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“Their love is with me forever.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/06/2018 8 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fpR07wwpS4 I recently viewed the movie trailer "Green Book" scheduled for November 21, 2018, release in the US, and it triggered my thoughts about my travels across the US during…

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“A patched quilt of life.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/10/2018 1 Comments

Two weeks before Thanksgiving, I entered the local library for a book, and I saw the most incredibly beautiful king size quilt hanging on display behind glass. I stood for…

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“Travel dreams crossing the U.S.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/15/2018 11 Comments

Monarch Pass, on route 50, in Colorado, at over 12000 feet above sea level. It has been a little over a month since I last posted a blog simply…

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“Our timeless love.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 04/10/2018 3 Comments

Our family, our children, forty years we made. The mind-numbing daily routine we made. Our separate sleeping bedrooms we agreed. Because of commitments, our love has become veiled from one…

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“Study.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/24/2018 2 Comments

As the college semester comes to an end, the mood of the students on the entire campus becomes stressfully solemn. Every nook and cranny is occupied as students seek silent locations…

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“Cozy Confessions.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/31/2017 7 Comments

My thirty plus years of travel destinations are filled with photos and encountering people who are the inspirations for some of my creative writings ideas. In the beginning, I traveled…

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Grandparents & Parents Revelations: A love story

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/27/2017 8 Comments

Kevin and Katelynn Crawford age 38 and 39 are a couple with seven children. They have twin four year- olds, a 6, 8, 10, 12, & a 13-year-old teenager.…

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“Legendary Inheritance.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/14/2017 1 Comments

Fifteen years have passed since international Dodgeball star Lucas Leonard Lopez was seen on the court. However, his eldest son Lewis Leonard Lopez has followed in his father's footsteps playing…

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“Procrastinating Pressure.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/01/2017 5 Comments

The significance of procrastinating pressure to complete goals is sometimes a necessary emotion when you find snippets of excuses to forgo what should be done. With thirty days to write 50,000 words,…

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“Halloween Neighborhood-Lessons.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/07/2017 3 Comments

There was a time in the 60's, and 70's when the mystery of keeping your home secure during the Halloween season was something you passed on to new neighbors. I…

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“Ghoulish.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/01/2017 6 Comments

I have never really liked Halloween since the horrible calamity of 1975, for which my father tells the story with the smiling gleefulness of a teenager like it was yesterday.…

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“Cloaked in darkness.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/14/2017 0 Comments

A 5-year-old girl in a playground stops to look at the flight of a butterfly. She runs around mimicking its movements to understand the butterfly's flying motions. Malka Michaela Barshishathttp://malkamichaela.blogspot.com/2011/02/illustration-friday-swarm.html…

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“Hiking a slot canyon.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/02/2017 21 Comments

Ever since I viewed photos of slot canyons in Utah's Zion National Park, I have dreamed of hiking within the vertical rock walls reaching towards the sky allowing glimpses of…

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“Focused, divided attention and multitasking”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/26/2017 8 Comments

The term "laser focused" is associated with academics and athletics. To reach this level of concentration takes months, years and decades of mental and physical training. Some people believe multi-tasking…

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“An iconic American road.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/19/2017 3 Comments

I was traveling south along Nevada route 95 when I wandered into Las Vegas to visit family and to check out Red Rock Canyon Conservation Area. When I told my uncle…

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“”Penchant for poo.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/14/2017 8 Comments

As a child growing up, I always had Labrador Retrievers as pets, and one of my chores was picking up after the dog. When I became an adult, I swore…

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“Disobey.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/13/2017 2 Comments

I learned very early in my childhood before I started school that acting bad or being bad brought about a spanking or a scolding at the least. When I began…

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“Elevating my knowledge of West Wendover NV.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/06/2017 6 Comments

My travel mission was set to photograph the Bonneville Salt Flats with a refuel top off in the town called West Wendover, NV en-route to Reno NV. However, it's been my custom…

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“My Homage to Travel Dreams.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/28/2017 8 Comments

A retiree who accepts their status will become a happier person going forward into the second chapter of their lives. While many retirees remain in their past, never reflecting on…

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“Humorous moxie.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/13/2017 0 Comments

