Creative Busyness

  • Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge: Light

    I have recently done a B&W challenge showcasing artificial and natural light, on the open theme week. Then this week, the theme is officially Light on Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge. So for this week, I decided to show the 3 main sources of light on my office.         Read more

  • Six Word Story: Sin

    We’re not sinners. The priest was! This post was written in response to this week’s Sometimes Stellar Storyteller Six Word Story Challenge , with the prompt Sin. Writing a story in only 6 words sometimes is really hard. This week I wanted to tell a real story. The story of my own wedding. I guess I managed to… Read more

  • Gunslinger

    He is crossing the desert after the man who killed his father. The crossing is though, but the need for revenge keeps him going. After days in open desert, he finally reaches a village. The story of the murder and his seek for revenge travelled faster than he did, though, and the townsfolk knew who… Read more

  • Six on the Sixth (or actually the Eighth)

    This month I decided to try the Six on the Sixth challenge, posted by Adam Ickes. In this challenge, he suggests some prompt words and encourage us to write 6 six-word stories based on not on the prompts. Here are mine. Wrong Can’t you ever do it right? Cap Missed ball, angrily throws his cap.… Read more

  • Rebirth

    She wasn’t really superstitious. Or maybe she was, just never admitted. The kind of person that follows the Spanish saying “Yo no creo en Brujas, pero que las hay, las hay”. Like she didn’t believe in ghosts, but would not put her feet on a cemetery at night. She graduated on Economic studies and worked for… Read more

  • Six Word Story: Accomplishment

    Thirteen miles, and no foot pain. This post was written in response to the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. It is a true story, actually. In 2013 I tried that same race and at halfway I was struggling to decide if I’d call my husband to pick me up because I could barely step… Read more

  • Weekly Writing Prompt – double take

    I’m in the waiting room of the funeral home. Soon, I’ll meet the person who will be responsible for the burial of my beloved. Tears roll down from my eyes. I need to accept that the love of my life ceased to exist.   This post was written in response to the Weekly Writing Prompt… Read more

  • Happy New Year!

    I hope you all had a great holiday season. Be it Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, or whatever you like to celebrate at the end of the Gregorian calendar year. For me the holidays were great. We stayed home and managed to do several projects. Christmas party was fun, with a visit from Santa and lots of… Read more

  • One Four Wordless Wednesday

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  • One Four Wordless Wednesday

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  • One Four Wordless Wednesday

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  • Berkeley to Bahia

    It was the year of his 70th birthday and he had a dream. To take the bike and some friends and ride from the place where he was living, Berkeley, CA USA, to the place where he was born and raised, Salvador, BA Brasil. He was a capoeira mestre and had several pupils or peer… Read more

  • Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 8 – Charity Christmas Tree Topper Challenge

    This past weekend my daughters and I put the Christmas tree up and lighted! Here’s out three topper. I bought this one several years ago (before the kids were even born) and it’s still resisting… I like it because it lights up and also because of the colors that come out from the light reflecting… Read more

  • Believe

    Tree is shimmering. Santa shall come! This post was written in response to the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge, with the theme Believe.  It was also inspired by my kids who picked the place for the tree so that Santa would see it and find the house to leave the presents on.  The picture… Read more

  • My Mom’s Mom

    Written by my sister, translated by me, as I couldn’t have said it better. The picture shows grandma with me and my siblings. I’m the very skinny one in yellow next to her. I had 2 grandmas that taught me a lot.  One was an artist, sort of an airhead. On her house we had no… Read more

  • Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Letter B or W

    Yesterday evening I had to stop by the grocery store for some veggies. Watching them I realized I could find B and W items for this week’s challenge right there. The W’s are combined in the B items, but I must admit they may not be visible enough. Here they are…        … Read more

  • One Four Wordless Wednesday

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  • Siblings

    Wandering and thinking of a gentle form of teasing his sister on their next game.   This post was written in response to the Weekly Writing Prompt # 14, with the provided words | GENTLE | WANDER | TEASE | GAME | FORM   Read more

  • Six Word Story Challenge: Return

    Hurtful words. Leaving to never return. This post was written in response to Six Word Stories: The Return of the Challenge. Image from pixabay.com (Foundry) To see other 6 word stories inspired by the same prompt, click the blue frog below: Read more

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Eye Spy

    Owls are animals famous for being nocturnal hunters. But not every owl is nocturnal. Some like to be active and hunt during the day. A couples years ago, I attended a falconism exhibition and learned that the eye color of the owls can give you a hint on their habits. Then, today, as I was preparing… Read more