Random Rants, tutto e niente

Sharing a Bit of My World


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.

Flash Fiction, tutto e niente

YOUR SERVE

YOUR SERVE.

The umpire’s ruling rang in my ears as it triggers an endless overlapping loop in my mind: I am in control, this is why I practice, treasure this moment, unless you blow it, I won’t, you might, I can’t, gratitude, I need to channel gratitude, this is my chance, someday I’ll tell stories about this moment, I’ve got to shoot my shot, I won’t blow it, I will not blow it.

The whistle blows time and I swallow my last chug of Gatorade.

It tastes slightly medicinal or maybe that’s just the bitter edge of my nerves as I step onto the court and take my shot.

Boy oh boy, that serve had some extra spice on it folks, but was it in or out?

YOUR SERVE.  

Photo by Julia Kuzenkov on Pexels.com

 

Thanks to FOWC (RANG), Sunday’ Six Sentence Story (SPICE), and the Sunday Whirl (SEE BELOW) for some great words that inspired me to show off my lack of tennis (or pickle ball?) knowledge.

 

Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Pure Haiku Featured Writer (2-4)

Please don’t let my tardiness be mistaken for diminished gratitude! It’s just been a chaotic week.

Thank you so much to Freya for the opportunity and Elisa Ang for choosing me as Unfurling’s Featured Writer. I’m still gobsmacked by your choice!

Also thanks to #WritePhoto for a perfect photo inspiration to illustrate my gratitude and to Alethea for the photo. In thanks, I’ll unfurl another haiku. LOL I’m sure you see what I did there 😉

a moment of joy

written across the blue sky

the rainbow unfurls

Also, please visit Pure Haiku at the links below for my Unfurling contributions two through four:

https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/07/24/7-24-featured-haiku-writer/

https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/07/26/7-26-featured-haiku-writer/

https://purehaiku.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/7-28-featured-haiku-writer/

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Haiku & Other Poetry, tutto e niente

Harmonic Echoes

feeling gratitude

for harmonic convergence

and tranquil echoes

mirror-pool

In the current world context in which everything SUCKS, I’m trying to practice gratitude. I’m not very good at it! Thanks to Sue and Ronovan for (at least) reminding me to try!

Sue’s Write Photo Challenge

Ronovan Writes Haiku Challenge