Word of the Day Challenge – Page 2 – Tessa Dean

This was the building I had been directed to. The realtor had told me that it housed several different businesses. The first floor had been a carpet store. The carpets were made of many different fibers, some man-made. I had been told that the building was originally a restaurant before it sold out to the carpet store.

The second floor had housed a sculpture store, and if you were interested, many classes had been available for participation.

I turned to the realtor and said, “You slay me. Did you think I would be interested in buying this building? You have to be joking!”

“I slay you? You slay me, thinking that miserable sum you said you had available would buy you a fancy building. This is the only thing I have available in your price range.”

“Surely you have something else available. I just need an office for my nationalist interests. A place where we can plan our protests of the local regime.”

“I told you this is the only thing available.”

“It is much too big. I just need a small office. Surely there is an office available somewhere,”

“Let’s go. I have nothing else to show you, and you don’t seem interested in this building.”

“I’ll take it,” I sighed.

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Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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5 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

June 20, 2024 Tessa

Today’s post includes 5 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is cemetery.

The Three Things Challenge #731. The three words are potent, strong and sturdy.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is relic.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is bite.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is something.

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As Marie sat in the cemetery, a mix of anticipation and unease filled her. The delivery of her mother’s tombstone was imminent, yet a strong, odor, like the smell of liver and onions, hung in the air. It was a potent reminder of her mother, who had always cooked this dish for herself, despite no one else sharing her taste. Was this a sign from her mother, reaching out from the great beyond? Marie couldn’t help but wonder, her feelings a swirl of confusion and intrigue.

Marie, feeling a sense of unease, settled back in the sturdy folding chair she had brought along. She tried to distract herself by reading her book, but her fingers couldn’t resist tracing the worn edges of the relic from her mother’s past, a cherished rosary hanging around her neck. The old beads, a tangible connection to her mother, brought a sense of warmth and nostalgia, yet couldn’t dispel the unease that lingered in the air.

She heard a growl behind her. She turned and noticed a dog creeping up on her. Would he bite her? He sounded menacing and continued to growl. She didn’t move. She didn’t want to startle him into attacking her. She relaxed as he sat beside her, happy to sit there and wait with her. She wondered briefly who he belonged to. Perhaps he belonged to the old caretaker who sat at the guardhouse at the opening to the cemetery. She went back to reading and waiting, trying to forget that she was sitting alone in the cemetery except for the dog beside her.

She heard an engine as a truck pulled into the cemetery and headed back to where she was waiting. The driver stopped, got out, and he and his helper started to lift the heavy tombstone out of the back of the truck. They placed it at the top of her mother’s grave. They didn’t say a word to her and left quickly once the stone was placed.

Something odd was going on here. They seemed almost spooked. Had they also felt her mother’s presence like she did? She was almost certain she was here with her today while she waited for the headstone. Now that it was here, she could leave.

“Goodbye, Mom!” she said before hopping into her car and speeding out of the cemetery as fast as she could.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

June 19, 2024 Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is prophesy.

The Three Things Challenge #730. The three words are view, saw, and vision.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is heart.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is yawn.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is huge.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is words.

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I was subject to dreams that involved prophecy. These dreams would sometimes come true. Thankfully, not all dreams were visions of the future, but I saw enough to be worried every night when I fell asleep. Not everyone believed me when I told them I had dreams that came true. Some people viewed me as crazy.

I yawned as I struggled to wake up from a dream. I couldn’t find the words to explain the dream I had woken up from. My heart was pounding as I hoped this was not one of my prophetic dreams because I had dreamed of the death of my child. I couldn’t go back to sleep after that. I stayed awake until morning and found that my child was ok.

One of my early dreams that night was about a huge spider. That one was scary, but I wasn’t overly worried that I would see one. It was something you would see in a horror story, and I could see it as a dream world rather than reality.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

June 18, 2024 Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge. The word is elevator.

The Three Things Challenge #727. The three words are spy, game and cheat.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The word is beat.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is blogging.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is illustrate.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is elephants.

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Veronica, with a resolute sense of anticipation, was waiting for the elevator. Her eagerness to use the computer in the school’s library was palpable, and she needed to get up there before other students had taken all of the available computers. She waited a beat before entering the elevator that had just arrived, as she recognized her teacher, and she had past-due homework. She didn’t want to ride up with her teacher, so she held back for the next elevator car to take her up.

With the last computer in sight, Veronica swiftly signed in and settled at her seat. Her textbooks lay on the desk, a reminder of her academic responsibilities. But her first and foremost priority was her blogging. She had new posts to set up and schedule for the upcoming week, a task that she was deeply passionate about and required her immediate attention.

