Cattitude and Gratitude

Cassandra tossed back her head and her thick mane of red hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall. Mitch pulled her into his strong muscular arms and kissed her, his lips strong and tender touching hers, his tongue teasing and tantalizing, driving her wild with desire. He brushed his bare chest against her bosom and she swooned with passion, her breath coming out in gasps. “Oh to heck with it. What a bunch of crap,” grumbled Susan and she threw the notebook across the coffee shop where it landed with a thud at the feet of one of the baristas. It was the cute one named Liam who had just started working there this week, the one with the amazing blue eyes. He picked up the book and read what she had just written. Susan’s face flushed hot with embarrassment. He came towards her holding out the notebook. “You dropped this.” She could feel his blue eyes on her, intense and scrutinizing. “Thanks,” she muttered without meeting his gaze. She snatched the notebook out of his...

Writing about Q is making me queasy I must say that letter is not very easy, Time is limited, I need something quick I must find something before I get sick, I need a quantity of quiet time So that I can create some quality rhyme, Quirky and queer is my writing mind Sometimes my muse is not very kind, My muse thinks that she’s a queen When I ask for help, she’s not very keen, She does stupid quizzes while I’m writing this verse The questions are ridiculous, the answers are worse, Why can’t she quit that and help me instead? She quivers and shrugs and shakes her head, I’m on my own for better or worse Struggling to write my Letter Q verse! Q is a fun letter. I like the words quack, quill, quiet, quiver, quality , and of course I like being a Queen of my own life if you’ve ever seen my Facebook posts. What are your favourite Q words? I am participating in the A to Z Challenge writing a blog post for every day in April, exc...

Some Facebook friends seem too good to be true You know the type, you’ve seen them, too, Their families are perfect and never fight Their breasts are perky and their butts are tight, Their homes are spotless, a designer’s dream Their kid is the captain of the soccer team, They never eat junk food on a whim They always eat healthy and go to the gym, They like to lounge beside their pool They share their photos to make us drool, Dainty toes are on display Freshly pedicured that day, They’re never grouchy and never late Even in the wind, their hair looks great, For we only see their highlight reel Picture Perfect has such appeal! Life gets messy and people yell Bad stuff happens, but they’ll never tell, Because Picture Perfect is all for show What really goes on, we’ll never know. I am participating in the A to Z Challenge writing a blog post for every day in April, except Sundays.  http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/ Here are my pre...

I'm a person who loves to play with words in the English language. I am grateful to be an English speaker. Must be so challenging for others to learn English with all the inconsistencies and strangeness of words such as tough and through for example. I find the word Object an interesting word with two definitions that are completely different depending on if you use it as a noun or as a verb. ob·ject noun ˈäbjekt/ 1 . a material thing that can be seen and touched. "he was dragging a large object" 2 . a person or thing to which a specified action or feeling is directed. "disease became  the object of  investigation" verb əbˈjekt/ 1 . say something to express one's disapproval of or disagreement with something. "residents  object to  the volume of traffic" I decided to play wit...

This is a great article by Bryan Hutchinson at Positive Writer about worrying too much about what people think when you do your writing. You could also apply it to many other things besides writing. I am guilty of this but have worked through it. Stop-worrying-about-what-people-think-and-create-anyway Now I write for me because I need to express myself creatively as that's part of who I am. If others like it, great but it's not the main reason. If it was, I would have given up years ago. Often people are too busy with their own agendas to notice what I'm doing. I get that. I can't always focus on everything they're doing either. I do enjoy sharing with other like minded creatives because we understand each other and appreciate each others' efforts. Have you created something or done something without worrying about what others think? It's very freeing when you do! Try it!

“You’re a stupid bitch,” Dave had said when she didn’t get dinner on the table at precisely 6 pm. Her cheek still ached where he had struck her. Then he complained that the chicken was raw and threw the plate on the floor like a spoiled child. She had got down on all fours to clean up the mess and he kicked her in the ribs. She rubbed her side, every breath causing her pain. “You’re so fat and ugly. No other man would want you,” he had said after they had sex. It wasn’t making love. Love had nothing to do with it. Her insides felt raw and scraped. Dave didn’t care about satisfying her. She was just an object to pound out his sexual frustration. “You’ll never amount to anything. Why are you even bothering?” he had said when he found out Michelle was taking an online writing course. He took her textbooks and threw them on a bonfire in the yard. At the time, she had believed that she was stupid, fat, ugly and worthless. Never again. Lies, every one of them. All the...

Moments pass, from January to December Precious moments, we want to remember, Magical moments, so wondrous and pure We must be ready when they occur, The seasons change, the days go fast Photos help make moments last, I try to take photos every day To capture moments in a special way, I take photos of the squirrels and birds Face it, I’m one of those camera nerds, My cameras are waiting, handy and near Always ready should that moment appear, Cats and dogs, cute kids and trees Clouds in the sky, spring flowers and bees, Cities and villages, around and about I capture the moments, inside or out I click away and the camera complies Capturing moments, I see with my eyes, Sometimes it’s a dud and sometimes it’s gold I’ll look back on these moments when I am old, Magical moments are here and then gone Capture the moments and make them live on. I am participating in the A to Z Challenge writing a blog post for every day in April...