Our eldest son Geoferry organized and paid for a private dining room in the exclusive up scale restaurant "Alain Ducasse," inside the Dorchester hotel in downtown London to celebrate…

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“Dare-Devil Great Grandmother.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/12/2017 5 Comments

Six months ago, I was with twenty-one of my family members to watch my youngest great-granddaughter tandem parachute from a plane 12000 feet above the airport to celebrate her 21st…

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“Spring Symphony!”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/03/2017 1 Comments

There was a united symbolism as the band members walked from both sides of the stage to their seats for their premiere spring symphonic performance. Everyone in the audience eagerly…

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“Radiating calm and coolness.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 05/29/2017 0 Comments

Many years ago during my childhood, I was always my mother's accompanier. If she went to a funeral, of a friend, I went. Evening events at the church, I went,…

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“Pink: Breast Cancer Awareness.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 05/12/2017 4 Comments

The word pink is associated with romance, sweetness, and happiness, But the evolution of the word pink and its bright color has become associated with, breast cancer awareness. During the…

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Zip, a generational migration

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 04/25/2017 3 Comments

My name is Mildred Hoskins, and at the mature age of 87, my birding dream has come true. My husband Charles and I were married for 58 years when he…

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“The 50th Wedding Anniversary.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 04/23/2017 2 Comments

Hello, my name is Johnathan and tonight we have gathered to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of my parents. My parents have a foundation of friendship and a passionate love…

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“My little girl’s backyard fun.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 04/21/2017 2 Comments

On a rainy Saturday, I was seated in the library reading Jane Eyre enjoying my afternoon tea, and biscuits when thunder, roared over the house with a streak of lightning…

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“A child’s blind tenaciousness, and a parent’s denial.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 04/10/2017 5 Comments

Within seconds of Charlie's birth, the doctor, and I was shocked to see his dark brown eyes searching the room, his surroundings and finally fixating on me. That moment seared…

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“Prudent kids on the cusp of being champions.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 04/05/2017 4 Comments

We all have gathered her for our annual sports awards banquet to honor and celebrate the mighty, mighty, Bulldogs who are champions again. I want to recognize and applaud all…

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“A Journey’s expectation.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 03/25/2017 3 Comments

Several hours ago we were seated at our dining room table Loretta, and I sat next to one another holding hands, sharing kisses as our excitement mounted about our retirement…

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“Instinct.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 03/16/2017 3 Comments

I'm no hero. I acted upon instinct pulling Mrs. Harris from her car after she collided with the fence. Everyone says I'm a hero, but I don't fell like one.…

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Ruminating and Swarm

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 03/13/2017 6 Comments

It was a chilly spring evening as Floyd, and Pegg Harkins' sat rocking in their chairs watching the sun set behind the dark green mountains of the Beaverden, West Virgina.…

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“Embarrassing squat.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 02/16/2017 4 Comments

It was a hot July the 4th holiday, and several of my neighborhoods were gathered at my home as I hosted a Bar-B-Que. One of my, neighbors a young couple…

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“Cleaning.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 02/10/2017 3 Comments

Timothy and Susan Crawford were married thirty-nine years when on Valentine’s Day, their oldest son Jason asked his college sweetheart Meredith to marry him. Meredith said yes, and they planned…

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Exquisite

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/26/2017 3 Comments

My name is Sylvester Williewood, and the Mercantile Finance Corporation has employed me for thirty-seven years. I began my career in the mail room, and I have risen to become…

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“Capable.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/22/2017 7 Comments

Growing up in Miami, during my college year's I easily maintained a 4,0-grade point average whenever. To pass tests, I imagined calmly strolling along South Beach in Miami Fl with…

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Cling

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/20/2017 5 Comments

I'm a wife to a wonderful husband of 12-years, a mother of beautiful twin girls age 4, and a 6-year old boy. By 5:00 am, I'm enjoying my first cup…

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“Uneven.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/19/2017 7 Comments

During my four years of college, I maintained twelve college credit hours per semester, six during the summer including twelve hours of lab work per month the two semesters before…

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“Love Specific.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/16/2017 5 Comments

It has been thirty-seven years of marriage, yet when I graduated college with a degree in English Literature with a fellowship to attend the Iowa University creative writing program for…

