Monthly Archives: October 2019

CCC51: The Wicker Spider

Posted on October 31, 2019 by crispina kemp

On Halloween Night the wicker spider weaves… a sticky web to catch the spirits on the breeze: Wicked imps and sneaky sprites, malevolent boggarts that give us a fright, streaming through the forest trees, rustling and hissing as they kick … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #51

Posted on October 30, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Which Lights?

Posted on October 29, 2019 by crispina kemp

Twilight… Two lights. Which lights? This light? That light? Sunlight, moonlight, starlight, lamplight? Searchlight? Limelight, footlight? Nah, headlight, backlight. Paradise by the Dashboard Light. Ghost lights, spectral lights… witch lights? Christmas lights, fairy lights? Candlelight, firelight? Gaslight, flashlight? Ship’s lights? … Continue reading →

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What Pegman Saw: Seth Boyden, Inventor

Posted on October 28, 2019 by crispina kemp

“And a good God’s Day to you, Nathaniel. And may I say that’s a natty pair of shoes on your feet. Imported are they, from the Old Country?” “They are not! I bought them here in Newark. That watchmaker chap, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Fungi: Bloody Brackets

Posted on October 27, 2019 by crispina kemp

Yes, folks, it’s fungus season, no denying. And what a bumper season it is. Fungi like it warm and damp. And with this being the Sunday before Halloween, I thought this *Beefcake Bracket*, with its dripping blood, would fit the … Continue reading →

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6:00 am

Posted on October 26, 2019 by crispina kemp

My place faces east-south-east. Great for sunrises. If I’m awake. But then there are buildings between me and the sea… boohoo. So it narrows the view. But I thought for this week’s #2019picoftheweek challenge, I’d pick the title Sunrise, and … Continue reading →

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CCC#50: Game of Cheats

Posted on October 24, 2019 by crispina kemp

When, circa 1260, Walter Jernegan married Isabel FitzOsbert he could not have known that her brother would die without heirs. And that the line of Isabel’s cousin John de Nougon would also fail, this at his grandson. Thus it mattered … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #50

Posted on October 23, 2019 by crispina kemp

Welcome to my weekly challenge—open to all—just for FUN, FUN, FUN Here’s how it works: Every Wednesday I post a photo (this week it’s that one above.) You respond with something CREATIVE Here are some suggestions: An answering photo A … Continue reading →

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Wind-wafted Veils

Posted on October 22, 2019 by crispina kemp

The lights shimmered, wind-wafted veils of delicate hues, green and blue, yellow and red, that poured through the star-guarded hole. Aurora strained to hear their song. Her home. 28 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt

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Whisper it softly, Echo it loud

Posted on October 22, 2019 by crispina kemp

Yay, yay, yay, Whispers and Echoes have published another of my poems: Mellow Yellow. Check out this, and other poems and short stories here on their site. Sammi Cox, chief editor of Whispers and Echoes is well-known and loved for Sammi’s … Continue reading →

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