How do you keep warm? (Where do you keep it?) Where is the line between warm and too warm? Is it good to get hot? Write a page that plays with ideas about heat, warmth and warming. Cars warm up. Certain plants need to stay warm enough in winter. So do pets and other animals. Consider ideas of warmth that are not exactly physical: warm people, warm fuzzies, the … [Read more...] about Warm, Warmer, Hot
Sparkles
Sudden little pinpricks of light. The world is full of them. Write about things that glint and shimmer. Twinkles from the night sky. Diamonds in the snow. Static electricity. Sometimes they quickly fade. Other times they start uncontrollable chain reactions. Sometimes they aren't even things: sparks of insight, glimmers of recognition, flashes of rage... Fill a page … [Read more...] about Sparkles
Straight
You can get straight, get it straight or get straight to the point. You can serve a drink straight up, or walk straight up the stairs. You can go straight through a stop sign or straight through an inheritance. Straight lines might connect two points or they might set up a joke. Maybe you're straight-forward. Perhaps you're straight-laced. Write a page that plays with … [Read more...] about Straight
Many Times
Maybe you already have a list of things that you plan or hope to do in the coming year. Today, make a list of things that you know you will do. Things that you will do not once, but many times. In other words, make a series of predictions about yourself that you know will come true. Write sentences that fit this form: By ___, I will have ___ many times. For example, you … [Read more...] about Many Times
Quarterly Accomplishments
As the year winds to a close, recall what you have accomplished over the past 365 days. A lot. But some of it was a long time ago. You might have forgotten. Jog your memory be looking back over the year quarter-by-quarter. Leave room for a title at the top of the page. Draw a line an inch or so from the bottom of the page. Divide the remainder of the space into four equal … [Read more...] about Quarterly Accomplishments