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Saturday, March 12, 2016

From the Pantry

You know the feeling. Someone's watching you. Turning quickly, you catch their eyes darting away from your direction. But you knew.  And now your muse is onto it too! Ideas don't always come that easy, but it can happen just that fast.


During those desolate times when ideas seem as scarce as chickens in a fox den, I turn to prompts. This time, a prompt led me to the pantry. No kidding. And no, not for a snack ;-)  The prompt was to choose a favored can or box from your cupboard and include each ingredient in whatever you write. Here goes:




The needle-sharp thorns which produced thin rivulets of pureed tomato paste on his onion powder skin notwithstanding, one of the most supreme spices of his solitary life was spying on her as she took her daily dip in the river. On particularly warm days, he worried that the faint smell of the distilled vinegar mixture he drank to keep his pinto bean-colored skin a lighter than natural tone, might give away his presence; high in a velvet mesquite though nothing could dispel the rhapsody of his undercover observations. Below the paprika sprinkles across a duchess nose, were full, sculptured lips that would taste like sugar; he knew. But during his heady reverie the soybean oil he’d used to repel mosquitos began to sting like salt on his numerous wounds, and he found himself deposited on the ground in a cloud of garlic powder sand, as the object of his adoration made a hasty retreat from the sparkling water.

Can you guess what I found in the pantry? Will you try this fun exercise? If you're interested, here's a cool place to start. Otherwise, just google 'writing prompts'.

 

See you at the Blogging A-Z April 2016 Challenge! (If not sooner)



 



10 comments:

  1. Hi, dear Diedre!

    << Can you guess what I found in the pantry? >>

    I'm torn between two answers. It was either catsup or ketchup. :)

    This is another fun writing exercise, similar to the My Life According To... Music Challenge, and you did a marvelous job painting a picture for us. I think writing prompts are useful because they unblock you and get the juices flowing. I'm not going to raid my pantry, but I do have a My Life According To... post coming in mid May.

    Enjoy your Sunday and the week ahead, dear friend Diedre!

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    1. Hi Shady!
      I look forward to your Life According To...:-) Your classic eloquence and casual style guarantee another exceptional post!
      Which reminds me to check out your post from yesterday :-)
      Thanks for coming by, dear Shady!

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  2. I think you had a can of refried beans. I was wondering as I came here today, if I'd see you in this year's challenge...so glad to find I will! Life & Faith in Caneyhead

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    1. It's good to see you, Barbara! Wow, were you ever close - it was a can of ranch beans:-)
      I look forward to seeing you at the challenge as well! Even with all the busyness going on, I'm actually ahead of the game this year - I think ;-)

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  3. UGH...this is a tough one! Salsa? Something tomato-ish. If there's one thing I'm bad at, it's cooking.

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    1. You're on the right track, Stephanie - it was a can of ranch beans! That makes two of us in the terrible cook department:-)

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  4. That was neat. This prompt is fun. Just like your last one with song titles.

    Hmm...I was thinking of something kind of baked beans. Then I saw your reply to Barbara and saw I was close. :)

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    1. Hi Chrys!
      The things one does when procrastinating (work) huh? This was tougher than the music challenge so I think I'll stick to music (grin) You were indeed close!

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  5. I almost have no clue what this is. I'm going to guess some kind of Mexican bean based enchilada sauce.
    This is a cool idea. I may have to give this a try at some point.

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    1. Hi Jeffery!
      Well you'd certainly find something like that in my pantry, but it was a can of ranch beans;-)
      I thought is was a cool challenge as well. But it was more difficult than it seemed when I started :-) I hope you share if you try it.

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