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Six Word Memoir Monday – One Day Late

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , , on January 4, 2011| 4 Comments »

New year - which direction?

NEW YEAR - Which Direction?

Not a great way to kick off the New Year of blogging by being one day late with my Monday blog.   Well I guess today is going to be catch-up day, first this blog, then I have to come up with something tasty for Tasty Tidbits Tuesday.   I also have to be available for Verizon to install service in my daughter’s new apartment, put a ginormous bag of photos and stuff in some order, put away some Christmas stuff that has been washed and finish two very belated Christmas gifts – have the Kings come yet?

New Year, new diet, less fat – Susan Celtic Lady

41 and running out of gas – Weez

Soon snow will be a memory – Gail

90 years, putting me to shame – Heide

Time to revise my 50 goals! – Me

And now a few from the book, Not Quite What I Was Planning – Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure:

Never should have bought that ring – Paul Bellows

Sold Belongings. Became Itinerant Poetry Librarian – Sara Wingate Gray

Tombstone won’t say “had health insurance” – Dean Haspiel

Stranded by ten-thousand -mile crush – Will Cockrell

Wasted time regretted so life reinvented – Vicky Oppus


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Six Word Memoir Monday

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , , , , on December 27, 2010| 3 Comments »

Ernest Hemingway's 1923 passport photo
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Blame it on the snow storm (we’ll be using this excuse for at least another week), that’s why this blog is so late.  I only received  three responses this week (blame it on the holidays) and I am pleased to share them with everyone.

Lucky me, my own Peter Pan – Heide

Happy New Year to the Memoiristas! -Gail

Need a better back up plan – Weez

Christmas at last; warm,cozy memories! – Susan Celtic Lady

It’s the drifts that get you.-Me

I know another holiday is coming up and that means a little more time off sooooo won’t you please put on your Ernest Hemingway caps and with the advent of the New Year, commit to summing up this life we lead in just six words, no more, no less.

Happy New Year!!



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Six Word Memoir Monday – What’s Yours???

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , on December 20, 2010| 3 Comments »

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With Christmas fast approaching and New Year‘s not far behind, the readers entries to our weekly Six Word Memoir challenge seem to be taking on a tone of the season.  And why not?

When I’m retired, I’ll have time! – Susan Celtic Lady

Oostende, Linz, Saltzburg, Munich; decisions, decisions – Heide

NEW YEAR welcomes four innovative seasons – Karen

My job made me physically ill – Weez

“Oh Holy Night” makes me cry – Me

And to continue sharing excerpts from the book, Not Quite What I Was Planning Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure.

Wolf she cried. No one listened – May Lee

All day I dream about sex – GuroTupchileshtoff

I still make coffee for two – Zak Nelson

I like girls. Girls like boys – Andrea Dela Cruz




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Oh No! Monday is here again – in Six Words

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , , , , on December 13, 2010| 2 Comments »

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You would think I had a real office where I had to be in the office from 9 to 5 because that’s how this Monday feels.  I’m having weight depression again which means I don’t want to put on real clothes or go anywhere – definitely a Blue Monday!

On the bright side I do have some Six Word Memoirs from readers to share:

I’m a winner mystery song guesser – Esther

Baby it’s cold outside – bundle up! – Gail

Standing in lines, it’s the holidays! – Susan Celtic Lady

Can you overdose on Sole Meunier? – Heide

Habit not diet causes weight loss – Me

So I’m back to beseeching my readers to contribute their own Six Word Memoirs, it’s fun, it’s introspective and it’s clever. Join in the fun.

**Write about Sex. Learn about Love – Martha Garvey

**Stole wife. Lost friends. Now happy. – Po Bronson

**Fourteen years old. Story still untold – David Gidwani

**One long train ride to darkness –

** Excerpts from the book, Not Quite What I Was Planning Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure.

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One Life Six Words What’s Yours?