She also needed to illustrate a children’s book on elephants that she was writing. She could do that at home because she didn’t need a computer, so she put it at the bottom of her list.

Veronica had promised her younger brother that she would find the cheat sheets for the spy game he was playing. This was no ordinary task. He needed those codes to outsmart his best friend and win the game. Armed with the locations he had given her, she knew this was the second most important task on her list.

Third, she would work on the past-due homework. She didn’t want to fail that class and have to retake it. With her schedule outlined, she set to work on the blog posts.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

#FOWC, #MVB-PROMPT, #TheDailySpur, Fiction, Prompt, Word of the Day Challenge, Writing

4 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Word of the Day Challenge

June 17, 2024 Tessa

Today’s post includes 4 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge . The word is faceless.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The words from the last two days are lawbreaker.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is consciousness.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is escapade.

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Our community, filled with deep-seated frustration, has finally reached its limit with the faceless bureaucrats who have been dictating our lives. These bureaucrats, who we consider to be lawbreakers, have been acting with impunity, seemingly untouchable by the citizens they are supposed to serve. This is why we have convened a town meeting to address the mistreatment of our local mayor, Marcus Johnson.

Marcus regained consciousness just last week after a car accident that was clearly the fault of one of the local bureaucrats. The bureaucrat was not held accountable for the accident, which was clearly their fault, and no one felt strong enough to confront him for his part in the accident. Instead, the bureaucrats blamed Marcus.Fueled by a collective determination, the town had had enough of being run by what we considered a group of thugs. It was time to reclaim our power, take control of the situation, and run those useless bureaucrats out of town. The escapade with the mayor was the final straw for the town, igniting a fire of action and change.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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6 Daily Writing Prompts, including Fandango and The Three Things Challenge

June 16, 2024 Tessa

Today’s post includes 6 daily writing prompts.

Fandango’s One Word Challenge . The word is persuade.

The Three Things Challenge #727. The three words are attend, see and virtual.

The Word of the Day Challenge. The words from the last two days are evolution and elated.

The RagTag Community daily challenge. The word is marker.

The Daily Spur daily challenge. The word is abolish.

My Vivid Blog daily challenge. The word is broken.

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Marsha stood before the class to persuade everyone to attend the virtual conference on evolution in the auditorium this coming weekend. She could see a few of them write the date and time down in their scheduler app. One of the students didn’t have a phone because his phone was broken at the time, so he took a magic marker to write it down on his notebook cover. She was elated that they abolished the ban on students not attending this college.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

#FOWC, #MVB-PROMPT, #TheDailySpur, #threethingschallenge, Fiction, Prompt, Rag Tag Community, Rag Tag Daily Prompt, The Daily Spur, Word of the Day Challenge, Writing

FOWC with Fandango, Plus The Three Things Challenge, Plus The Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt, Plus The Daily Spur, Plus the Word of the Day Challenge, Plus My Vivid Blog Challenge

June 14, 2024June 14, 2024 Tessa

I use a combination of the following daily prompts, with an odd one occasionally thrown in there for good measure.

Fandango’s Rules For the One Word Challenge. Today’s word is fluctuation.

I am also using the Three Things Challenge for today #M725.

Your three words today are:
Worry
Anxious
Emotional

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I am also using the Word of the Day Challenge which is allergist.

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I am also using the Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt which is rock.

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I am also using The Daily Spur prompt which is appointment.

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And last is the “My Vivid Blog” daily prompt which is maybe.

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I always worry when I have to make a phone call. Phone calls make me anxious, and I become an emotional wreck. Today, I have to call my allergist and make an appointment. He told me last month that there was too much fluctuation in the numbers and that my allergies may have changed, so I needed to be retested.

I made an appointment for this afternoon at 3 p.m. If I leave right now, I might make it on time. I grabbed my tote bag, and it felt like it was filled with rocks. Maybe I need to clean it out today when I get back from the doctor’s. Right now, I am too anxious about being late to stop and empty out the bag.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

#FOWC, #MVB-PROMPT, #TheDailySpur, #threethingschallenge, Fiction, Prompt, Rag Tag Community, Rag Tag Daily Prompt, The Daily Spur, Word of the Day Challenge, Writing

FOWC with Fandango, Plus The Three Things Challenge, Plus The Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt, Plus The Daily Spur, Plus the Word of the Day Challenge, Plus My Vivid Blog Challenge

June 13, 2024June 13, 2024 Tessa

I use a combination of the following daily prompts, with an odd one occasionally thrown in there for good measure.

