Sunday Scribblings

#303 - Possible

2012-01-22T04:37:00.001-08:00

Think big! What is possible?

#302 - Tribe

2012-01-12T23:03:00.001-08:00

This word comes up a lot in the blogging world. What do you make of tribe?

#301 - Normal

2012-01-08T03:47:00.000-08:00

I think that for the potential emotional load, this is one of the most overlooked words in the English language.

What do you think of normal?

#300 - New

2012-01-01T05:50:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone!

Happy New Year and Happy 300th prompt at Sunday Scribblings! (Fireworks! Balloons! Sparkles! Cheers!)

I hope that you and yours have a wonderful, happy 2012.

The prompt this week is: New

#299 - Festive

2011-12-25T05:39:00.000-08:00

Whatever you are or are not celebrating today, I hope your day is festive!

#298 - Health

2011-12-18T06:11:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

The prompt this week is: Health.

And if you are celebrating this week, happy holidays to you.

P.S. Some of you might have noticed that we are getting very close to THREE HUNDRED prompts! I'm hoping that an old friend will come back and provide a prompt when we get there. Hitting three hundred at the beginning of a new year seems pretty fitting doesn't it?

#297 - Fairytale

2011-12-11T07:30:00.000-08:00

I know that this might seem a bit whimsical, but every good writer needs to know one or two fairytales.

#296 - Joy

2011-12-03T08:55:00.000-08:00

The prompt for this week is: Joy.

Happy Scribbling.

#295 - Investigate

2011-11-26T23:58:00.000-08:00

The prompt for this week is: Investigate.

Enjoy!

#294 - Vote

2011-11-19T15:12:00.000-08:00

The prompt for this week is: vote.

#293 - Life is Good

2011-11-12T23:54:00.001-08:00

I've brought out a little group positivity this week! Tell us all why life is good.

#292 - Omen

2011-11-06T01:50:00.000-07:00

November has always felt like a magical month to me. The prompt for this week is: omen.

#291 - Operation

2011-10-30T01:22:00.000-07:00

The prompt this week is: operation. You could go military, covert, massive, medical or anything else that comes to mind.

#290 - My Backyard

2011-10-18T07:15:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone!

The prompt is really early this week because I am going home to Canada for the weekend.

The prompt for this week is: my backyard.

Enjoy!

#289 - You Are Here.

2011-10-16T10:21:00.000-07:00

The prompt for this week is a picture:

Happy Scribbling!

#288 - The Call

2011-10-09T04:13:00.000-07:00

Have you heard one? Have you answered one? Have you made one? Tell us about the call.

#287 - Present

2011-10-01T14:59:00.000-07:00

Whether you see it as to be present or as in a gift, you can do what you like with present.

#286 - Plan B

2011-09-25T00:40:00.000-07:00

Sometimes the best laid plans don't work out. What do you do then? Move to Plan B.

#285 - Easy

2011-09-18T00:45:00.000-07:00

It looks like an easy one, but easy is never really easy is it?

#284 - Sensation

2011-09-10T14:10:00.000-07:00

There are a lot of ways you can go with this word, and I'm not going to sway you either way so that your imagination can run wild!

#283 - Tomorrow

2011-09-04T05:20:00.000-07:00

Why put off today? The sun will come out. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow. The diet starts...

There is so much energy and power in what we put off until or do or plan for tomorrow.

What do you make of it?

#282 - Muse

2011-08-28T01:52:00.000-07:00

Have you met yours? The origins of muse are here, but what do you make of muse?

#281 - Shipwreck

2011-08-20T13:56:00.000-07:00

Shipwreck: for no reason other than that it might make you write something a little different this time and we all need a challenge now and then.

#280 - Forward

2011-08-12T09:59:00.000-07:00

As in moving, or being too, or fast... what can you write about forward?

#279 - Pleasure

2011-08-06T09:37:00.000-07:00

I hope that you push the boat out with this one and that you get as much pleasure out of writing it as the pleasure you are writing about.

Enjoy!

#278 - Standing Ovation

2011-07-31T02:41:00.000-07:00

This was my husband's suggestion and as it made me laugh, I thought it might be a nice light topic for this week. So this week, the topic is: standing ovation.

#277 - Distant

2011-07-24T04:42:00.001-07:00

What do you think of when I say distant? Distant lands? Distant loved one? Distant look? Distant can be spacial or emotional or just about anything you like. What do you make of it?

#276 - Captivate

2011-07-16T10:08:00.000-07:00

What do you think of captivate?

