Journal about your favorite outdoor winter activity starting with what it is, the first time you participated, and why you like it. Include any other memories you have surrounding this activity.

This blog is the extension of the Squidoo lens The Write Prompts.

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week:

“Sylvie! Sylvie! Damn it, where are you child?” I peeked through the planks of the porch stairs at Aunt Hinie’s uneven stockings. Her worn shoes disappeared from view and I heard the porch door squeak then slam. I’d get the strap later but I just wasn’t ready to…

The gist of it is simple. I give you the start of a line/story and you continue on. This week:

The sweet scent of gardenias mingled with beer made me want to retch. I fought the urge as they looked in my direction. Were they looking at me? Or was it my wild imagination taking over again. One of the men nodded in my direction. Yep, they were looking at me. Of course it could be something as harmless as commenting on the weird girl (that be me) staring at them but chances…

Approach the video from a non-fiction standpoint by answering the question, “Is it worth the trip?” Or from the fiction standpoint of discovering (or having to discover) a new home. There is a lot of great information for new world writers in this 20 minute movie from Space Rip:

Here’s a weekend quote to journal about:

“A person who has never made a mistake
has never tried anything new.”

~ Albert Einstein

Here’s a weekend quote to journal about:

“We are not what we know
but what we are willing to learn.”

~ Mary Catherine Bateson

Withering