There are more to seasons than just weather. Any set of circumstances that arrives, then leaves, and then returns again constitutes a season. Seasonal cycles can be minutes, days, months or even years long. Laundry season. Snow-shoveling season. Global pandemic season. Invent names for some of the seasons you are experiencing now. Use hyphenated names that describe an … [Read more...] about ‘Tis the Season
Observation
Fun With Truth and Lies
Draw a line that divides the page in half, making sure to leave room for a title. On one half of the page, write true facts about your surroundings. The kinds of observations that any other person would agree with. One fact per line. To fill the other half of the page, choose random facts that you've written down and twist them into falsehoods. Make tiny alterations, or … [Read more...] about Fun With Truth and Lies
The Bigger Picture
Begin with a short description of something small. It can be an object, an action, or even an idea. Something in your immediate environment, something remembered, or something entirely imaginary. Then zoom away from the small thing and describe the bigger picture in which it sits. Begin with the phrase, "In the bigger picture..." Then zoom again and describe what's in an … [Read more...] about The Bigger Picture
Hot (Not) To Do Something
You know how to do things that other people don't. Write about (at least) one of them today. You can choose a mundane skill, such as one that maintains your health or your household. Or you can choose something more esoteric, a skill that you, but not everyone, has. Write in the voice of one who gives advice to the uninitiated, but instead of explaining what to do, … [Read more...] about Hot (Not) To Do Something
Ah, Plans…
2020 has been a year for telling wry jokes about plans. As if all plans lead to disappointment. Write about the other plans, the plans that you have right now that are clear and solid. Your immediate plans, for instance. Food for today. Tasks to finish, or start. What are your newest plans? Your post-pandemic plans? Do you have plans not to plan anything in certain … [Read more...] about Ah, Plans…