Sunday Scribblings #16: "With Baggage"

That's the prompt this week: 'with baggage.'

Having just got back from a trans-Atlantic journey, my idea for a prompt this week comes from that moment when you have just gotten off of the plane and all you want to do is get out of the airport. You race through customs only to be stalled waiting at the baggage carousel. Study the faces watching that carousel go around sometime - it makes for great character sketches!!

'Baggage' is a funny word. Obviously it can be used to describe the stuff we all carry around with us on a daily basis, but you can also use it to describe a crazy journey, or to create a character to use in a novel or a short story. You could write about a trip that you took without baggage, or about the person in your life who carries the most. Whatever you do, write something! Happy Scribbling!

1. kamsin
2. hundred and one
3. little miss flora
4. alyndabear
5. yak attack
6. kay
7. john tran
8. gigergal
9. megg
10. ~kathryn~
11. ascender rises above
12. shara
13. nutster
14. sioux
15. jennifer (she said)
16. pacian
17. emmie (better make it a double)
18. susannah's sketchbook
19. greenish lady
20. imanisland
21. jvs
22. becca
23. michelle
24. supa anhanh
25. gemma
26. january
27. star
28. catcat
29. melba
30. i'm : yolanda
31. liz elayne
32. heather
33. acumamakiki
34. catherine
35. susannah
36. ian russell
37. jblack designs
38. ali la loca
39. melissa
40. the bold soul
41. bug
42. tara dawn
43. tammy
44. laini
45. squeaky
46. rachel
47. diana
48. daisy lupin
49. jenniferf
50. maisymac
51. brittany
52. ang
53. duhhhblond
54. kristine
55. bb
56. dazey rosie
57. michelle fry
58. carla
59. mandi
60. lucky candice
61. thea
62. sundaycynce
63. lisrobbe
64. amystery
65. michelle
66. deirdre
67. bella
68. brilliant donkey
69. samantha
70. meredith
71. la vie en rose
72. rachael
73 tinker
74. my pink sky
75. gk girl
76. panoptica
77. tongue in cheek antiques
78. message from the muse
79. all-on-paper
80. annie
81. kerstin
82. lunar musings
83. tarakuanyin
84. the tart
85. right brained gal
86. verity
87. kay

Sunday Scribblings #15: Hotel Stories

Let's hear your hotel stories this week. What does the word "hotel" evoke for you? Do you have one absolute favorite? Do you have a story about something wonderful or terrible that happened in a hotel? Do you have a fantasy hotel where you would love to stay for a long luxurious week? You can also overflow the topic into motels, inns, youth hostels, B&Bs, and the like. Have fun!

1. alyndabear
2. jessie
3. annie thinks too much
4. laini
5. kay
6. sioux
7. the bold soul said...
8. kamsin
9. dani
10. susanna's sketchbook
11. all-on-paper
12. kate
13. tara dawn
14. papyrus
15. gigergal
16. journeythroughlife
17. pacian
18. ally bean
19. ascender rises above
20. rachael
21. verity
22. duhhhblond
23. chelle y.
24. deirdre
25. marilyn
26. paris parfait
27. kerstin
28. verity (again!)
29. kay's space
30. hundred and one
31. northern lights
32. the tart
33. michelle
34. carolb
35. catherine
36. acumamakiki
37. jenniferf
38. renee
39. yak attack
40. gemma
41. january
42. mia and mik's mom
43. amber
44. gogo
45. dazey rosey
46. jvs
47. brittany
48. melissa
49. susannah
50. amy
51. samantha
52. nutster
53. c. delia
54. mikim
55. bella sultane
56. bug
57. tammy
58. di (spot-on)
59. panoptica
60. michelle fry
61. bb
62. liz elayne
63. jblack designs
64. eeekat
65. yummyteece
66. christy
67. daisy lupin
68. going for greatness
69. miss meep
70. michelle
71. kristine
72. emmie (better make it a double)
73. la vie en rose
74. thea
75. sundaycynce
76. susanlavonne
77. patry francis
78. bella
79. heather
80. sheela
81. felicity
82. lisrobbe
83. geosomin
84. nato
85. rebecca
86. kim g.
87. aithbhreac
88. tinker
89. ali la loca
90. right brained gal
91. -kathryn-
93. jayne

Sunday Scribblings #14 - "Two peas in a pod"

"Two peas in a pod."

That is the prompt for this week!

For people new to Sunday Scribblings, please post the link to your Sunday Scribblings post in the comments. (The perma-link.) If you don't know how to do it, look at this post.

Happy Scribbling!

