Raven's Saturday Wordzzle: Week 65

This is week 65 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. I would like to thank Raven for hosting this weekly writing challenge.

Please go to her site and read some wonderful stories.

This week's ten word challenge will be: parasite, meals on wheels, crows, it's my fault, everything but the kitchen sink, on sale, patriotism, the love of my life, library card, common sense And for the mini: blackmail, California, stethoscope, postage, crank

Remember Nathan, that homeless man I told you about week before last? "So what's he up to now?" He had started that homeless motel for folks in need of shelter. Now he has organized a meals on wheels using the folks in the shelter to help cook and deliver the meals. There was just one little problem, one of the folks was so bad off that he had parasites from eating things like garbage and even a black crows. You would be surprised what hungry people will eat.

I feel like it's all my fault because I did not think to have him checked out by the local Doc.The man was so hungry that he put everything but the kitchen sink on his plate. Now that the Doc had taken care of him, he was doing so much better. He had a library card and used his common sense when buying things on sale.

Nathan had met Sarah Jane working at meals on wheels. They hit it off so well that invited her to the fourth of July celebration. He wanted to show her his patriotism because she had become the love of his life and brought him so much joy.

Here is my mini challenge






The doctor had been illegally practicing medicine for nine years. One day he received a blackmail letter with an American flag postage stamp on it. Inside the letter was a picture of a stethoscope and a note that said "I know what you did."
If you do not stop practicing medicine, I will contact the California State Board of Medicine and turn you in for illegally prescribing Speed or more commonly known as "Crank" to young drug addicts.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle week 64

This is week 64 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. Thanks again to Dawn Treader for providing the words for this week. They were challenging indeed.

The words for this week's ten word challenge are: albino, trench, marble, assistant, Indian, What's that supposed to mean?, sound first principles, the key thing, moat, curtain

Mini challenge: under the surface, doomed, grand design, temple, aspirin


Here is my offering...

The albino monkey sat in the trench waiting for the assistant to bring him some marbles so he could play a game of marbles with the Indian. " What's that supposed to mean?"asked the Indain. The key thing is to have a moat surrounding you with a metal curtain before you begin your game with the monkey. Sound first principles are the key to winning the game because this monkey is a very sore loser. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Under the surface doomed a grand design but to no avail because the architect had a giant throbbing headache and was grabbing his temple saying that no aspirin would relieve his pain.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle Week 63

I would like to thank our hostess, the brilliant and lovely Raven for continuing to inspire us to write and participate in this weekly writing challenge.

This is week 63 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. Many thanks to Dawn Treader for sending me word suggestions for next week.


This week's Ten Word Challenge will be: Green goddess, shampoo, filibuster, please and thank you, Operation Marigold, throw pillows, up the creek without a paddle, spandex, ubiquitous, wedding ring, Mini Challenge: Skittles, lamb chops, stingray, chagrin, clever devil
Next Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: albino, trench, marble, assistant, Indian, What's that supposed to mean?, sound first principles, the key thing, moat, curtain The mini challenge: under the surface, doomed, grand design, temple, aspirin



In the Senate, they were use to long drawn out speeches to filibuster bills they did not want to pass. Their goal was initiate Operation Marigold and to run their mouths tight as spandex throwing up any item they could to delay the vote. They used it when they were up a creek without a paddle. The Green goddess shampoo bill was passed by ubiquitous debate and caused the Senators to throw pillows and even a wedding ring or two at the orator. All they could finally say was please and thank you for ending this long drawn out speech. There should be a bill passed for introducing such irrelvent issues, but then they probably couldn't decide on that either.

MINI CHALLENGE:

Much to our chagrin, Mr. Skittles, that clever devil, had prepared everything from lamb chops to stingray for a most unusual feast.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle Week 62

This is week 62 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. Hosted by the brilliant and lovely Raven at Views from Raven's Nest


The words for this week's ten word challenge were: gentle spring rain, mammoth, soap opera, worry, bubble gum, garden gate, seizure, of Biblical proportions, paralysis, wrinkles Mini Challenge: operatic, stuffed animals, anger management, biographical, paint splatters

The gentle spring rain soon turned into mammoth floods of biblical proportions causing seizures and paralysis, worry and wrinkles from endless bubble gum chewing while watching soap operas among those that lived in the garden gate subdivision.



Mini Challenge
The mischievous stuffed animals came to life and were court ordered to attend anger management classes for conduct disorder which was severe because the operatic animals were writing biographical stories about themselves as evidenced by their deviant behavior and the results of their paint splatter test.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle #58

Thank you, Quilly for sending suggestions for next week's challenge: Here are Quilly's words:

Next Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: acrobat; grocery store; ceiling fan; dandelion; bumble bee; alabaster; scissors; chartreuse; strenuously; cube

The acrobat was at the grocery store strenuously flying from the ceiling fan and later picking dandelions and chasing bumble bees while wearing an alabaster and chartreuse outfit that she had cut out with scissors while balancing a pool cube on her head.

