A funny thing, I've heard people talk about being stranded on a Desert Island (presumably, an Island that is a Desert), but then I've also heard people talk about being stranded on a Deserted Island (i.e. an Island on which there are no other humans). Lately, I think I'd take the Desert Island, but ... VIEW POST
In which Suzanne writes really bad poetry
I wrote this yesterday, but never got around to posting it. The prompt was to write a cinquain about food, each of the 5 lines following a specified structure. (As an aside, I'd never heard of a cinquain until last year, when the boys started writing them at school. Apparently there are a variety ... VIEW POST
the return of write it down
Remember back at the beginning of the month, when I started doing daily journal exercises? Well, the prompts just stopped appearing after a week, and it turns out that the site had been hit by spammers. And the site's owner had been traveling and unable to get it all fixed. The prompts have ... VIEW POST
Write It Down — February 7th
I got stuck on this one last night. The prompt was to make a list of the things you had done during the day and put the list in order three different ways: chronological, in order by the amount of time each task took, and finally in order of importance. I got bogged down on the chronological ... VIEW POST
Write It Down — February 6th
You will most likely notice a decided lack of quilting related posts (i.e. an emphasis on the Other Adventures part of my blog title...) in the current and near future. This is not because I have given up quilting (far from it!!), but more because most of what I'm working on currently (quilting or ... VIEW POST
Write It Down — February 5th
No page or picture for today's journaling exercise: just the words. Here's the prompt that started this one. Ode to My Computer I love you not just because you keep me organized and help me answer questions of all kinds (what did we do without Google?). I also love you because you help me find ... VIEW POST
