Archive for the 'Spotted Dog Project' Category

Roaring Into My 20’s
May 4, 2008

Inspired By The
SFC Prompt::
Bad Girl On The Block

When I was a kid I wanted to be a Flapper.
I wanted to wear those cool clothes and have that edgy haircut and have boys coming to my house in Model T Fords-preferably painted yellow.
I wanted to hang out in Speakeasys

and smoke cigarettes from long cigarette holders and [...]

Sand
April 27, 2008

Inspried By The SFC Prompt:
Footprints In The Sand

If I could walk
to the end of the world
I would find a hill to stand on
and I would
 watch the sunset.
 
I wonder.
Would the sky look the same
at the end of the world?
Would the air smell the same?
If I put my hands to my face and screamed would I sound the [...]

Doors
December 13, 2007

Inspired by The Soul Food Cafe Prompt:
Personality of  A Front Door

Have you ever stood in a dark hallway in a strange building all alone with a flashlight that you found rolling around in the trunk of your car?
It worked fine when you first flicked the switch on and it worked fine when you were with [...]

Death Of A River
December 3, 2007

inspired by the Soul Food Cafe Prompt
Foot Prints In The Sand  
The Garden of Proserpine
by
A. C. Swinburne, 1866 
Photos
The Duwamish River, Washington State

Here, where the world is quiet;
     Here, where all trouble seems
Dead winds’ and spent waves’ riot
     In doubtful dreams of dreams;
I watch the green field growing
For reaping folk and sowing,
For harvest-time and mowing,
     A sleepy world of streams.
 
 
I am [...]