1. laura young
2. the bold soul
3. all-on-paper
4. di (spot-on)
5. -kathryn-
6. nutster
7. alyndabear
8. catherine
9. susannah (ink on my fingers)
10. daisy lupin
11. sioux
12. supa anhanh
13. cate
14. greenish lady
15. mardougrrl
16. becca
17. chelle
18. aim claim
19. paris parfait
20. miandmiksmom
21. papyrus
22. bella sultane
23. ms*robyn
24. chest of drawers
25. rachael
26. michelle
27. laini
28. tinker
29. january
30. kamsin
31. acumamakiki
32. nichole
33. going for greatness
34. yak attack
35. ascender rises above
36. cookie
37. jvs
38. kristine
39. wendylou who?
40. ann marie simard
41. bohemian girl
42. bb
43. lucky candice
44. jayne
45. brittany
46. lunar musings
47. mikim
48. maisymac
49. ali la loca
50. eeekat
51. jblack designs
52. deirdre
53. kerstin
54. bella
55. sundaycynce
56. alexandra
57. gigergal
58. alexandra
59. rachel
60. yummyteece
61. journeythroughlife
62. heather
63. verity
64. rebecca
65. kay
66. yes is a world
67. hundred and one
68. just a doll

Sunday Scribblings #13 - Music

Music.

Many of these Sunday Scribblings prompts are exercises you could do again and again and come up with something completely different every time, and this is certainly one of those. Music! What's the first thing that comes into your mind to write about music? And what happens if you don't write about the first one but sort of wander deeper into your mind and see what else is there? It's a vast subject -- a WORLD. Where does the word take you?

1. kerstin
2. ~kathryn~
3. papyrus
4. the bold soul
5. chest of drawers
6. alyndabear
7. kay
8. journeythroughlife
9. jvs
10. nutster
11. ascenderrisesabove
12. january
13. supa anhanh
14. mardougrrl
15. life's snapshots
16. becca
17. hundred and one
18. megg
19. kamsin
20. miaandmiksmom
21. susanna's sketchbook
22. laini
23. paris parfait
24. meredith
25. susannah (ink on my fingers)
26. tammy
27. mikim
28. michelle
29. catherine
30. shannon (sentimental)
31. bonnie (yak attack)
32. eeekat
33. cate
34. mary jane
35. it tends to hold you
36. cookie
37. bb
38. tongue in cheek antiques
39. brittany
40. joy eliz
41. felicity
42. rachael
43. acumamakiki
44. jennifer (she said)
45. melba
46. ian russell
47. wendylou who?
48. spooky suzie
49. amy
50. john tran
51. michelle fry
52. marilyn
53. kate
54. rebecca
55. greenishlady
56. duhhhblond
57. deirdre
58. bella
59. april (i heart to blog)
60. madeleine
61. all-on-paper
62. daisy lupin
63. star
64. colors on my mind
65. patry francis
66. melissa
67. annieelf
68. chelle
69. kristine
70. tinker
71. jayme
72. georgia
73. sheela
74. hobess
75. bemusedmuse
76. amber
77. leah g
78. mattie
79. maisymac
80. verity
81. little miss flora
82. rose colored glasses
83. geosomin

Sunday Scribblings #12 - Bed

I think this came about because I have been craving my bed this week! But whatever the origin, that is the prompt for this week: Bed. It could be, "My bed," "Your bed," "His or her bed," "You made your bed now you have to lie in it," or even, "Whose bed have your boots been under?" You could use the prompt to help create a character - nothing says more about a person than the bed that they sleep in - or you could describe the best bed you ever slept in. You could tell us about your dream bed, the bed that you wanted to sleep in, or the bed that you couldn't get out of fast enough! You could go wholesome or a little racy. You could describe a whole scene from the perspective of a bed-ridden character. You could use it as the scene for the beginning of a book. If you have a laptop you could even just use it as a location rather than a prompt and just sit IN bed and write whatever comes to mind.

As always, please include your full permalink in your comments. (For new Scribblers, that is the link to the post, not just to your blog.) Happy Scribbling!

1. alyndabear
2. -kathryn-
3. annie
4. verity
5. ascender rises above
6. ally bean
7. aim claim
8. greenish lady
9. kamsin
10. hundred and one
11. anne marie simard
12. joy eliz
13. alexandra seraphine
14. star
15. mary jane
16. jennifer
17. all-on-paper
18. lunar musings
19. java curls
20. shabby chic
21. carolb
22. paris parfait
23. nutster
24. gogo
25. jennifer (she said)
26. boliyou
27. the bold soul
28. chelle
29. ms*robyn
30. melissa
31. becca
32. mardougrrl
33. catherine
34. chest of drawers
35. bella sultane
36. journey through life
37. kristine
38. meredith
39. bb
40. jvs
41. susannah
42. january
43. kay
44. susanlavonne
45. papyrus
46. c. delia
47. ian russell
48. john tran
49. krista
50. marilyn
51. laini
52. duhhhblond
53. deirdre
54. susanna's sketchbook
55. megg
56. tarakuanyin
57. nato
58. michelle
59. christy
60. miaandmiksmom
61. amber
62. samantha
63. brittany
64. lisrobbe
65. bella
66. kerstin
67. mikim
68. tara dawn
69. melba
70. kim g.
71. supa anhanh
72. tinker
73. liz elayne
74. felicity
75. colors on my mind
76. yak attack
77. jeanne
78. hobess
79. jessie
80. kate
81. the view from here
82. spooky suzie
83. annieelf
84. ang
85. aithbhreac
86. miss meep
87. ali la loca
88. cookie
89. geosomin
90. di
91. jocelyn

