2023 Writer’s Challenge

Challenge Day 40

40. Car Keys: Write about someone getting their driver’s license for the first time. My kids were not as excited as I was about getting my license at age sixteen. Their whole cohort had little interest in driving which I did not understand. Since there were two years between daughter and son and I had […]

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Challenge Day 39

39. Coffee & Tea: Surely you drink one or the other or know someone who does- write about it! My mom drank coffee daily with gusto. She percolated it on the stove so periodically the coffee would boil over and make an enormous mess on the stove and floor. I tasted her coffee as a

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Challenge Day 38

38. Fire-starters: Write about building a fire. All of my memories about fire building centers around scouting, first as a girl scout myself and then as a boy scout leader as an adult. I don’t remember details around making fires as a girl scout but I do remember what the badge looked like and that

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Challenge Day 37

Image is from https://www.clementoni.com/se/21613-disney-peter-pan-the-jungle-book-2×60-pcs-supercolor-puzzle/ 37. Puzzle: Write about putting together the pieces of puzzles. I loved puzzles growing up. Here are some of the puzzles I remember: When my kids were growing up, we had many puzzles in the house. As they got older, we worked on 1000 piece puzzles together as a family and

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Challenge Day 36

36. Frame It: Write a poem or some phrases that would make for good wall art in your home. “One is never too old to start a new adventure.” DH2 met his first wife at age 25 so up to that point = chapter 1married until age 50 = chapter 2now with me = chapter

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