Fandango’s Rules For the One Word Challenge. Today’s word is dumbstruck.

I am also using the Three Things Challenge for today #M724.

Your three words today are:
HORRIFIC
MUNDANE
NORMAL

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I am also using the Word of the Day Challenge which is authentic.

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I am also using the Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt which is blemish

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I am also using The Daily Spur prompt which is bulletin.

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And last is the “My Vivid Blog” daily prompt which is nucleus.

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17-year-old Michelle stared dumbstruck at herself in the mirror. Overnight, she had developed an authentic patch of blemishes on her face. The largest was like a nucleus, with smaller ones spreading out in a circular patch. The acne was so noticeable she might as well have taken out a bulletin announcing it to the whole school. No one could miss it since she normally does not have acne. Her complexion is usually very clear.Once her classmates saw her face, she knew today was going to be a horrific day. She longed for the mundane days when nobody noticed her—when she could just exist without being the center of attention.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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FOWC with Fandango — Almanac, Plus The Three Things Challenge, Plus The Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt, Plus The Daily Spur, Plus the Word of the Day Challenge, Plus My Vivid Blog Challenge

June 12, 2024June 12, 2024 Tessa

Fandango’s Rules For the One Word Challenge

Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is almanac.

I am also using the Three Things Challenge for today #M723.

Your three words today are:
TABLET
SCREEN
KEYS

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I am also using the Word of the Day Challenge which is coach.

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I am also using the Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt which is polka dots.

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I am also using The Daily Spur prompt which is jacket.

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And last is the “My Vivid Blog” daily prompt which is disparage.

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The coach, deeply invested in his team, felt a surge of anger as he overheard the other coach’s disparaging remarks. His players, his pride and joy, were being belittled. They had worked tirelessly, day in and day out, to secure their position as the number one team in the league.

He pulled his keys out of the pocket of his favorite jacket and looked for his wife, who was dressed in her favorite black polka-dot skirt and white blouse. He found her in the bleachers reading the almanac for the upcoming new year. He told her what was happening, and she suggested he use her tablet to email the head of the league and let him know what the other coach was doing to the boy’s morale.He took her tablet and used the sign-in screen to log into his email account. He quickly typed out a message to the head of the league, and after listening to the other coach, who continued to talk badly about his boys, he sent the email. The comments were damaging to young boys’ morale. It wasn’t fair that the boys be subjected to that kind of talk from another coach. The other coach also happened to have a son on the other team, and he was not being at all professional and was teaching those boys bad behavior. An email returned almost immediately, and he was told it would be taken care of that night.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com

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FOWC with Fandango — Unfurl, Plus the Story Starter, Plus The Three Things Challenge, Plus The Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt, Plus The Daily Spur, Plus the Word of the Day Challenge

June 11, 2024June 11, 2024 Tessa

Fandango’s Rules For the One Word Challenge

Welcome to Fandango’s One-Word Challenge (aka, FOWC). I will be posting each day’s word just after midnight Pacific Time (U.S.). Today’s word is unfurl.

Plus I used Fandango’s Story Starter Challenge. Today’s story starter is: #153 With tears in his eyes, Jason turned around and began to walk away.

I am also using the Three Things Challenge for today #M722.

Your three words today are:
ELECT
SUSPECT
REJECT

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I am also using the Word of the Day Challenge which is breakdown.

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I am also using the Rag Tag Community Daily Prompt which is rugged.

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I am also using The Daily Spur prompt which is medicine.

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And last is the “My Vivid Blog” daily prompt which is refreshments.

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Eyeing all the medicine on the bedside table along with the untouched refreshments, Jason suspected that his dad wasn’t telling him everything about his condition. He used to be a rugged man, able to get around on his own and climb mountains for fun, but now he was confined to a bed and a wheelchair if he needed to leave his bed for something. He wanted to reject his suspicions, but the rows of medicine made him realize something was up.

He unfurled his long frame from the chair beside the bed and elected to see his father’s doctor, who was downstairs conferring with his dad’s nurse for the day shift. He now had 24-hour nursing care.After he talked to the doctor, who told him his Dad had cancer and only had a few weeks left to live, Jason was stunned and started to breakdown. With tears in his eyes, Jason turned around and began to walk away.

Tessa –

Advocate for mental health and invisible illnesses

New Author’s Website – http://www.tessadeanauthor.com

Author – Old Writing – http://www.finallyawriter.wordpress.com

About my life – http://www.tessacandoit.wordpress.com