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“Float. A short story”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/12/2017 0 Comments

Kevin and Katelyn Crawford ages 48 and 49 are a couple with four children ages 6, 8, 10, & 12. They are a very active family with all their children…

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Gone

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/08/2017 3 Comments

On December 7th, 2016 Wilber, and Joyce Borstanski will have completed Sixty-seven years of marriage. They are an active senior couple in their Southwest Florida community. Their daily 2-mile morning…

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“Ovation, A short story”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 01/07/2017 3 Comments

The yearly winter carnival held on Lake George, in upstate New York, has produced many fish and sledding tales that have become legendary folklore. But during the 1967 winter carnival,…

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“Toys from Christmas Past; Short Story #5”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/30/2016 0 Comments

The night before Christmas and all through the house all was quiet as the Lehman family was attending Christmas Eve Services where Jason was participating in the children's Christmas play…

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“Holly Jolly Folly Christmas Re-Gifts. Short Story#4”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/21/2016 1 Comments

With 72-hours before their employees, Christmas parties. Jeffery and Jaqueline have yet to map out one of their most important decision of the Christmas season, what to regift for their…

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” Moody; Bah-Humbug!”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/20/2016 1 Comments

Eighty-seven-year-old Wilbur Wainwright, the owner of a window installation company, based in Ottumwa Iowa, began the business sixty-three years ago. He married once, divorced within a year, and never had…

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“Treasured Christmas Gifts, Short Story #3.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/13/2016 5 Comments

It's has been two days since Jeffery and Jacqueline consumed three bottles of Advent wine and ate four boxes of Advent calendar chocolate candies. But, with the Christmas tree decorated,…

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“Chaotic Chocolate, Short Story #2.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/10/2016 7 Comments

After spending Thanksgiving with Jeffery's parents, the couple enjoyed a leisurely ride home but stopped to buy a live Christmas tree in which Jason helped choose. They looked forward to…

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“Irksome, Short Story #1.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/05/2016 8 Comments

Hello, fellow blog post followers. In the coming weeks, some of WordPress's daily word prompts responses will revolve around Jeffery and Jaqueline Lehman and their five-year-old son Jason over the…

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“Love is Patient.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/03/2016 10 Comments

Lorraine Archer was standing before a full-length mirror contemplating the incredible turn of events that have unfolded in her life. The mirror reflected the white wedding dress, covering a…

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“Bases.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/13/2016 5 Comments

Give me a first base squeeze honey Oh yes, now that's a first base squeeze. Can I kiss your neck, and shoulders? Umm, yes, I think you stole second…

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Copycat

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/04/2016 6 Comments

Good, afternoon I'm the eldest brother who is six years older than my sister Erin, aka "Baby Princess." I gave her that name since our father spoiled her immensely. I…

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“Rearrange.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/02/2016 1 Comments

For thirty-five years, Oscar and Eunice's marriage has faced various obstacles testing their enduring love for one another. Oscar has learned and developed the wisdom to rearrange his perception of women…

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“Cigarette pack, stare down.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 11/01/2016 2 Comments

After a horribly stressful shift as a firefighter captain. Donald Treshman decided to stop at a local convenience store and purchase a pack cigarettes for the first time in 17…

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“Banned.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/29/2016 4 Comments

Gerald McClain and Cody Whitten both age 89, have been life-long friends growing up on farms in Iowa near the small town of Hampton. After retirement and many cold winters…

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“The Tiny Non-Profit Philanthropist.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/28/2016 11 Comments

Every sorority on campus worked hard to recruit Twins Joan and Jenny Armstrong who stand 4'9" tall. They are in the second semester of their third year of college maintaining…

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“Trust.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/24/2016 1 Comments

Jacob and Hellen, have been married for twenty years when Hellen arrived home from work a couple of hours earlier than usual. As Hellen turned into the driveway, she was…

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“Subdued worry.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/20/2016 0 Comments

It's been twelve hours, and usually, they are home by now. Something is wrong, I feel it, and I sense it. The neighbor's German shepherd, Felix is barking happy barks,…

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“Subdued.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/19/2016 4 Comments

It's been ten hours since I have seen my best friends and usually, they are home. I can tell something is wrong since the neighbor's German shepherd, Felix is barking…