#275 - Woods

2011-07-06T06:01:00.000-07:00

Hi all -

Well to those of you who write me asking for the prompt to be earlier - this week you have gotten your wish! I am off to the woods for a week of camping, sunshine (hopefully) and family time. You can do this scribble whenever you like! Happy Scribbling.

#274 - Hitch

2011-07-02T05:09:00.000-07:00

... as in went off without a hitch.
... as in got hitched.
... as in trailer hitch.
... or as whatever you like.

#273 - Give

2011-06-25T00:18:00.000-07:00

... or if you like: gift, giving or gave.

#272 - Opportunity

2011-06-18T23:39:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite words in the world. Tell us all about opportunity.

#271 - The Next Step

2011-06-11T14:06:00.000-07:00

What's yours? What's your character's? What are your thoughts on the next step?

#270 - sweet

2011-06-05T06:23:00.000-07:00

The prompt for this week is: sweet. Enjoy!

#269 - flock

2011-05-29T00:21:00.000-07:00

The prompt for this week is: flock.

Have a great weekend.

#268 - Better Late Than Never

2011-05-22T15:15:00.000-07:00

Apologies! I am doing this on my own now so if I have computer issues, you all have to wait. I am terribly sorry.

Better late than not at all. In fact, I think that that is a great prompt, so I am changing the prompt I was going to give you this week.

Better late than never. What do you make of that?

#267 - Surrender

2011-05-15T06:29:00.000-07:00

I've been doing a lot of thinking about surrender. Is surrender about letting go or giving up? Is it a process or a quick decision? What do you make of surrender?

#266 - May

2011-05-08T04:36:00.000-07:00

I try not to make the prompts too obvious or too seasonal, but for some reason this month just feels so much more specific than most. May is a month with a personality for me. I'm interested to see whether you feel the same.

#265 - Cake

2011-05-01T01:57:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure if you heard or not, but there was a small wedding and a little party thrown here in England on Friday. Whether you were into it or not, there is one thing about parties and weddings that most people can get behind. The prompt for this week is: cake!

#264 - Shine

2011-04-24T04:59:00.000-07:00

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend!

The prompt this week is: shine

#263 - Design

2011-04-17T07:09:00.000-07:00

The prompt this week is: design.

Happy Scribbling!

#262 - befuddled

2011-04-10T03:20:00.001-07:00

I thought I'd give you something a little bit fun this week. What do you make of befuddled?

#261 - Messenger

2011-04-03T07:51:00.000-07:00

The prompt this week is: messenger. Have you had one? Have you been one? Has a butterfly landed or a bird pooped on your shoulder when you asked for advice? Has a movie or a book or a billboard told you exactly what you needed to hear? Have you heard angels or your mother or your pet or your boss say something when you most needed advice? Tell us about messengers.

P.S. I just realized that on March 31, 2006, Laini and I put up our first prompt. That means that this site has just had its 5th birthday! I can't believe it has been going for so long! You never know where things will take you. Have a great week.

#260 - Nearly

2011-03-27T07:50:00.000-07:00

I find this word to have so much power. "We're nearly there." "I'm nearly done." "It's nearly finished." There is so much power - or lack of power - in being almost somewhere. The power comes in that moment of whether or not movement and action will continue to happen. Sometimes nearly is nearly a permanent position.

What do you think of nearly?

#259 - Free

2011-03-20T07:53:00.000-07:00

Sorry folks! Once again, it was my computer. You can talk the prompt this week in one of two ways, you can either use 'free' or make it a bit bigger and try 'freedom'.

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

#258 - Big

2011-03-12T00:36:00.000-08:00

Where are you going to go with this one? You could go anywhere! What do you make of big?

#257 - Raw

2011-03-06T05:57:00.000-08:00

Whether it be vegetables or feelings, wind or simply uncooked, there are a lot of places you could go with: raw.

#256 - Fire

2011-02-27T13:15:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the delay - I've been trying to make this work all day! As I have sat at my desk watching the colour wheel spin, I've read and re-read the quote I have on a post-it, so today, finally, the prompt is inspired by that quote: "Remember, you are not here to play it safe. You are here to start fires." - Sera Beak. So what do you make of: fire?

#255 - Food

2011-02-20T03:25:00.000-08:00

In two-hundred and fifty-four prompts, I can't believe we've never simply discussed food.

#254 - A Thousand Years

2011-02-12T23:46:00.000-08:00

This prompt is inspired by a comment left by one of our contributors.

Thank you Rel for the inspiration!

The prompt this week is: a thousand years.

#253 - Story

2011-02-06T00:54:00.000-08:00

I know we've had "Bedtime Stories" before, but this is an altogether more grown-up prompt.

