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As long as toad have been croaking, frogs (and kids) have been jump-jump-jumping!

“I can’t write five words but that I change seven”—Dorothy Parker

“I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written comes closest.”—Katherine Paterson.

Two Part Question: 1. Did you wear pants or a skirt today? 2. How did you clasp the front closed?

If your answer to the second part was “I zipped up!” Then put on your party hat and let’s here it for Elias Howe!* the zipper inventor!

When was the last time you had a gut busting laugh-so-hard-tears- were-running-down-your-legs laugh?

If you can’t remember, then I only have one thing to say to you:

“It’s about time you did!”

Why? I’ll give you 4 reasons (if you don’t believe me, ask the Mayo Clinic.)

Lowers stress hormones

improves heart and immune functions

burns calories

makes you feel better

Now get this…

““The average 4-year-old laughs 300 times a day. The average 40-year-old? Only four.””

Birds! Hear them? See them?

If you don’t then...

Zoologically speaking, I’m a huge fan. If you’re response is “Boo to Zoo!” Have you been to a zoo lately?

Of the ones I’ve v...

Knock-Knock?

‍ ‍Who’s there?

Banana

Knock-Knock?

‍ ‍Who’s there?

Banana

Knock-Knock?

‍ ‍(Say it…)

‍ Orange! Orange you glad I didn’t say “banana”!

There! Now that I’ve got that out of my system, let’s get to prompting! Because it’s baseball season—including Women’s Pro Baseball!And my family has gone Baseball Crazy! this prompt was going to be about something that makes you crazy. But then I read this poem by Lauren Cook.*

May...

What movie was it where the kids took off in a Radio Flyer? I’ve been wracking my brain trying to remember…. Of course I could GTS but I choose not to. (Besides, I have you….) Besides, that’s not the point. The point is that that little red wagon gave those kids them freedom. And it’s that what summer vacation is about? Being Free! Flying under ones own power? Summer Break aside, they even have a national holiday for doing just that. The last Wednesday each March is Little Red Wagon Day, a holid...

Sometimes it’s time to mine your writing for gems. These gems can become a take-off point for a new poem or story. Or, to paraphrase The Byrds:

There is a time, time-time-time/

for every stage-stage-stage/

Of a poe-eeemmmmm/

a time to create/a time to write/

a time to revisit/a time to rhyme/

a time to delete/a time to combine . . .

You know the adage: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?”

Today, in honor of a guy who must have had a phobia about doctors, let’s spread the apple love!