PostsCommentsPayoutsstinawog (65)in Freewriters • 2 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: a purple spotted appleFind the prompt here: A purple spotted apple--what's that? Is that a real thing, or an imaginary thing, or both? I've never seen a purple spotted apple. I keep wanting to say…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 3 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: the worst resultFind the prompt here: The worst result is what we see happening right now...unchecked (even encouraged) genocide of Palestinians in Palestine, raging fires in Los Angeles…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 4 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: polish the brass moustacheFind the prompt here: polish the brass moustache I wanted to spell that mustache. Can it be spelled either way? What the heck is a brass moustache? Mustache? Is that a…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 5 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: injection of joyinjection of joy injection of joy infection of joy infectious joy joy is infectious I tend to think most feelings are infectious. If one is feeling joy and shares even just…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 5 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: decrease the stressdecrease the stress wouldn't that be nice? If the stress in the world could simply be decreased by pressing a button that said "decrease the stress." Where you at, God? Put…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 6 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: application for the worst jobFind the prompt here: To Whom It May Concern, My name is...well, does it matter? I could give you a false name, but I guess you'd find out if you requested my…stinawog (65)in #freewrite • 7 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: carpet of crushed bugsFind the prompt here: Carpet of crushed bugs. Okay, when I first read that, I read "carpet of crushed dogs" which is a very different image. Can you imagine if we thought of…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 8 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: king of the barFind the prompt here: king of the bar king of the bar florence was king of the bar, the one who always got to double park. no one else got to double park and florence knew…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 10 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: bad signFind the prompt: Bad sign. That's a bad sign. I use that phrase sometimes. Ooh, that's a bad sign. I'm trying to think of any specific moment when I've actually used that…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 11 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: lack of circulationFind the prompt here: Lack of circulation Not a desireable state of being. How do you spell desirable? Like that. Circulation is pretty cool. There's a little experiment in…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 11 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: brand new canvasFind the prompt here: Brand new canvas. If I were a painter, I imagine a brand new canvas would feel like an exciting opportunity. Or maybe it would feel oppressive, like a…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 12 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: save meFind the prompt here: save me. save me. save me. saveme Saveme, it's French for save me save me save me save me from myself, amirite save me save me save me…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 14 days agoFive Minute Freewrite: a big boatFind the prompt here: A big boat. We're gonna need a big boat, said. No, I don't want to do it that way. No dialogue. A big boat. There are some very big cruise boats. No. I…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 14 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: few or manyFind the prompt here: Few or many. Few or many? "Few or many?" the butcher asked Gillian. She looked at him. What a strange way to ask how much chicken she wanted. Did he…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 15 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: agency of aliensFind the prompt here: Agency of aliens. I started typing angency. That makes me think of angels. Angelcy. Agency--action. Movement. Aliens. Something foreign to one. Aliens…stinawog (65)in #freewrite • 21 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: carbon lifeformFind the prompt here: Carbon lifeform. I confess, I don't know much about carbon. I know we are carbon lifeforms (right?). I say stuff that I think is true, but when I don't…stinawog (65)in Freewriters • 27 days ago5 Minute Freewrite: end of the hostilityFind the prompt here: Dear diary, I decided to start my post like that because I've been thinking I wanted to make these posts more like journal entries because I haven't…stinawog (65)in #blog • 2 months agoFailing Systems 12 (Closing)(I wrote this. Read the whole article at For now, Brendan and I are trying to get our kiddo's school to implement Dr. Ross Greene's "Collaborative and Proactive Solutions"…stinawog (65)in #blog • 2 months agoFailing Systems 11I just love that trailer. I should watch the documentary, I bet I'd love it too. I think meaning is what we make of our lives. "We engage each other in doing something," Haraway…stinawog (65)in #blog • 2 months agoFailing Systems 10To me, this comes back to Plato and the idea that we should all be aspiring toward some perfect Form—the idea that we must constantly be trying to be something more that what we…