Make Something: 10-Word Fantasy
Today’s make something prompt: Write a 10-word fantasy story. Bonus for illustration. Fantasy is not exactly my genre. By day I’m a business writer. When I have time for creative […]
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Make Something: Passing Through
Day 124: Make something seem like it is passing through a wall or other solid material that it normally wouldn’t or couldn’t. Conceptually, I knew exactly what I wanted to […]
Make Something: Kit
For today’s make something assignment, I was to buy a kit, toss the instructions, do something unexpected with the remaining contents, and brace myself for whatever came next. Finding a […]
Make Something: Ball
No one crumples their paper any more. I’m glad. I care about trees. So I’m happy that my worst days as a writer don’t mean peril for a forest. At […]
Make Something: Letter to Me
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 […]
Make Something: With a Candle
I learned a new trick from today’s make something activity. The idea was to make something using a candle. In his published prompt, Noah Scalin offered two ideas. One was […]
Make Something: Utensil
Create a new kind of utensil. Functional or not, document it in use. The utensil I created is not new in any way. It’s a pencil, and pencils have been […]
Make Something: Eraser
Make something with an eraser. How about a quick poem?
Make Something: Papier Mache
When was the last time you tried papier-mache? Yeah. Same here. Some poor, grade school art teacher led me and a roomful of other nine-year-olds through the messy process. God […]
Home | A Jumping Off Point
When Norma and Paul and I got on the phone in May 2013 to continue the Sibling Discovery Project, our slated topic was home. I had prepared a quick, visual […]
Soil
In March 2013, the Sibling Discovery Project brought us the word soil—a concept that came easily for all of us. Paul’s vision for a carving was vivid. Norma worked with […]
Grain | Three Perspectives
In the fall of 2012, my siblings and I sold our family farm. The three of us got to be together, in person, for this spectacular shift in all our […]
Potluck | Norma’s Experiments with Technique
The potluck prompt compelled Norma to try new techniques. Not thrilled with her first piece of textile art, she even began a second. “The first piece is based on hymn […]
Make Something: Light
Make something that lights up. I am blessed with a house rich in craft supplies: A box of votive candle holders used at our wedding reception Files full of paper […]
Make Something: Clay
Today’s order of business: make something with clay, in a way you’ve never used clay before. The children contributed ideas, and Isaac had a winner. So I enlisted his help. […]
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