Category Archives: Daily Prompt

A Random Act of Kindness

Posted on August 11, 2014 by esmeraldalyn

The line was moving very slowly at the drugstore. The two women who just paid at the counter were holding the line. They were engaged in animated conversation, indifferent to the waiting people, some fuming with impatience. I surmised that … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Kindness, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, Memoir | Tagged Acts of Kindness, Daily Post Challenge, Helping Hand, Kindness, Memoir, postaweek 2014, Writing | 9 Comments

The Cake Out In The Rain with Old Men Playing Checkers

Posted on August 4, 2014 by likeitiz

I saw Ben Huberman’s Odd Trio Redux over the weekend calling for a post to be written about anything that comes to mind, but we had to incorporate a slice of cake, a pair of flip-flops, and someone old and … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, Earworm, Jimmy Webb, Macarthur Park, Music, Poetic Lyrics, Poetic Songs, Richard Harris | Tagged Ben Huberman, David Letterman, DPCHallenge, Earworm, Jimmy Webb, Late Show by David Letterman, Macarthur Park, Music, Odd Trio Redux, Paul Shaffer, Poetic Songs, postaweek 2014, Richard Harris, Will Lee | 1 Comment

The Call

Posted on January 29, 2014 by likeitiz

I’m slowly awakened by a persistent ringing just outside my room. My eyelids reluctantly break their embrace. I sluggishly turn my head towards the sound. It’s the phone. Who could be calling on a lazy Sunday afternoon? Where is everyone … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, Death, Family, God, Letting Go, relationships, Religious Freedom, Religious Freedoms, Weekly Writing Challenge | Tagged DPCHallenge, Family, Rarasaur, Relationships, Religion, Weekly Writing Challenge | 11 Comments

Remembering Childhood Gifts

Posted on January 22, 2014 by likeitiz

She was the first person beyond my family that I encountered first thing Saturday morning. We chatted about the weather, the emergency drought situation, the fire on the next building just before the holidays. She was wearing her usual black … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood Memories, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, Heirloom Jewelry, Jewelry | Tagged DP Challenge, Earrings, GIrl with a Pearl Earring, Heirloom Jewelry, Jewelry, Johannes Vermeer, Pearl Earrings, Postaday 2014, Ruby Bracelet, Vermeer | 3 Comments

Most Cherished

Posted on December 22, 2013 by likeitiz

Daily Post asked for my most cherished, my number one. Here they all are!

Posted in Child, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, dog, Family, Great Dane, Kids, Marriage | Tagged DPCHallenge, Family, Great Dane, Kids, Marriage, postaday 2013 | 2 Comments

A Dalliance, A Brush, A Flirtation

Posted on December 9, 2013 by likeitiz

This morning, I felt the cold pull at my bones and gnaw at my fingers. I had woken up early for my appointment today. After spending ten minutes checking a few emails, I reluctantly threw my covers to the side … Continue reading →

Posted in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, Health, Mammography, Women's Health | Tagged Big Brother, Breast cancer, DPCHallenge, Jeanne Shaheen, Mammography, postaday 2013, Ultrasound | 21 Comments

Farewell, Mr. Mandela

Posted on December 5, 2013 by likeitiz

Farewell, great man! We have always admired your steadfast insistence on never sullying your hands as your oppressors have on you and all the others who were oppressed in South Africa. I will never forget listening intently in one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights, Daily Prompt, Death, Democracy, Equality, forgiveness, Human Rights, Nelson Mandela, South Africa | Tagged Africa, Human Rights, Nelson Mandela, Oppression, Peaceful Resistance, postaday 2013, President of South Africa, South Africa | 5 Comments

McAvoy’s Republic

Posted on November 27, 2013 by likeitiz

Taylor Warren: Do you call yourself a Republican so you can make a claim to credibility when you attack the GOP? Will McAvoy: No, I call myself a Republican ’cause I am one. I believe in market solutions, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Aaron Sorkin, American Politics, BlogHer, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, NaBloPoMo, Nano Poblano 2013, Newsroom, Weekly Writing Challenge | Tagged Aaron Sorkin, American Politics, BlogHer, Daily Post, DPCHallenge, GOP, Jeff Daniels, moderate Republican, NaBloPoMo, Nano Poblano 2013, Newsroom, Republican, Republicans, Will McAvoy, YeahWrite | 10 Comments

Haiku Catchoo I & 2

Posted on November 26, 2013 by likeitiz

Stroll along the beach, To eye, to sniff another, Tails up! Wag! New friends! I walk along side Of you, to shield you from harm. As long as I can. This post was inspired by the Daily Post’s Weekly Writing … Continue reading →

Posted in Beau, BlogHer, Daily Post Challenge, Daily Prompt, dog, DPChallenge, Exercise, Fort Funston, Great Dane, Haiku, Hiking, NaBloPoMo, Nano Poblano 2013, Pets, Uncategorized, Weekly Writing Challenge, YeahWrite | Tagged BlogHer, Creative writing, Daily Post, dog, DPCHallenge, Fort Funston, Great Dane, Haiku, NaBloPoMo, Poetry, Weekly Writing Challenge, Writing, YeahWrite | 15 Comments

Kennedy’s Legacy Lives On!

Posted on November 22, 2013 by likeitiz

I was about 5 years old when John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. I remember sitting beside my grandmother in her room when we were still living in Manila. When the news flashed, my grandmother let out a religious … Continue reading →