Mini Challenge: iPod; poison ivy; computer; interpreter; optometrist
Thanks for playing. For those who are new, here are some guidelines to make the process more fun.

The optometrist's grandson was his interpreter to help him understand his computer and iPod, while listening to the song Poison Ivy.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle # 57

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle is hosted by the wonderful Raven at Views from Raven's Nest .This is week 57 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works.


Ten Word Challenge will be: apoplexy, doctor, hummingbird, shallow end of the pool, brigadier general, mustard, greed, parallelogram, slumber party, casual

Hummingbirds dived into the pool as the girls played games at Emily's slumber party. The party was casual and all of Emily's friends played so well together. In the shallow end of the pool, they floated on top of the water in shapes of a parallelograms. Intelligent girls did not play normal games. After swimming Emily put on her mustard colored shirt and headed inside to talk with her mother.

Her father had been considered for promotion to brigadier general, but the greed of his commander had created dissension among his peers. The shock on not being promoted caused Emily's father to go into apoplexy. The doctor said it would take time, but he would recover from his stroke.

Mini Challenge: Mount Olympus, arsonist, portraits, birch trees, "that car needs a new muffler"

While driving into the mountains, Emily said "that car needs a new muffler."Portraits of famous mountaineers lined the halls of the Mount Olympus visitors center, while mug shots of arsonist lined the walls to the entry to the Birch Tree Jail.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle # 56

This is week 56 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. Oh my, oh my, oh my.... previous complaints about my choice of words pale in the face of this week's ten world challenge. What was I thinking? Where did these horrific words come from? Why, Lord, why did I pick them? I beg forgiveness from all of you who have had the courage to participate this week. It's one of those weeks when I wish I wasn't hosting because I could tip-toe quietly out of the room and skip the challenge.... BUT.... AGGGGGGGH! I HAVE to do it! Anyone want to volunteer some words for future weeks? Then I can be mad at someone else instead of myself.

The words for this week's ten word challenge are: partition, imagination, salvation, mirror image, green power, highway, roasting marshmallows, serial killer, autograph, cartography

Imagination is a mighty powerful thing when you are out in the desert mapping the area for a cartography class. My friend, Floy and I were taking map making and the only salvation for the dreadful class was to actually map the flow of the land. So we packed up enough gear for a week or so and headed out to the desert for our assignments. We exited the highway and drove between two road sign partitions and made camp about fifty yards away.

It is a lovely night with a full moon and the sky is a blaze with the shinning stars. One could get lost out here forever and never be found. Not us though because we have our GPS and we know which way is north. Feeling pretty confident, we settled down in camp for a fun night.

Because we are both ecologically challenged, we tried green power using this funny looking solar powered, silver, tri-fold, insulated screen for our cooking arrangements, which failed hopelessly. Then we attempted the old fashioned way. Fire! We gathered wood and some little pieces of dried brush to start a fire for roasting marshmallows. After a nice treat of marshmallows, we drifted off for a good night's sleep.

The next morning we were rudely awakened by a patrolman. He was looking for a serial killer that had murdered a woman the night before. He cautioned us to be careful and on the lookout for him. We asked him what the man looked like and he said he is the mirror image of me because he is my twin brother. OK? Looking puzzled at one another? Sure we will call you if we see him anytime soon. May we get your name officer just in case we need you? A rather strange feeling came over the girls as if someone was watching them. Sure he said and signed his name on their report sheet for class and was gone as fast as he had come.

"You know the mountains have eyes don't you." said my friend. "Don't even say that or I am leaving!" "You are scaring me." "Well, you should be scared because he is after you!" "You are so silly Floy, and you know I don't believe a word you are saying, so just stop it now!" Floy was always trying stuff like that to scare people.

Later that day another man appeared at their camp and asked the same question about the serial killer. Odd the girls thought that two men had stopped and ask them the same question? He was sort of dirty and scuffled and looked like he had been in the desert for a week at least. They told him that they had not seen anyone except the police officer earlier that morning.

What did he look like ask the man? Well sort of like, uh...uh... you know a policeman and all. The girls were suspicious of him because in truth, he looked just like the twin brother to the real policeman. The girls were getting a little more than scared. The dirty looking man whipped out a phone and called someone. In twenty minutes, there were at least a dozen cops surrounding the camp.

Young ladies, I hate to tell you this, but you had an encounter with my brother, the serial killer. He had knocked me out when I had caught up to him. Then he stole my uniform and badge, but not my gun. Thinking for a minute, the girls gave him the report sheet for class and said this is his autograph... his name.

