Words for Wednesday

 

Charlotte's colour of the month is Steel Blue

The original Words for Wednesday was begun by Delores and eventually taken over by a moveable feast of participants when Delores had computer troubles. Sadly Delores has now closed her blog forever due to other problems.

The aim of the words is to encourage us to write. A story, a poem, whatever comes to mind.

If you are posting an entry on your own blog, please let us know in comments so that we can come over and read it, and add a few encouraging words.

This week's words/prompts are supplied by messymimi and can be found on her blog as well as here on mine.

This week's words/prompts are:

1.mood  2.peanut  3.weakness  4.novel  5.ride  6. jump

and or:

1.asunder (apart)  2.nary (none)  3.rantipole (behaving in a romping or rude manner)

Use either list or both, mix and match, just have fun.

My own story will hopefully appear on this blog on Friday 21st

Comments

  1. messymimiAugust 19, 2026 at 7:18 AM

    I'm working on it. Thank you so much for helping us continue the fun.

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  2. chicaAugust 19, 2026 at 7:19 AM

    Muito boas palavras e na certa teremos boas histórias! beijos, chica

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    1. RiverAugust 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM

      chica; messymimi always gives good words.

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  3. Ruby Rose and the Big Little Angels 3August 19, 2026 at 9:53 AM

    Can't wait to see what you come up with

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    1. RiverAugust 19, 2026 at 3:49 PM

      Ruby rose and the Big Little Angels 3; I haven't even started to think what to write yet.

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  4. Susan KaneAugust 19, 2026 at 12:26 PM

    You always create something that keeps my attention!

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  5. Margaret DAugust 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM

    Looking forward to your story R.

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    1. RiverAugust 19, 2026 at 7:26 PM

      Margaret D; I'd better get my thinking cap on.

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  6. Iris FlaviaAugust 19, 2026 at 7:17 PM

    "I´m in a bad mood. I went to bed at 10 p.m. and up at 10 a.m. - weakness. It´s peanut(s), just a Steel Blue swollen foot, hurting leg and back but I could write a novel that long is the ride by now.
    I want to jump around, nary being a rantipole, of course."

    Looking forward to yours. You atm just put the words in my mouth!

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    1. messymimiAugust 20, 2026 at 11:49 AM

      Sometimes those swollen joints make everything hard. I enjoyed your story.

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    2. Iris FlaviaAugust 20, 2026 at 5:10 PM

      Thank you, your last words really made me laugh!

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  7. PaulaAugust 19, 2026 at 10:34 PM

    Aquí teniu el meu:

    Quan vaig arribar al carrer, ja era fosc. El meu estat d'ànim no era gaire bo. La inspectora m'esperava davant d'un bar amb una bossa de cacauets a la mà.
    —El sospitós acaba de fugir.
    Vam iniciar el passeig pels carrers del barri. El cel, d'un blau acer, feia que la nit semblés encara més inquietant. De sobte, una ombra va saltar una tanca...
    —És ell!
    Vam córrer darrere seu fins a un carreró, però no hi havia cap rastre del fugitiu. Era un autèntic "rantípol", imprevisible i entremaliat.
    La inspectora va treure una novel·la de la seva bossa...
    —La víctima la llegia abans de morir.
    La meva debilitat per les novel·les em va fer obrir-la. A part d'una fotografia, hi havia una adreça escrita amb tinta vermella. La inspectora la va mirar i va empal·lidir...
    —Aquesta adreça és de casa meva!!!
    En aquell moment, el seu mòbil va vibrar. Un missatge sense número de contacte deia:
    "No busqueu el sospitós. Ell vos està buscant a vosaltres"
    Ens vam mirar en silenci.
    Des del final del carrer va arribar un soroll de passos. I després, res...

    Moltes gràcies!

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    1. RiverAugust 20, 2026 at 8:42 AM

      Paula; thank you, this is excellent and now I want to know what happens next!

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    2. messymimiAugust 20, 2026 at 11:56 AM

      What a mystery you have left us with! I hope you continue it next week, perhaps.

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    3. PaulaAugust 20, 2026 at 10:44 PM

      River & messymimi: Moltes gràcies! Si sou seguidors del meu blog, veureu que la majoria dels meus relats es queden oberts, perquè pugueu seguir imaginant. ;-)

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  8. The Happy WhiskAugust 20, 2026 at 6:21 AM

    Happy Words on Wednesday!

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  9. Susan KaneAugust 21, 2026 at 5:40 AM

    Linda wasn’t in the mood to write that day. The promised novel was wads of paper around the floor and she didn’t see that any could come from her brain. “Nary a thing is here.” ‘

    Instead, Linda left her in progress romance novel and revved up her old Ducati 750 Sport motorcycle, a classic if ever there was one. Spending a fortune on it was giving into weakness she had felt since her youthful wanderings. Not in the mood to go halfway, she took it out for the ride of a lifetime. Jumping the nearest obstacle gave her a thrill that she needed as she sailed over big boulders to an even larger one. It also was the one that would rip her asunder. “So much for writing today” she mused as her body gave way and she was gone.

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    1. RiverAugust 21, 2026 at 1:35 PM

      Susan Kane; oh no! great use of the words, but so sad for Linda who will never finish her novel.

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  10. Charlotte (MotherOwl)August 21, 2026 at 11:45 PM

    Finally got to usin them. Thanks for posting!

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