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Category Archives: Flash
A Tail of Two Cats: 99-word Flash piece
This week’s prompt over at http://www.carrotranch.com is to write a 99-word (no more, no less) using the phrase for one day. Here is the pedometer geek’s entry. A Tail of Two Cats Bearcat, my black cat with just a touch … Continue reading
Posted in 99-word flash fiction, Bearcat, Carrot Ranch, Flash, flash fiction, pedometer geek, Uncategorized, Writing, writing prompt
Tagged #pedometergeek, 99 words, Bearcat, blog, Carrot Ranch, cat, Flash, flash fiction, pedometer geek, Writing, writing prompt
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Flash: Haiku
A few haiku about Flash: early morning before the alarm the cat ~Hedgerow #24 empty nesters still picking up toys, now the cat’s ~Bottlerockets #34, February 2016 no fear… blue jays nab peanuts despite the cat ~Brass Bell, February 2017 … Continue reading
Posted in bottle rockets magazine, Brass Bell, Flash, haiku, Hedgerow Poems, Uncategorized
Tagged cat, Flash, haiku, memories
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Flash: A 99-word Flash
Normally this pedometer geek writes only one 99-word (no more, no less) flash piece for the Carrot Ranch prompt, but this prompt about aging resonates with me. Here is a second contribution. Flash Flash is our cat. Born in April, … Continue reading
Posted in #pedometergeek, 99-word flash fiction, blog, Carrot Ranch, Flash, flash fiction, pedometer geek, Uncategorized, Writing, writing prompt
Tagged #CarrotRanchrocks, #pedometergeek, 99 words, blog, Carrot Ranch, cat, Flash, flash fiction, pedometer geek, politics, Writing, writing prompt
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Cat Tails/Tales
It has been suggested, and more than once, that I’m a crazy cat lady-to-be; that I will probably own twenty cats (or more accurately they will own me) or more when I am old and alone. Frankly, I … Continue reading
Posted in Flash, Uncategorized
Tagged Bearcat, blog, cat, Flash, humor, pedometer geek, writing
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