I don't know how you ladies got so lucky and did not have any problems with the killer, but you were very lucky indeed. The girls packed up their camp and loaded the SUV with all their gear. When they got in the car, the policeman was in the back seat and popped up and told them to be quite. Don't say a word. or else. Floy, shaken but not helpless turned around and bobbed him on the head and knocked him out cold.

The screamed for the real police officer. He took his brother into custody and off to jail. The one piece of evidence that closed the case for good was that little signature because it proved with out a shadow of a doubt that he was there in the area and that he killed that woman. The real police officer told the girls just how fortunate they had been. I don't think our professor will believe a word of this story. Do you?


Mini Challenge: cell phone, Big Mac, panther, legendary, poets corner
A cell phone rang and it was the legendary Big Mac, leader of the Panther Poets Corner.

Wordzzle #55

This is week 55 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. I thought these words were very difficult but once I got started I had kind of a good time with them. Still, I think I need to come up with a new system... or maybe therapy for my muse who seems to go a bit nuts when she spews out the new words every week. Anyway, looking forward to reading every one's offerings.

I would like to thank Raven for hosting this writing challenge. She always does a great job and is an angel at problems solving if you have any trouble with Mr. Linkey. Thank you for all your help.


The words for this week's ten word challenge were: humanity, shadow, ricochet, wrong, pluralism, mathematics, person-hood, printing press, ink spot, choral society.


The pluralism of the choral society prides itself with great diversity, except for one lady. Nina fern could not stand the fact that she was not the soloist for next Sunday's service. In stead, the choral director had given the solo to Nancy and believe me Nina was not happy. "Oh, the humanity of it", sighed Nina Fern.

In an attempt to change things to her favor, Nina Fern had arranged for some books to be inadvertently left on the stairs to the choir loft. Nancy, upon climbing the stairs, fell and ricochet like a bullet, hitting her head and breaking her wrist. This was big news in our little town!

How could anyone hurt Nancy? The church was agaist...James,the choral director sighed " I think I may know who has done this dirty deed". So he went to see the local mathematics teacher to discuss the incident. Oddly enough Mr. Wright came up with a plausible equation as to how the accident occured.

It was quite simple. Nancy did not see the items left in the shadow of the stairs and tripped. That was it! Mr. Wright said "I am never wrong". "OK," said the choral director. Let me see if I understand you correctly. "You think Nancy fell on her own because she did not see the books in the shadow of the stairs?" "Why, yes I do," said Mr. Wright. "Alright", said James.

James went to another friend for an explantion. He sought advice from Ferdinand Fandango, the fabulous. After much discussion, Ferdinand said he had help Nina fern with the books, but did not know of the impending doom for Nancy. "I did not mean for her person-hood to be hurt in any way", sang Ferdinand.

On Saturday night, the ink spots had barely dried from the letter James, the choral director, had written. He turned Nina Fern over to the pastor. That night the pastor called Mr. Baker and said "Stop the printing presses, we have a problem". Miss Nina Fern's name had to be omitted from the church program and Nancy's name was added as the soloist. Oh, the humanity of it all.


Mini Challenge: kingdom, take names, best seller, three times, inner demons

The Kingdom takes names three times of your inner demons and then you are a best seller.
or if you like...
The best seller, Kingdom, takes names of your inner demons three times.

Raven's Saturday Wordzzle #53

This is week 53 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Views from Raven's Nest Anyone new to the process can refer back Raven's blog to find out how it works. Hope you all had better luck than I did as we start the 2Nd year of Saturday Wordzzle challenges.



The writing challenge is for the participating writers to use all the words that Raven has chosen in an intelligent, coherent paragraph. Some days the words are really difficult to use, but there in lies the challenge.

This Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: chopping block, reading list, bangles, oracle, plan, fandango, spelling bee, calendar, utilitarian, flower pot






The Flamingo




Dance







Fandango, the fantastic flamingo, was in a curious spot as he had bangles around his neck. He had been in a difficult position before, but never ever like this time. He was literally on the chopping block. The utilitarian oracle had a useful plan, though it did not help Fandango the fabulous flamingo.

The plan started out as a spelling bee, but of course the fearless Fandango thought the oracle meant something else. What was a flamingo to do? There were two options for the participants to choose from. The reading list of all the eligible games included the spelling bee, which forgetful Fandango decided to participate in and the ring toss.

Looking at the calender, the forgetful Fandango forgot the dates and missed the spelling bee. Instead, he showed up at the flower pot show illustrating the paintings of pink flamingos and floral designs with beautiful pink feathers.

Fretfully, Fandango was able to save the day! He quickly stalked off to another wonderful game of ring toss. With a neck as long and as limber as Fandango's, he was sure to win many rings. He held his neck just right and undulated back and forth and up and down to catch the rings. Someone said he did the flamingo dance to catch all the rings. In his efforts to save the day, the oracle forgave the fantastic, fabulous, fearless, frightful Fandango, the flamingo.