Tell us your story.
Tell us a story.
What story matters to you?
What story do you need to hear?

What's your take on story?

#252 - Safe

2011-01-30T02:24:00.000-08:00

Possibly an easy one or possibly a loaded one, but not one that will inspire luke-warm posts.

This prompt this week is: safe.

#251 - Eternity

2011-01-23T04:11:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the delay everyone. It's the same old argument between my computer and blogger.

I thought I'd go enormous this week, so the prompt is: eternity.

#250 - Invisible

2011-01-16T09:48:00.000-08:00

Well folks, here it is, prompt number TWO HUNDRED and FIFTY! Whoot!

I don't know if any of you have done all of them, but I do know that a lot of you have been along for this ride for awhile and others have only just joined us. I hope that you have found some inspiration here over the past 250 posts.

Without further ado, the prompt for this week is: invisible. What do you make of that?

#249 - A Walk in the Park

2011-01-09T02:33:00.000-08:00

Has anything been 'a walk in the park' for you? What does that mean? Is a walk in the park really the easiest thing we can do? Have you had a great real walk in a real park lately? Do you need me to tell you to go outside and take a walk in a park? Tell us about a walk in the park.

#248 - Progress

2011-01-02T03:41:00.000-08:00

SO?! We are two days in to 2011 - any progress yet?

#247 - Manifesto

2010-12-24T12:54:00.000-08:00

I know it is a big one, but the prompt this week is: Manifesto. Looking forward into a new year, there is always talk of resolutions or themes or plans. I'd like to see if you can go a step further.

For inspiration, have a look at this or this.

Happy Holidays to you and yours!

#246 - December

2010-12-18T11:47:00.000-08:00

If you take away all of the hype and the hoopla of this time of year, underneath there is a month. It is quite like some of the other months: 31 days, a nice soft-sounding name, a beginning, middle and end. But that is where the similarities stop. There is a lot of pressure on December to be a lot of things for a lot of people. No matter what you believe in, I expect you will have a lot to say about December.

Warning: next week the prompt will be a big one! I'm going to try to post it really early next week to give you a chance to think about it before Sunday. Intrigued?

#245 - Limits

2010-12-12T00:57:00.000-08:00

Coming up to the change of year it always feels like there is a lot of pressure to make a new start. To promise yourself things or to seek to change yourself in some way seems to be the order of most January beginnings. I think that before we leap into another year of resolutions, it would not hurt to look at what our limits are. Where are your edges? What is your limit? Where do you stop and another begins? What are the edges to your property? Your travel zone? Your boundaries? How can you make resolutions if you don't know where they simply won't wiggle through?

What or where are your limits?

#244 - Guidance

2010-12-05T04:56:00.000-08:00

As we get closer to the beginning of the new year, I thought it might be time to think about guidance. Do you need some? Could you give some? Do you know where some could be used? Is there something new in your future? It could be something as simple as how to cook the perfect turkey or as grand as the right way to move into 2011. Give us your take on guidance.

#243 - Antidote

2010-11-28T01:07:00.000-08:00

I read an article yesterday that made reference to an 'antidote to Christmas.' Talk about missing the point! But it started me thinking about what else we could use an antidote for in our lives. Where have you needed an antidote? Do you need one now? What do you make of antidote?

#242 - What a Difference a Day Makes

2010-11-20T15:18:00.000-08:00

The prompt this week is inspired by the difference between how I felt yesterday (at work) and how I feel today (on holiday!) But I know that you can go deeper than that! The prompt is: what a difference a day makes.

#241 - Bright Idea

2010-11-13T10:57:00.000-08:00

Got one? What's the best one you know of? Have a writing idea that's been pestering you? Well? What are you waiting for?

What's your bright idea?

#240 - Friction

2010-11-07T02:29:00.000-08:00

The prompt this week is: friction. Good or bad? Necessary? Love it? Hate it? What do you make of it?

#239 - Intense

2010-10-30T14:55:00.000-07:00

I tried to think of a prompt that took advantage of the fact that this week's Sunday Scribbling falls on All Hallows Eve, but I didn't want to put anyone off who may not be a Hallowe'en celebrant. Either way this point of the year always feels a little intense. Colours seem brighter and the days just feel like they are about to be different. There's Hallowe'en, Guy Fawkes, harvest festivals, farmer's markets and changing clocks. So whether you choose to write a horror story, a creepy tale of goblins, the recipe for a witches brew, a rich chocolate fantasy, or a completely unrelated tale, make sure it is in keeping with the season wherever you are.

The prompt this week is: intense.

#238 - Curious

2010-10-23T14:21:00.000-07:00

What do you make of curious?

