STAR SHIP... OMM's STARs CHALLENGE...

 

"I like the night. 

Without the dark, 

we'd never see the stars." 

~

 Stephenie Meyer

THE WORD BIBLE... SPA's DICTIONARY CHALLENGE...

 

"If you're looking for sympathy 

you'll find it between shit and syphilis 

in the dictionary." 

~

 David Sedaris

SO THANKFUL FOR INDOOR PLUMBING... DIGITAL WHISPER's WHAT ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR CHALLENGE...

 "There’s the spider in the outhouse 

minding his own business" 

~

 Jack Kerouac

A GOTHIC GUEST FOR DINNER... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's GOTHIC THANKSGIVING CHALLENGE...

 "In my opinion, 

the only good spider is a dead spider, 

and women's rights aren't worth diddly 

if they mean I can't ask a man 

to do my bug squashing." 

~

 Janet Evanovich

HANG TIME... OMM's TIME CHALLENGE...

"Time you enjoy wasting 

is not wasted time." 

~

 Marthe Troly-Curtin

STAMPED... SPA's POSTAGE STAMP CHALLENGE...

 

"Be like a postage stamp. 

Stick to it until you get there" 

~

 Bob Proctor

HOW THE WHOLE THING STARTED... DIGITAL WHISPER's PILGRIM CHALLENGE

American settlers arriving on the Mayflower were called "Pilgrims" in the 1800s, a name that stuck due to the narrative of their religious journey to a new land and a phrase used by one of the settlers, William Bradford. The group itself, composed of religious separatists, actually called themselves "Saints" and were not officially known as "Pilgrims" until 220 years after their arrival.

THIS IS BEAUTY... OMM's WHAT I AM MOST THANKFUL FOR...

 "When everything goes to hell, 

the people who stand by you without flinching --

 they are your family. " 

~

 Jim Butcher

GRIDIRON MONA... SPA's MONA LISA MAKEOVER CHALLENGE...

"If a man watches three football games in a row,

 he should be declared legally dead."

~

 Erma Bombeck

BRAVING THE DRAGON... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's DRAGON CHALLENGE...

 Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,

 for you art crunchy 

and good with ketchup.

~

 (anonymous)

DESPERATE MEASURES... DIGITAL WHISPER's TURKEY CHALLENGE...

 "Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless.

 Christmas dinner's dark and blue. 

When you stop and try to see it 

From the turkey's point of view.

~

Shel Silverstein

AUTUMN PUNK... OMM's ORANGE, GOLD & BROWN CHALLENGE...

 Sitting by a cozy fireplace, 

Watching the leaves fall to the ground, 

Orange, yellow, red, purple,

 gold and brown." 

~

 Charmaine J. Forde

MOTHS AROUND A FLAME... SPA's MOTHS CHALLENGE...

 "Be the flame, not the moth." 

~

 Giacomo Casanova

FALLEN... DIGITAL WHISPER's HELLO NOVEMBER CHALLENGE...

 "December is the toughest month of the year.

 Others are July, January, September, 

April, November, May, March, 

June, October, August, and February." 

~

 Mark Twain

THE IRREVERENT REALITY OF GLOOM... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION WALK THROUGH THE NIGHT CHALLENGE...

 Must I accept 

the irreverent reality of the gloom, 

the dark, as much a part of my life, 

this old friend?

~

Kym Decker

DRESSED FOR TEA... OMM's PATTERNS CHALLENGE...

 "Perhaps the biggest tragedy of our lives

 is that freedom is possible, 

yet we can pass our years 

trapped in the same old patterns...

We may want to love other people 

without holding back, 

to feel authentic, 

to breathe in the beauty around us, 

to dance and sing. 

Yet each day we listen to inner voices 

that keep our life small." 

~

 Tara Brach

GOLDEN WALK... SPA's AUTUMN CHALLENGE...

 "Fall has always been my favorite season. 

The time when everything bursts 

with its last beauty, 

as if nature had been saving up all year 

for the grand finale." 

~

Lauren DeStefano

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION... DIGITAL WHISPER's EVIL CHALLENGE...

"May the forces of evil 

become confused on the way to your house." 

~

 George Carlin

FRIGHT NIGHT VISITOR... MY SOUL's DARK IMAGINATION's DARK ART's CHALLENGE...

 "The baby bat 

Screamed out in fright, 

'Turn on the dark, 

I'm afraid of the light." 

~

 Shel Silverstein

HAPPY HALLOWEEN... OMM's KNOCK, KNOCK CHALLENGE...

 "Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen, 

Voices whisper in the trees, 

Tonight is Halloween!" 

~

 Dexter Kozen

MOON SPIRITS... SPA's FULL MOON CHALLENGE...

 "The moon is a stone 

and the sky is full of deadly hardware, 

but oh God, how beautiful anyway."

~

 Margaret Atwood

EGAD IT's A DEAD GUY... DIGITAL WHISPER's SKELETON CHALLENGE...

 "A jolly young fellow from Yuma 

Told an elephant joke to a puma; 

now his skeleton lies 

beneath hot western skies- 

the puma had no sense of huma" 

~

 Ogden Nash

ANNIEBOO's WITCH... OMM's WITCH CHALLENGE...

 "It doesn't matter who you are

 or what you look like, 

so long as somebody loves you." 

~

 Roald Dahl

TRY TO REMEMBER... SPA"S NOTE TO SELF CHALLENGE...

 "You forget what you want to remember, 

and you remember what you want to forget." 

~

 Cormac McCarthy

ME & JACK... DIGITAL WHISPERS JACK-O-LANTERN CHALLENGE...

 "The jack-o-lantern follows me

 with tapered, glowing eyes. 

His yellow teeth grin evily. 

His cackle I despise. 

But I shall have the final laugh 

when Halloween is through. 

This pumpkin king I’ll split in half 

to make a pie for two." 

~ 

Richelle E. Goodrich