Mini Challenge: Siberia, citrus fruit, roofer, shamrock, twinkle twinkle little star

The roofer with the shamrock from Siberia ate citrus fruit as he sang "Twinkle, twinkle little star."

Megga Word Challenge:



The reading list was presented to the choping block by the oracle wearing bangles and singing "Twinkle, twinkle little star" in order to plan the fandango spelling bee before the first utiliatarian month, so the roofer could complete the work, and begin the flower pot calender which had a shamrock for the month of March, a picture of Siberia for the winter months and citrus fruit for the summer months. The flower pot calender made the list just in time and it was not cut from the reading list.



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Wordzle 52

This week Saturday Wordzzle is hosted by the lovely Raven at
Views from Raven's Nest . For more details about this fun writing challenge just click Raven's blog.

Next Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: Netflix, mortgage, skunk, flagrant, the New York Times, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, perpendicular, geometry, crabby, shoveling snow

This week my sister, Candy, is writing the Wordzzle challenge. I think you will enjoy her story.

Alonzo's Crabby Attitude...


While patiently pondering my Netflex order and trying not to deplete my mortgage payment, my pet skunk, Alonzo, flagrantly criticized my passion for diligently working the New York Times crossword puzzle. "Just because you don't have the good sense that God gave a goose, you trivialize all that I value in life." He sneered again and said "I guess you'll be reading The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Universe again tonight instead of cleaning my skunk bed aligned perpendicular to Pluto." I laughed hysterically and told him that his knowledge of geometry was obviously skewed and that if he continued to make light of my literary prowess with his crabby attitude, that he could spend the night outside shoveling snow. He hung his head down and humbly said "me sorry...I luv you."

Mini Challenge: pragmatic, crystal ball, laundry, safflower oil, Gregorian chants

While still bantering with Alonzo, my pragmatic self queered my crystal ball in order to prepare my To Do List for tomorrow. I asked if there were any special precautions that I needed to take. "Do not do the laundry with safflower oil. This will cause great concern to your clothes unless you are singing Gregorian Chants during the rinse cycle." I drifted off to sleep to the sound of Alonzo shoveling snow and my crystal ball chanting "Do not do the laundry with safflower oil. Do not do the laundry...Do not."


What a fun idea and I enjoyed writing.
Candy, Pam's sister

Saturday's Wordzzle #51

Saturday Wordzzle Challenge is hosted by Raven at http://ravensviews.blogspot.com
Each week she selects words for our challenge. Our aim is to use the words in a coherant paragraph. Please join in for the fun.



Ten Word Challenge: spring fever, coyote, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, birds of a feather, broken camera, artificial flavoring, cane, garage, ask and it is given.


You have heard the old adage, "Ask and it is given. Well, that is not what I ask for and I want a refund on this broken camera," said the man. I am a photographer and I take photos of wild animals, coyotes and bears for a fact! The salesman was happy to make the refund just to get this guy out of the store. "Old geezer! Who does he think he is?" This is the third camera he has broken in a month.

The man left the shop limping with a cane and grumbling to himself. He had been on a long trip to the Colorado mountains looking for bears with spring fever, if you know what I mean? While he was on the look out for these mating bears, he had sprayed the trees with artificial flavoring to entice them to come looking for food, so he could shoot a picture of the bears in their natural surroundings.

Instead, he found a gaggle of gay birds nesting inside the garage. How is that for birds of a feather? They did flock together for a little while.

The old geezer had left his camera hanging on a branch of a tree. He had forgot about the bears while shooing off the birds.

Then just as soon as he turned around, he saw the biggest, blackest, meanest bear he had ever seen coming towards him. The bear had found the camera through the scent and traced the smell to the old man. The old man ran as fast as he could, but there was no where to run. He had come to the cliff and had to jump like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Into the river he went. He survived the fall barely, but had a broken leg from the jump,. The bear had the last laugh and the last view of the old man.

The End

Mini Challenge: glorious, sugar and spice, premature baldness, gargoyles, campaign trail

Sugar and spice and everything nice does not include glorious gargoyles with premature baldness on the campaign trail.

Megga word challenge: use the ten word challenge and the mini challenge words in one story.

Granny Jack had just finished watching the movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid, when she decided she wanted sugar and spice and made some peppermint candy canes using artificial flavoring.

Her young grandson, Ian, came in and wanted one of the candy canes. Granny Jack said,"Ask and it is given." You know you and I are like birds of a feather. Let's go on a trek and look for a coyote. Ian will you go into the garage and fetch my old broken camera? We need to take it with us to the store to be fixed.

Young man it is a glorious day filled with a young man's fancy of spring fever you may catch yourself fawning after the next young pretty and gay young lass you see. Are you sure you want to go with old Granny on our trek? Absolutely! After our trek, would you like to go and work on the campaign trail with Granny Jack? Although, I want to prepare you, you may see many old men with premature baldness, but not to worry because they are not as frightful as the gargoyles we may see on this outing. Then we will stop and get some ice cream.

