Blog Ahead: My First Challenge

August 27, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle8 Comments

I entered the world of blogging in December of 2015. I wasn’t really sure what blogging was or what I was doing. In a short time I discovered that blogging was an activity I really enjoyed. There is a pride and a satisfaction that comes from publishing a well written post. Unfortunately, there are occasional… Continue reading Blog Ahead: My First Challenge

Miscellaneous

Fairies Garden: Weekly Photo Challenge

August 26, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle3 Comments

On a recent camping trip my family and I walked past this solitary mushroom several times a day. It was growing at the edge of an unoccupied campsite, and it was nestled in a bed of twigs and pinecones. Its own orange-tannish colour stood out against the dirty browns and earthy reds surrounding it. Every… Continue reading Fairies Garden: Weekly Photo Challenge

Writing

Ayden Ace goes to Outer Space

August 20, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle2 Comments

Awesome Owen and Ayden Ace were tired of their regular games. “Please no more snakes and ladders, books, cards, trucks or planes.” Another cold rainy day and they were stuck inside, “I’m bored out of my mind!” Ayden Ace cried. The boys looked around until Ayden Ace found stinky socks. Ow did better and found… Continue reading Ayden Ace goes to Outer Space

Writing

Ayden Ace and the Dirty Face

August 14, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle6 Comments

Ayden woke up eager to play something new. He had a wonderful new game that was clever, and crafty. He planned to make masks, and give them fun names. So, that’s how it started on a bright sunny day; when his mom wasn’t looking he covered his face in crayon. To get her attention he… Continue reading Ayden Ace and the Dirty Face

Writing

Nightly Infestation

August 12, 2016February 21, 2026 Writing Sparkle5 Comments

“Obsessions are recurring ideas, thoughts, images, or impulses that seem senseless but nonetheless continue to intrude into your mind.” - Edmund J. Bourne, PhD What was that noise? The night feels heavy almost suffocating, can’t anyone else feel it? Her mind stops, her breath catches, and her body tenses. Every muscle of her body is… Continue reading Nightly Infestation

Writing

Hard-work Flowers & Bumblebee Fairies

August 8, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle1 Comment

We’d heard the stories, but we had always just thought of them as myth, urban legend, folklore, or fairy-tale… This particular day we were just trying to catch a bumblebee. We should have thought better of it, especially when it landed on the sunflower, but we were so involved. Fae’s voice drove us like an… Continue reading Hard-work Flowers & Bumblebee Fairies

Writing

Writer’s Block

August 3, 2016July 1, 2021 Writing Sparkle4 Comments

Muse: I can see her there. It could be almost anyone, but I know with certainty that it is me. I’m so close to this that the only thing that marks it for something inside myself is the soft mist that surrounds the edges of the image, a slight blurring that casts a flat white… Continue reading Writer’s Block

Miscellaneous

Steer by Stars: That F*cking Title

July 30, 2016June 30, 2021 Writing Sparkle1 Comment

One of my biggest challenges when creating a piece of writing is coming up with a title. As a rule, I usually have no trouble coming up with a working title, but focusing that working title into a finished heading is not my strong suit, or my favourite activity. However, I think it goes without… Continue reading Steer by Stars: That F*cking Title

Writing

Trading perfume for Bug Spray

July 23, 2016February 21, 2026 Writing Sparkle1 Comment

The thing I love about camping, is sitting still. I think this love is something that is reminiscent from my youth. Just finding that spot outside, and sitting, drawing in the warmth, breathing it in deep and then lazily letting it out; meanwhile listening to the birds call to each other in various musical tones,… Continue reading Trading perfume for Bug Spray