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Trifextra Challenge: Lost at Sea

This challenge is hard and I’m a bit myopic.
I was hoping to dazzle you with my brilliance.
Instead I’m lost at sea, with only a basin to reach the shore of coherence.

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I’m participating in Trifecta’s Trifextra Challenge for this weekend:

Trifecta Writing Challenge

This weekend we’re asking you to add thirty of your own words to the following three words for a total of thirty-three:
myopic
dazzle
basin

You can check out others’ entries or submit your own at:

Trifextra: Week Ninety-Seven

Please feel free to share your own thirty words below.

BBQ: The past cannot be undone

A Life Surrendered

Yesterday, Michele-Lyn from A Life Surrendered shared a really lovely post on how to deal with the heaviness of regret. I chose her awesome words of wisdom for today’s Beautiful Blog Quotes–BBQ Lovin’ because as I prepare for 2014, I’ve been doing some soul searching and this almost always leads to thinking about the past. When I get into that mode, there is always some regret over an action or inaction, a hastily said word or me not speaking up when I should have. I really liked how Michele-Lyn’s message puts the past into perspective.

You can read more about Michele-Lyn’s journey on her blog: A Life Surrendered.

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I’m participating in this wonderful series created by Kozo over at everydaygurus.com If you haven’t heard about it please click here to read more.

BBQ
If you want to be part of this awesomeesauce BBQ, here’s how you do it:

  • Take a quotation from a favourite blogger
  • Create a BBQ post with the quotation
  • Link back to the blogger you quoted
  • Tag your post BBQLUV
  • Link to other BBQLUV posts (optional)

Yup! It’s that simple.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Grand

Sunset at Key Bridge

Sunset at Key Bridge, Washington, D.C.

This photo was taken on my vacation to D.C. in September. Isn’t this a simply gorgeous sunset?

Check out more GRAND entries here.

Castaway

I’m killing two birds with one stone today. I’m using today’s Daily Prompt to complete my NaBloPoMo post today.

If I were stuck on a deserted island the 5 items I’d want to have:

1. My Kindle. I thought about this in last four minutes of writing and realized that I’ll burn through the battery in no time. So not my kindle. I’ll bring a water bottle instead.

2. A knife or machete – I could protect myself, feed myself and shelter myself with this one.

3. Matches – Until I develop the patience to rub two sticks together I’ll need some help. A jumbo box of matches will help with building fires to alert passing boats.

4. A blanket – I went camping once on a small island off Trinidad some years ago and when the sun went down, that breeze coming off the ocean was deadly. I’ll need to be warm and a blanket will shelter me from the sun too.

5. A pair of crocs – I’ll need to explore said island and my feet need to be protected.

My phone rang and interrupted my last two minutes. So I’m using my last five minutes to complain about how the loud ticking of my timer was a distraction. I felt rushed trying to think and write coherently for 10 minutes. I was tempted to use “text speak” shortening my words. And I admit that I think I cheated using the Daily Prompt. Oh and I still want to take my Kindle. Even though the battery will die after 4 hours…I’ll be happy reading for 4 hours. And the timer buzzing literally shocked my brain and made me jump outta my skin!

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I’m participating in BlogHer’s NaBloPoMo Challenge for the month of December:

NaBloPoMo_MoreLess

You can read some awesome entries here: NaBloPoMo December.