Saturday Wordzzle #50

This is a weekly writing challenge from a Views from Raven's Nest. http://http//ravensviews.blogspot.com/
NineWord Challenge: ubiquitous, do you see what I see, getting a word in edgewise, wild goose chase, grandmother of five, Freemasons, Pacific Paradise, everything and nothing, insanity prevails


The captain of the airplane ask his co-pilot "Do you see what I see?" "Why no, sir. ""You see that grandmother of five over there. " Yes, I do."answered the co-pilot. "Well, she is the late widow of Paul Revelier, one of the greatest Freemasons of the world? "You're kidding?" replied the co-pilot. "Nope it's the truth." But, buu...tttt... how? Jeff, the pilot said, "The free masons were members of this ubiquitous secret society all over the globe. They desired to improve themselves, help others and spread their knowledge worldwide." "Jeff, as your co-pilot, it is hard getting a word in edgewise, replied John. "Hold on, and I will tell you."

Jeff said, "She has traveled to this tiny little Pacific paradise for a memorial service to honor her late husband." "That is interesting,"said the co-pilot. "How did you know that?" ask the co-pilot. "Well, that is a long story." "You seem to know everything and nothing about her. Why is that?" "If my insanity prevails, I will tell you," said Jeff. "It has been a long , wild goose chase to find her,"said the pilot. "I am a Freemason as well and I have been trying to find her to offer her this first class ticket as a gesture of kindness to thank her," he said. Her husband was my mentor and I will never forget his kindness.


Mini Challenge: shortening the distance, it’s all about bloggers, the Fortress at Pigeon Falls, finding Pam, a raven’s nest

The Fortress at Pigeon Falls has a raven's nest there. The raven is shortening the distance in communications for the good folks at Pigeon Falls. How is that? The raven flies all over and is looking for Pam. Finding pam has never been easy, but we need to find her to tell her the good news. Then she goes on and tells other bloggers the news, too. Remember, it's all about the bloggers and the speed in which the news travels. See how the raven has improved the speed of communications? Well, you know anything is possible in Pigeon Falls as long as Dr. John approves.


Mega Challenge:
Ubiquitous love. Do you see what I see? I have been on a wild goose chase, hoping insaniety prevails and looking for an incredible giant red heart. While looking for the heart, I met the grandmother of five, I tried getting a word in edgewise, but she said I was to go to the fortress at Pigeon Falls for my answer. Everything and nothing would be revealed as soon as the Freemasons returned from their pacific paradise. When they returned, they said shortening the distance was the most important job for today because it would help the florist's delivery route. Why? Well, it's all about the bloggers looking for a raven's nest and finding Pam because if they don't get their flowers on time someone is in trouble today. Finally, I found the big red heart and it had a message on it! It said "Happy Valentine's Day to all of the bloggers that participated in Raven's Saturday Wordzzle!"

WORDZZLE #46

Next Week's Ten Word Challenge will be: tuna on rye, ghost hunters, I'm as corny as Kansas in August, sympathetic ear, science fiction, muffler, cavernous, giraffes, prospecting, paraphenalia

The men came into the little town of Prospect looking for a auto repair shop. The car's muffler had broken and they needed to get it fixed immediately. While waiting, they found a tiny little cafe called Nannie Faye's for lunch and to ask for directions to the mines. Nannie Faye came to their table and while they talked, she sensed they needed a sympathetic ear. So she sat down and they told her they were ghost hunters, hired by the city council to decide once and for all if these frightening visions the miners had seen were real or not.

It would seem that Nannie Faye had lived in Prospect for a long time and knew of all the rumors. She called it science fiction and said there was nothing to it but talk. Their orders were up and she returned with tuna on rye sandwiches for the men. Nannie Faye said " You know a lot of folks believe they have see giant giraffes in those mines. The men's eyes widened with excitement. "Please tell us more?" "Oh phooy!" she said. "OK, I 'll tell you what I know."

It all started late one August night when the moon was full and you could see everything. Some of the local miners had just finished their late shifts in that cavernous pit. Tired but filled with a little mischief, they decided to play a joke on the new hand. They ask Mike if he would like to go to the local tavern and raise a few beers. Off the headed to get drunk. After four hours in the bar, the headed home, but one of the men said he needed to go back to the mine to get his equipment and prospecting paraphenalia .

Mike was three sheets to the wind by now and could not make a coherent sentence. So he stayed in the truck while the others went into the office. Remember, Mike is drunk, the moon is full and the shadows do strange things in that pit. Mike dozed off and when he awoke, he was startled as he saw a giant giraffe coming towards him! He did not know what to think and sank down in the truck, all the while holding his breath and not moving an inch.

