Blaugust #11: What We’ve Lost Along the Way

This prompt comes at a really good (or bad) time, because I am deep right now into thinking back on the past couple of decades when my life has been lived around and within online gaming, bar the occasional break from it all. SDWeasel at Unidentified Signal Source asks: What’s something you’ve lost along the … Read more

Blaugust #10: A Cluttered Mind

I am not a creative person, and so today’s writing prompt from Krikket of Nerd Girl Thoughts has me a little stumped: Tell us about your physical creative space, and how it influences your content creation. I am an evangelist for clutter. It drives my boyfriend insane. “Why don’t you organize your books and DVDs … Read more

Blaugust #6: Quoth the Blogger, “Nevermore”.

Back in sixth grade, first day of science class, the teacher asked us “what is science?” First day, we were supposed to answer that? The paper was blank, the pencil was blunt, and I was just there wracking my brains, trying to figure out what science was. All I could think of when I thought … Read more

Blaugust #9: Writing Posts the West Karana Way.

Sorry that I’ve been missing so many days of blogging. I really wanted to do a post every day, but last Tuesday, Tropical Storm Isaias rolled through and cut power to almost a million Connecticut residents, me included. We just got power back yesterday afternoon. Being without power in this 21st century world is weird. … Read more

Blaugust #4: I Don’t Care What You’re Drinking.

Today’s Blaugust writing prompt comes from Roger at Contains Moderate Peril, who asks: “What type of content do you feel is severely underrated?” And ima answer that, but first, I have to get something off my chest. SoMeOnE called me a curmudgeon yesterday! Is this what I’ve become? Is this just who everyone becomes, eventually? … Read more