Make Something: Outdoors In
“Make somewhere outdoors seem like it is indoors.” Confession: I did not enjoy this prompt. It’s so cold outside, and I just didn’t want to go out there to do […]
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Make Something: Paper Bag
What if you had to live for a week from a sack? The brown paper kind school kids use for a snack? What precious things would you choose to stow? […]
Make Something: Skyline
Growing up on a farm, I did not identify with any particular skyline. My skyline was … well, a sky. The bottom border of that sky was subtle. The soft […]
Make Something: Furniture
“Transform a piece of furniture into something other than what it’s meant for.” That’s the make something idea for today. If I’d had more ambition, maybe I would have created […]
Make Something: Impossible
When Noah Scalin wrote today’s prompt—make something impossible—he clearly had in mind something visual: “Can you trick the eyes into believing they’re seeing something that they’re not?” I thought of […]
Make Something: Soap
Use a bar of soap to make something new. I’m going to bend the rules again. Rather than using soap to make something new, I’m going to use it to […]
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 […]
Feed | Unexpected Directions
In the Sibling Discovery Project, we’ve been transitioning from one prompt to the next in a very simple way. I keep all our unused prompts in a zip-top bag in […]
Cousins | Two Poems, a Comic Vision & Much Reflection
To open our conversation on the word cousins, both Norma and I shared poems … Extended Family Distance, time, and the well-protected elephant withered branches from the family tree. Facebook with […]
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 […]
Zzzzzzzz
ass on couch feet propped up crackers in a dish wine in her cup children chatting in their beds two with each other one on the web mama doesn’t notice […]
Home
Day 351 prompt: Home friends of mine have wanderlust longing for travel “not here” or bust I feel no need to journey or roam my favorite place on earth is home
Oh, Christmas Tree
Day 347 prompt: Ornament/Ornamental tree chosen purchased and wrangled into living room angled to seem straight rotated so fullest branches face out then ornamented with sparkly strands, suspended treasures and shiny […]
Entrances
Day 334 prompt: Front Doors front door guests ring the bell and wait arriving with a polite musical flourish back door guests thump the door and enter coming with a relaxed […]
Missing
Day 309 prompt: Tools tidy pegboard every tool in its outlined place except that one pair of pliers on indefinite loan to the neighbor who moved away last year
Beth Nyland 