Make Something: Instructions
“Create instructions or a visual diagram for something that normally wouldn’t need them.” While out for a special dinner to celebrate my son’s 16th birthday, I took a few moments […]
Tag Archives: wine
Make Something: Glass
Today’s make something suggestion was to work on glass. What a wonderful opportunity to combine some of my favorite things: rhyming, Sharpies, and wine! This was one of the few […]
Make Something: Palindrome
Write a palindrome. Bonus: Illustrate it! Today is our last day of restful vacation in the Columbia River Gorge (tomorrow we travel home). As we moved from one lovely site […]
Make Something: Mix & Match
Today’s instruction was to work with two things that don’t normally go together. This sparked some interesting ideas from the family. We considered the merger of cats and vinegar. Intriguing. […]
Make Something: A Lot
Quantity over quality: work with a lot of something. So came today’s instruction from Noah Scalin’s book on making something every day and changing your life. (Have I mentioned that […]
Make Something: Junk Mail
Turn today’s junk mail into something more appealing. Paper airplane? Candy bar wrapper? Postcard earrings? The more I thought about it, the better a glass of wine began to sound. […]
Make Something: Portable
Today’s Make Something prompt urged me to make something portable that normally isn’t. This suggestion—possibly the most difficult yet—sparked good dinnertime conversation with the family. What could I put a […]
Fast Food
my tummy is empty our schedule is packed there’s no time for dining not even a snack my appetite longs for a meal that’s complete but it’s Ramen and wine […]
Vino
Day 363 prompt: Surfaces crisp white cotton peeks through clear glass disc that narrows into icy cool stem stretching from starched tablecloth to hand-washed goblet cradling a pool of black ruby […]
Losing
Day 360 prompt: Breakfast I recently learned a weight loss plan that sounded so easy I decided, “I can.” Lean animal protein: just eat a small bit a […]
Beverages
Day 307 prompt: Beverages drink water to hydrate champagne to celebrate sip cocoa on cold days and coffee for brain haze ginger ale soothes your tummy and wine’s always yummy
Pairings
Day 129 prompt: Wine a juicy petite fillet after work or ramen noodles and string cheese after school happy hour hors d’oeuvres with a girlfriend or witching hour colic with an […]
Dear Bunny
Day 99 prompt: Snack or Treat My kids’ Easter baskets Are strewn across the floor Peeps and chocolate bunnies And jelly beans galore Next year, Mister Bunny, Please add some things […]
Delicious
Day 97 prompt: Mouth Watering Coerced by tugging The cork pops free My nose catches A whisper of the cask Deep red liquid Splashes into goblet My mouth waters Raising glass […]
Wine Flight
Day 61 prompt: flight swipe the bar top place five spotless glasses straight line evenly spaced delicate stems supporting voluptuous bowls present each bottle stroke each label […]
Beth Nyland 