lively words that won’t evoke slumber . . . — Thank you for enriching my dreams, week after week! Digital_FootPrint . . . romance in a shimmery gown: Climate Change No matter the weather. We will always be together. If a hurricane were to come and knock me to my knees. You would tell…medium.com Rusty Shackleford . . . who woulda thunk it? 3 Things I learned From My Girlfriend That Slings Dope An in debth look at living with someone that sells marijuana legally.rustyshackle.medium.com

thistles and stickers galore . . . — Sometimes, we writers can get a little prickly. Natalie Khairallah . . . all you can do is read it and sigh: Creek People She looked onward at me I pondered the idea that my ancestors just may have been creek people, long agonataliekhairallah.medium.com Suma Narayan . . . my favorite word wizard: No Abraxas! A Prompt Responsemedium.com Bigdreamsstudios . . . I’m still awash in an endless summer:

hippity-hop through a literary bop . . . — All the better to hear our fellow writers. Dawn Salois . . . neither virtuous nor corrupt: Unbroken I shun the darkness She swims in the depths of my soulmedium.com Alice Goldbloom . . . I am blessed with a naturally optimisitc disposition: I Learned the Lesson That Mattered And it included a GPSmedium.com Jean Campbell . . . the edge of evening bends: Lords of the Forest Free versejeancampbell-25104.medium.com

scrumptious nibbles to make us piggish . . . — My reading library is always fat and happy. Melissa R. Mendelson . . . once you two meet, it doesn’t matter what happens next: Nothing Left To Say When Yesterday Becomes Today Inspired by the new series, The Time Traveler’s Wifemedium.com Joyce Nielsen . . . this one had me transfixed: How Can Such a Majestic Mountain Affect Each Visitor So Profoundly? I have always had a love affair with mountains. To me they are an illustration of God’s magnificence. The Creator has…medium.com

pretty kitties to purr furry ditties . . . — Due to such cat abundance, I couldn’t help myself. Selma . . . lively and beloved supporter of other writers: Laze On, Brave One With love, admiration, and gratitude to all breadwinnersmedium.com Nancy Parish . . . quenching curiosity about crazy cat crones: Confessions From A Crazy Cat Lady Do you do these things too?medium.com Ginger Bangs . . . a kitty snippet of meowl proportions:

I often forget these lifecycles exist . . . — In my thirties, in the company of female coworkers, I was mystified by talk about someone with a stomachache. I asked, “Do you have the flu?” “No, dummy! CRAMPS!!!!” The women glared at me like I must be clueless. I was clueless. And I’ve been clueless all my life. I…

of syncopated tunes . . . — Shoots beyond a shoo-bop glance pings me for a percussive dance caterwauls a lyric circumstance his watusi way to take a chance. Rhythmic-wraps his melody a fret-slide bids his memory crisp arpeggio craves harmony a cosmic roam from middle c. Soul revive with a jukebox dive shampoos my jive on overdrive he…