Sunday Scribblings #11 - Mystery

As a fiction reader I rely upon the belief that "all will be revealed in time." I like to know that the questions & secrets that keep you turning the pages will at last be unveiled and the story will fall together into a beautiful pattern of inevitabilty and symmetry and understanding. I will close the book KNOWING. But life makes no such promise, and I find myself getting frustrated about it! In life more often than not, mysteries stay mysteries. You have to make peace with not knowing. So my question is, if you could have ANY mystery unveiled for you, what would it be? It can be cosmic, personal, political, whatever. What deep unanswered or even unanswerable question would you want to have revealed for your eyes only? What do you dearly want to KNOW? Also, if you want, what would your prefer never to know? What would best remain a mystery?

And if you find yourself stumped, you can always just use the word "mystery" as a free-writing prompt. To me it's a word with many shades of meaning, a delicious, eerie word.

To any newcomers (welcome), just write your response to the above and post your permalink in the comments box below. Have fun!

1. the bold soul
2. papyrus
3. ann marie simard
4. verity
5. all-on-paper
6. hundred and one
7. star
8. -kathryn-
9. alyndabear
10. gkgirl
11. mia & mik's mom
12. carolb
13. chest of drawers
14. cate
15. nutster
16. laini
17. ascender rises above
18. di
19. alexandra g
20. paris parfait
21. nato
22. tasmiya
23. ali la loca
24. melissa
25. catherine
26. annie elf
27. madeleine
28. january
29. colors on my mind
30. mardougrrl
31. yolanda
32. bella
33. brad
34. kerstin
35. gogo
36. introspective holdman
37. meredith
38. jvs
39. tongue in cheek antiques
40. beansprout
41. tinker
42. susan lavonne
43. susannah
44. c. delia
45. caroline
46. jennifer
47. joy eliz
48. amy
49. spooky suzie
50. cheripop
51. kara
52. bb
53. bohemian girl
54. tara dawn
55. deirdre
56. letha
57. duhhhblond
58. amber
59. diana
60. melba
61. tammy
62. rebekah
63. becca
64. yummyteece
65. eeekat
66. hobess
67. ian russell
68. kristine
69. kim g
70. mikim
71. kristine
72. susanna's sketchbook
73. patry francis
74. lucky candice
75. teresa
76. supa anhanh
77. boliyou
78. javacurls
79. christy
80. ang
81. michelle
82. miss meep
83. alexandra seraphine
84. pam aries
85. geosomin
86. john tran
87. sheela
88. michelle
89. panoptica
90. aithbhreac
91. mikim
92.

Sunday Scribblings #10 - ... earliest memory

The prompt for this week is: "...earliest memory."

Do what you will!!

1. ~kathryn~
2. angi
3. papyrus
4. epersonae
5. boliyou
6. megg
7. catherine
8. ally bean
9. chest of drawers
10. ascenderrisesabove
11. jennifer (she said)
12. laini
13. annieelf
14. supa anhanh
15. aim claim
16. jvs
17. diana
18. becca
19. ann marie simard
20.bb
21. meredith
22. paris parfait
23. susanlavonne
24. verity
25. earth monkey
26. mary jane
27. jessie
28. nutster
29. star
30. lucky candice
31. paradise
32. cee
33. yolanda
34. kara
35. tammy
36. eeekat
37. nichole
38. kerstin
39. di
40. sarah
41. ott
42. gogo
43. tongue in cheek antiques
44. john tran
45. alyndabear
46. melissa
47. amy
48. joy eliz
49. sheela
50. colors on my mind
51. marilyn
52. jennifer
53. art and soul
54. teesha
55. samantha
56. mia and miks mom
57. cheripop
58. amber
59. dani
60. kay
61. letha sandison
62. jennifer
63. karen
64. ian russell
65. the bold soul
66. jill
67. nato
68. bohemian girl
69. hundred and one
70. ali la loca
71. lori-lyn
72. kristine
73. judy scott
74. little miss flora
75. jess
76. madeleine
77. gk girl
78. susannah
79. michael
80. tinker
81. brittany
82. tara dawn
83. kristy
84. patry francis
85. tarakuanyin
86. michelle
87. planet shannon
88. alexandra g
89. alexandra seraphine
90. rebekah
91. duhhhblond
92. geosomin
93. liz elayne
94. kim g.
95. writinganamcara
96. m
97. albina
98. ang
99. brad
100. rachel
101. lisrobbe
102. fiona
103. chel