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , , on December 6, 2010| 3 Comments »

Ernest Hemingway in Kenya, 1953

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Six Word Memoir

The weekly challenge continues…can you describe yourself, your life, your passions, your goals in SIX WORDS?  No more, no less.  I certainly appreciate my readers who rise to this challenge and I love posting their Memoirs. We are unofficially participating in the SIX WORD PROJECT which originated with Smith Magazine.  The hook is that Ernest Hemingway was asked to write a story in just six words; “For Sale: Baby Shoes Never Worn”.

 

Watched Macy’s parade; missing New York! –Weez

Stop pressing snooze! Just get up! –startingoveringermany

Lucky me – a post-Thanksgiving feast – Heide

Up at four wrapping Christmas presents – Susan Celtic Lady

Stress, temper, weight – out of control – Me

And from the book: Not Quite What I Was Planning SIX-WORD MEMOIRS by Writers FAMOUS & OBSCURE

The psychic said I’d be richer – Elizabeth Bernstein

Grumpy old soundman needs love too – Lenny Rosengard

Mom died. Dad screwed us over – Lesley Kysely

Painful Nerd Kid – Happy Nerd Adult – L.J. Williamson

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Six Word Memoir Monday – Better Late Than Never

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , , on November 30, 2010| 7 Comments »

I’d like to think that it was the holiday weekend that caused the dearth of responses BUT since the responses invariably come in on Mondays when I post the prior week’s…..well Thanksgiving was on Thursday so who knows what happened???

My hubby enjoyed his birthday weekend – startingoveringermany

Living with menopause,  forgot the question – Karen

Mom turned 90- what a celebration! – Heide

Watching Fin watch the Rockettes – PRICELESS!

Calling on you all to channel your Ernest Hemingway and spew forth Six little (or long) words and tell us who or what you love, where you are in yourself, your life.  Sum it up in Six Words, no more, no less.  Anonymity respected is so desired.

Radio City Music Hall, Christmas spectacular, New York city

Still Kicking After All These Years!


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Monday’s Six Word Memoirs

Posted in Friends, Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , on October 4, 2010| 7 Comments »

Now that those lazy hazy days of summer are a thing of the past and crisp air has brought us all to attention…it seems that this seasonal shift has inspired many readers to respond to the Six Word Memoir challenge.  My reader/writers are coming out of the woodwork and sharing some really great Six Word Memoirs – and I’m pleased to present them to you.

Come see the greatest show ever! – Lauren

Joel and Chiara – Thank you God – Dennis

Parents sixty-five years married-Celebrating!! – Susan Celtic Lady

Under the oak trees, leaves fall – Esther

Getting that wanderlust urge once again – Weez

Illness, pain, friends, help, treatment, recovery – Susan

Lori’s blog, evolving with every week – Gail

Day in, day out, same thing – creepyoldguy

Time to turn on the heat – startingoveringermany

I can’t believe I missed a week! – Susan Celtic Lady

Holidays why the blues this year? – Me

Let’s keep it going, it isn’t as hard as you think.  It can be about your life as a whole or in the moment, a passion, a crisis, a feeling.  Channel your Ernest Hemingway and look for your reply here next week!!!


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ONE Life, SIX words, What’s Yours?

Posted in Six Word Memoirs, tagged , , , on September 27, 2010| 16 Comments »

A harvest moon

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It must be Monday when we start to think in abbreviated and concise sentences.  I have two guest contributors this week and am happy to have them!!

Pressing leaves between waxed paper sheets – Rosemarie

Live each day as a gift. – Gail

Harvest Moon, lunatic’s delight all night –Me

I swear this gets easier each week.  I must channeling my Ernest Hemmingway.  So glad I came across the AARP article and that referenced Smith Magazine where the Six Word Project began.

Additionally for those out there who are honing their writing skills, I have come across another site of interest.  Go to http://www.velvetverbosity.com/ – now this is the big time because you have to write One Hundred word stories/essays. Check it out!!!


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