Thursday Thinking and Inking - Promises

All Aboard the Meme Express – Thursday, December 31, 2009

Today is New Year’s Eve. Tomorrow, we will greet a brand-new year (and a new decade), as 2010 opens. Many folks will make New Year’s resolutions, promising to begin new healthy or positive practices, end addictions and harmful habits or make personal improvements of any kind.

Are you making any New Year’s resolutions this year?

Will you stay up until midnight to welcome the New Year?

Happy New Year!

On this New Year’s Eve, we feature this quotation for Thursday Thinking and Inking at Meme Express.

“But I have promises to keep,

and miles to go before I sleep,

and miles to go before I sleep.”
Robert Frost

Each Thursday, we will feature a quotation as inspiration for that day’s prompt.

The Meme Express for today is simple:

promises

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create and post a drawing, a poem, a photograph, a short story, or a journal entry.  Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Midweek Musical Memories #14 - Black or White

All Aboard the Meme Express – Wednesday, December 30, 2009

On December 30, 1991, Michael Jackson (the self-proclaimed King of Pop, formerly of the Jackson Five) grabbed the top of the popular music charts with his hit single, “Black or White.”

Here’s “Black or White” by Michael Jackson:

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The Meme Express for today is twofold. Pick one writing prompt, or use ‘em both:

black

white

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry.  Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Pick-a-Prompt #60

 Pick-a-Prompt #60

All Aboard the Meme Express – Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Are you walking in a winter wonderland today? In many U.S. states, folks are shoveling out after snowstorms blanketed their areas with white.

 Today the Meme Express offers you a choice of writing and blogging prompts: Pick-a-Prompt: 

Scroll down the right-hand sidebar, and select any previous Meme Express writing prompt from the blog archives. Or look through the Pick-a-Prompt labels list for a topic that interests you. Publish your blog post, and return here with a comment and link, so other Meme Express participants can find and read your post.

Post your poem, story, song, photo or other entry on your blog. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Then come back here, and post a comment with a link to your own entry.

Need help making an active link?

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Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, you are free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Monday Mayhem #13 - Return

All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, December 28, 2009

“Wishing you many happy returns of the season.”

Today, three days after Christmas, may be a day of returns. Perhaps you are returning from a family holiday gathering. Maybe you are returning to work after the long Christmas weekend. Possibly, you are returning a holiday gift or two to exchange it for another size, another color or another item altogether.

In any case, it’s Monday – time for Monday Mayhem at the Meme Express. The Meme Express for today offers this prompt:

return

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry.  Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Need help making an active link?

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Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Sunday Invitation – for December 27th

Sunday Invitation – for December 27th

Cineraria and Cyclamen

By Winifred Nicholson

1927

It's Sunday again, and the MEME EXPRESS invites you to join us at SIMPLY SNICKERS for today's prompt:

bold

bounty

bright

You will find a bit of background and some lovely fine art for the occasion. Use the art and prompting questions, or not. It's your choice! Just click the SIMPLY SNICKERS icon to visit and view today's poetry prompt (or the archives):

Don't forget to c'mon back and leave a link to your post!

Be sure to leave your comment link

at SIMPLY SNICKERS too –

and increase your blog readership.

Be sure to bookmark the MEME EXPRESS . . . so you can come back tomorrow for a new blogging prompt!

Saturday Stops - Long Winter's Nap

All Aboard the Meme Express – Saturday, December 26, 2009

Christmas celebrations wrapped up yesterday – at least, for many. Hope your holiday celebration was most merry! Of course, many folks and families will continue celebrating the holidays for days … or even weeks.

“I will honour Christmas in my heart,

and try to keep it all the year."

Charles Dickens

Still, Santa Claus is likely tucked in and snoozing by now, resting up at the North Pole for another year of toy making.

The Meme Express prompt for today is trifold (Pick one.)

long

winter’s (or winter)

nap

Why not write your own blog post today?

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create and post a drawing, a poem, a photograph, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Need help making an active link?

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Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Santa Claus

All Aboard the Meme Express – Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Merry Christmas
from
The Meme Express!

On December 23, 1944, Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters topped the popular music charts with their holiday hit, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”

Here’s “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” performed by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters:

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.

The Meme Express for today offers three prompts. (Pick one, or use ‘em all!)

Santa Claus

coming to town

making a list

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Pick-a-Prompt #59

Pick-a-Prompt #59

All Aboard the Meme Express – Tuesday, December 22, 2009

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with snow falling in much of the United States and folks in a flurry of activity. Today the Meme Express offers you a choice: Pick-a-Prompt:

Scroll down the right-hand sidebar, and select any previous Meme Express writing prompt from the blog archives. Or look through the Pick-a-Prompt labels list for a topic that interests you. Publish your blog post, and return here with a comment and link, so other Meme Express participants can find and read your post.

Post your poem, story, song, photo or other entry on your blog. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Then come back here, and post a comment with a link to your own entry.

Need help making an active link?

See Super-Simple Linking.

Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, you are free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Monday Mayhem #12 - Sleigh or Slay

All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, December 21, 2009

Carl Dean Wilson, American rock guitarist and singer (The Beach Boys and Carl and the Passions), was born on December 21, 1946. Carl Wilson's brothers are Beach Boys Brian Wilson and Dennis Wilson.

Here’s a Christmas oldie from the Beach Boys, “Little St. Nick”:

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Here’s another Monday – time for Monday Mayhem at the Meme Express. The Meme Express for today offers this prompt:

sleigh

or

slay

Choose one word, or use ‘em both. It’s up to you with Monday Mayhem!

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Sunday Invitation – for December 20th

Sunday Invitation – for December 20th

Morning Light

By Elioth Gruner

20^th Century

It's Sunday again, and the MEME EXPRESS invites you to join us at SIMPLY SNICKERS for today's prompt:

fair

fine

frost

You will find a bit of background and some lovely fine art for the occasion. Use the art and prompting questions, or not. It's your choice! Just click the SIMPLY SNICKERS icon to visit and view today's poetry prompt (or the archives):

Don't forget to c'mon back and leave a link to your post!

Be sure to leave your comment link

at SIMPLY SNICKERS too –

and increase your blog readership.

Be sure to bookmark the MEME EXPRESS . . . so you can come back tomorrow for a new blogging prompt!

Saturday Stops - Beau or Bough or Bow

All Aboard the Meme Express – Saturday, December 19, 2009

The holidays are here. Did your beau hang a bow on the bough? (Perhaps your belle placed a bell on the tree instead.) Either way, folks are decking the halls in merriment.

The Meme Express prompt for today is trifold (Pick one.)

beau

bough

bow

Why not write your own blog post today?

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create and post a drawing, a poem, a photograph, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Need help making an active link?

See Super-Simple Linking.

Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Friday Freedom #58

All Aboard the Meme Express – Friday, December 18, 2009

Another Friday! Welcome to Friday Freedom at the Meme Express.

What is Friday Freedom? It’s a Writer’s Choice prompt. You can post what you like (on your own blog), and return here to leave a comment with your link. (See “Super-Simple Linking” for instructions on creating active links.)

In your post today, be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Feel free to grab our train graphic from the sidebar, and post an active link on your own blog. Why not add the Meme Express to your blogroll?

Also, if you participate regularly at the Meme Express, and you would like to join our blogroll, please let us know in your comment. We’d be happy to add you, if you play often.

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Thursday Thinking and Inking - Believe

All Aboard the Meme Express – Thursday, December 17, 2009

Do you believe in Santa Claus?

Today, we feature two quotations for Thursday Thinking and Inking at Meme Express.

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six.

Mother took me to see him in a department store,

and he asked for my autograph.”
Shirley Temple

“Santa Claus has the right idea.

Visit people only once a year.”
Victor Borge

Each Thursday, we will feature a quotation as inspiration for that day’s prompt.

The Meme Express for today is simple:

believe

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create and post a drawing, a poem, a photograph, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Need help making an active link?

See Super-Simple Linking.

Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Midweek Musical Memories #12 - Rags to Riches

All Aboard the Meme Express – Wednesday, December 16, 2009

On December 16, 1953, crooner Tony Bennett snatched the top spot in the popular music charts with his hit single, “Rags to Riches.”

Here’s “Rags to Riches,” performed by Tony Bennett (with Elton John):

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The Meme Express for today offers this promising prompt:

rags to riches

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

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Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Pick-a-Prompt #58

Pick-a-Prompt #58

All Aboard the Meme Express – Tuesday, December 15, 2009

With the holiday season in full swing, today the Meme Express offers you a choice: Pick-a-Prompt:

Scroll down the right-hand sidebar, and select any previous Meme Express writing prompt from the blog archives. Or look through the Pick-a-Prompt labels list for a topic that interests you.

Publish your blog post, and return here with a comment and link, so other Meme Express participants can find and read your post.

Post your poem, story, song, photo or other entry on your blog. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Then come back here, and post a comment with a link to your own entry.

Need help making an active link?

See Super-Simple Linking.

Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, you are free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.

Monday Mayhem #11 - Sweet Lord

All Aboard the Meme Express – Monday, December 14, 2009

On December 14, 1970, former Beatle received a gold record for his hit single, “My Sweet Lord.” Here’s “My Sweet Lord,” by George Harrison (from the Concert for Bangladesh):

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Holy speed bump! It’s Monday again! That means it’s time for Monday Mayhem at the Meme Express. The Meme Express for today offers this twofold prompt:

sweet

Lord

Choose one word, or use ‘em both. It’s up to you with Monday Mayhem!

Perhaps this concept will inspire you to create a drawing, a poem, a short story, or a journal entry. Then return here to leave a comment with your link. (Be sure to include a link to the Meme Express. Grab our train graphic from the sidebar for your link, if you want.)

Need help making an active link?

See Super-Simple Linking.

Feel free to bookmark it for future reference!

Of course, if this prompt seems to stump you, feel free to peruse the archives of the Meme Express and publish a blog post on an earlier prompt.