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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Difference

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Silver James

When today’s message from the Universe arrived in my inbox a bit ago, I thought, “Hrm. I can riff on this for a Thursday Thoughts. I left it “unread” in my inbox so I’d see it whenever I checked email. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Long Way Home

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Silver James

We’ve hit another Wednesday and I have words–winning words as it turns out. I got another Honorable Mention last week. The prompt turned out to be an easy one for me to riff on. Sometimes I get lucky. LOL Can … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Small Steps

Posted on February 6, 2025 by Silver James

Yeah. I fell down on the job. Normally, I set up these posts the day before because… While I’m awake–normally–at 6 a.m., I’m doing things like letting Jake in and out and feeding Pete and Loki and the porch cats. … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Remember When

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Silver James

We’ve arrived at midweek once again. That means it’s time for a prompt and new words. I have both to share. FYI, I managed an Honorable Mention last week in Thursday Threads. What was the prompt you ask? It’s this: … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Just Sayin’

Posted on January 30, 2025 by Silver James

How many times have we heard the phrase”Writing is a journey.”? (And yes, this is when an editor would come in handy because I’m too lazy to go look up the rule about phrases and punctuation at the end of … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: What’s Left?

Posted on January 29, 2025 by Silver James

Guess what?!? It’s Wednesday! And that means Words! I’m amazed that I can come up with new words and string them together not only in sentences, but create paragraphs and thereby a complete snippet. I am fully in edit mode … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Journey

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Silver James

The hurrier I go, the behinder I get. Anybody else resemble this old saw? And why do we call phrases like this “old saws”? Nope. Not going down that rabbit hole today because…yeah…I’ll just get further behind. Except I’m not … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: First Times

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Silver James

Let’s start with this week’s prompt from last week’s Thursday Threads flash fiction challenge: *”Were you, your first time?”* I’mma just gonna let that sit for a minute while y’all ponder the question. Then I’m going to ask, where did … Continue reading →

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Thursday Thoughts: Universal Casting

Posted on January 16, 2025 by Silver James

Once again, the Universe hits the nail on the head when it comes to both real life and the imaginary lives that writers create to people the worlds they create. I have to admit, there’s a reason I enjoy–mostly–shopping at … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Words: Natural Forces

Posted on January 15, 2025 by Silver James

Iffy grabbed her scissors last week asnd started dancing. She decided it was time to revisit our Russian Wolves in New York City when she saw the Thursday Threads prompt of *”He’d been a force of nature.”* Gosh, I had … Continue reading →

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