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Inspire someone to think a little differently – with no right or wrong answers.
Make Up a Story
Our classic creative storytelling – you can say anything.
Ask a Beautiful Question
Inspire someone to think a little differently – with no right or wrong answers.
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You can do these – no kidding. Even if you swear you are not creative.
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A Tail of Mischief with Four Legs
*Writen from the perspective of the dog and cat What happened you ask? You brought a tree inside. I the dog the better of the family members compared to the feline. Claimed the tree as mine. However, the terrible no good feline wanted to make it his new home. It was Nov 30th, the hoomans...
How to Win a Game
It was a dark and stormy night and they’re playing bridge at 3 tables. The players are feeling good because they are winning! They haven’t yet started but they are all happy and waiting to start because they plan to win. But then, something exciting – someone threw a hammer into the crowd that was...
Let there B light
I find light in darkness by spending time in silence. I enjoy staying busy while I let my thoughts race. I try to think of the positives and ways to calm, such as thinking of past experiences and how I survived those. I try to think of ways to inspire others by providing words of...
Happy place
On a beach some where in Big Sur, we see a pup name Perri. It is spring and the weather has begun to warm up. The dog sees his owner catch a fish out of the water, thinking it’s a new treat or toy for him. We hear waves soflty washing up against the rocks...
Peek-A-Boo!
It’s a baby! It is in a purse. Someone put him in there. He likes it – being in the purse. He probably got in there the same way he will get out. He crawled in, he was hungry for milk. Chocolate milk! His name is Charlie Tom. Where’d he come from? From his mom,...
The Magical Binoculars
It was the first day of summer for Jack. His family just moved into a new home 3 hours away from the area he grew up. The new home was white with a high wooden fence and a big back yard for him and his sister to play in. While moving boxes in the bedroom,...
A narrow escape
A husband and a wife, wearing blue swmiming togs, are on Bramston beach, south of Cairns. They are running out off the water, and the husband is pulling his wife towards the beach, because there has been a shark attack. Lots of people are watching. Luckily the shark didn’t get anyone. Today there is a...
work to be done
There is work to be done, fields to be plowed, eggs to be collect and the fence is still crooked! The man, his name is Bob has his daughter I will call her Mabel is young and is learning how its all done. First Bob put her on the tracktor and showed Mabel how to...
A Day at the Beach
It was a hot summer day in July of 1965 and Spunky was having the best day on the beach and in the water at the family cabin. He was a happy dog running up and down the beach and playing fetch with his favorite tennis ball. Spunky had just come out of the water...
Toby on Halloween
(Collaboration with my grandmother, C. S. Clarke) Toby the dog is attending the neighborhood Halloween parade with his owners, Phillip and Jill. Everyone must wear a costume, so Jill attaches an orange cape to Toby’s collar so he can be Super Dog. Toby’s superhero power is hypnosis. He can get anyone to walk over to...
Harrison in Rock City
(Collaboration with my grandmother, N.H. McKenzie) This little boy is named Harrison. He is visiting Rock City in Lookout Mountain, Georgia with his parents Jenny and Mike, who are teachers, during their summer vacation. It is very hot because of the heatwave, but Harrison wears a hat, long-sleeved shirt, and pants to protect his skin...
Girls on a mystery cruise
It’s a nice beach with some good sorts! It looks like it’s in the Bahamas. There are 2 boys and some nice ladies, they are from Puerto Rico. The two girls in the middle are tall. The senoritas are called, Rosita, Suzanna, Marina and Marguerita. They are posing and having fun. It’s the early 1950ties...
Fun in the Cold
This is the perfect sledding hill. This must be Christmas vacation. The boy pulled his sled up the hill to have a fun ride. This is Harry. He hears the crisp crunch of the icy snow under his feet. The air is fresh and crisp but has a hint of smoke from the chimneys. His...
To Early for Christmas
The Christmas tree and bins came out after dinner on November 27th, it was Thanksgiving. The house still smelled of turkey, sweet potato pie, fresh rolls and all the yummy desserts. Even though the sun was peeking through the window, it was snowing outside and everyone was sitting in the other room when all the...
Love as a prism. Or a Wig.
Love would be a prism, the little glass thing you put in the window, and it makes a rainbow. But it would be in a ball shape. It’s fun to hold a prism. David Bowies’ wig in Labyrinth is also an object of love. It’s fluffy. I would give these objects to myself.
He Lost His Head!
We are witnessing an engagement in the middle of train tracks. A young lady and a young man. The photographer missed his head! He has a billfold in his right pocket. Mine is in my left pocket. He has unique straps. The train is coming…woowoo choo choo He is blinded by the girl. There are...
Fallen Tree – What Was That Clatter?
The year was 1979…It was a cold, snowy day in the dead of winter in the cool state of Nebraska. Christmas had just passed, and it was time to clean up, put things away for the holiday, but I was procrastinating. I had been working the night shift at the hospital because as a single...
Hypnotic Waves
I would be on a beach, where there is shade. There would be nobody around. I would be hypnotized by the waves. If there were surfers on the waves that would be even better. The surfers would wear black, and they would be moving like that, like that, like that. You won’t see the surfers,...
