Taking things for granted was no puzzle for Tim. He had been doing it all his life.
One day he got touched.
His friends told him that he’d get over it. As years passed Tim realized he’d never get over it. As even more years passed he was glad he never did.
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Denise offers the prompt word “puzzle” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Dale offers the prompt “under the canopy” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I wonder if palm trees form a canopy. They do block the sun.
Or awnings?
Or clouds?
With thanks to Clark for the link.
I am thankful to the Lord for everything below and more.
The photos tell the tale.
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I got an earful when I hired a therapist – a “cat whisperer” as he advertised himself – for my crazy cat. He picked up Nutty, the name I gave her, and whispered sweet nothings in her ear. At first Nutty looked at him with her usual suspicion thinking he might be one of my friends, but after a while Nutty began cuddling and snuggling up to him.
After the session the therapist signaled me aside out of Nutty’s hearing to whisper in my ear that he agreed with her about me. Agreed about what? was all I could say.
That’s when I got an earful.
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Denise offers the prompt word “signal” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Moral of the story (in case you need the earful version): Don’t call your crazy cat Nutty (or even say she’s “crazy”); her name’s Madeleine.
Dale offers the prompt “art for art’s sake” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Where we are at the moment there are plenty of opportunities to see sunsets and water. This is inland water, not the ocean, but there’s an ocean nearby.
I might not show any of those photos. Today it is art for art’s sake.
Clark hosts this week’s Ten Things of Thankful.
I am thankful to him for giving me a reason to post something today.
What I am also thankful for this past week is listed in capital letters under the captions of the photos. They are in no particular order, but driven by the rhyme and meter. I direct all of this thanks to the Lord.
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We were curious enough to ask Gregory what he was up to, but he was smart enough to run his mouth without giving us any real information. Every time we got in the mood to pester him with questions he’d send us on a wild goose chase.
As the years went by he became very good at whatever it was he was doing. We kept chasing geese.
Eventually Gregory moved away not needing our help, I guess, which was fine with me. Like, I mean, who needs him anyway, but I do miss trying to catch those tasty geese.
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Denise offers the prompt word “help” to be used in this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
All of these limericks were originally posted to Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick during the month of April 2026.
Cape
With a cape, funny clothes, I will fly
doing good as the bad guys go by.
Some will change. Some will not.
Some get burned. Some have got
nary one good excuse not to cry.
Prompt word: “cape” April 6, 2026
Trying To Scream In A Dream
Though I thought it might help if I’d scream,
but caught as I was in a dream
a scream couldn’t come out,
no, not even a shout,
and right now I’ve forgotten that dream.
Prompt word: “scream” April 13, 2026
Help!
Like some rocks in a black and blue box
I discovered the truth of hard knocks.
Being knocked all about
I had no breath to shout
except, Help! Get me out of this box!
Prompt word: “box” April 20, 2026 (modified)
Floor, Door, More
As I stand on the solid wood floor,
as I walk to the open wood door,
there is more there to see,
but I don’t being me.
Let me change. Ah! Just did! I see more!
Prompt word “floor”: April 27, 2026
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 