#237 - Harvest

2010-10-17T01:42:00.000-07:00

As I sat looking out at a beautiful autumn day, I asked my husband what the prompt this week should be and he said, "harvest." A perfectly seasonal prompt, (at least for those of us in the Northern hemisphere) this week please tell us what you think of: harvest.

#236 - Essential

2010-10-10T00:37:00.000-07:00

The prompt this week comes from the book, Walking on Alligators by Susan Shaughnessy. In it she quotes Voltaire: "The secret of being tiresome is to tell everything."

In writing and in life, the secret is sometimes in what you leave out.

"Start now to separate out what is essential for what you will write today. What you set aside is not lost. It remains, a part of your growing capital of ideas." - Susan Shaughnessy

Tell us what is essential for you today - but only tell us the essential bits.

#235 - Flashback

2010-10-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

The prompt for this week isn't one you've seen before, but I hope that it is one that will help you remember! It's flashback time!

#234 - Love

2010-09-25T16:08:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd go back to basics with a deceptively simple prompt: love.

#233 - Clean

2010-09-19T14:28:00.001-07:00

Clean slate? Clean house? Clean teeth? Clean thoughts? Clean living? Clean lines? Clean laundry?

What do you make of clean?

#232 - Treatment

2010-09-11T23:59:00.000-07:00

Such an ordinary sounding word, but filled with layers of power. Whether it is your treatment of someone or their treatment of you or whether it's treatment for a serious illness or to make you more beautiful or youthful or comfortable, treatment is never an ordinary word.

What do you make of treatment?

#231 - Wait

2010-09-05T14:05:00.000-07:00

With tongue firmly in cheek again, I declare the prompt this week: Wait. To those of you for whom it is Monday already, I am sorry for the wait! My internet connection and I have spent the day in a fight. For the last little while there has only been one of us doing Sunday Scribblings, so it is much worse when I can't connect. I am sorry!

I hope you enjoy the prompt!

#230 - Faith

2010-08-28T13:55:00.000-07:00

Do you have faith in the future, faith in your friends or family, faith in your car starting, the floor being there in the morning, or in a religion or religious figure? Is there someone in your life named Faith? Do you have faith in humanity or goodness or animals or superheroes or simply that the sun will rise tomorrow morning? Is faith something we all need in some way or another? What do you think about faith?

#229 - dangerous

2010-08-22T01:49:00.000-07:00

I thought we might go somewhere a bit more dangerous this week.

What do you make of that?

#228 - View

2010-08-15T10:25:00.000-07:00

Hi all! First of all I just want to apologize for the delay in posting this week. It's not because I wasn't trying! For some reason Blogger and my computer aren't getting along, so if I am delayed in the future, hang in there - I'm probably sitting at my computer willing it to log in!

The prompt this week is: view. What's the view from your window? What's your view on life? On the current world situation? What's the best view you have ever seen? Had? What's your dream view? Have you expressed your views?

Happy Scribbling!

#227 - half-way

2010-08-08T07:31:00.000-07:00

Is there someone that you need to meet half-way? Is there something you have half done? Are you half-way to something or someone? Have you ever hit the wall half-way there? Is it better to be half-way there than at the beginning? Are you happier half-way there because you are afraid of the end? How do you feel about half-way?

#226 - I'd like to thank...

2010-08-01T06:35:00.000-07:00

This week you are going to write your acceptance speech. Whether it is your Oscar's speech, the dedication page from your book, or some other award, make sure it is for the award that is the most important one you can think of. In that moment of accepting your prize, who are you going to thank and why? What would you like to say to the people in your life who have helped you get this far? Who do you need to acknowledge?

#225 - letter

2010-07-25T02:18:00.000-07:00

Remember on Sesame Street when they said that today's episode was brought to you by the letter M? Well, the prompt today is brought to you by whichever letter you choose! You can be silly and choose a letter of the alphabet, or you can be serious and talk about an actual letter. Whatever you choose to use, have some fun with it if you can!

#224 - Source

2010-07-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

You could go literal, serious, or woo woo with this one! What do you make of source?

#223 - Video Prompt

2010-07-10T03:50:00.000-07:00

In honour of this wonderful video that I saw this week, the prompt is going to give you a chance to honour someone who you think is amazing.

The instructions are:

1. Watch this video.
2. Write about the person it makes you think about.
Optional: go to this website and nominate someone.

Happy Scribbling!

#222 - Me.

2010-07-04T07:57:00.000-07:00

This one should be pretty easy! After all, who knows you better than you? (Unless, of course you don't want to talk about you.) Your prompt is: me.