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“Clumsy.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/17/2016 3 Comments

As a Boy Scout Leader, it brought joy to my heart to watch the transformation of a prepubescent teen as they progressed through their teenage years to become a respectful…

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“Original.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/15/2016 2 Comments

During my teenage years around the mid to late 70's I was told to feather my hair since it was the style of the time. However as time passed into…

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“Flattery.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/14/2016 7 Comments

It is often said, "Flattery will get you nowhere." However, I believe a little or a lot of honest and sincere flattery will go a long way to please a…

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“The Argument”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/12/2016 3 Comments

On a cold December morning, two weeks before Christmas, at 4:00 am the clock radio compact disc alarm activated softly playing The Beatles song, "Here comes the sun." Tom Hartfield, rolls…

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“Borders & Birds.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/10/2016 5 Comments

Welcome to WBN, your only destination for bird news worldwide. The year was 2011 when the World Bird Federation met for the first time since the 1966 DDT scare. Ever…

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“Daring.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/07/2016 0 Comments

I dare you. I dare you. I double dog dare you. I triple dog dare you. These are the words and statements used by little boys that caused one of…

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“Breakthrough.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 10/06/2016 0 Comments

Sometimes life's greatest achievements occur, with a breakthrough moments before giving up. One example of a breakthrough moment takes place when parents construct toys the night before Christmas only to complete…

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What I do and how I travel

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/30/2016 12 Comments

It is an amazing how little has changed in my life since leaving Southwest Florida. I still wake up most times before 5:00 and 6;00 am with thoughts and ideas…

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“Cake.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/08/2016 4 Comments

Working in an office environment is essentially a cake environment. Cake for birthdays, Cake for returning to work, Cake for leaving or taking a new position, Cake for the…

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“Crisis”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 07/29/2016 5 Comments

The word crisis expresses the idea or belief of something urgent, and I feel the word is used for dramatic effect to garner people's immediate attentions. I was peddling my…

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“Desert, which one?”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 07/11/2016 4 Comments

After an argument, I deserted my wife for the solitude and warmth of the desert, where I enjoyed the chocolate cake she made for dessert. When I return home with…

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Climate Control

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 12/02/2015 5 Comments

The idea that the weather and people’s moods are connected is quite old. Do you agree? If yes, how does the weather affect your mood? Last month was filled…

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No Cliffhangers: “Duty” a Short Story

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/16/2015 7 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "No Cliffhangers." Write a post about the topic of your choice, in whatever style you want, but make sure to end it…

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“Mouth Dropped”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/07/2015 10 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Mouth Drop." In exactly 100 words creatively describe one moment when your mouth dropped open, chin hit the ground, and tears rolled…

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“First Crush”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/06/2015 19 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "First Crush." Who was your first childhood crush? What would you say to that person if you saw him/her again? With a…

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“Green-Eyed Monster” (A Short Story)

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/26/2015 0 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Green-Eyed Monster." Tell us about the last time you were really, truly jealous of someone. Did you act on it? Did it…

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“Tattoo….You?”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/06/2015 9 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Tattoo….You?." Do you have a tattoo? If so, what’s the story behind your ink? If you don’t have a tattoo, what might…

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“Isn’t Your Face Red”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 08/04/2015 16 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Isn’t Your Face Red." When was the last time you were embarrassed? How do you react to embarrassment? I cannot recently recall a…

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“Choose Your Adventure: Speed”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 06/19/2015 0 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Choose Your Adventure." Write a story or post with an open ending, and let your readers invent the conclusion. I pull the…

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“My Neighbors Dog, named BOB”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 06/10/2015 5 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "A Dog Named Bob." You have 20 minutes to write a post that includes the words mailbox, bluejay, plate, syrup, and ink. And…

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“Fright, flight, courage, and gumption.”

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 03/11/2015 4 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Fight or Flight." Write about your strongest memory of a heart-pounding, belly-twisting nervousness: what caused the adrenaline? Was it justified? How did…

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“Nightmare Jobs” (Short Story)

Expedition Nomadic Adventurer 09/09/2014 1 Comments

In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Nightmare Job." In honor of Labor Day in North America, tell us what’s the one job you could never imagine yourself doing.…

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