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Tag Archives: aging

Make Something: Birthday

April 29, 2014by bethnyland Leave a comment

My birthday is May 1 … just two days away. I’m calling this year my halfway point. As I reach age forty-five, ninety seems a reasonable life expectancy—just a bit longer than my mom […]

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Make Something: Letter to Me

July 31, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Write a letter to yourself at another time in your life. This prompt makes me think of the Brad Paisley song, “Letter to Me.” I may not be as articulate in […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Make Something: Flower

June 16, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

Today’s prompt: make something with flowers … the peony just past her prime wears her peplum pinched and puckered  crepe-y petals pulling inward protect her precious center plumes this pretty […]

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Make Something: Old to New

June 6, 2013by bethnyland Leave a comment

I worked about 14 hours straight today, looking at the screen of my Mac with just short breaks to grab lunch from the fridge, fill my teapot, and visit the […]

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Being Creative, Make Something 365

Stunned

December 10, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 345 prompt: Faces (a haiku) stunning reflection too many hopes, dreams, wishes to be so wrinkled

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Poetry

In the Distance

November 30, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 335 prompt: In the distance how ironic that as we get older with less and less time before us aging eyes squint and plead for arms to create space in […]

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Poetry

Reading at 40+

October 17, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 291 prompt: Fuzzy (a haiku) fuzzy text grows crisp with elbows angled just so for middle-aged eyes

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Oh Health

October 3, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 277 prompt: Health must wear glasses in order to see taking supplements for vitamin D can’t jump or run, or else I pee can’t handle caffeine after three merely standing […]

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Poetry

Facade

September 29, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 273 prompt: Architecture (a haiku) the architecture of your face just has more depth high school reunion

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Poetry

Visit with Grandma

July 28, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 210 prompt: Textured thin, wrinkled skin puckers over bent knobby knuckles ropey veins like exposed tree roots converge at toothpick wrists all but lost in the lettuce leaf edge of […]

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Poetry

Life’s Seasons

June 6, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 158 prompt: Autumn Spring green years of childhood sprout grow Summer hot spell of young adulthood bloom flourish Autumn colorful time of middle age harvest change Winter gray period of […]

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Poetry

Little Lady

May 27, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 148 prompt: Itsy-Bitsy Teeny Weeny She wore delicate cotton dresses And played with tiny Tinkertoys Then began reading short words And locking her diary with a wee key She moved […]

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Poetry

A Monument to Me

May 24, 2012by bethnyland 1 Comment

Day 145 prompt: Statue Suppose an artist Moved by my greatness Chisels a large stone Into my likeness A passionate sculptor With a spirit for verity Might carve out my features […]

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Oh, Suction!

May 2, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 123 prompt: Stripes Joan and Kenny have new faces. Baby’s nose has fewer corners. Exiting the prairie must have inflated the redhead’s boobs, And thin Nicole’s lips have plumped and […]

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Increasing Wealth

January 25, 2012by bethnyland Leave a comment

Day 25 prompt: wealth   At age five A found penny Even a dull one Is a lucky fortune   At nine Just one dollar Made of actual paper Is a […]

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Poetry

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