He whispered to himself, " I'm as corny as Kansas in August," and then the giant shadow came into the light. Whew, Mike was really scared, but when he opened his eyes he saw a huge yellow crane, he laughed at himself for imagining that was a giraffe. The men were laughing so hard at Mike! This was their ritual to welcome the new guy to the mines. Older miners had played it on them and now they were doing the same to Mike. Of course, Mike would have to endure lots of jokes at his expense. So you see that is how the rumors got started. Gossip went from house to house and the story got so strecthed that no one knew what the truth was.

The men curiously ask Nannie Faye how she new the truth? She said, "Well, that was my baby brother they played that trick on and if you don't want the same thing to happen to you , then you better get out of town." They paid their ticket, left a nice tip and went to get their car out of the shop. "That was quite a story! What are we going to tell the city council? You know that we have to investigate this hilarious story? Are you sure we want to do that?" Maybe not.

Mini Challenge: Key Lime Pie, porcupine, Library of Congress, fingernails, spell-bound

It is believed the Library of Congress list Key Lime pie as one of the first pies made in Key West. Long ago, limes were suppose to make you spell-bound from the taste of the lime. You used your fingernails to grate the skin of the lime or else porcupine quills.

Wordzzle #45

This week's writing challenge is from the very talented Raven at Views from Raven's nesthttp://http//ravensviews.blogspot.com/2008/12/saturday-wordzzle-challenge-week-44.html Each week she post words or phrases and we are challenged to write a coherent paragraph or two.

Ten word challenge: we were born on the same day in the same hospital, weeping willow, two for one sale, highway robbery, burial ground, roll of paper towels, gospel singer, gallows, weirdo, volcano

We were born on the same day in the same hospital. Was that a coincidence? I don't think so, but on the day we were born something unusual happened that day. Every year from then on, the town of Weeping Willows held a huge celebration in our honor on the fourth of July. This little town was a quaint place full of unusual folks. A town where everyone knew all about you and who your family was and even your long lost relatives.

The fourth of July was fast approaching and the anticipation was rising. At the center of town we could see the red, white and blue banners hanging from the gallows. In days of old, cattle rustlers and horse thieves were hanged that way. It was considered highway robbery by folks and they did not much like it if some rustler came to town to steal. So punishment was final. The burial grounds were just down the road.

This day was full of celebration from sun up to sun down. Everybody participated in throwing this bash. The Brown sisters always made a double batch of chocolate brownies. We always had a big barbecue with lots of hot dogs and all the trimmings and of course Mr. Davis' home made home made ice cream with the milk from his dairy cows and eggs from his chickens

Miss Rhea, the town's baker, would do all the shopping for the celebration. She had gotten everything on her list except for a roll paper towels, which she would pick up in the morning because Mr. Pickett's Grocery had them on a two for one sale. She always made the most beautiful cake for the party with all different kinds of brightly colored flowers on it. We could not figure out why they celebrated. The girl, Claire, had to share her birthday with a silly boy named Robert. While Robert had to share the day with a bratty little girl named Claire. It was always the same thing for both of them. It was worth it because everyone had so much fun. They even had a gospel singer that played piano with the band.

This little town was a quaint place full of unusual folks. Some would call them weirdos, but we called them eccentric kind of like an erupting volcano. So when the town's matriarch, Mrs.Nina Fern, who was a little eccentric, got mad everyone jumped and did just what she said right then and now. They were not afraid of her but they jumped to help because they loved her dearly. The town of Weeping Willows' Mayor, Mr.Edward, was married to Mrs. Nina Fern and their grandchildren were twins, Claire and Robert.

Mini Challenge: Symbiosis, Sagging breasts, Navajo blanket, Frogmen, Who says I got no heart?

The Navajo Indians called the divers "frogmen" because they looked like frogs to the children. The women had sagging breasts from feeding their children. They were diving for the remains of the lost artifacts of their tribe. Chief Long feather was insulted because he did not understand the legalities of the foreigners, or what they were doing there. The diver was trying to explain that the artifacts might be affected by the symbiosis of algae and bacteria. But the Chief did not understand the diver.

The two men had words. The Chief called out in his native tongue to his tribesmen and they surrounded the frogmen immediately. Things got a little heated, then the Chief said "Who says I got no heart?" I have a very big heart. Feel my heart. "Yes, I see you have a big heart," replied the frogman. In an instance, the chief changed his demeanor and was pleased. Chief Long feather was so pleased because the frogmen found their artifacts. The divers ran tests on them and told the tribe that the artifacts were in good condition. The chief returned the favor by giving them a hand made Navajo blanket.

This week’s vanity wordzzle: tiger, false, camera, obsolete, velvet, novelty, timeless, contract, mellifluous, sandalwood, perfection, xylophone, topography

The topography of the land gave a false sense of distance and made it difficult for the musician and his tiger to get to the king's tent where he would play for a wedding. The mellifluous xylophone played a timeless song with great perfection as the smoldering trails of sandalwood incense perfumed the tent. The king's contract provided a novelty event for the king and his new bride as they would pose with the tiger laying on the purple velvet couch while the photographer captured the moment with an old obsolete camera.

