Dale offers the prompt “reflections” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
The three photos below look sort of symmetrical to me if I ignore the asymmetrical details.
Hopefully they are symmetrical enough for the imagination to see reflections.
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Daniel would have preferred living his life in Jerusalem, but here he was in Babilopolis. He would have preferred serving a real king, but here he was serving Nimrodwannabe, a king of sorts, true, but so shockingly not what Nimrodwannabe could have been that compassion overpowered the natural disdain in Daniel for this king of sorts.
Every evening and every morning and throughout the day and even when he was asleep at night his mind – no, his heart – was elsewhere. People understandably thought he seemed distant or tagged him as odd, but wherever he was he was right where he was supposed to be telling Nimrodwannabe the meanings of those strange tales that troubled the king’s dreams.
For all that and much, much more Daniel was thankful. Gratitude kept him so busy he didn’t notice – or perhaps care – if it was darkening evening or shiny morning or wondrous daytime or that sleepy, dreamy nighttime so long as he was ready when the words were spoken to faithfully hear and write them down even when the prophecy was too mysterious for him to understand.
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Denise offers the prompt word “tag” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
All of these limericks were originally posted to either Esther Chilton’s Laughing Along With A Limerick or her Writing Prompts during the month of November 2025.
The two photos are for those who prefer a picture to a thousand words.
One Wondrous Now
Be not bitter. Don’t litter away
all the moments, those nows, when you play,
since those nows are one now.
There’s just one anyhow
and that one wondrous now is today.
Prompt word: “litter” November 3, 2025
Snickety Snacks
All the snickety snacks in my pack
are quite tasty and none of them lack
a smart crunch. One or two
might sound odd, but a few
sound delightful when crunch leads to crack.
Prompt word: “snacks” November 10, 2025
Fishy Dish
How I wish that I had a fine fish
nicely fried, baked or cooked on a dish.
Well, I don’t. That’s OK.
Who likes fish anyway?
Let them swim like a fish where they wish.
Prompt word: “fish” November 12, 2025
Whale On Scale For Sale
There once was a scale for sale
and a guy who weighted more than a whale.
He decided to see
what he weighed heedlessly
and that was the end of the scale.
Prompt word: “scale” November 17, 2025 (modified)
Shopping My Life Away
With nothing to do I went shopping.
The eyes in my head were a-popping.
I saw this. I saw that.
Everything thing I looked at
asked me why I don’t buy? Price is dropping!
Prompt word: “shopping” November 24, 2025
Angelic Looking Devil
There’s an angel – some say – over there,
but it acts like a devil. Beware!
It’s so soft and so cute
as its grabbing the loot
in a devilish devil’s affair.
Prompt word: “angel” November 26
Dale offers the prompt “autumn landscapes” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
All of these were taken some years ago when we lived in Illinois.
I used to enjoy walking though the many forest preserves especially in the autumn.
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Although Nimrodwannabe’s love for the magicians was nonexistent, he did favor Daniel who arrived in Babilopolis after Nimrodwannabe subjected Jerusalem to his will. Unlike your run-of-the-mill magician Daniel was able to interpret Nimrodwannabe’s dreams so well that Nimrodwannabe placed him over all of the unloved magicians and gave him the Ring of the Dream Whisperer.
Daniel was also made a eunuch.
I know, I know that might sound shocking – and maybe I got the story wrong – but think how shocking it would have been to Daniel considering that the operation (however it was done) was nonetheless done in the 6th century BC! On the bright side, it would mean that Daniel didn’t have to worry about the teasing, the battings of eyelashes and all of the other forms of witchcraft coming from the less loyal cuties of the royal household allowing him to focus his attention on some of the more jealous magicians who liked Daniel even less than Nimrodwannabe liked them.
But in spite of everything and although Daniel himself longed for Jerusalem, he was quite happy in Babilopolis as the royal dream whisperer and ruler of the those pesky magicians.
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Denise offers the prompt word “ring” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Dale offers the prompt “pick a shape” for this week’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
I picked “round” as my shape.
The last one is definitely round. With the first two you might have to use your imagination.
When Daniel got tired of writing King Nimrodwannabe’s dreams and his interpretations of them he’d let his visions fly to YouTube looking for a video that would give him enough refreshment to get back to work. Rapidly scrolling past an incredible amount of click bate garbage he found a video on how to make a paper airplane that would return to sender like a boomerang, but where was he going to get paper in Babilopolis in the 6th century BC?
He eyed the parchments upon which he was recording the dreams Nimrodwannabe lost in the land of forgetfulness wondering how well it might fold. He was sorely tempted.
However, if he didn’t continue writing, 21st century scholars with their interminable doubts that he or even Nimrodwannabe ever existed would have nothing material in their hands to doubt. He went back to work.
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Denise offers the prompt word “fold” for this week’s Six Sentence Stories.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 