Odd Prompts 2021 – Week 3

This week’s prompt at MOTE put me in mind of an old TV show. "The man in the skull mask slowly held up his gun, and his other hand, empty. Then he dropped the gun." Sergeant Bill Preston of the North-West Mounted Police shifted slightly in his saddle and looked around, letting Rex pick his …

Cultural Revolution

This popped up in one of my not-fb groups. Real world observations ...

Odd Prompts 21: Week 2

This week’s prompt was fun, but not in the usual way.  Earlier in the week I’d been playing around with a throw-away scene, and had what I thought was a hilarious line.  Too late, I realized that I was late submitting my prompt for the week.  Luck favored me in that we got a few …

How To Read The News In Totalitarianism — According To Hoyt

One of the first memories I have of news and people discussing news is of my parents trying to figure out whether the president was dead. This is because in Portugal in the early sixties, the news of course couldn’t publish anything that the regime disapproved of. When they announced Salazar was dead, and who …

Black Sands – fionagreywrites

Part of the fun of Odd Prompts is seeing what other people do. Fiona got the luck (good or bad) to draw my photo prompt for week one. I asked: Why are you meeting him? What is he telling you? Black Sands June wandered the path in quiet contemplation. Helen had excused herself and headed …

Signal Boost: Every day, we’re witnessing the deliberate destruction of our constitution and our rights — Bayou Renaissance Man

If the progressive left were to issue a formal declaration of war on the US constitution and the rights it recognizes, it could not do more in practice to destroy those rights than what we're seeing right now.  Be in no doubt that the current onslaught - political, social, economic, and in every other way - …

Odd Prompts 21: Week 1

A new year, and a new round of prompts over at MOTE. The first prompt of the year came from nother Mike: The annual unicorn drive ran right down the main road in town this year… The first thought that popped into my mind was Pony Penning Day.  Like many girls of my generation I …

ONLY DEMOCRATS CAN SAVE THE REPUBLIC — Citizen Tom

Firefighters struggle to extinguish the fire. (from Reichstag fire – Wikipedia) When we have a problem, we can complain about it, or we can do our best to find a solution and implement that solution (see ARE YOU FOCUSING ON THE PROBLEM OR THE SOLUTION? – Citizen Tom). Here of late we have had a …

Old News: Transgenders and Bathrooms. New News: Taxpayer-Funded Gender Reassignment Surgery — Bacon’s Rebellion

Del. Danica Roem, D-Manassas, Virginia’s first transgender legislator. by James A. Bacon I’m surprised this hasn’t caused an uproar yet: In his newly revised budget, Governor Ralph Northam wants to guarantee that transgender enrollees in Virginia’s expanded Medicaid program have access to “gender-affirming” care. “This is an important equity issue and a critical part of “This …

Snippet: Interpreter

Adrian pushed the door closed with his heel.  His youngest glanced up from their dining table where she was sitting with her books scattered around her dinner. “Bad day.”  It sounded more like a statement than a query.  Her gaze flicked briefly past his shoulder, like she was checking the door. “Yeah.”  Adrian sighed.  He …