Saturday's Wordzzle #44

Ten Word Challenge will be: When pigs have wings, Moonlight, Mystery, Tower of Babel, Butterflies, Bread and butter, Beef barley soup, Charley horse, Novelty, Cold shoulder



The story is always the same. You know it well. When man tries to build up himself and let his ego get in the way. Such is the story of the Tower of Babel. One of pride and selfishness, not to bring glory, but viewed as contemptuous by the Lord. This is human nature and we never get it. We always want what we can not have. Like chasing butterflies, we are always wanting but not willing to give. It is a mystery to me how the story never changes. It is as if we have an addiction to our own needs and wants. It would be a novelty for man to offer his beef barley soup and bread and butter to a hungry person. Instead, we offer a cold shoulder to even someone in pain with a Charley horse. We are blinded by our own selfish desires. Maybe when pigs have wings, and fly in the moonlight, then we will let go of ourselves and think of others first.




Mini Challenge: Software, Lottery, Newspaper, Mailman, Ringo Starr’s drum


It made the headlines in the newspaper that a software program had been designed to recreate Ringo Starr's drum playing style. How do you know this? Well, the mailman told me about it. He also said to make sure that I buy a lottery ticket. Do you do everything the mailman says to do? Well, yes? Why? The mailman is my husband and he knows everything that happens in this little town. Be sure to buy your lottery ticket.

Wordzzle #42

This is week 42 of the Saturday Wordzzle challenge. Anyone new to the process can refer back here to find out how it works. Had an awful time with the mega this week... with all of them, but especially that one. Whoever came up with these words needs to see a psychiatrist... oh, wait... it was me...

Ten Word Challenge will be: think the rain’ll hurt the rhubarb?, B Vitamins, credit card, jolly, angels, mouse, three ring circus, haiku, sponge, copper

Lately, my life has been like a three ring circus full of unusual happenstance. I was at the store purchasing some B vitamins, a sponge, some jolly ranchers, and some copper. I used my credit card to pay my bill when the clerk ask what I was going to make from all of this stuff? My, I thought she is awfully nosey? But I just told her I had some projects I was working on and that was the end of it. Or so I thought.

When I retured home, I noticed a little tiny mouse on the back screened porch. Yikes, I hate mice. They give me the creeps and make me want to jump on top of the table! I did just that and then I fell. I heard angels singing to me. What happened? I got up and ran outside the house and started reciting haiku poetry. My husband thought I had taken leave of my senses.

Next, I rigged up the copper tubing to attract lightening for rain. Then, I think the rain'll hurt the rhubarb? Not to worry because I have a sponge to soak up all the rain if need be. I can make just about anything out of nothing. You see it is a real gift to take one man's garbage an make it a treasure.

Mini Challenge: compulsive, trunk, African violets, curiosity, UFO

The Compulsive man with much curiosity popped open the trunk of the UFO to reveal African violets.

Thanks for playing. For those who are new, here are some guidelines to make the process more fun.
Enjoy! See you next week.

Wordzzle #41

This is all I can do this week, sorry.

Ten Word Challenge will be: posthumous, flagrant, seven days a week, cheese and crackers, pyramid, civil war, clarinet, microwave, absent without leave, blue jeans

We are here today to posthumously honor a man that gave his life for his country serving as a secret agent. He has worked through out the world from the pyramids in Egypt to the deepest jungles of South America figthing civil war. At one point he was absent without leave due to the microwave blowing a fuse in a remote part of the world. It was a flagrant violation of their code, but agents sometimes have to do whatever it takes for their job. One time on the job, he was an undercover clarinet player wearing old bluejeans eating cheese and crackers seven days a week.

Mini Word Challenge:
sugar-coated, thermometer, tractor pull, evangelical, masquerade

Wordzzle #40

Ten Word Challenge will be: moisturizing, pickles, seat belt, flip-flop, Chicago, allergies, doctor, ready or not here I come, computer programmer, dog biscuits

Pickles, the Chicago firehouse cat always sat on top of the computer to see everything that was going on at command central. He was a social cat and loved to purr when anyone gave him attention. " Ready or not here I come," was his motto. Look out! There goes Pickles! He fell into the firehouse dog's barrel of dog biscuits. Woof! Woof! Went the spotted dalmation dog. Pickles did a flip flop out of the barrel of biscuits and scurred off to bother someone else.