#221 - life swap

2010-06-27T06:50:00.000-07:00

Is there anyone whose life you would swap yours with? What about for one day? One hour? If you did swap lives and then got yours back, what lessons would you have learned? What would you do differently if you could? Whose life fascinates you? If you wouldn't swap lives with anyone, why not?

#220 - birth

2010-06-19T14:14:00.000-07:00

In honour of a brand new wee one, the prompt this week is: birth. You can go as literal or as metaphoric as you wish. What do you need to/ want to give birth to? What has been born through you? What new beginning are you responsible for?

#219 - Superhero(ine)

2010-06-12T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

The prompt for this week is: superhero or heroine.

And the good news is I have just bought another whole year of Mr. Linky madness, so we can go on a little longer!

#218 - Mess

2010-06-06T11:30:00.000-07:00

The prompt for this week is: mess. You can think mess, messy, clean up your mess, mess hall, or it's a mess. For such a simple word, there is a lot of weight in its meaning. What's your take on mess?

#217 - mantra

2010-05-30T04:37:00.000-07:00

Do you have a mantra? The original meaning of mantra is something that you repeat to help you concentrate while you are meditating. There are lots of people, however, who use a mantra to help them concentrate in other ways. Do you have one? Do you need one? Would you like one? Can you share yours or is it secret and private? How do you feel about mantra?

#216 - dragon

2010-05-22T23:04:00.000-07:00

I know we don't very often go fantasy here at Sunday Scribblings, and this doesn't have to be if you don't want to go there. It is inspired by this J.R.R. Tolkein quote: "It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him."

The fact is, you could take this quite literally and do a piece on dragons or you could think about what dragons in your life you need to take into your calculations. What large, fire breathing entity requires your attention?

#215 - recipe

2010-05-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

With all of the foodie blogs out there, sometimes I get full just looking at the internet. With deliciousness in mind this week, I thought I'd suggest something a little different. The prompt is: recipe. Do with it what you will!

#214 - courage

2010-05-09T10:18:00.000-07:00

It's funny, sometimes I think of a topic for the week and I'll be certain we've done it before. After four years I'm always surprised when I think of a good word and we've not used it already. The prompt this week is: courage.

#213 - event

2010-04-28T17:02:00.000-07:00

I know that this prompt is absurdly early (I'm just keeping you on your toes!) I am going to a wedding this weekend and rather than have the possibility of having no prompt until late Sunday night, I thought I'd give you your assignment now. The prompt for this week is: event.

Happy scribbling!

#212 - Dinner

2010-04-24T20:20:00.000-07:00

I just finished watching the movie "Julie & Julia" and in honour of the spirit of Julia Child or any other chef who has ever tempted you out of your cooking comfort zone, the prompt this week is: dinner.

#211 - wonder

2010-04-17T23:38:00.000-07:00

What do you wonder? Have you experienced wonder? Is it a feeling? An emotion? A place? Tell us about wonder.

#210 - deadline

2010-04-11T11:59:00.000-07:00

Sorry folks! I've been without electricity this weekend, making it very hard to get this up. But here it is, better late than never. With a sheepish apology and tongue firmly planted in cheek, the prompt this week is: deadline.

#209 - Mentor

2010-04-03T14:50:00.000-07:00

Have you had a mentor in your life? Would you like one? For what? Have you been one? How? Everyone could use a little more help in their lives, can you see where you could be a mentor now?

#208 - Alchemy

2010-03-26T11:21:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd inject a little magic into this grey March afternoon. What's your take on alchemy?

#207 - Demands

2010-03-20T14:08:00.000-07:00

Some stars demand bottled water, others must have a bathtub. When Jennifer Lopez tours, she allegedly asks that her dressing room be completely white. Britney apparently asks for Doritos, and Mariah (they say) requires an attendant simply to hand her towels. I don't know if all of this is true, but for something completely different this week I thought I'd ask you - if you were a mega ridiculous superstar on tour - what would your demands be? Have fun with this one!

#206 - The book that changed everything

2010-03-13T14:10:00.000-08:00

Is there a book that you read at a particular time in your life that changed everything for you? Is there a book you think should be written that would change everything? Words have an incredible power if they are read/ heard by the right person at the right time. What collection of words has been powerful for you?

#205 - Fluent

2010-03-05T13:28:00.000-08:00

What are you fluent in? What interests you? Can you be fluent in anything other than a language? What is your take on fluency?

#204 - Big Dreams

2010-02-27T15:34:00.000-08:00

In honour of the Olympics and the amazing things that people are capable of, the prompt this week is: big dreams.