tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post8309473475700283880..comments2024-02-21T05:25:15.214-05:00Comments on Views from Raven's Nest: Saturday Wordzzle Challenge: Week 54Ravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04996538460071167819noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-76185029520598057612009-03-31T15:28:00.000-04:002009-03-31T15:28:00.000-04:00Hi Ms. Raven! As I said to relieve the tedium of w...Hi Ms. Raven! As I said to relieve the tedium of waiting for each week's word list I went back to the archives and am doing some of the older Wordzzles. Here's wk 54.Ms Danghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07679101461160811786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-29424432322613917582009-03-19T19:45:00.000-04:002009-03-19T19:45:00.000-04:00Yae ill try it this week!Yae ill try it this week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-79530413481548033542009-03-18T04:22:00.000-04:002009-03-18T04:22:00.000-04:00Nice... this challenge is a lot of fun.. shall try...Nice... this challenge is a lot of fun.. shall try my 1st this saturday!!! :)Aartihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286121748131889485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-41549815991931512072009-03-17T21:28:00.000-04:002009-03-17T21:28:00.000-04:00I think I need the challenge and will try it out n...I think I need the challenge and will try it out next week, if I can remember to<BR/><BR/>Congrats on being Blogs of Note today!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-72147668217186185192009-03-15T01:25:00.000-04:002009-03-15T01:25:00.000-04:00You stories were awesome :)You stories were awesome :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-83751771790381058932009-03-14T14:16:00.000-04:002009-03-14T14:16:00.000-04:00I very much enjoyed the dialogue at the breakfast ...I very much enjoyed the dialogue at the breakfast table. Well done. Today's stories had a wonderful warmth and homeyness that made me feel quite good. ThanksRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028871782757014447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-90007982907048221532009-03-14T12:47:00.000-04:002009-03-14T12:47:00.000-04:00Your is great, as always. I did the 10 word one. ...Your is great, as always. I did the 10 word one. This was fun.<BR/>I like the challenge of making up the story with these words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-48038101049345453562009-03-14T11:45:00.000-04:002009-03-14T11:45:00.000-04:00Love the husband and wife conversation. So typical...Love the husband and wife conversation. So typical in its own way.<BR/><BR/>I am going to try to make next week's challenge. This does look like so much fun.Nessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779269921583131094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-68089461290361766552009-03-14T10:22:00.000-04:002009-03-14T10:22:00.000-04:00I also liked the last story of the breakfast one s...I also liked the last story of the breakfast one sided conversation.<BR/>I did like them all, but the last the best.bettygramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07039975744716330002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-89038277559854777422009-03-14T09:13:00.000-04:002009-03-14T09:13:00.000-04:00I loved all three stories.The first was so typical...I loved all three stories.<BR/>The first was so typical of football separated families.<BR/>The second made me feel sorry for the poor guy.<BR/>But the last was a masterpiece. You could write for a situation comedy.Dr.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02752941912945095736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-15943486699544609542009-03-14T07:56:00.000-04:002009-03-14T07:56:00.000-04:00with all it's stupid bowls: Sugar bowl, Cotton Bow...<I>with all it's stupid bowls: Sugar bowl, Cotton Bowl, Orange Bowl. Football made no sense to her on any level. </I><BR/><BR/>How many times have I thought that to myself? :)<BR/><BR/>You always manage to fit the words in so the story just flows and it is never forced Raven. Superb as always m'dear. :)<BR/> <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>This week's mini:<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>Master carpenter Jeremiah Martenson was finding it a challenge to keep depression – melancholy as his beloved Miranda had once called it - and the pull of alcohol away. The Sparkling Cider which he had hoped would cheer him up only made him want a drink more. To make matters worse, today’s snail mail had brought the finally severing of his marriage. He would sign the papers and mail them back… and then he would make a choice between continuing his recovery or diving back into the darkness of the bottle.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>And the mega:<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>“Pass the sugar bowl, please Ben,” Gloria said absently to her husband, “coffee’s ready. You want sugar in yours or just milk?” “Bgahf,” was the only sound that issued from behind the newspaper sitting across from her. “Bgahf” is not an answer to my question. You are such a bloody challenge in the mornings. Don’t tell me you have cotton mouth again. Please come out from behind that newspaper, dear and talk to your wife” “Mrrff,” “Ben, darling… if you don’t stop hiding and talk to me, I’ll pick up the phone and hire a master carpenter to spend thousands of dollars of your hard earned money on something you will hate. I will empty your bank account. This coffee is good, love. You will feel better if you drink it. It’s nice and luke-warm, just the way you like it. You are such a strange man. Why DID I marry you?” Saying this, she pushed the coffee behind the newspaper wall and continued her one-way conversation. “Did you see there’s another salmonella scare? This country has gone to the dogs. There’s another fund-raising party at the planetarium. It’s a costume party… We got an invitation in our snail mail yesterday. I think you should go as Ben Hur. You know, Ben Herr goes as Ben Hur…. They want to buy a new telescope” She paused briefly in her monologue: “Ben, dear… are you ever coming out from behind the newspaper?” “I will not go to a costume party as Ben Hur... what about going as wizard... and you could be a witch. I could be Dumbledor and you could be whats-her-name” intoned the melancholy voice of her now coffee fortified husband, “Next time I’m offered champagne at a party please make sure I have sparkling cider instead, won’t you Glory? I’m painfully hung over. Today isn’t that bloody walk-a-thon you volunteered us for is it? Please tell me it isn’t. Oh… and you were just kidding about the carpenter, weren’t you? Your coffee is miraculous, by the way…. As are you, my love. What’s for breakfast?”Akelamaluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11234268568845148285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-55362170721190193992009-03-14T03:23:00.000-04:002009-03-14T03:23:00.000-04:00You did a great job with these words. I just coul...You did a great job with these words. I just couldn't get them to speak to me. But I am so very, very tired. I need to recharge.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-82113982508211723362009-03-14T01:59:00.000-04:002009-03-14T01:59:00.000-04:00I loved the breakfast conversation too - it felt l...I loved the breakfast conversation too - it felt like they were a couple who had been married awhile - that really comfortable kind of feel.<BR/><BR/>Mine's up and you won't believe it - I did the mega!Carlettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11178161514195582965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-55316243495818337072009-03-13T23:29:00.000-04:002009-03-13T23:29:00.000-04:00I really enjoyed your stories. They were very ent...I really enjoyed your stories. They were very entertaining. I don't think I am participating because I am lazy and have not written a thing.<BR/><BR/>Have a great weekend.Finding Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07671978828279304904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-6162524931264047022009-03-13T22:58:00.000-04:002009-03-13T22:58:00.000-04:00Oh I hope Jeremiah stays soberAugusta doesn't know...Oh I hope Jeremiah stays sober<BR/><BR/>Augusta doesn't know what she's missing, football is so good ;)<BR/><BR/>this is the earliest I have ever posted mine, I feel so accomplished ;)Diannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946500110072411468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36130350.post-48405370897951580782009-03-13T19:49:00.000-04:002009-03-13T19:49:00.000-04:00You are back! and on top of your game. I loved al...You are back! and on top of your game. I loved all of them but the breakfast conversation was just priceless.jaycoles@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299489611656202052noreply@blogger.com