Happy happy birthday to the glorious S.!!!
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claudia603Happy birthday to the very best of the best!!
"Uh oh, it's June 18th! It's S.'s birthday, and I haven't gotten her anything!"
"Again?"
"Don't worry, we'll figure it out."
"Perfect!!!"
And then this because it cracked me up.
And because this has been our life so much lately :D :D :D
Seriously, so much love, I hope today you enjoy with your family and mom and have special meal/treat etc.!!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
"Uh oh, it's June 18th! It's S.'s birthday, and I haven't gotten her anything!"
"Again?"
"Don't worry, we'll figure it out."
"Perfect!!!"
And then this because it cracked me up.
And because this has been our life so much lately :D :D :D
Seriously, so much love, I hope today you enjoy with your family and mom and have special meal/treat etc.!!
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
hop, skip, and jump
Monday, June 15th, 2026 11:57 pmmarycatelliIt's odd to start tearing through the manuscript again, once a section requiring rework is done. Have to adjust from the days when a page or two was good work.
The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park
Monday, June 15th, 2026 09:48 pmmarycatelliThe Healing Hippo of Hinode Park by Michiko Aoyama
This is not a novel. It is a short-story cycle. It revolves about an apartment building where various people have various problems, and their visits to the hippo figure that children can ride in Hinode Park, and the story people tell of its being able to heal things. Each of them resolves issues, and delicate threads go from one story to the next.
This is not a novel. It is a short-story cycle. It revolves about an apartment building where various people have various problems, and their visits to the hippo figure that children can ride in Hinode Park, and the story people tell of its being able to heal things. Each of them resolves issues, and delicate threads go from one story to the next.
vignettes
Sunday, June 14th, 2026 11:00 ammarycatelliThis week's prompt is:
healthy 🍎
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
healthy 🍎
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
out in the forest
Saturday, June 13th, 2026 11:30 pmmarycatelliThe heroine has been gotten out in the forest.
The hero is -- around somewhere.
There is going to be the first clear-cut romantic moment. And I have to produce him to do that. . . .
I think I will tackle it tomorrow. sigh
The hero is -- around somewhere.
There is going to be the first clear-cut romantic moment. And I have to produce him to do that. . . .
I think I will tackle it tomorrow. sigh
how many lectures
Thursday, June 11th, 2026 11:44 pmmarycatelliThey are scholars, they attending a special program to study -- in theory. At any rate, there are a lot of lectures.
Not all of them have to be on stage.
Unfortunately, a whole bunch of them want to be, and all in the same part of the story.
sigh
How to keep it from growing monotonous.
Not all of them have to be on stage.
Unfortunately, a whole bunch of them want to be, and all in the same part of the story.
sigh
How to keep it from growing monotonous.
in mourning
Wednesday, June 10th, 2026 10:44 pmmarycatelliHmmm -- was it really wise of me to put a dance after the prince receives news of his brother's death?
Wouldn't he be in mourning?
Hmmmmm -- it wasn't official news. And he can't insult the guests.
Ah, details
Wouldn't he be in mourning?
Hmmmmm -- it wasn't official news. And he can't insult the guests.
Ah, details
vignettes
Sunday, June 7th, 2026 11:40 ammarycatelliThis week's prompt is:
juvenile 🧸
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
juvenile 🧸
Anyone can join, with a 50-word creative fiction vignette in the comments. Your vignette does not have to include the prompt term. Any (G or PG) definition of the word can be used.
today's adventures
Sunday, June 7th, 2026 11:16 ammarycatelliBecause I was rambling in my substack as I usually do here:
https://writingandreflections.substack.com/p/one-pass-in-the-art-of-revision
https://writingandreflections.substack.com/p/one-pass-in-the-art-of-revision