Next, Pickles encounted a strange man working on the computer. Why is he in my place thought Pickles? Meow,meow, meow went the cat, but the computer programmer was not impressed. He did not like cats at all. Ashew!, ashew!, That darn cat's got my allergies upset again. Pickles just looked at him and purred. Pickles did not budge an inch off the computer. After the man finished his work, he got in his car, buckled his seatbelt and headed straight to the doctor to get an allergy shot and some medicated moisturizing cream for his hives

Mini Challenge: gluttony, mercurial, tennis bracelet, anchor, molten

I search to find a common theme with these words today.

The mercurial anchor woman was given a diamond tennis bracelet to substitute her gluttony with chocolate molten fudge cake.

Wordzzle # 40

This word challenge is from Raven's nest. The idea is to use all of the words listed in a coherent paragraph or two. You may do just the word challenge and/or the mini challenge or mega word challenge.Thanks for playing. For those who are new, here are some guidelines to make the challenge more fun.



Ten words: pipe organ, ravages of time, lottery tickets, angelic music, five x five, boxes of books, flattery will get you nowhere, yodelling, pig tails, knitting needles

My sister plays the pipe organ in pigtails and she smokes a pipe full of the sweetest smelling tobacco. Strange you say? Of course it is, but let me tell you the rest of her story. My sister is eccentric and she collects everything from boxes of books to knitting needles to Seraphim's singing angelic music. She saves every cent that she has ever earned and by today's standards she would be considered wealthy.

Recently, she won a couple of lottery tickets and not even that changed her life. Of course it took her a couple of weeks to find the tickets. Remember that she throws nothing away. She hoards things too. She is eccentric. Hanging on her living room wall is a five x five bull moose head with Mardi Gras beads around it's neck. She has occasionally been heard yodelling to the top of her lungs too! The ravages of time have not been kind to her so flattery will get you no where with her. These little quirks makes her a most special sister and I love her dearly.

Mini challenge: canary yellow, grizzly bear, out of the frying pan into the fire, simpleton, Ministry of Crazy Walk



The Ministry of Crazy walk has received rave reviews but should not be confused with the Ministry of Silly Walks by Monty Python because they are different. Mr. Simpleton walks with a canary yellow top hat and is followed by a pink grizzly bear wearing a tutu. Some make no comparison to John Cleese's interpretation. While others say that Mr. Simpleton is not up to this show and is jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.


This week's vanity wordzzle used the words: bookends, water, cardboard box, candles, carpet, mauve, silky, extrapolate, nonchalant, boisterous, absolve, cousin.

My headache prevented me from completing this one, sorry.

Wordzzle #39

This word challenge is from Raven's nest. The idea is to use all of the words listed in a coherent paragraph or two. You may do just the word challenge and/or the mini challenge or mega word challenge.Thanks for playing. For those who are new, here are some guidelines to make the challenge more fun.

Here's my ten word challenge: palace, hypocrite, canned air, telephone, biscuit, pinball, acorn, customary, fruit juice, waterfall

The Purple Pinball Palace is very extraordinary in that it has a waterfall with beautiful dancing waters that shower the customers with unsurpassed joy. It is customary at a pinball palace to have many fascinating arcades games.

Upon entering the palace one sees people of all ages enjoying the games, except for one elderly gentleman sitting in the corner alone drinking fruit juice and eating a biscuit. Who was this old man? Why did he not smile? He carefully studied the faces of all the players, but never spoke to anyone.

The old man's nickname was "Acorn" and he was an old curmudgeon. When he was a young man, he had an idea for an invention that he thought would change his life forever. He invented canned air, but his friend Harry, was a hypocrite and lied to him about promoting his invention.

He never achieved the accolades that he deserved, until one day a telephone call would change all that. The plans for his invention had been hidden in his friend's safe and upon his death, his last wish was to reconcile what he had done to Acorn many years ago. Finally, restitution was made and the owner of the Pinball Palace's was none other that Acorn.


MINI CHALLENGE: buyer's remorse, lava, haphazard, mildew, soup to nuts

Have you ever watched an infomercial and got caught up in the promotion of that product? Well, that is exactly what happened to me the other night. I made a haphazard purchase to buy a lava soap that is suppose to kill mildew. I had buyer's remorse and tried to return the lava soap, but was told that in order to return my purchase that would be like making soup to nuts. I thought "soup to nuts?" What are they talking about? Oh, I got it. It means that I am stuck with this soap and no returns. That's a new one on me.



This week's vanity wordzzle used the words: Vortex, lily, ineluctable, pernicious, trout, May Pole
The ineluctable swarm of bees looked like the vortex of a tornado coming at us. These pernicious bees had made a huge nest on top of the May Pole and were agitated from all the children playing around the pole. With a moments notice, we had to run for our lives and think fast. We jumped in the coldest stream with the trout.

Momma is not going to believe the day we had or how much trouble we got into, so my brother picked her a lily from the banks of the stream and my other brother caught some of the trout to give as peace offering to momma so we would not get in trouble. Momma laughed and was thankful that the bees did not sting us. She cooked the trout and put the lily in a vase.