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ShannonEileen
Divorced empty nester finally pursuing my own passions!
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June Drabble Challenge
Write a tale in exactly 100 words. For this challenge, I'll use a thematic prompt, and the winner has to tie in to it somehow. THE PROMPT: write a drabble that somehow, someway connects to Pride Month or coming out. Get creative, just stick to 100 words of prose. I'll post the winner sometime in July.

Unexpected

I came to a Pride event today. Why? Because no one told me I couldn’t. After being in a relationship where every aspect of life was controlled by someone else, that is my reasoning for why I do a lot of things lately – simply because I can. This event challenges my perception of love and acceptance. Today I have seen examples of love without restriction. Perhaps I will explore more than my freedom today. Maybe today is the day I love and let myself be loved in a way I’ve never known, and I just now believe I deserve.

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Challenge of the Week CCXXVII
"He was such a quiet man," comes from TheWolfeDen, and will be judged by the creator, H1, and Ferryman. Here it comes: After a long day of work, you pull into your driveway to find that odd neighbor of yours being hauled away in handcuffs, accused of a particularly heinous crime. The other residents stand in the street, commenting on their surprise. But not you. You knew something was off this whole time. What gave it away? Any tone, any format. Winner gets $25 dollars. Go.

Side Eyes

Every neighbor has a nickname, a descriptive moniker that may or may not be deemed offensive should they ever be uttered aloud. My neighbors include Loud Ass Millennial Chick from the apartment above me, Business Suit Bob on the left of me, Older Indian Lady to the right, and Side Eyes across the hall.

Looks like Side Eyes won't make it to the monthly cook-out the apartment management throws for the residents. I hope my new neighbor is a little less sketchy. How hard is it to find a Nerd Girl or Hot Construction Dude?

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Challenge of the Week LXXXIV
You've found a canonical magic lamp. When the genie emerges from it, he tells you he can only grant you one wish, but there's a catch. He can only solve problems. What problem will you ask the genie to solve?

First world problems

Apathy. If Mr. Genie could solve the problem of people not caring about others, the consequences of their actions, and even themselves, then many of the world's problems would be solved as a result.

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Challenge of the Week LXXIV
This week, we tackle a poetic classic, the sonnet. Your sonnet can be Petrarchan, Shakespearean, or if you're particularly brave, you can try your hand at some other avant-garde variation. We recommend you read a few sonnets before attempting your own. We'll be looking for sophistication, originality, and beauty.

The Science Of Emotion

Emotions are a science yet explained

In the terms of human comprehension.

Paltry understanding can be attained

By logical minds that pay attention.

The energy of emotions can’t be

Created or destroyed, ever present

But changing form; swirling chaotically

Within us, waiting to be somehow spent.

Emotion lies in every soul, waiting

For the catalyst of passion to cause

A reaction, chemistry creating

everlasting and insoluble bonds.

Yet, many times these bonds evaporate

With no physical science to equate.