO KINGS tomorrow, thank you and take care!

FOWC With Fandango — Properly

 

 

 

Flash Fiction, Random Rants, tutto e niente

Feeding the Resistance: One Bunny at a Time

Tina Stewart Brakebill

Why so glum?

Well … March came in like a lion, and it looks like it’s going out that way as well, not an effing lamb in sight; plus everything is so egregiously awful, how can you NOT be glum?

I just think about the Easter Bunny.  

For crying out loud, you’re a full-grown person!

Which is why I’m focusing on the Bunny, because, as Cormac McCarthy said “…you fix what you can fix, and you let the rest go,” and for me, snapping the head off a solid-chocolate bunny sounds like the perfect way to let go while plotting the revolution.

Aaah … Vive la revolution and the Bunny!

 

Photo by Adam Stuart on Pexels.com

It’s been awhile since I’ve written so thanks to the following for my inspiration. 

It’s Thursday’s Six Sentence Story Blog Hop
FOWC With Fandango — Glum
RDP Thursday: Egregious
Liminal
Haiku & Other Poetry, Random Rants, tutto e niente

liberty’s promise

Tina Stewart Brakebill

an abundant yield for all

freedom’s promise broken

they hail words once unspoken

cheering as we fall

 

in the face of shameless cruelty

a promise made each night

not to yield the endless fight

as we march for liberty

Thanks for the prompts: YIELD and PROMISE

RDP Wednesday: YIELD
Writing Prompts

 

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Mighty Isis

Tina Stewart Brakebill

When I saw the word ZEPHYR, I immediately began to chant:

Oh zephyr winds that blow on high

Lift me now so I can fly

Andrea Transforms into Mighty Isis

If you were in a kid in the mid-1970s United States, then you may remember the brief reign of Mighty Isis. Andrea Thompson was a teacher who (after finding a magic amulet) could transform into Mighty Isis whenever someone needed a rescue. She was (in my humble opinion) the best part of the live-action Saturday morning show, The Shazam/Isis Power Hour (1975-77). Along with the Jaime Sommers / Bionic Woman (1976-78) and Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (1975-79), the mid-1970s gave little girls a set of heroes they could admire and perhaps emulate—assuming they had access to special powers of course. It was a mixed message for sure! (It also was an early Marvel / DC Comic rivalry!)

But I’m glad these independent women (because even without their “superpowers” they were independent women) helped shape my belief in possibilities. It was only a few years prior that our two favorite women with superpowers, Samantha Stephens / Bewitched (1964-72) and Jeanie / I Dream of Jeanie (1965-70) spent all their time hiding their true selves to appease their husband/master’s egos. Only their “wicked” dark-haired cousin / sister got to have any real fun!

So here’s a short verse in honor of some of those 1970s women on TV (including the Mary Tyler Moore Show and Julia of course!!) that helped me believe in my own superpowers! 

zephyr winds inspire

as they shatter the ceiling

elevating all

Plus, here’s Isis offering some words of wisdom that (sadly) a lot of people still need to hear!

Isis Speaks the TRUTH

And finally thanks to RDP for the great prompt word!

RDP Friday! Zephyr!